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FYI the milestone awards program is still alive and kicking, the milestone awards desk phone # 877 225 8477. I have used my 25% credit and 50% credit and will use the 75% OBC on Carnival cruise # 93 this fall. As others have stated I saved it for a longer more expensive cruise. The OBC will not be applied until just before the cruise because of the possibility of early saver price drops. And the OBC % is just based on Carnival's fare does not include port fees and taxes.
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Well I definitely prefer carnival over RCI. Just sailed 2 weeks (b2b on RCI) I am platinum on RCI and carnival. I received absolutely nothing on RCI being platinum oh sorry the free drink! On Carnival I get 2 free bags of laundry per week a platinum gift each week, priority boarding. Also carnival gave every b2b cabin a nice fruit basket and a group picture of all doing b2b. Nice touch if you ask me.
I do not sail for perks, I sail for relaxation and fun! Everyone has different opinions to what they like! So wherever it is you are having the most fun, stick with it!
Comparing names of categories is not equivalent. Platinum on Carnival takes 75 days. Diamond on RCCL is the most equivalent to Platinum on Carnival. It takes 80 days on RCCL to reach Diamond, less if you book suites (double points/night). To be fair you must compare Carnival Platinum to Royal Diamond.
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I stand corrected. Have not been on a Fantasy class ship for 7 years and will never cruise on one again. 70K tons just doesn't cut it anymore when you've sailed on 130-165K ton ships 9 times.
Many people share your opinion and only like the larger ships. The smaller and older ships are usually less expensive and sometimes feel less crowded with shorter lines. I have sailed on the 45,000 ton Carnival Holiday and on the 3 largest ships at sea the 225,000-ton Oasis class from Royal Caribbean. I have had some very enjoyable experiences across both fleets.
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Well if you REALLY want to play, the "big bottle" is the 4.5L bottle.
Now that is a BIG bottle. LOL
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No, the agent is correct. The basic inside cabin is a 4A, which is aft and forward down on the Riviera deck and middle on that deck is 4B. The next deck up is 4B forward and aft and 4C in the middle. This is the basic structure. On these bottom two decks there are also 1A and PT cabins, which are both classified as lower than the basic 4A or above, which I am assuming you have. PT cabins are always on the bottom two decks and are always all the way forward, some have twin/king bed setups, while others have a twin bed and a single sofa bed. Because of this, they are lower on the totem pole than the basic 4A and are considered a downgrade. On certain ships, there are even some 1A's that have picture windows. There's an entire thread devoted to these cabins.
On Fantasy class ships, which have more portholes than any other class the lowest passenger cabin deck is deck 4. There are porthole staterooms on decks 4,5,6 and 7. And on most Fantasy class bookings the lowest priced cabin is a 1A. There is then a small upcharge for a non 1A interior and a slightly larger upcharge for a porthole.
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I also had the experience of living in Urbana for 4 years.:)
Serenade dry dock was late last year, so she probably won't go back until 2022.
Thanks for the info.
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I wonder if some of the four-day itineraries that call only at Cozumel will change to Costa Maya or Progreso.
The vast majority of activities and excursions occur on the island and do not involve ferries. I would anticipate no itinerary changes.
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Mine have been on the first elegant evening.
This has been my experience as well.
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my understanding is a B2B is the same ship, a S2S is 2 different ships. Debarkation is the worst part of the cruise, why do it twice.
What Bill is saying is that there doesn't seem to be places other than Cruise Critic where the phrase "side to side cruises" is used. A Google search yields no results.
As to the original poster's question, we have gotten off 1 ship and boarded a different vessel numerous times. Sometimes in the same port, once we debarked in Port Canaveral and reboarded in Miami, and once we exited in Tampa and reboarded in Miami. That one made the wife nervous, but it went off without a hitch.
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You're welcome, and as FLCRUISER99 has noted, the same setup exists on Radiance, Brilliance, and Serenade too.
We are doing the Serenade TA in late April. Any plans for drydock for the Serenade OTS before that? Will there still be a CL tor that crossing? And Bob your location shows Central Illinois, where? Many years ago I attended U of I in Urbana/Champaign and continued to live in Champaign for a number of years after that.
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If by NOLO you mean NOLA (New Orleans, Louisiana) then the answer is no. There is no Louisiana tax.
