Kstofflet

You have to call NCL to obtain the visa.

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Help us understand what you will keep in mind. What actions would you take based upon this information?

I would "wear my sunglasses at night

So I can so I can

See the light that's right before my eyes"

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I am not one to tell you where to go, but Nicks has the best damn clam chowder this side of Boston.

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We just cruised with a 12 year old who is my 12 year old sons best friend. We also took our nephew. We needed birth certificates with the raised seal, a notarized letter from the parents and a copy of each of their drivers license. When we arrived at the port for check in they only looked at each birth certificate and asked for nothing more.

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Titanic

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I think a low carb diet is super simple to find on a cruise. Eggs / meat at breakfast. Check. A guys burger (no sauce / bun) and a salad from the lunch buffet - check. A salad, no croutons and a meat based main course - yep. A cheese plate @ dessert- done. No

Alcohol during day. Salads and dressing are the only carbs. It's definitely doable.

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We took my 10 year old son over to the main land from Cozumel 2 years ago. The ferry ride was rough with the majority of the folks vomiting, including him. I will never book a tour off the island of Cozumel again.

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Try to rent a car 1 way. It would be cheaper.

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As you probably already know THAT IS JAZZ FESTIVAL WEEK. Good luck on an affordable / available hotel in NOLA by the port. I couldn't find one under $400

Best bet is to hit some shops in the Ft Lauderdale Miami area at the end of the cruise.

I concur - hit up sawgrass mills for discounts

I loved looking through them. Thanks for taking the time to repost

I would love to find a cruise line that does things the "old school" way. I would gladly pay more ... but to go back to the days of the midnight buffets, the whole lobsters at dinner, the amazing dinners without specialty restaurants, and 24-hour room service with a decent menu ... I'd pay extra for that.

Crystal Cruise Lines

Awesome- thanks for the help!

Do you know if there is an option to rent a GoPro camera from the cruise line?

We are Platinum on Carnival and we will be sailing our first cruise with Princess over Thanksgiving. My question is ... Can I expect the food quality to be better on Princess over Carnival? - Specifically in the Main dining room? The quality of Carnival has rapidly declined and I look forward to trying out a new line. thanks

Nope, don't really buy this story. Interesting conversation though.

Just for you, this story is free - Also, interestingly NOW multiple folks on our cruise are complaining of stomach virus issues. However, we only got soiled sheets. Some are still complaining they are very ill along with fever. A few a pointing to Jimmy C's BBQ as the pork was not fully cooked. It sounds like I got the MUCH better deal as we had no stomach related concerns.

Ok, so your roll call were all on your floor, in the odd number rooms and had previous occupants who were at that time of the month? And you all just happened to bring it up?

 

Funny how your orginal post said your room and maybe one other had a problem with soiled sheets, now its all the odd number rooms on your floor and they were all occupied by roll call members. Usually roll calls are made up of randome people that just happened to be going on the same cruise--how did so many of you end up in the odd numbered cabins on your floor?

odd number cabins are on the starboard side of the ship, while even numbered cabins are in the port side. Unbeknownst to me, a roll call member was in the cabin next door (2283) and her daughter had cabin (2287). Cabin 2287 also had soiled sheets upon embarkation. - This was definitely random as I did not know we were in the same roll call until she posted on our Facebook site after returning from the cruise

LOL...I phrased that poorly. Very poorly.

 

 

I cut my finger without realizing it all the time when I'm at home / work / etc and find that I left blood on something.

 

 

Edit: Grrrr I can't edit that post of mine.

you are a good sport.

So all the odd numbered staterooms and women at that time of the month leaving stains at the same time? How did soiled sheets even come up with all those cabins occupants? Seems like people like to exaggerate a situation to make it seem like a big deal.

Bingomama19 - this came up because those folks were on the same cruise. Imagine that?

...And folks were also part of the the same roll call. Wow.

...And nowadays, rolls calls have Facebook pages. Who knew.

...And it was reported as a wrap up on the Facebook roll call page.

