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We are departing on the Regal on Sunday. I decided to call today to inquire about the OBC others are receiving as a good will gesture for not being included in the ***** program. Was put on hold for about 5 minutes while the reg. res. dept checked with the Customer Relations dept. We were given $100 per person OBC. Thanks to all the C.C. posters.

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LOL. I'd be willing to trade. :)

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Okay...called AGAIN (this is the third or fourth time..) Since I'm still on the waitlist and they're hoping to be able to clear those, they won't do anything right now. Said to wait and even check while on the ship to see if there were any cancellations??? And then to send an email afterwards. Really? Isn't that kind of late for OBC after you're back?

Guess I'll be calling again next week. What a joke. :(

Planning to make another call today. Am on the waitlist and really wanted that to clear but not looking like that will happen so OBC would be nice. Especially since we chose this cruise over another we had booked for same week because of *****.

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Thanks Cruzin!

 

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chairs. You will be fine.

 

There is a structure just to the left here that has musters If it's too hot.

Enjoy!

Thanks! Fingers crossed we're on early enough to get passes. :)

Sotermarler - thanks for your review! Hope you are having a safe flight home!

Quick question on Vibe - Are there areas where you can be in the shade or are all the chairs in the sun?

Thanks!

Not sure how many Parrot Heads realize this but on December 8th, 2015 there will be a Margaritaville opening on Paradise Island in Nassau. If the one on the ship can't get their act together, here is your alternative. And quite honestly, it may be a better option. If the Escape can't get it figured out by May when we cruise, I know which Margaritaville I'll be at....

Wow..did not know that. And we were planning to stay on the ship that day. Guess those plans have changed.

Menus from all the restaurants please!

Also any specialty drink menus - such as Margaritaville, Mondavi Wine Bar, District Brew House, etc.

I love Sandcastle, I highly recommend it.

Thanks! I think we have a plan then! Bring on January. :)

It is certainly possible but I strongly urge you to skip Captain Morgan, it is basically an extended commercial and as a local it embarrasses me.

 

If you have your heart set on hitting both though I would recommend you make arrangements with a taxi driver at the pier and tell them what you are planning, they should be able to accommodate you providing they can get enough people. If that doesn't pan out you can always have somebody at either distillery call a taxi for you, or just post an SOS here and I'll come by lol.

Thanks Drake! I think we're leaning towards just Cruzan and then heading to Sandcastle on the Beach to relax the rest of the day. Was recommended by friends who were there earlier this year. Your thoughts on that one?

I love visiting distilleries, wineries, and even the occasional brewery when we're on vacation, and see that both Cruzan and Captain Morgan have distilleries in St. Croix. I've read many places that the Cruzan one is the better of the two, but if we wanted to visit both, is that possible? Would we just arrange with a cab driver to take us to both? Our ship is in port 7a to 4p on a Wednesday.

Thanks in advance for any advice. :)

Go straight to the Sanctuary, someone will be there to help you reserve your spot for the cruise.

Thanks!

I have read that you have to try to book the Sanctuary as soon as you get on the ship.

 

Does this apply to the individual day bookings or just a booking for the whole cruise? If we just wanted a half-day reservation, when would the best time be to book it?

 

Thanks,

Mary

Where do you go to book for the whole cruise? This is our first Princess cruise.

Thanks!

Hi Andrea,

 

Yours is two cabins down from 624. The forward partition of your balcony is even with the lifeboat davit, so looking straight out should be fine, but will also be sort of like having a blinder on your right eye so to speak since the davit will block your view forward. Looking aft will be pretty much unobstructed.

 

E630, 631, 701 & E702 are totally unobstructed.

Thanks for this thread. We are doing our first Princess cruise in December on Royal and booked E630. It looks like we made a great choice. Many thanks to dmwnc1959 for all your great pictures!

Ya'll have been kinda quiet on this thread lately. One of the big reasons I use for choosing a particular cruise is who is in the piano bar. Now that Ron Pass is no longer regularly with Carnival, I am in a conundrum. There are a bunch of new piano bar entertainers on Carnival these days and I would like to hear about them... the good, the bad, and the ugly.

 

Bob

Searching for Kokomo

We had the pleasure of sailing with Seth for the first half of our Sunshine cruise in November (he left us in Grand Cayman :( ) I'm also a huge Ron Pass fan (would book cruises just to see him) and really enjoyed Seth's show. I think you'll like him! His style is very similar to Ron's and he really gets the crowd involved. It was standing room only every night, even though the piano bar on Sunshine was a little hidden and out of the way.

This is sold out thru the cruise line already for our late August cruise. We're in port from 7a-1p and there is an 8a show that has availability booking direct. Will we be able to get off the ship and to the show in time?

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They were delicious. I also liked the other basket, too. Yes, I think at some point they switch the bread baskets over. Maybe 11am or so? I don't know if you can request one or the other if outside of the window.