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No one can accurately answer your question because boarding times vary greatly from ship to ship, port to port and even week to week. There are many variables that will affect when passengers are allowed to board: weather (which can delay docking), the number of customs agents working, what ports the ship is returning from, how well prepared exiting passengers are, etc. Ships sometimes board as early as 10:00 a.m. and normally no later than 1 p.m. But some storms and fog in southern ports have delayed boarding for many hours or even days.
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I have many cruises on Carnival and RCCL. A 5 day on the Valor will be fine. You will enjoy it.
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Where did this saying, side by side come from? In all the years curing and on these boards I've never heard a back to back cruise ever called a side by side anywhere but on CC boards.
Even cruise critic calls it a back to back even on different ships.
https://www.cruisecritic.com/articles.cfm?ID=2327
Just something I've always wondered.[emoji4]
Bill
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You are right Bill. I read about this name a few years ago on Cruise Critic and assumed it was correct as it made sense and was logical. But a Google search of side to side cruising only yields references to Cruise Critic. I also wonder who came up with this description?
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On the Magic from 2/3 - 2/10 got the Carnival throw blanket.
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We've sailed out of Galveston several times. They usually have the best prices. My suggestions to keep it calm and fun:
Fly in the day before, and book ahead with Jeff's Cabs (409) 621-5333. The dispatch lady is a hoot! Use them airport (Hobby is best) to hotel, hotel to dock, dock to airport.
If you want to save money, book your air with Southwest, and try to arrive before or after commute hours. The drive down to Galveston can be heavy traffic. Definitely go to Galveston the night before, NOT the day of the cruise from Houston.
Book a 2pm or later flight back home. There can be fog in the port, so avoid it. Most fog burns off by mid-day, early afternoon. Go across the street to Fuddrucker's and have a nice lunch, then have Jeff's Cabs pick you up.
I have cruised from Galveston 6 or more times and am going there again 2 times this year. I have always driven from Houston to Galveston the day of the cruise, including 1 time when daughter used airline miles to fly in on a flight that arrived at noon on the day of departure. She tried to fly in the day before but could not find a flight using reward miles. That timeframe made us very nervous, but we made it okay. We usually leave Houston fairly early and although sometimes traffic is slow we have never been close to an uncomfortable time squeeze (except that noon flight day).
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I have done a number of Journey cruises and do not remember ever seeing lobster offered more than once.
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How annoying did you find the ESPN commercials during the Super Bowl? I was on the Magic and really got tired of ESPN Cricket and ATP tennis tour spots.
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The Diamond desk has worked wonders for me in the past. Some of the Diamond reps are more experienced than others. So like all calls to Carnival if at first, you don't succeed try a second call.
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You cannot lose what you didn't have.
I meant that during the conversion from the number of cruises to days (points) they received fewer points than days cruised.
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Two points to consider, since Diamond level is guaranteed their MDR request, I am sure that a number of spots are held open until very close to or at sailing so as not to remove anyone from a dining time that has been assigned so a Diamond can get their requested time. And although Steakhouse reservations used to say guaranteed for Diamond (they now say priority) I was told years ago that that meant nothing. They would not remove someone's Steakhouse reservation, and they shouldn;t, to slot in a Diamond cruiser.
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You should tip regardless of age. A ship has a maximum capacity, and a 1 year old can take the place of a 21 year old. It's not fair to the crew to have reduced wages because of your child. Carnival does not require tips for under 2, but I sure as heck tipped for my toddler.
Ships almost never sail at maximum capacity. If they are booked at or close to maximum (passengers & crew) Carnival will have some of the replacement crew that is scheduled to board for that cruise delay their entry on to that ship until the next cruise.
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I know that nothing is 100%, especially when it comes to Carnival, but the orange tape should increase your odds of having the bags delivered sooner. Each time someone in our group had FTTF and got the orange tags, the suitcases arrived within 30 min of getting on the ship. The one time my mom forgot to ask for them, her bags were sitting outside the door on the way to muster.
I have been Priority since it was added and was Diamond when that level was created. Occasionally the bags are delivered quickly but more often than not there are non-priority bags outside other cabin doors before ours are delivered.
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No. they don't. I cannot answer whether one would be available through your room steward/guest services, but most Carnival ships have some available by request.