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32 minutes ago, CruisingFox27 said:

 

Hopefully, this explains it. 

 

If you are entering the UK from a foreign country (apart from Ireland), you have two days to take a PCR test - a lateral flow test will no longer be accepted.

The PCR test must be booked before you travel, and bought privately from a government-approved list of providers.

While you are waiting for a result, you must self-isolate - whether or not you have been vaccinated. You can stop self-isolating if your test is negative.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/explainers-52544307

 

If you're fully vaccinated and can prove it, you don't need a test prior to traveling. 

 

You'll need to get your tests done and the results very quickly if you only arrive the day before you're due to sail. 

Thanks, but also it says that if you are leaving within 2 days you dont need the test but need to schedule it anyway. I'll be leaving the day after I arrive.

Can anyone tell me how the covid testing works for US citizens? We are arriving the day before the cruise and dont understand completely the 2 day test rule.

On 11/22/2021 at 10:01 PM, specialagentheather said:

Thank you. So everything I'm reading says he needs to update his green card before he can cruise. But it's also saying a passport is REQUIRED for non citizens, is that correct? He does not have a passport. I know he went on a. Cruise several years ago... is the passport requirement a new rule?

 

[He was born in Spain, but moved to the US as an infant. He has never been out of the country since and has no passport]

An unexpired green card is sufficient, just as easy with it as it is for a US passport.

1 hour ago, kapcruiser said:

Can you bring on Can soda from a port that you dock in during the cruise?

You can, yes.

So here are the accounts carnival put my credits in once I spent them. Before use, they were offset by "non refundable unused credit", I believe.

I wish they would make platinum 300 days and diamond 500 days. No grandfathering and no catering to whiners. Well, without whiners I guess the ships would he empty.

Anyone that does check in at the terminal can tell you when you check in.

Hmmm. 100%??

What rates are those? I never get rates this low.

Thanks. I've seen them do the modified shows for a few different reasons. I'm guessing they have heart of soul, flick, and 88 keys. 

I'm glad you had fun. Do you recall what the shows were that didnt take place?

I would trade my OBC for some cheap cruise rates. Overall, you are getting the BETTER deal. 

2 minutes ago, BlerkOne said:

For Carnival Corp, and not all cruise lines under the Carnival umbrella were giving away OBC. Carnival doesn't release financials for the individual cruise lines.

Well we do know that the ones that sail with that whale's tail didnt have revenue of any type greater than this.

It seems someone saw the latest quarter revenues was nearly ten times of what it was last quarter, but failed to mention that it is a fifth of what it was for period ending 2/29/20.

In comparing to previous quarters I would say the onboard revenue is explosive...

So here is their quarterly income statement....

5 minutes ago, Denverdonkeys said:

I am a CPA and public acountant. I agree with you, you have to go through the guidance, but they owe you nothing if the cruise is cancelled. 

A certified public accountant and a public accountant that is not necessarily certified?

Let's all look at their financial statement and see what we come up with. 

This is the best conversation I have seen here in a while!

4 hours ago, beachbum53 said:

There is an alternative to this. I don't know why Carnival has never thought of it. Instead of having people put their trays on the floor by the cabin door(s), why not have carts with shelves at certain locations, like the elevator lobbies on each deck, where people could put their trays? 

Good thought, but you know how people are. They have these types of stations on the lido deck by the pool, etc.. but people still leave their finished with items wherever the finished them at.

Consider it unconfirmed I suppose. Things can always change, even confirmed things.

1 hour ago, htkodiak said:

Do they still give out the free one time only specialty dinning for reaching diamond status ? And how do you claim it ? Thanks for any help.

Yes. They will give you a certificate during the cruise that you make diamond. They will tell you it's the same as cash and not to lose it. Also they will give you the passport holder. 

18 hours ago, matymil said:

Honestly ive thought for a long time that they needed to add another tier. Somewhere between 75-250 days...maybe 150? 

Or make platinum 150 and diamond 300 with no grandfathering. 

I think they just want to do away with us that cruise all the time and know their money grabbing tricks in favor of the new ones that dont. It's been fun, but getting less fun, time to move along for me.

3 hours ago, groundloop said:

Carnival is all over the place with who gets the best rates.  My daughter, who has only cruised once, often gets far better rates than I do.  I imagine that since I've got multiple cruises booked they assume they don't need to go out of their way to lure me back.

Me too, I'm going to take a break from them and go elsewhere.  I'm sick of the price games with them.

Time to dump the benefits for the platinum guests. There's too many and that's the excuse typically given.

Deck 3. It will be that way as long as the gangway remains working.