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Thanks guys. It is $100 in free play, which when you take away the $50 in OBC it really isn't that much of a difference. 

Hello oh great and knowledgeable CC people. Apparently I have donated way to much money to Carnival and they are now offering me a Premiere cruise rate for a cruise I am already booked on. However, the premiere cruise would cost about $340 more then the rate I am getting now (total for me and the wife). My question is, what all is included with the premiere rate and is it worth an extra $340? Right now with my current booking I have $50 OBC and drinks on us in the casino for 1 person that we would trade in for the premiere perks. Thanks for your help!

Any update on an Oasis class coming to Galveston with the new port?

A lot of cruise lines pull a cruise off their website when it is completely sold out. As long as you still see it on your log in page you are fine. I know for sure carnival does this, pretty sure royal does too.

It could be a couple things. One is that it is sold out. Another is that some of the excursions, especially on the private islands, are for suite/super elite passengers only (like the cabanas on that secluded beach in Labadee). If there are any left open they will let regular folks buy them once they are on board.

I think we are in dublin from 11am to 10pm

We are taking a cruise this summer Cork, Dublin, and Belfast. Is there any possible way to see the cliffs of moher while we are there? Has anyone had any luck doing this?

I would probably plan on packing light if you're trying to rush straight from the last day of school to a cruise, and then plan to carry on your luggage. Your room will be ready by the time you board, so you could go straight there.

 

I'm surprised this is even an option. I know around here the teachers have 1-2 more days than the kids, for in-service/cleaning their classroom/professional development/whatever.

Our plan is for my wife to be waiting outside like it's a getaway car. My final is multiple choice and similar to a scantron, but instead of printing their grades on the sheet it uploads it to a website. So I can easily run them through the machine and run, and get my final grades in while my wife drives (thank you hotspot from my cellphone and laptops). Full disclosure, that day that the teachers are there after the finals is just to turn in our keys and other school property and clean the classroom. I can easily take care of that before hand.

Check your documents but it “should be” 3/330

Thank you! I don't have documents yet. I'm waiting to book the cruise to make sure that this is all possible.

Hello all. I was wondering what is the latest time one could possibly board for a 4pm sailing out of Galveston? I am a teacher and am looking to book a cruise for the last day of school, which is a half day and I will be done around noon. The school is about 90 min (maybe a little less) from the port and I would obviously go right there, but I'm always afraid of traffic problems. Which leads me to the question of when is the latest I can board without getting turned away?

Thank you! If anyone else can chime it, that would be awesome.

Hello all. First let me say, sorry if already asked but my googling skills only brought me threads from 10+ years ago.

Simple questions from those who sailed recently on the Star... Does the "lap pool" in the spa have an opposing current so you can actually feel like you're swimming laps? If so, must one reserve time in the pool? Does access to the pool cost anything, such as a spa thermal pass or anything like that?

We are going on the Star next week for an Alaska cruise and my mother (who is more badass than I'll ever be) is training for an Ironman triathlon. She just wants to get her swim sessions in.

We made the possibly not so smart decision to book through the cruise line. Didn't see that Chilkoot existed and offered the same thing for a bit cheaper. Now they are sold out.

Hello all. I am doing the Yukon expedition & white pass scenic railway excursion through princess on our cruise in about a month. I saw that for some extra $$ you can do a dog cart ride during the excursion and Caribou Crossing Trading Post. Does anyone know how much extra money this costs? I saw through Caribou Crossing's website it was $53 for the 15 minute ride (I'm guessing that's all there would be time for anyway) but I didn't know if the excursion people got a discount. $53 seems a little steep for a 15 minute experience so I'm hoping that it gets a little cheaper.

THank you for the help everyone! We do plan on taking the train because it sounds like fun. Does anyone know can we check in for the cruise, then get back off the ship to check out Whittier?

Hey everyone. I'm sure this has been asked a thousand times before but I'm relatively new here. We are cruising out of Whittier this summer and were wondering approximately what time they started boarding the ship. I know the time can change a bit.

The reason being is that we have a group of 8 or 10 going and most of us want sanctuary chairs (just for the sea/glacier days). We don't want to get there and them all be gone!

Any other alaska cruise advice is really appreciated. We are getting to Anchorage 2 days before the cruise, doing the scenic railway and klondike summit in Skagway, whale watching and mendenhall glacier in Juneau, and Salmon fishing in Ketchikan.

Hello all. First Alaska cruise coming up this summer. I know all of these questions have probably been answered at least a thousand times before, but google searching only gets me so far.

1) We are getting to anchorage 2 days early. What are some things we can't miss and/or should do? Our cruise leaves out of whittier so is there anything over there worth doing?

2) Our ports of call are Skagway, Juneau, and Ketchikan. We are big on sight seeing both scenery and hiking type stuff and historical local type places. We definitely want to do some whale watching once. What excursions should we look into?

3) We are going on the Princess Star. Any shipboard tips for either that ship or when we get close to glaciers?

4) One of the things we are thinking about for Whittier is to get on the ship and get settled and then get off the ship and explore since we don't leave until 8:30. Does this work?

5) We finish in Vancouver but have a 2pm flight so I imagine that it will be an uneventful day, but is there anything close to the pier or the airport where we can do something for an hour?

6) Any other tips from your expertise?

We've done a bunch of caribbean cruises, but we are breaking the bank on this one for a once in a lifetime trip. Any other advice is massively appreciated!

All the dang time. I'd venture to say that if you look after the promotion ends the cruise price will be nearly identical. Prices will start going up when they start running out of cabins.

Hey everyone. Me and some of my family are going on the LotS in late July. Is there an app or anything that will allow us to keep in contact with each other (similar to Carnival's FunHub app or Royal IQ for other ships?) We really have no interest in WiFi other than being able to find each other on the ship. Is there a way to do this other than just purchasing WiFi?

Hey all. Does anyone have experience with the obstructed view rooms on the Pearl? Our travel agent is holding one for us (specifically room 8586 if any of you have stayed in that one) and I'm debating whether the obstructed view is worth the extra price over a regular interior. I know that the oceanview rooms get 2 promos instead of 1, but since we would get the meal package as our second choice it would still be a bit cheaper to get the interior and buy the second promo separately. Just wanted to see if you guys had any input. Thanks again!

What is a premiere cruise?

I'd go with princess or NCL. Princess will have by far the best artwork and NCL will have actual broadway shows. The crowd on carnival may be a bit rowdy, and the Allure is HUGE to the point where it may be hard to get around with mobility issues.

In my experience you can change the promo, but you have to pay the difference between your cruise fare and today's fare (or whatever day you change it). Plus any fees that go with that perk obviously.

Tell Jose (cruise director staff) that Greg and Jennifer from a couple cruises ago say hi. We were the couple that won the newlywed/not-so-newlywed game. (If he forgets, we're the ones that said the ugliest thing about the wife is her face in the morning and the first thing we touch in the morning is her butt). Great great great guy.

Jeans are fine everywhere. I think they said for cagney's, ocean blue, and le bistro slacks are recommended, but it's really not enforced. I do recommend you hit up le bistro at least once. That was far and away our favorite one.