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We thought it was excellent, surprisingly so. My steak was better than the steakhouse. Our meal was also comped and I would pay for it. 

To answer OP's question - ABC is by leaps and bounds the best regular Caribbean itinerary. For me personally, a Vista Class ship (Havana) or Excel with A, B, and Grand Turk would be the best of the best.  YMMV.

6 minutes ago, heath7767 said:

@Sabalon I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but there's no more custom omelets on any of the Carnival ships. 😞 They'll still make eggs to order, but the only omelet options are veggie, cheese, or ham and cheese both at the Lido buffet and in the MDR.

On the Spirit earlier this month, I was able to order a custom omelet - ham and veggie no tomato. 

12 minutes ago, TravelBluebird said:

 

Wow that’s bizarre!  I’d hate to be a Premier cruiser mixed in with an Ultra.

I also saw this when pricing out some cruises, but it was an Elite and Premier??? Weird.

Agree that our other casino offers are better.  Holding out for new Elite offers hopefully dropping in late April or May.

New Ultra offers

Current Elite expires April 5 - when should new offers come out?  Really torn on booking an Ultra tomorrow or waiting on new Elite choices.

58 minutes ago, A&L_Ont said:

Saw this in social media today for our cruise.
 

Rise up anti-duckers. We don’t give, or take a duck. Thankfully nothing worse came from this last night. 

Be sure to let the duck know that smoking is only allowed in the casino or 15 Port 

The secret algorithm is to find who has the most disposable income that can run through the machines.  DINKs, no mortgage, high credit score, high limit credit cards, etc.

We came home from one trip $4k in the hole (prepaid our next cruise haha) and got Elite offers.  We had been on 4 prior cruises, lowly Red Cards, and had never before had a casino offer other than the basic discount plus DOUCasino. We skipped over getaway, premier, and ultra.  

We just got off the Elite cruise and have received our first Ultra offers.  Trying to wait for the next round of Elites but the Ultra is looking pretty good.  I like busy casinos.

I must be in the minority in liking a crowded casino!  Lively atmosphere, machines going off everywhere!  I think it adds to the fun!

DH has early access on 19th and I can book 21st - we are hoping to be able to book two rooms on our offer so our niece and nephew can come along!

Are Ultra codes bookable more than once?  Elites we can use each code 3 times.

Just got off Spirit but wasn’t to Alaska this time of year 🤪.  She’s worn in areas but pretty well taken care of. Liked the layout. Extended balconies not anything special in my opinion. Happy to try to answer any specifics. 

The giveaways in the casino “seem” better than the ones on our recent Elite cruise. Disregarding the Elite benefits, are Ultras a little better in this area?

4 hours ago, Elaine5715 said:

A crowded casino with high level players.  There are more details in your offer and different sailing dates/ships offer different perks.  Some fill faster than others.

I do agree that the quantity of high level players in the casino was obvious.  It was nothing to see many folks well north of 50000 points and all they were playing was slots. As we are newbies, we were certainly on the bottom of the "attention" scale.  The hosts did call us by name when seen in other areas of the ship so that was nice. 

The offers with Funplay have a more limited number of sailings to choose from than the ones without Funplay. The Elite benefits are what makes Elite offers special, not the Funplay in my opinion. I just got off our first Elite cruise on the Spirit.  The casino was full, but there was always a seat available. There are only around 100 Elite cruisers on each sailing, so if the casino is packed, its the rest of the guests on board being there, not Elite's fault as it is implied. YMMV, but we thought the benefits, gifts, and special attention were enough to keep booking under these offers as opposed to other casino offers.  

We just got off the Spirit and our MDR lobster was considerably better than the steakhous lobster. We ordered the same steaks again another night and while the first night was good, the second time they were honestly one of the best steaks I’ve ever had, land or sea. 

On this past cruise, we were on an Elite offer and still had to ask for a comp.  We had over 20K points.

That whole particular day was a cluster and that's being kind.  I was also on this cruise and the lot didn't even open until after 1pm due to the situation with the previous cruise being held outside the bay due to the fog.  We had a 6 hour drive to get to the port.  We were actually the very first car in the line on the little side street where you go straight to enter the deck. As this was our first time cruising out of Mobile, we relied on the police to tell us what to do.  They directed us to park here and wait.  About 2 hours later, a port authority security person made us move (but not one other car, but thats another conversation). We went to Waffle House and came back and waited in one of the overflow lots.  After the previous cruise finally docked, we left the overflow lot and started driving circles around the area until the "authorities" would let us in which began about 130pm.  There were plenty of spots available even at 430pm.  Since we were all held in the overflow lots prior to boarding, many people just stayed where they were instead of trying to line up again.  Not one person working the port (police, port authority, etc.) had the same answer of what the procedure was. Happy to report the rest of the cruise was great

Following this topic

How crowded is Serenity on a pretty day like today?  Is the "pool" warm enough to get in?

Would Fly2Fun have helped in this instance? Looking at booking it for day of flight in July to SFO from ATL. As a novice flyer, even though it’s a couple hundred more than what I would pay normally, I feel like the peace of mind is worth that. 

I love the Veuve as well! The rose will be my carry on wine for sure!

21 hours ago, Saint Greg said:

I was skeptical due to the red area

 

 

Sorry I’m behind. Which of these routes was the “right” way so as to not have to merge and force your way in? 

Following!  On the Spirit in 15 days on an Elite cruise. 

We leave in 16 days for our first Elite. I’m interested to see if the benefits really outweigh our regular casino offers with free play. YMMV. Excited!

We would be disembarking Friday. Sounds like we need to just go with the 1pm flight