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I did call today and was told it is $25 on our Sept 6 day Breeze cruise. We also saved $30 on the cruise fare by matching to the PTF code (we are booked early saver).

We have 45% off and $900 cash, happens to be we already booked on this one. The amounts are according to the code you are given.

If the rate is comparable, see if you can change to this rate code to take advantage of the casino cash or if you booked early saver, you should be able to price match.

Usually around 11:00 am. assuming there were no delays when it returned to the port (sometimes fog causes a delay). We sailed a few years ago and got there about 12:30 p.m. There was a line but it moved quickly.

You can do it yourself.

http://www.carnival.com/FunShops/cruise-cash

Sounds like you have some awesome friends:) Great ship, great itinerary, great friends. You can't go wrong!

We were on the Dream for the Western itinerary in March in a cove on the port side. When we arrived in Cozumel, we did a 360 turn and backed in so our view was of the ocean (we didn't get to enjoy the pier runners :() We had a great view in Mahogany Bay and could watch the tenders coming and going in Belize. We had to skip Costa Maya.

We're on the Dream again in September for the Eastern itinerary and have a starboard balcony this time. Not sure what our view will be.

Maybe this will help...

According to my travel agent friend, a cruise fare is made up of three parts: a commissionable fare, a non-commissionable fare (port charges) and taxes. On Carnival, for example, the cruiser's guest confirmation shows two items: cruise rate and federal taxes/fees. She recently had clients with insurance who had to cancel 2 days before their cruise. The cruise line refunded the taxes to them and the insurance reimbursed them for the cruise rate.

We were there in September and one store said they were all sold out except for the small sampler pack but would get more in November. Another store told us the company was going out of business and there would not be any more. Guess we'll have to wait and see.