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8 hours ago, Elaine5715 said:

Yes, as stated you can use it for anything on board including charging slot play.  Anything charged onboard no exceptions

Thanks, can you also use it for shore excursions? I am guessing you would have to wait until the ship sails to sign up for the excursion ?

1 hour ago, Jamman54 said:

 

I had my PVP handle it for me. 

I wonder if he/she would care to assist me ? Contact details?

Where can I find the policy on what exactly the onboard credit can and CANNOT be used for?

I know these are geneally a use it or loose it. Can I for example gamble with it in the casino if it should be more than I can spend? Can I use it to pay for excursions? Spa treatments? 

thanks

3 hours ago, Jamman54 said:

You can transfer your FCC to an existing booking. I did two such transfers. 😎

How did you do this? Did you have to call in? 

19 hours ago, Wattshout said:

We are in the family harbour in April. We made sure we were under the MDR instead of the galley.

 

I have to admit that the lack of detailed reviews of this area is disapointing. So I'll make sure to do one once we get back.

Thanks, looking forward to reading it

2 minutes ago, Joe817 said:

Yes, O.C. You have to call them. A TA will take your info over the phone, and then in turn, notify Carnival of the payment and Carnival accepts it. And I verified the next day that the $500 gift card payment was applied to my balance correctly. 

I guess I will have to ask my parents to try calling Expedia to see about using the GC for prepaid tips. But weird though because the carnival site would have let me pay it via CC or PayPal just fine. So that is why I am asking if they don't allow GC payment on the gratuities.

On 1/31/2020 at 8:20 PM, ejnsb said:

What's the amount of hold Carnival puts on your cc embarkation day?

GREAT Question, I hadn't thought of that. 

Thank you so much for all of your input everyone. That gives me great insight on what to plan for. 

I was thinking at least $100 in small bills cash for tips. We will have a few hundred more on hand for contingency.

Obviously the credit card will cover whatever we should decide to do. I assume I can use it at Margaritaville, etc. ?

My main purpose of the question was geared towards how much to put on the S&S which I understand to be a use it or loose it deal. Planning on buying discount Carnival gift cards to fund it. I don't want to put too much on it and then have to buy stuff I don't want in order to keep from loosing the money.

Could be in a small box depending on how many were ordered. In my case, 10 cards came in a fairly small box.

Thanks for the previous advice to call Expedia. They were able to pay with the gift cards that way.

Ran into a new wrinkle though. I tried to use some funds I had left on one card to prepay their gratuities and it didn't give me the option to use a gift card. Has anyone else experienced this? 

My gift cards arrived today.

One small problem and I might stray too far off topic.

I got some of the cards to go towards my parrents cruise which they booked separately. I just found out they booked thru expedia. The Carnival website wont let me pay for the booking on their site. I logged on to the expedia account to try to pay there. The only option given is to pay with a credit card. 

Any suggestions ?

What would that $100 / day be spent on ?

I forgot to mention our excursions are already booked.

Just trying to get an idea of what to expect for our first crise this summer on Carnival Magic. How Much $ should I need for Sign & Sail / Onboard Credit? 

We are a family of 4, children 5 and 8.

I am thinking maybe we buy 1 soda a day each at most. Maybe a virgin pina colada or two. Possibly speacialty coffee each morning.

Our gratuties are pre-paid.

Not planning on Spa, picture pachages, alcohol, etc.

thanks as always

3 hours ago, Organized Chaos said:

I came here to post about this, too. I'm assuming it's site maintenance or a glitch. Considering the issues they've been having with the website in the last month, my money is on a glitch.

 

We need one more FTTF and I've been checking relentlessly as our cruise fast approaches. They're not helping matters. 😠

I think I can do this in my sleep by now

Yes that's good advice, I did contact the hotel when I made the reservation to confirm that they would still come get us at that time.

Comfort Inn Miami Airport North has free airport and cruise port shuttle. I booked us there because we don't get to MIA until after 9pm and are a party of 6 (can't all fit in one Uber/Lyft).

Comfort Inn/Suites North Miami Airport has both for free. 

I'm booked there for this summer so I can't tell you much about it yet.

On 9/5/2019 at 11:11 AM, ICT lineman said:

"ORV"

 

Comfort Suites MIA aiport

 

2+ block walk to dinner at Tom's NFL Sports Bar

I have reservations here for our first time cruise this summer. How was the shuttle ride to the cruise port? How long did it take? Did it make a lot of stops at hotels along the way?

Trying to figure out how to make whatever arrival time we wind up getting from Carnival. I am guessing I won't be able have much say about the shuttle schedule with this setup?

We made reservations at the Miami Airport North Comfort Inn Suites. It has shuttle from the airport and a free shuttle to the Port. 

The shuttle to the cruise port is a contracted service the hotel pays for. Return trip is not included. I have not found any reviews from anyone who has used this service though. 

Glad I woke up early this morning and couldn't get back to sleep. Just saved $500 on our cruise !! So if there is a purchase limit on these it is not 10 cards.

Was sweating bullets there for about 15 min though. I used a brand new credit card and the purchase flagged for potential fraud.  They verifed everything imagineable with me, just short of a DNA test it seemed.

Now lets see if I can get as lucky and catch a FTTF on sale.

Happy cruising everyone

56 minutes ago, Stacie. said:

I have a January 2021 cruise booked and there are no excursion options available right now other than airport transfers and the like. I’m guessing that it is just too early—I just keep checking every now and then.

Yes I noticed this too. AND they offered a discount for early excursion bookings. Gee thanks for nothin Carnival.

Hi there,

Have a 6 day cruise booked out of Miami for middle of January 2021. When I click on faster to the fun I get - Search found 0 results. Surely they are not all sold out allready. My July 2020 cruise shows F2TF as "sold out" when I try to add it. Seems weired to me that clicking on it for 2021 yeilds "0 Results"

Surely it can't be sold out allready ?

thanks

thanks !

Wondering the same

Thanks Joe that is what i needed to know. I can stop with the troubleshooting on my end.

Yes I realize I can call in to make the payment, this is what I had to do for the deposit. I am trying to determine if it is just me having problems or are other people exeriencing the same thing. 

Joe817 is that what you mean by "how prevalent the website's problems are" ??

Seems unfathomalbe such a major company, or any company, would allow problems with taking peoples' money persist!

That would be like opening a store without a cash register.

sorry forgot to say we are sailing on our first Carnival Cruise and my questin is specific to Carnival