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Looking forward to your opinions and comments on the Venezia. I have a number of cruises already booked on her from NY.

I finally got my room assignments too. I had spa balconies on the Magic for my back to back cruises in July. So they assigned me balconies on 12 which is near the spa. However, the Venezia doesn't have a thermal spa so a spa room is kind of useless to me. When I asked about a balcony on 7 or 8 instead, my TA called Carnival and they said they didn't have any balconies to assign me the same room for the back to back. So now I have a room on 12, but at least it's the same room for both cruises. I'm not too happy to have paid a higher price on the Magic for a thermal spa room to get a balcony on the Venezia with no thermal spa. Oh well. It's still a cruise.

I had spa balcony rooms reserved on my July 2023 Magic cruises. Since there is no thermal spa on the Venezia, I'm concerned about what room Carnival is going to switch me into. I paid a higher price for my spa balconies and will not be happy with a regular balcony on the Venezia for the same price I paid. Will be curious to see how the ship to ship room swaps work out.

Hi to all, After my cruise this month, I will finally be Platinum. My cruise in February gives me 4 Free at Sea dinners (I booked this 12 day a long time ago). I know I will be entitled to 2 Platinum dinners and understand that the information for the dinners will be in my stateroom. My question is this -- when the February cruise opens up for dinner reservations, can I make reservations for the 4 FAS meals as well as the Platinum meals? Or do I have to wait until I'm on the the ship to reserve the Platinum meals? I understand the limitations of the Platinum meals versus the FAS regarding number of apps, etc. Thank you for any information.

Hi to all. Does anyone know the email address for the Maitre'd on the Magic? We have set time dining for an upcoming cruise but would like to request a table for 2 rather than a shared table. Thank you for any responses.

Hi to All, It's been a while since I cruised on Carnival. I have on-board credit on my account and have already used some for specialty dining and excursions. Can the remainder be applied on the cruise against the daily gratuities? I'm asking because lately I've been cruising NCL and they don't allow you to apply OBC towards gratuities. I wasn't sure if Carnival's policy is the same as NCL. Thank you in advance for information.