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Good question on the price, has to be high. On those ships it is Starlink. They can basically dial the speed.

Somebody here posted a review of a cruise from down under back to the states. In there thy mentioned that most places in Australia when you order a burger it comes with sliced beets on it. Put a whole new perspective on it for me.

9c cabins have the perks

While not totally true for all cabins, it us true enough to say it.

Yes

Early is almost ALWAYS better.

And yet, The Points Guy rates Carnivals food in the upper echelon. Hmmmm….

Careful, if you keep diffusing agenda driven posts with facts, it may diffuse the purpose. Despite the posters intent, the facts are that all cruise lines try and save money and food waste is a prime way to do that.

Thanks for doing the review.

Thanks for the info and the link to the review. Very helpful.

Not outside….it is open to both inside and outside

Inside bar yes

The aft wrap and aft view get access to the HC pool area. All guestsa can go to the bar (inside)

We have stayed on the aft wrap on 6 and next over for family. There is some ambient noise when the band is playing, small muffled but can be heard.Nothing from pool area. Love the wrt wraps as well. The band quits at 11.

We did all three Kudasi for Turkey, and never got a stamp.

First off, I think you mean deck 5 not 6. That is where the HC cabins are. There is a gate from each cabin area to the outer walkway. Only passengers with HC cabins have access to this area. There is two doors from the pool area (they only use the one on the Starboard side) and pool attendant is assigned to check wrist bands at this level. There is also a gate to common areas which supposedly can be opened by cards of HC residents. HC cabins can get to pool thru the HC bar are or the external walkway. Patios are not noisy. We have stayed in HC on the Vista, Horizon and Panorama on 8 sailings. Absolute home run.

Bingo, love it!

Just like every other cruise line.

Good luck and enjoy your cruise. Let us all know how it works out.

Any market turn down (and there will absolutely be one this year) will have a devastating effect on the company (the potential negative variables in our world are just the upper crust of possibilities). The market is at an all time high in terms of berth backlog. They are 30 bill in the hole and growing (estimated 8 BILLION more coming in the next 3 years).

Which has absolutely nothing to do with what Carnival does. Thanks for the stock tip though….. Where will they be when the 30 bill they will owe (and are leveraging up) and the market (at an all time high flattens out. If you choose to the Monstrosity of each year at absorbent rates (butt ugly by the way, looks like a joke cartoon that we would see on the Super-bowl add) then do it. I will pass, not even sure I would sail it for free, unless it had open bar. Is their stock position better than Carnival? Sure. Does that have anything at all to do with Carnivals new build or what Weinstein commented and your interpretation…..no. I will repeat it again, spending 2 billion every 10 months for a ship that absolutely needs to sail full and at the highest market rates in a almost saturated market is a fools folly, the math does not work. You may think differently…which is fine. Oh….Icon is butt ugly. which has just as much to do with this thread topic as RCCL stock price does to adding another excel class ship.

Thanks for the link. I agree on the 30 bill being a factor. It gets way more gray after that. How would it look for the company that maintains the best fiscal policy after a forced shutdown and is 30 (thought it was 32, but lets not squabble over 2 bill) billion in th hole and then state that new builds are wrong when you are getting outpaced by the competition (and recently add several to the books. Does that make it appear the RCCL is doing the right thing? Not in my book. The math does not work.

Thanks for all the feedback. Much appreciated. This will be our first.

Was our experience as well.

We are doing AMA Budapest to Nuremberg Christmas highlights in November 2025 with both pre i2 nights in Budapest) and post (3 nights Prague). Would love to hear more on ow you enjoyed the Prague add on.