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Prices of drinks just went up FYI. A mixed drink is now $12-14 and beers are pushing $8.

August is your best bet.

I love me a good Nathan's hot dog. I grew up going to Coney Island. I might have to bite the bullet and buy one when we are there.

Thank you for checking!!

That's a lot of empty chairs by the pool! Doesn't look like we will have any trouble getting some. We intend to have a pool day when we are here because all the excursions are far away. Even the Carnival ones. And even though the ship will wait for us, I don't consider it a good time to sit on a bus for 3 hours round trip for a 2 hour excursion.

Are you able to see in the app how late the bars are open? I know the casino bar is typically the only one open past 11pm, but I know Horizon doesn't have a bar in the casino anymore. Are there any free group fitness classes? Do you have a schedule and the prices of the "for a fee" group fitness classes? I know I can prepurchase a class pass for the duration of my cruise, but I'm looking more for "per class". How much is the brewery tour at Pig & Anchor?

I used the social media internet package on Elation in June, and I was able to communicate to everyone via facebook messenger and imessage no problem. I did not try video calls, but I believe audio calls are just fine. I have read that whatsapp works the same. This will only work on the ship though. If you need to use your phone in the ports, AT&T has international day pass for $10/day. I will have social media internet on my next cruise, and I plan to use the day pass if needed in the ports (mostly just to be able to use Maps).

It does if everyone has an iphone and can use imessage. Also works for Whatsapp and others. I haven't used it for facetime or facebook messenger video, but others have said it works just fine.

Right. Cruise cash is use it or lose it. You are better off paying down the S&S with whatever means you choose.

And what time did you board?

You can also pay it down with Carnival gift cards. I did that on my last cruise. You can get $100 gc's from AARP for $90.

Do you know how much it was for the "Master the Martini"? Is this the same as the mixology class where they show you how to make drinks and then you make them?

Much appreciated! Enjoy your last day-and-a-half 🙂

Thank you!!!!!!!!! Now...how exactly do I find this when I get on board? We sail next Saturday! Is it in the menu somewhere if I click the 3 lines at the top left? I have never, ever seen these items in the app before.

I want to know this information too! I saw your response with the screen shots. Is the info for Circle C and Club O2 in the app as well? Could you post some screen shots of those? Also, are you able to see the camp times from night 1 (looking for info on the meet and greet).

What is the "free internet"?? Does that just mean the ships wifi that you use for the HUB app? I am enjoying all the food posts!!

Is there a line for FTTF/priority?

You do not get to check in 2 days earlier with FTTF. I have it for my March 30 cruise and wasn't able to check in until March 16th. And I did try to do it earlier.

I have FTTF for my March 30 cruise, and I got C05 at check-in. My last cruise in June I also had FTTF; I checked in right at midnight and was B02. I thought I would have had "A" as well, but we did pretty much walk right on once we entered the terminal.

I work in downtown Jax, and I can see the bridge when I'm in the office.

Just add the gift cards to your S&S at guest services or a kiosk. I usually just go on the last night of the cruise so I know how much I need and don't have to deal with getting a refund.

I tend to use quotes around "upgrade" because I've never gotten anything that was a true upgrade imo. On my last sailing on Elation, I was solicited for hundreds of dollars to move from my interior to an undesirable location - one was a sideways cabin, and there were 3 of us! Another offer was for the same cabin I turned down the week prior. I believe I got a total of 5 offers within a few weeks, so I guess my original cabin was popular. Was a good location for us.

Ahh, probably so. Which makes sense why I haven't heard about them lately - the in-room beverages are about double what they were a few years back.

How do people provide alcohol, jell-o shots, etc for a cabin crawl? I saw this on a youtube video, and it looked interesting, but where do they get all the booze from? Is this usually something set up by Carnival beforehand? The jell-o shots really intrigued me due to needing refrigeration.

Thanks everyone for the insightful input!