You Me & the Sea

For each of our previous cruises I decorated our door. However, I don't know if I will do it going forward. Reason...the last 2 cruises kids ripped them off our doors. The decorations were commemorating our anniversary and these brats literally ripped them off the door threw them in the hall and stairway. So disappointing. I actually caught 2 of them red-handed and was able to identify them later to ship staff who notified their parents. One kid was made to apologize and the parents were genuinely mortified. The other (kid and parent) seemed to not care whatsoever (i.e. kids will be kids sort of thing). Its a shame because I love decorating our door and looking at the other decorated doors as well. Some people are really creative and go way out. But to answer your question, Carnival isn't strict about the decor, but I always try to stay within the guidelines.

We always book deck 7 midship. Cabins above and below and midship to lessen any motion. It's not too too high, but high enough to have great views from our balcony. Especially arriving/departing ports or watching for sea life.

someone didn’t want to leave puerto rico. Or someone said i’m running late hold the boat!

 

 

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When a ship prepares to go into restricted waters (like into port), or get underway, the anchors are prepped for instant use in case of emergency, so all of the "safety devices" are removed, and the anchors are holding just on their brake bands. Sometimes, if the bands are not tightened enough, severe vibrations, like when a ship gets going too fast in shallow water (the propeller wake bounces off the bottom and vibrates the ship), the windlass brake band can slip, and the anchor fall under its weight to the sea bed. It's embarrassing, but it does happen.

Good info! Thanks!

 

Again, I'm sure you're not really SUPPOSED to throw food to these birds, but EVERYONE was at their balcony doing so, and my mom used to say something like "If all of your friends jumped off a bridge, you should do it too" (or something like that, maybe I'm remembering that saying wrong). :-)

 

 

 

 

We also did a little shopping in Progresso. It wasn't a bad little town, just nothing special.

That's too funny!!:'):')

I'm on the same sailing.

 

where did you see the casino rate?

Georgie is right..the casino rate is attached to your VIFP # so you have to enter it to see if you qualify. However, as I said before, the price is still cheaper under other offers too. Good luck either way!

My heart dropped when I saw your post. I thought I messed up. Lol

 

Last week I changed our Magic 8/25 cruise to The Horizon out of NY on 8/28.

 

We are in NJ and after figuring in airfare, car service, and precruise hotel in Port Canaveral it was about the same cost to drive to NY and do a Family Harbour suite on Horizon.

 

I love the Dream class ships and was really looking forward to The Magic but it is so much easier to just drive an hour to NY for Horizon.

 

I just checked and the Magic price for an ocean suite is the same as the casino rate I had when I booked in January and the Horizon has gone up $700!

 

 

 

Congrats on your price drop!

Thanks. I would LOVE to be able to drive to port in an hour again! We moved to NC from MD where we could have driven to Baltimore in 45 minutes. Now the closest port is 3 hours which still isn't too bad. However, we love the cruise itineraries out of FL.

I'm on the same sailing.

 

where did you see the casino rate?

I went in as if I were doing a new booking and it came up "Casino Offer". Just looked again and don't see the casino offer, but the "Exclusive VIFP Club Member Rates are $1091 pp which is only $3 more than the Casino offer. Still a SIGNIFICANT savings over the $1489 we had originally.

Wow! Great for you!

 

I'm on the newest ship (Vista), prime sailing time (June), so my PVP has already warned me that the chance of a price drop is slim, but I still checked, when you posted this!

 

I'm happy for you!

Thanks! I always check periodically but have never gotten a price drop so I'm super excited!

The current Casino promotion just saved us approximately $400 pp for our upcoming cruise. :D Went from $1489 to $1089 pp!! It's for a suite so not sure if other categories (or sailings) would benefit from it too. The Carnival agent could hardly believe it himself! LOL Just wanted to let everyone know so you can check your own cruise.

May I ask which island/excursion? The ones that have been doing this the longest and are the most reputable KNOW ship time is what they and we (cruisers) need to be concerned with. And most of them know these ships arrival departure times better than we do. We've never done a ship sponsored tour and have always told them the ship time. Not one has asked US to figure island time for them.

Thank you!!!

I agree with most...go for it. I'll be doing the same with my 2 year old grandsons in August.

Cee's Wholesale is the largest grocery store on the island. It's in the CockburnTown area.

Yes, your ID and BC are all that is required. Like you said, in an emergency if you need to fly, you'll need more. Under age 16 doesn't need photo ID...just BC.

Very easy to do. Doesn't matter the ages. We did it on each cruise with minor children. Quick trip to Guest Services.

Last 2 cruises I took pics with both my stand alone camera and Samsung Galaxy. The cell phone pics were better. This time leaving camera at home.

LOVE your review and Patti's pictures!! So much so I stayed up until 3:30 am reading the first 27 pages and just finished the last half! We're on the Magic for the first time in August...your review has us even more excited!

Signing on...sailing her in August. Looking forward to your review.

178 til we're on the MAGIC!

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Cruise cash!!

Has anyone done either/both? Researching one for Amber Cove and the other for San Juan. Which would you choose for which port? There will be 3 adults.

Has anyone done either/both? We'd like to do one while in Amber Cove and the other in San Juan. Which would you choose for which port? There will be 3 adults. Thanks!

Legal drinking age in the DR (Amber Cove) is 18.