maxshuty

Hi all, we are sailing on Carnival Liberty to Bimini in June. I have a question around the beaches and as we have not sailed to that port before I'm wondering if the free beaches:

• Are nearby the port? (From what I can tell online and through pictures there appears to be beaches there, but not sure if they are free)
• Have restrooms and places to get some quick food nearby (we have two young kids so something easy is best)

For the paid beach excursions I have the same questions, but obviously if the free ones tick those boxes is there anything extra the paid beaches offer?

On 9/22/2020 at 9:20 PM, xDisconnections said:

Why is that?

 

I just tossed Royal Caribbean a significant amount for shore excursions in August 2021. The cruise fare is also paid in full and I plan on making the final payment for my January cruise over the next couple of weeks when its due date is approaching.

I didn't comment the original post but I'm assuming what they mean is that these companies very well may not survive or may declare bankruptcy - in which case getting your money back may end up being impossible. It's unlikely to happen since I would imagine the government would step in and help them "stay afloat" (pun intended), but certainly not outside the realm of possibilities.

9 minutes ago, K&RCurt said:

I am not sure what your reschedule line in the poll means by having "The money ($5000) tied up with Carnival."  Have you already paid them that much before final payment was due?  If that is the case, I can't really fathom why anyone would pay before they had to, but I would cancel and get a refund at this point if you have already put out $5k.

 

If you just have a deposit down, I would reschedule before final payment is due.

Sorry I can see the confusion. I had assumed (incorrectly it looks like) that even with rescheduling they would still make us pay our cruise by our due date. It seems like a no brainer to reschedule if they don't make us do that.

7 minutes ago, ProgRockCruiser said:

If you haven't paid in full yet, Option 3 is not accurate, you won't be investing $5000, just your existing deposits - you can reschedule and move that existing deposit to a new cruise further in the future and pay zero admin fee.  (I did that recently.)

 

I would wait until 7 or 8 of Oct, and if your cruise is still scheduled I would go for option 3 (modified).

Interesting, I did not consider that they would move the payment out like that. This option would certainly make the most sense then