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Thanks All. Traveling on the Conquest next week. I will get the Value plan and communicate with students that I have bare bones email.

I was on Conquest for the 6/25 sailing - purchased premium 2 of our 5 days. Very, very slow the first day I purchased and completely useless the second - none of my work emails would download to my iPhone. Wish I had gone to customer service for a refund on 2nd day - completely not worth the $25 charge. I was better off connecting to cellular networks and free WiFi while in port. Others have commented WiFi on Conquest is as bad as dial up and I agree.

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Anyone know who’s on the Magic? We board her in 4 days and we love hanging out at the Alchemy bar on our cruises. Our past favorites are Vera, Ionna, Latoya, and Tatianna!

 

 

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Vera is on the Conquest as of the 6/25 sailing. We loved her!

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Yes, one person can use both - I did on the Seaside in March!

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On the Seaside for the 3+ age groups there was no charge but the late night wasn’t very late night (closed down at 11 or 12 if I recall).

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The name on your booking should match your travel documentation.

From Carnival’s FAQs:

Names on Travel Documentation

It is important that the guest's full name on the cruise and airline tickets be the same as the guest's non-expired government-issued photo I.D. they plan to use for travel identification. In the event of a different name on the cruise/airline ticket and the guest's photo I.D. as a result of a marriage, divorce or a legal name change, documentation (original or clear, legible copy) supporting this change is required (at embarkation), such as a marriage certificate, marriage license or legal name change court document. Failure to bring documentation bridging the name differences could result in denial of boarding.

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Can these gift cards be used to purchase items pre-cruise, such as the beverage package or excursions?

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We upgraded our Aurea drink package so we could get minibar drinks too. You can ask you cabin steward to fill with your preference. A nice bonus is snacks in the minibar were free too - peanuts, pringles, etc. Not sure if they were supposed to be free too or if we got lucky.

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Just off the 3/24 sailing and had the same package. It was good up to 1000 MB which for me lasted most of the week. I did have to “top up” another 1000 MB for $30 late in the week for work.

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Just off the 3/24 sailing - I purchased a package based on MB for $30 which did the trick for some work I had to do on the day at sea. I think I got 1000MB - we did have the free surfer package so the $30 charge was after we ran out of the free MB included in our free package.

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Not too much noise near the top, we were on 14 thought when they have the White party outside it is somewhat loud for an hour or two.

 

All the balconies are the same size, we had a sun lounger on ours as well as the three chairs and table/footstool.

No sun lounger on our balcony - feel a bit like we missed out!

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Also we cannot beat proximity to the buffet - excellent access to aft elevators and one floor down for a quick snack or morning cup of coffee.

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So our experience thus far - no smoke issues, great space, certainly some movement felt at back of the ship and we can hear the party-going’s at night. Easily goes into the 2-3 am time frame. Despite that we still are enjoying the cabin.

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Yes the pools are all 5-6 feet deep so not child friendly (or adult friendly for my non-swimming husband). I don’t think goggles or a dive stick would be a problem.

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I will have one departing this Saturday and can report back - cabin 9255 which I know sidari’s cabin photos only thread has a video. I plan to film my own and post to You Tube.

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Thanks for that. I have done a screenshot of your photo and will forward to my TA for her to have a go!

 

 

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I had my TA upgrade our package last week with no problems for our sailing on Seaside 3/24. $56 pp as mentioned before.

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We sail 3/24, booked through a TA and had no problems getting our edocs via email after completing the online check-in yesterday.

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Big college game Saturday - I know there are limited channels onboard. Any chance they have the main ABC network channel?

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Same cruise, same cabin, same experience type in spring break 2019 is about $800 more (25% higher) that what we paid for spring break 2018 when I price check for next year.

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Booked February 2017 for March 2018 in Aurea aft suite - $150 OBC and free internet.

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I would greatly appreciate it (as well as my soon-to-be 6 year old) if someone can share the height requirements for the slides. Hoping one of you December cruisers can pass that info along. TIA!

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For anyone who has sailed recently, were there any theme nights (white party, 70s, 80s)? Sailing on the 4 night to Key West and Bahamas and want to plan outfits (aka costumes) accordingly. Thanks!

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Once you get to D there's a discount and also there's some pre-cruise discounts, but people generally buy it because they did the math and they think the cost of the package is worth it for their drinking pattern vs. buying individual drinks.

How much is the beverage package discount for Diamond? How do you get the discount - is it preloaded on the sea pass card like all the other 'deals'?

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Following for future reference - we are in an S3 deck 9 aft on Seaside next March and very curious for more details.

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Hi, we are thinking of cursing Empress over Christmas. My Mother-in-law will be with us and she requires a rollator to get around. Has anyone been in the Junior Suites on Empress with a walker or rollator, and were there any issues with getting around the foot of the bed. Accessibility has emailed the ship to have that area measured for me, but they have not heard back from the ship.

 

Thanks,

Marybeth

Perhaps an accessible JS could be an option for the mobility concerns for your MIL.

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Based on availability you can book as many 1 or 2 time block sessions as you want, any day during nursery hours. You are not required to book 2 consecutive blocks.

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