Lee Cruiser

For our cruise on Vista a few weeks ago, we were able to get Lyft from our hotel near the beach to the pier. It was no problem for us. It may vary depending on check-in time. We had the first check-in time of 10 am. We requested a Lyft around 9:20 thinking it may take a little bit, but it didn't. We arrived at the port very early. As my previous post says, you still cannot be dropped off or picked up directly at the port by Uber. Not sure where the other information is coming from, but as of today, you still cannot. We used Uber the day before our cruise for a couple of trips around Galveston, but had to use Lyft to get to the port.

We couldn't use Uber when we debarked Vista two weeks ago. We had to use Lyft. Also, I just did a mock booking for Uber from the port and it is still showing "Pickup Are Unavailable." I'm not sure where the information that you can now use Uber is coming from because it doesn't appear you can.

If you are buying it as an investment for your children, you might want to look at other stock. There are many that are better right now. It's going to be a long time before there are dividends again, if that even happens. Now, if you are buying it for onboard credit and they cruise often, then each would need 100 shares to get that. That's really the only benefit right now. Will that continue? Who knows. There are so many variables at play, including whether the company has to file for reorganization. For personal purchases I use Ameritrade. It's simple and has no transaction fees. I've never tried to purchase for someone else, so I would talk to an advisor for that.

We've never been big fans of the brunch. We went once on our last cruise just to get an omelet without the long line, but that's the first time in several cruises.

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I sent in for three cruises back in the late spring. These were for September 2022, January 2023 and April 2023. The two cruise for next year were booked with the 50th Anniversary 50% off deal. I received notification in about two-three weeks approving credit for all three cruises.

We have been on 20 cruises and have never taken the bottles our pills came in. We flew for two cruises this year and drove for another. We take our meds in daily pillboxes. My wife also brings a larger pillbox with lots of different over the count meds we might need. We have never had any issues with these. The only time we ever had an issue with any medication is when my wife had a bottle of liquid Pepto Bismol in her medicine bag. TSA did do a separate check that one time.

We have been out of N.O. three times in January and are going this next year as well. The temps in Cozumel will be good. We typically dress like we would in the late Spring or Fall those days (shorts and such.) Depending on where you are going out of, it may be cooler sea days, especially at night. Going out of N.O. it is usually pretty cool that first night and last night. We take longer pants for those nights. Last time the first sea day was nice, so we were wearing shorts that day. However, on the last sea day headed back to N.O., there was a front coming through and it was windy and cool.

It is hit or miss depending on the ship. I had it on Mardi Gras back in April and it was great. Last week on the Vista it wasn't very good. It was very, very thin and looked nothing like the picture above.

We made our noon flight last Saturday without any issues. We are platinum, so we had zone 3 checked luggage. We were off the ship by 9, took a Lyft to the airport, were through security and sitting at our gate at 10:30.

We did Lyft XL last Saturday and it was $95. You could get regular Lyft for around $60 if I remember correctly. But, there weren't as many regular Lyft available. Another couple waiting near us had to wait a few minutes to get one scheduled. That was around 9:15 or so.

We couldn't get Uber from there last Saturday. It was still just Lyft only.

Can't answer about the Allure, but we just disembarked the Vista on Saturday and it was a very smooth process for those who have passports. They use facial recognition so it takes only a couple of seconds. Now the line for those using birth certificates was very long. Definitely glad we didn't have to go through that one.

We never did receive the email for our Vista cruise last week. We had received it for our three previous cruises, but not this one, so they may not be promoting that as much anymore. We did go in and drop off our luggage upon boarding, but our room was not ready until 1:30. As a matter of fact, our cards were not delivered to the room until nearly 2 p.m.

We are renting a car from Enterprise before our September cruise. Does anyone know if they have a shuttle to the port?

Wow! I knew Carnival stock was too high a few months ago, but I didn't see it going below $10 again. I was thinking more in the $14-15 range. Nobody knows exactly how low it will go, but now I'm wondering if it will test the 2020 bottom of near $7.