PERIOD. Interesting choice of a word

There was no exaggeration. Its amazing that when someone reports something slightly negative about their experience on Carnival, folks on here tend to want to slam them.

There millions of cruisers every year. A few people posting on this thread does not constitute dirty sheets happening "more often than not." I have been on 5 cruises and have never had an issue.

 

It's quite possible that the room steward cut his finger and did not realize it. That has happened to me on many occasions.

and I quote "That has happened to me on many occasions."

Actually, I think the OP should use the black light in their own house and see what exactly they are living with at home. I think they might be VERY surprised!

I looked them up on Amazon and I placed an order. It will be a great way to see if my son's room is up to par! This should be fun

I don't know if any of you remember a poster who used to be on Cruise Critic. She claimed she was a cop and always bought a black light with her. She would use it in her cabin, photograph the results and post the pictures here on CC.

 

Her motive was to stir up trouble and she always wanted compensation from the cruise lines.

 

She was banned from cruising at least one line (Royal Caribbean) and her name is probably on a list somewhere for other lines.

I am definitely not trying to stir up trouble. I just want you all to know some of the housekeeping staff do cut corners from time to time. It pays to check the linens before getting into bed. ALWAYS. The soiled sheets were very visible. It looked like the prior cruiser could have been a female on her menses. It was disgusting. I did not ask for compensation. I did not report this to guest services. All we did was track down the room steward to bring it to their attention. We did not make a scene. We just calmly asked if he could replace the sheets. I then learned that others on deck 2 with odd numbered staterooms in our area also had the same issue upon embarkation. Which raises a RED FLAG

Wow, it looks like this happens more often than not. I assumed it was just a very lazy room steward on the Breeze last week as there were multiple folks on our floor within the general area that had the same issue of soiled sheets upon embarkation.

I personally do not own a black light, but did look them up on Amazon. I might buy one just to test my own home as others suggest. If anything, it will amp up my own cleaning techniques. However, if I know the sheets are soiled then I surely change them immediately. Also, I will quote best western ... "Starting this year (2012), Best Western housekeepers will be equipped with ultraviolet sterilization wands to use on highly touched areas such as telephones, bathroom fixtures, bedding and light switches. UV black lights will be used during housekeeping inspections to detect biological matter and other particles, the chain said." This is definitely not a top tier chain, yet they are trying to be on top of it.

The Intercontinental is a fantastic hotel. The lobby is AWESOME!

We just got back from the Breeze (6/1 to 6/6) sailing to Key West, Grand Cayman and Cozumel. I won't go into a full review as there are PLENTY of phenomenal reviews

available with a complete photo journey of the ship and this itinerary. Gambee has a great one out there. However, I do want to mention that on day 1, when we arrived at our

stateroom (2281) the room steward was caught off guard when we entered the room and told us he was not ready for us. We asked if it was ok for us to place our carry ons in

the room and that we would come back. He agreed. We are platinum with Carnival and one of the perks is we can enter the room upon boarding the ship ... similar to FTTF,

hence why we came to the room early. Therefore, we left to give him more time by grabbing lunch on the lido deck. We came back at 1:30. The room looked made up.

However there was still debri on the floor (a left over cigar butt, some candy wrappers, and paper). We left again and came back at 2:30. The room looked "done". Our

luggage arrived and as we placed them on the bed to unpack I noticed that the sheets were really soiled. It looked like blood. However, in my mind I believe it was the

chocolate candy. Let's just go with that. At that time I freaked out and told my husband that this is completely unacceptable. I was ready to head to make a formal complaint,

but my husband went and hunted down the room steward. He changed the sheets... so we think. Our roll call for this cruise also has Facebook page. I placed this on the page

as a wrap up to cruise along with our over all impressions. One of my fellow cruise mates ALSO stated that they had soiled sheets and had what looked like fresh BLOOD

stains on their sheets on day one. And their cabin was just three doors down from ours. So going forward, I will invest in a battery operated black light stain detector and will

make it very visible.