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We're getting ready to fly from Wisconsin for this cruise. I can't believe it's finally here. It's our 18th and 1st Journeys.

We did a B2B on Celebration last year and a week on Mardi Gras the year before. I hear many great things about this ship and can't wait to find out for myself.

This runs 7.99 on Amazon and works great on any dryer I've used. It's small and light and great for travel.

I just bought 100 shares at 8.36, and I am pretty sure that in a few years it will be a great investment.

We tried it on the Vista and Horizon, spent quite a lot for crab legs and lobster and it honestly wasn't very good. 

24 minutes ago, seaman11 said:

well medical diet is different , not a fad for her.  but unless supplementing she isnt getting b12 thats found in animal fats and meat including fish 

B12 is one of the only things she supplements. Just don't assume everyone looking for a vegan option is by choice that is difficult to make.

I purchased a discounted Carnival gift card and used it to buy cruise cash online so the funds are on my account already when I board.

3 minutes ago, Chyna3032 said:

Can you please let me know which cruise insurance you purchased?

I also have this type of insurance, my policy is through Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company Choice Cruise.

I'm not able to load the allstaterewards.com page today via the app or a web browser. Not sure what's up.

On the Horizon last March the clock turned ahead an hour at 2am on the normal daylight savings end date. There were many joking about being robbed of an hour 😂.

1 hour ago, teknoge3k said:

 

Once you login to the website...

 

Thanks so much! I got the ones above entered! I will watch for more.

On 2/7/2020 at 4:13 PM, E@syPe@zy said:

Thank You so very much!!😍

Hi, I'm new to the Drivewise app/rewards. I saw that I got a bunch just for signing up so ordered a $1000 card for $900.59 this morning. I see reference to many other promo codes to get points. How/where can these be entered so the points can be accumulated, or do you only use them when you're actually purchasing a card?

We've been on both ships. We enjoyed the Magic and will always remember it as it was our 30th anniversary cruise to Bermuda. Months before that we were on the Horizon. We loved that ship! Can't wait to be on the Panorama in March. We love the elevator system and had no issues on the Horizon. We did see many others not tapping the deck for the number of people needing to go, so often there were elevators that would open but were already full or people getting in and looking for a floor button to select.

25 minutes ago, Garth2 said:

And if you're platinum or diamond you get a gift each week.  You can never be too rich, too thin or have too many lanyards/luggage tags. : )

Lol, yes, we got 4 of the headphones that cruise 🤣

We did a back to back a couple of years ago. It was great! We had our same cabin and so the last night of the first leg when everyone else was packing was really cool to just be having fun. We let our Steward know he didn't need to service our room on turn around morning and we stayed in there until it was time to go down and get our new cards. We were escorted through customs and right back on for a group picture with some of the staff and complimentary beverage.

We were recognized by many of the crew on the 2nd leg and they kind of made us feel like stars. It was great to get the extra cruise days for the cost of one flight there and back. We come from Wisconsin so that was a plus for us. We had different itineraries and loved the Sunshine.

The only con I can think of is having to do muster again. But as always, it was relatively quick and painless.

We have done a Havana Cabana on the Vista, and a Havana Interior on the Horizon. We would do the interior again anytime! The Havana area was our balcony as we had access to loungers anytime. We're doing a Lido balcony on the Panorama in March as we have friends/family who aren't in the Havana area. We look forward to seeing what this class of ship is like without being in the Havana.

I was able to select time slots in the Hub app. I received confirmation within an hour for JiJi's yesterday for our 3/28 cruise. The web browser appears to have no openings for any of the specialty dining and the Hub app does.

We just disembarked on 10/6 from an 8 night cruise to Bermuda. We really enjoyed the cruise. The Magic seemed easy to get around and find things that we enjoyed. There was worn carpeting in places but there were people cleaning almost every surface constantly.

We had a suite on deck 7, right near the atrium area. One time it filled with a terrible sewage smell. My husband felt it was coming from the air conditioning vents. I was just about to call maintenance when it subsided. It was bad, but only happened that once. I do have to say that every single morning at about 3am, we were awakened by a clanging sound that got louder and faster for about a minute and stopped. We've never had that happen before, but good luck to anyone who has 7274 upcoming!

We were just in Bermuda on 10/2 and did a tour with Heidi Cowen of Byways Tours. She got us the most excellent seasoned snapper with tarter sauce on raisin bread! She pointed out the little place she was getting them from but I don't remember the name. She could tell you. She has a facebook page for Byways Tours and is very responsive. We had a wonderful tour with her and the fish sandwich was a definite highlight!

15 minutes ago, Davey Wavey said:

 

A change of ports on a cruise does not count as a trip interruption. The cruise is your trip and unless you were forced to abandon ship, you probably won't be covered, and you have no loss to reimburse anyway. Since you use insuremytrip and Nationwide TRAVEL insurance, you might consider getting Nationwide's CRUISE insurance which is also offered through insuremytrip. It pays a fixed amount (even without you having lost money) PER PERSON for missed ports that are announced once you are already on board ($100 - $250 depending on the level of policy you buy) or itinerary changes that are announced before you board ($500 - $1250 depending on policy level). And it covers excursion fees that are not refunded by the company. I consider it mandatory for cruising during hurricane season.

We are planning to sail on 9/28 to Bermuda and I'm feeling relieved that I got the Nationwide Cruise Choice policy.

Wow! That's awesome! We are hoping to get to Bermuda on the Magic departing on 9/28. As long as we can get on the ship (flying from Wisconsin) I know we'll have a great time.

We are on the Magic on the 28th too! Love seeing ships in port. Some weekend afternoons I stalk the port webcams and watch them all leave 😃

I really enjoyed this review! We board on 9/28 to Bermuda to celebrate our 30th anniversary (on September 30th!). Thank you for taking the time to post so much great detail.

We had such wonderful care from the team at the infirmary on the Vista in the spring of 2017. Penny was the nurse practitioner. My hubby had one of the Havana swing chairs fall with him in it (twisted himself up to spin out) and cut his head open.  We spent sail away at the infirmary and she took the stitches out on the last day (8 night cruise). We couldn't have felt more cared for.

1 hour ago, jerrya72 said:

It seems like some ships let you purchase drinks when you have cheers and some do not.  When on the Glory earlier in the year I got to 11 and the bartender asked if I wanted to buy one so it didn't count.

This is how it worked for us. The bartender asked, "so you want to buy one for a friend", while nodding his head up and down. It wasn't like we were begging them to break the rules.

We were able to "buy one for a friend" on the Horizon in March. We would typically do that if we were at 13 and still wanted to play in the casino.