Wish we knew what time...I'd wait a bit for brunch. :)

Light and airy,

 

 

OMG...these were excellent! We had them the first day at brunch on Liberty and I was excited for them again the second time we went, but then got the first basket you pictured and was SOOO disappointed. I think they must switch to these as they get to the "lunch" side of brunch?

Thanks for the great review! I will be on the ESCTASY on March 30th this year! Trying to get in 2 cruises this year to make 10 before the end of the year! Can't wait. Just need to know if they have refrigerators in the cabins? Thanks and keep it comming!

Only in suites. :(

I have #10 at the end of October. I keep wondering if we'll have a constant flow of foot traffic right in front of us with people heading to the rest rooms.

 

I need to stop worrying about these things. I'm sure it will be wonderful. :D

 

Let us know if there's a hammock between 9 & 10. I'm thinking I remember seeing them between every other cabana as I walked past.

We had 9 and 10 on a cruise a couple years ago. Didn't notice a lot of traffic headed to rest rooms. It was a perfect location for us. In fact, when we went back to HMC last year we ended up in that same area (without a cabana) because we liked how quiet it was but still close to rest rooms and where they serve food. We'll probably head that way on Sunday when we're there again...just feels like a less crowded area.

Ok I'm gonna change the topic of conversation about Cabanas.

Can anyone tell me if there is parasailing in Half Moon Cay??? And how much is it??

Thanks in Advance :)

Yep. For our September cruise the price is $89.99pp.

I see that you're doing Breeze next year in April. We're sailing her in March / early April and I might do the bloggers cruise solo if Mach ever emails me back details.

Mach is no longer a host on CC. You might want to just contact Cruise Critic's travel agent directly (I can't post their info here) or the Community Manager.

http://www.cruisecritic.com/interests/groupcruise.cfm

Can anyone tell me if this cabin (E7 on Inspiration) can sleep a third person - either in a bunk or on a sofa-bed?

We had that cabin on Paradise. There is no bunk or sofa. Not sure if they'd allow a rollaway but it would be extremely cramped if they did.

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Hello folks, back from the Bloggers Cruise on the Magic. As I see was posted earlier, I did get the names for the Glory and Conquest. But I only had the minutes (and sobriety) to post it on the Barbarians page, thanks Buggystuff for posting it on here. So here is the updated list, and thanks to those of you whom I met on this cruise for your kind words about the effort that goes into this list. Also John Heald will be posting the schedule on his blog soon, so we will have end dates for those we don't have yet. As a general rule, the office is trying to fill the bars with 6 month contracts (although there will be exceptions to that rule).

 

Breeze: Ron Pass 5/21/2012 - 6/27/2012 www.ronpass.com

Conquest: Barry Miller 3/4/2012 - ???

Destiny: Bill "Billy J. Clay" Barclay 2/20/2012 - ???

Dream: James Quigley 3/3/2012 - ???

Ecstasy: Frank Glenn 9/22/2011 - 3/22/2012

Elation: Tom Grable 11/05/2011 - 5/5/2012

Fantasy: Jordan Heppner 12/3/2011 - 5/4/2012

Fascination: Milburn Dumas 10/1/2011- 3/31/2012

Freedom: Sean Laws 2/23/2012 - 8/??/2012

Glory: Peter Brenner 2/26/2012 - ???

Imagination: Dana Honey 11/4/2011 - 4/2/2012

Inspiration: Seth Gibson 12/3/2011 - 6/04/2012

Legend: Alan Brown current - 7/15/2012

Liberty: "Piano Bar Bob" Berhalter 10/22/2011 - 4/28/2012

Magic: Jerone "Imani" Howard 12/4/2011 - 6/3/2012

Miracle: Brennan Villines current - 7/25/2012

Paradise: Del Clark 12/12/2011 - 6/11/2012

Pride: Roger Concepcion current - 6/27/2012

Sensation: Rick Yerkes 2/9/2012 - ???

Spirit: Keith Turner current - 7/17/2012

Splendor: Marty Gast 2/26/2012 - 7/??/2012

Triumph: Russell Villarin 2/23/2012 - ???

Valor: Brad Alexander 1/21/2012 - 6/17/2012 www.bradalexanderonline.com

Victory: James Morris current - 5/20/2012

 

*** A note about this list: This list is compiled from reports and reviews of current cruisers and reports from the entertainers themselves. There is no guarantee of accuracy. An actual date usually means that the schedule has been confirmed by either the performer or someone inside Carnival. Schedules are subject to change. Also, this list is updated very regularly, so if it's not on the list, we probably don't know it.

Thanks again Laura for all you do to keep the list up to date. Was great to meet you last week. Wish we were still there w/ Ron in the piano bar. :(

The 4 HC cabins that are 1A on this class really are bunk beds :(

 

There are 4 HC 1As on upper decks .... those near the spa.

 

Im going to be on Magic next month and fully intend to get out and about and check out any cabins that are not occupied.

Seems odd that the HC's would have an upper. I guess it would definitely give more room on the floor, but what if both people were handicapped? Wouldn't think they'd be able to climb into the bunk.

Can't wait to hear your report on the Magic. What cabin do you have?