CarnivalShips480

23 hours ago, JesseLivermore said:

Any last min. recommendations for 3+ days out of CA, TX or FL?  

What do you mean by 3+ days out of CA, TX, or FL? Margaritaville at Sea only does 2 day cruises from West Palm Beach, FL.

11 minutes ago, Kelownabccan said:

Thanks again....looked up the Firenze....looks like a Costa ship???....with same smoke stack....lol

I think the funnel is supposed to show the Italian heritage of the ship, but I feel like they could have done something better...

18 minutes ago, HelloItsMeB said:

Well. Party p tasked me with dinner pix. Some I took after I had already started eating bc I have different priorities, but here they are!

Spaghetti Carbonara!!! 😁 Great choice! 👍

Firenze added new cruises, not taking any from Panorama.

1 hour ago, Saint Greg said:

On 6 it’s like. Not a regular door. Watertight door I think. I don’t know if that’s normal on deck 6 or not. I’ve never stayed in a forward room below deck 7. I need to check out the other decks a see what they’ve got. Some times that waterproof door will be propped open and you can go out. Sometimes it’s closed and I’m not sure how to operate it so i don’t mess with it.

 

What is a water proof door? Is it this picture you posted?

3 hours ago, Saint Greg said:

Yeah that little bell being blue means I’ll get alerts on that game. I have the mlb app alerts as well so I get double alerts on some of it. But mlb sends me the lineup card which I like.

 

I get those score notifications too... even if I don't have any internet package. But it's great of course being able to follow my Orioles when I'm out at sea.

@Saint Greg, has there been any talk of more ships being transferred? (Beyond Firenze of course)

On 5/17/2023 at 10:36 AM, kmw350 said:

I don't believe so. Give them a call to confirm though.

On 5/17/2023 at 4:35 PM, Martha1974 said:

Not that I’m aware of - my DH and I sailed with them in March and got talking to a Canadian gentleman who was sailing with his British wife. My understanding was that he was resident in the UK but still travelling on a Canadian passport. I think there is often an assumption that because they sail out of the UK and are very much aimed at the “British market” (whatever that means) that there are restrictions. However I also think they don’t make it easy for non-UK residents to book… I think Saga have a similar reputation. As previously suggested I’d contact them direct to discuss the options. 

On 5/17/2023 at 6:09 PM, Britboys said:

It doesn't look that way from their terms & conditions.

 

I suggest you email them on guestservices@ambassadorcruiseline.com

 

 

On 5/17/2023 at 7:36 PM, Milaandra said:

My husband is travelling on his Canadian passport.  They never asked for his UK residency status.

 

I would just confirm whether the travel insurance requirement pertains to citizens of other countries and if so, ensure they accept your insurance.

I emailed and they confirmed that anyone can book. Thank you all for your help!

The reasoning is that the ship already has a godmother from when it was christened for Costa a few years ago, so now it will have a god father too

14 minutes ago, bar1068 said:

No wonder Heald never answered my questions!! Very disappointing. Thanks.

When did you ask? He has been off the past few days to tour Venezia and visit Pride.

56 minutes ago, TxTeach79 said:

I really dug this one of Toscana with the whale tail in the reflection. Fun Italian Style, you say?

 

Carnival Toscana. Something to think about Carnival 😁

5 hours ago, MicCanberra said:

IMO, the ship is likely to come from Carnival or Princess as Stu surmised.

Not Carnival. We don't have an extra ship that we could give away

@soremekun Should be November to December. Those months last year were when the 2024 summer cruises were released.

I know this cruise hasn't started yet, but I can't help but wonder @TxTeach79 what cruises are on the calendar

Following along, it will be fun to see how things are on Venezia.

https://cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/2023/05/royal-caribbean-sails-up-as-largest-brand-in-the-industry/

The article talks about how Royal Caribbean is going to be the biggest cruise line. Thoughts?

I take that back. On Saturday he is going to fly to Barcelona for a night to meet travel agents. The next day he is going to go to Tarragona (close to Barcelona) and get on Venezia because it will be docked there for one night before going to Barcelona early the next morning. He will record a tour of the ship on Sunday, then meet guests in the lobby and talking to Christine Duffy on Monday (departure date). He will then fly to New York on the 12th (home first of course) to film something special then host a ceremony on Venezia on the 14th.

On 3/19/2023 at 10:39 AM, shof515 said:

Navantia is the name of the cadiz shipyard, famous for the sunshine conversion on the 3 ships 

 

mariinetraffic websites shows the venezia arrived on the 16

2/3, Sunshine was done in Italy at the same place it was built in 1996 funnily enough.

36 minutes ago, IntrepidFromDC said:

Do you know if PC gets to keep both Mardi Gras and Venezia? 

Yes along with Freedom, Glory and Vista

Been looking forward to this for a while! Also excited to see how Pride looks post dry dock

@pr8hdThanks for posting

I might have seen somewhere that you have to be a UK citizen to cruise on Ambassador? Is this true? Thanks in advance

I think they were released in November

14 minutes ago, CruiseAdict218 said:

Is there that much more demand to fill up Vista, Mardi Gras and now Venezia? Not even including Freedom and Glory which do the shorter run. 

Port Canaveral has said that all the ships from there have been more than 100% capacity 🤷‍♂️

Also there are 5 ships from Miami

2 hours ago, beshears said:

You may see me posting more than one question in a couple cruise sights, and I have another question here.

Ask away!

2 hours ago, beshears said:

Within the past year when booking a Carnival cruise, did you use an agent that you knew, booked it on line, or called and got a personal Carnival agent?

I booked online but you should call a Carnival PVP. It was too late for me to book through her but she said that if you book through them, they can lower the price if there is a discount