jamieleighann16

My cruise is at 30 days out today. So that answers nothing for me. lol

Well that is a view, jaded and lopsided but still a view.  So, I am betting that if you had a cruise scheduled you are still going....right?  For the record they think and believe just the opposite.   Not a bad idea for a thread tho, why don’t you start one asking of people agree with your scenario.  

I do have a cruise booked on Panorama in April. Along with a week of travel beforehand in California. So I’m watching very closely and am leaning towards rescheduling. With their debarkation delay today I’m hoping it’s nothing serious. I get that my view is lopsided and I just always tend to err on the side of caution.

I also can’t help but think about the crew on all of these ships that are at a greater risk than all of us. Because of the thousands of passengers rotating in and out each week on these ships and then being stuck on the ship I’m sure they’re all terrified being so far from home. I feel for them. It’s a tough situation all around.

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Unless government mandated or so strong a recommendation that basically does the same thing, IMHO, there is almost zero chance of not sailing.   They might have to discount significantly, but there is more at stake than that sailing.  They (and it is a collective they, meaning the industry) have to reestablish their business as soon as they can.  I cannot say this strong enough, it is critical.  

Emma says still waiting for customs clearance. 9:15am.

Are there exceptions to what you can use OBC on?

I have a few OBC questions as I’ve never had this much before and am wondering how we are going to use it all. We always get Cheers and aren’t gamblers so we spend very little once we get on board. We’ve already booked excursions and specialty dining. Below are some options I’m thinking about

Can we use it to purchase Cheers once we get on board? (I know the price goes up but if our OBC covers 80% of the cost then it doesn’t matter)

OR

Can it somehow be used to tip the crew? If I sign my receipt for any drink we get with a decent tip will it come out of OBC? I’d love to tip them a significant amount of I’m able to

I’m also considering skipping the drink package this time and just paying for each one as we go to use OBC and if we go over will be less than the cost of Cheers. So many options

I know I can always spend it in the spa or shops but neither one of those are much interest to either of us. Trying to use it the most beneficial way that we’d enjoy or be able to share with crew.




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Someone asked about sparkling mineral water.
is that different than sparkling water? I asked the bartender in the atrium yesterday about
sparkling mineral water and she said sparkling water we have San benesomethingto. Is that different? Someone mentioned bubbly. I see these at the coffee shop so I’d like to know which you’re talking about. I just drink
bottled water preferably spring myself.
 

Thank you for taking so much time to share so much info with us! I just created a new thread to ask a question I probably should have posted here. I’ve read that whatever Pepsi’s sparkling mineral water is wont be included in the Cheers package on Panorama. Have you encountered that yet? I always got Perrier at just about any bar on Vista and Horizon but not sure since the switch to Pepsi.


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In the past Perrier sparkling mineral water was included in the Cheers package. We'd often order one with every alcoholic beverage to stay hydrated. Since the switch to Pepsi, I don't believe Perrier is offered anymore and I've also read in a few random places that whatever the Pepsi equivalent is will not be included in Cheers. Can anyone confirm or deny this? I have a cruise coming up in the next few weeks on the Panorama and I'd love to know. I don't care what brand the sparkling mineral water is, just wondering if it is still included in Cheers.

Also, is Carnival bottled water the same as the drinking water throughout the ship?

41 minutes ago, PrincessArlena'sDad said:

When you changed cabins, you got switched from the old PIF date policy to the new PIF date policy.

 

Did you get an email confirmation with the new cabin?  I bet that confirmation had the new date.

You are correct. I just went and checked that email and it does say 1/19/20 at the very bottom. When we upgraded over the phone our agent told confirmed the payment due date remained 2/3/20, which caused lots of confusion. But we were able to pay the balance in time and all is well. Thanks for the assistance here! 

Is the Havana area open to Havana guests 24/7? If not, what are the hours? 

This morning I got an email that I thought was fake telling me my cruise was about to be canceled due to non payment because we missed the final payment date of 1/19/20. I logged in to carnival to check as well and it was saying the same thing! The final payment date has always been 2/3/20 and we had it paid off until we decided to upgrade our cabin a few weeks ago so we had a balance again. Thankfully I saw the email in time and we were able to login and pay the remainder. This could have been very bad if I didn’t see that email! Has this happened to anyone else? Why would Carnival do that?