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5 minutes ago, UrbishN said:

I hear ya. My granddaughter loves to cruise , so we go when school is out and the prices high.. but she has a great time . If we have to reschedule, we’d have to wait another year . We’re in Texas . And hurricane season is unpredictable as well 

Totally understand. We are in Central Florida and our daughter is in South Florida. We can put off into July this year. March, June, or July 2021. We would sail Christmas  but our daughter works retail. We are waiting it out. This cruise is our 25th wedding anniversary celebration.

Our final payment is 3/24 for our June 7 cruise. Our kids room final payment was 3/9 for our same cruise. We have so many factors contributing to what we decide to do. I'm with you on having more time to decide and no issues with FCC. My husband is a teacher so we have to wait. We do not know if our extended spring break will be extended more, the school year extended and whatever else is implemented with travel restrictions etc. 

On 2/1/2020 at 6:42 PM, mlshum said:

 

Gizelle instructed us to put on water shoes.  You could purchase them if you didn’t have some with you.  They were very specific and were checking to be certain that everyone who was climbing the falls did have water shoes.  They also did not allow you to take loose items up the falls.  Again, Ron was able to take the Go Pro as long as it was on the wrist attachment.

 

When we arrived at the falls, we were ushered through the entrance where we met our guide, Marvin.  He was very high energy and was a lot of fun.  We also had a videographer with us.  He was also a lot of fun and we did a lot of yelling and laughing.  I can’t remember his name.  Although I’m sure the video turned out very well, we didn’t buy one at $40. 

 

We went down a staircase to the beach where our group assembled.  The falls empty into the sea right at the beach.  Marvin gave us a few instructions and we started our climb.  The first part of the climb was done hand in hand.  We climbed a short distance and then stopped for some pictures and to actually sit under the falls with the water falling on this.  We alternated between climbing and stopping.  One time we stopped and had the opportunity to fall backwards into a deep pool.  At another stop we could slide down the rocks, which formed a natural slide.  The whole thing was SO MUCH FUN!  This is one of my favorite shore excursions yet!  The entire climb took about 45 minutes.  When we reached the top of the falls, Gizelle met us and took us back to our bus.  The final stop was to be at Bamboo Beach Club.

 

)This is the only photo that I could get to upload.  We have several short videos but I can't get the site to accept those.  Sorry!)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Love the Dunns River Falls photo. Brings back a lot of fun memories. We did this on our honeymoon many years ago.We did an all inclusive in Montego Bay but did excursions throughout the island. This port was one of the reasons my hubby picked the itinerary he did for our trip.  

On 2/1/2020 at 12:09 PM, mlshum said:

Thank you so much!  I love doing this!  It’s almost like it makes the experience last a little bit longer.  Thanks for reading!

 

I’m sorry to say that I didn’t.  Before we sailed, I found some really good videos on YouTube that had both the menus and pictures of a lot of the dishes.  I think I searched “Carnival Horizon Dining” but I’m not completely sure.  Check out YouTube and I’m sure you’ll find some great info.  Ron laughed at me because I was on the elliptical while I was reading about all this great food.  🤣

 

I do have copies of all the Fun Times with the exception of the last sea day.  I was having trouble getting them so scan because they are larger than my scanner.  I could take pictures if you would like to see them but it will take 4-6 pictures per sheet.  I’m happy to do that if you’d like to see those and if you think everyone wouldn’t mind all of the extra pics.

I am really enjoying it. My hubby and I are doing this itinerary for our 25th wedding anniversary in June. I only asked about the menus because we are considering some specialty restaurants this time around. I will check out you tube. Thanks for the tip. 

If others want the fun times that would be great but you do not have to on my account. :)

Looking forward to rest of your trip report. 

Enjoying your review. Did you happen to screenshot the menus for the mdr ? Thank you for sharing.

On 1/15/2020 at 10:53 PM, Saint Greg said:

I have two sets of Horizon Fun times. On the 7-day it was the first sea day and grand Cayman day. On the 8-day it was the first and second sea days. I haven’t eaten specialty on elegant night but I believe they are elegant as well.

 

https://saintgregtravel.com/fun-times/

 

 

Do you happen to have the menus for the horizon itinerary Cozumel, Ochos Rios and Grand Cayman ? Thanks for posting the fun times. 

5 hours ago, Djptcp said:

I always keep the original mailings with the offer or I print out the offers if they were received by email. I bring the appropriate one on the cruise with me just in case. I also contact the Players Club for confirmation of the offer and print out their response to bring with me. I discovered on one cruise a long time ago that I wasn't on their list in the casino cage on board and it took a few days to get it straightened out so that I could get my casino cash.

This is very important . Keep the original email , print them and bring with you. My hubby booked us on an amazing offer over Thanksgiving that included drinks on us for both of us.Email the players club do not call as we did.Calling does not give you written proof. Live and Learn. We called the players club beforehand confirming all was good and it was. However, when we went to the casino , my drinks on us was not showing and we did not have the print out. Since we failed to bring the paper confirming our offer , which we shouldn't have to but apparently needed to I just dropped the issue. 

We are considering some of the specialty dining options on our upcoming cruise. Does anyone have the 6 day menus that you can share? Would like to be able to decide which nights to add the specialty dining.  Thank you :) 

On 11/12/2019 at 7:36 PM, bubbie74 said:

We have booked our cruise with a casino promotion. We can receive free drinks in the casino. Anyone have info on that?

We booked under a similar promotion.(awesome rate, $100 OBC and Drinks on Us for 2 adults in cabin)From my understanding,  While you are playing in the casino you are able to receive the free drinks from a server walking around the casino floor. We will find out in about 12 days. Enjoy your cruise. 

I have also searched and have not been successful.

I’ll be posting a four day one next week. We head out Sunday to Thursday with stops in Freeport and Nassau.

Oh cool. Thanks. Doing this itinerary next month.

Enjoying your review. We sail on the Magic for Christmas.

Thanks to this thread I used the price protection claim form and will receive an onboard credit of 50.59 ea for the 9 of us.

We have the side by side booked now in a good area. I studied the deck plans. :)

Cruising on Carnival Magic. Which would you prefer ?

Connecting Cove Balcony Rooms or Cove Balcony rooms side by side where the divider could come out?

thanks for doing the review , we are booked for Christmas cruise this year.

We are too.We cannot wait.

Does anyone have personal experience staying in these rooms? Noise issues ? Can you open up the balcony partition ?

I know it is under the gallery but curious with personal experience . Thanks.

We got off the Victory June 16. We had cabins 2250, 2254 and 6250. Cabins 2250 and 2254 had been redone. Cabin 6250 only had a small flat screen, nothing else had been redone. Our redone rooms were awesome. No complaints.

Does anyone know how long the beautification project should last ?