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100 and 500 are both there today! Does anyone remember the limit in a few day period? Thanks

 

 

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I've had the app for a week and a half and have never seen the $100 GC :( Just $500. Which, I mean, is fine because a discount is a discount and I'll take it.

However, I'm having an issue where the app has only logged about 5 trips in the week and a half I've had it. I commute to work M-F, go to the gym twice a week, and have travelled 15 miles one way to go to the mall. There should be at least 30 trips right there. I've tried all the typical troubleshooting tips, anyone else have this issue? I want my safe driving points, dang it!

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They're faux leather and all manmade so while you probably can't wear them in a pool, getting them a little wet won't hurt them! Best of luck

Hi all!

I'm planning my first cruise for -hopefully- December 2018 or January 2019 (looking @ 5 days on Valor) and I have been lurking all over these boards for two weeks now, learning and absorbing everything I can. My biggest unanswered questions are about baggage! I've seen a few posts say "It's just like the airport," and that doesn't help me; I haven't flown in 10 years. I'm driving the four and a half hours to port. Any help, explained patiently, is most welcome and appreciated. Also, I'm trying to get as much terminology correct as I can for sake of clarification, but if I misuse a term, I welcome the opportunity to learn the correct term!

1) I'm driving to port, and will park in a port garage. I gather there is a free shuttle service from the garage to the dock/terminal. What do I do with my luggage here? Does it go on the shuttle with me, or should I drop it off with a porter before parking in the garage and then shuttle to the terminal with just my carry on? Speaking of porters...

2) Where are the porters? Are they in the terminal, outside the terminal, somewhere else? Carnival says porters are not Carnival employees. Are they clearly identified as porters or are there sneaky impostors posing as porters to whisk away my precious luggage? (Maybe this sounds paranoid... but I don't travel. Ever. I'm completely green!)

3) Do ladies purses count as carry ons? If so, can I shove it in my carry on back pack and be good to go?

4) I understand some individuals do not leave their bags with porters but carry their luggage on board themselves. How does this work? Is there luggage screening on the gangway? Once on board with your luggage, do you tote it around until staterooms are available for guests (my back hurts just thinking about this!) or are you able to drop it somewhere, like in front of your stateroom door?

5) I've seen some posts mention guests are to have their luggage outside their rooms the evening before disembarkation. How in the blazes does that work? I'll need to pack my toiletries and pajamas in the morning! And assuming luggage is taken off the ship for us guests, where do we collect it once we are disembarked?

6) Can we take our luggage off ourselves? And if doing so, this kind of loops back to my first question: is there room on the shuttle to the parking garage for my bag?

Thank you in advance for tolerating my naivety :) Happy sailing!

I've heard seafood is always to be avoided on cruises. Fact or fiction?