welldone60

What's a "DOU" card?

Drinks On Us... Casino will give a card good for drinks while you are playing in the casino. Not good anywhere else on ship.

15 per day. Everyone 21 or older in the cabin must buy Cheers.

No problem for us getting drinks on the Sunshine in April.

You can call as many times as you like you will receive the same answer. I never book early saver because of the penalties. i always book past passenger, it may cost me a couple of more bucks but as long as you are before final payment date you cancel with no penalty.Always read the contract so you know what your options are to cancel.

Not true, we were able to change a cruise after final payment with no penalty. We only changed it to a week later. The first time I called was told no, called back the next day and it was no problem.

Early Saver has nothing to do with OP's booking, it's the fact that it's past final payment.

Call again, you might get a different answer.

Taxis are flat rate $33 up to 3 passengers from port to airport.

My wife and I did the vow renewal on the Breeze. Cost then was $750 for up to 20 people. This include open bar and about 10 different food items. It was really nice and there was more then enough food. Ours lasted about 2 hours and they would have let us stay longer but we had another function to attend. The only down side is they will not do it on the embark day and you will not know the time until you board the ship.

We had 9201 on the Dream and loved it. Have had the 4J's on several ships.

Here is a link to a few photos of Dream 9201.

http://s594.photobucket.com/user/welldone60/library/Dream%209201?sort=3&page=1

I think the only advantage would be in last minute cruise deals.

If you stay near the airport, that means you would have to shuttle to the hotel, then shuttle back to airport the next morning for Carnival shuttle.

To many shuttles for me. We always rent a car.

Since it was a casino offer, I doubt you will have any luck changing it.

But you can try, no harm in trying.

Have had the 4J's on several ships. We love them. We try to get them on lido deck if possible.

Is it 1 point for 1 dollar bid?

$2.50 bid per point.

I am not a big spender in the casinos, my budget for a 7 day cruise is $250. Last cruise on the Sunshine in April I never spent a cent, had an URI for a few days and never felt like playing. Got home, we had no Carnival cruises booked, and in June got an offer for $50 per person, with $100 OBC. Had many cruises to choose from, even the Journey cruises. We booked a 7 day on the Miracle for end of February 2016.

So I have no ideal what logic or requirements they use for these cruises.

Just go to guest services after you board and they will make new cards any way you like.

There is a guy on another board that lives in San Juan. They take the cruise to Barbados, spend a week there, then takes the cruise back to San Juan. His wife does not like to fly.

We had 9203 when the Victory sailed from San Juan. Loved the room. The layout makes the room seem larger. Some say they feel more motion in the 4J's. We have had several and have not noticed any more then when we were in an aft balcony.

The forward deck is above the bridge so it overhangs on the sides of the ship. A great place when sailing into or out of ports.

Here is a link to a few photos.

http://s594.photobucket.com/user/welldone60/library/Victory%209203?sort=6&page=1

Those forward cabins are cat 4J. We have had them on several ships and love them. We had 9203 on the Victory when we sailed from San Juan.

Here is a link to a few photos of 9203 on the Victory.

http://s594.photobucket.com/user/welldone60/library/Victory%209203?sort=6&page=1

I have seen soda vending machines on other ships (sailed on 12 Carnival ships) but don't remember which ship.

You can get a corkscrew from your cabin steward.

Cheers is only on the ship. You pay for anything you buy in ports.

Check out the ports of call board for tour ideals.

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/forumdisplay.php?f=203

Depends on what you like to do. Cabo is a easy port to just walk and check out the downtown area, lots of bars, restaurants, beaches are close buy, cheap massages and great people watching.

Sailed on Sunshine twice. If you want a lounger and do not have to be next to pool you should not have a problem. Buffet will be crowded around noon, just go earlier or later. The one thing I did not like about the Sunshine is the comedy club, way to small.

We have used Budget several times. Always worked great. We have always dropped the car off around 9-9:30 and get on the shuttle when it brings a load from the port. Never more then a 15-20 min wait.

If you go to Antigua, don't argue with the taxi drivers. A few years ago there was a group that ended up in jail for a week or so.

We were on deck 7 and had an Aft Wrap, Bowling Alley balcony and a normal balcony and were able to open all the petitions.

We just asked our cabin attendant and he open them for us.

Victory goes back to San Juan in November 2016.