gman1821

I would have to agree on the "look" of the fries. They looked like they were soaked in oil. Not very tasty.

Only had 1 burger from there, and it took no more than a few minutes.

Each person that you want to communicate with while on the boat will need to have downloaded the app and pay the $5 fee. You can also get a free Carnival lanyard on the day of Embarkation if you show them you have the app. The booth was located across from Guest Services on deck 3. Note - there were some times and various locations on the boat where the Wifi - that the app uses was not working.

For off the boat, I signed up for a T mobile POST paid account for $50. I was able to use LTE and 3G while in port at all of the various cities. In each port in the morning, I would connect to the local data provider and check my email. I was also able to use any local wifi as well (after getting credentials from restaurant or wifi enabled tour van). I used an unlocked iPhone and set up the account 3 days before leaving. This was a tremendous help since I was also able to check in for my flights as well as download my boarding passes.

Just returned from the July 19th sailing, we never once went to deck 5 to check in for YTD. We just went to deck 3 or 4 and let them know we were ready to eat. We had a party of 7. We always requested the table for 8 instead of the cramped table for 6 with the added chair. The longest we ever waited for a table was 5 minutes.

Expect to have dinner take at least 90 mins to 2 hours to complete your meal. In my opinion, service was very slow and hit and miss.

I believe that the production shows were at 7:30 and 9:30.

Just got back from the July 19th cruise out of Athens. We were able to bring on wine and or other drinks with no problem. As best as I can recall, at all of the ports, Carnival had their own metal detector and screening.

Just returned home from the July 19th sailing. We had a party of seven and had private tours at all of the ports. We only tipped on 1 tour and that was because the guide/driver went way above and beyond.

We even had one tour that we ended up paying less than the agreed amount due to renegotiating the cost as the tour went along.

Even though people feel safe in Kusadasi because it is a couple hundred miles from the latest terrorist attack, there is still a concern. See the latest LA Times article. The people causing trouble are closer than you think.

http://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-turkey-istanbul-nightlife-20160403-story.html

Counter-terrorism police on Friday arrested about 15 members of the group in coastal Izmir, local media reports indicate, seizing documents and shotguns. Dogan News Agency reported that some of those arrested were in training for suicide attacks.

Izmir — a liberal city on the country's western tourism trail — has become a smuggling hub over the last year. Many hundreds of thousands of desperate refugees use the bays and inlets along its coastal shores to begin hazardous trips to the nearby Greek islands of Lesbos and Chios.

Izmur is only 62 miles from Kusadasi.