MadManOfBethesda
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I don't believe that is correct.
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As another poster mentioned, if this is for a medical reason, special needs can authorize an exception to that limit. But I would strongly recommend bringing a copy of that authorization in writing to show the security personnel when checking in. I received authorization to carry-on three twelve-packs of Ensure High Protein for a Carnival cruise last year, but security said they didn't know anything about my authorization and wouldn't let me through with the Ensure until I produced a written copy of the email.
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I'm currently on Glory. Muscle Milk is $5.25.
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Tea Kettle Available on Carnival Ships?
MadManOfBethesda replied to MaisonRose's topic in Carnival Cruise Lines
First of all, as I mentioned earlier, I wasn't even aware it was against the rules until I recently read about it here on CC. And consequently, I never even tried to conceal the fact that I was bringing a kettle on board. Secondly, and as others have pointed out, other cruise lines with the same wiring on their ships allow kettles. And finally, passengers are allowed to bring curling irons on board. Perhaps you can explain how bringing a kettle on board is "playing with safety", yet a curling iron with a much higher wattage heating element is not. And if you can't, you probably shouldn't lecture others on safety. -
Tea Kettle Available on Carnival Ships?
MadManOfBethesda replied to MaisonRose's topic in Carnival Cruise Lines
What a strange comment. Where did you get the idea that I was trying to "prove" anything? MagnoliaBlossom made a declarative statement that Carnival would confiscate kettles brought on board and I replied that based on my personal experience over the past year that that wouldn't necessarily happen. I'm not sure why you have a problem with that. I didn't write that CCL authorizes kettles to be brought on board, or even that Carnival would never confiscate a kettle if a passenger attempted to bring one on board. All I basically said was that Carnival wouldn't necessarily and 100% automatically confiscate one if you attempted to do so. -
Tea Kettle Available on Carnival Ships?
MadManOfBethesda replied to MaisonRose's topic in Carnival Cruise Lines
Not necessarily. I've been on 4 Carnival cruises in the past 12 months (and am currently on one now) and it's never been an issue. And I've never made any attempts to hide it at embarkation or in my stateroom because to be perfectly honest, I didn't even know it was against the rules until I read a similar thread here not too long ago. I bought mine on Amazon a couple of years ago and have taken it on every cruise since (about 8 cruises in all across 3 lines: CCL, RCL, & Celebrity.) Sometimes I have it in my carry-on when I board and sometimes I pack it in my larger luggage. But either way, no one has ever said a word to me about it. (Not that that makes it right; only that they aren't necessarily going to confiscate it if you bring it with you.) -
Carnival Glory Transatlantic April18-May 2
MadManOfBethesda replied to BlerkOne's topic in Carnival Cruise Lines
Yes; one of the nicest aspects of embarking in Barcelona. I picked up a bottle of Licor 43 on my way to the ship and my cabin yesterday afternoon. -
Exactly. It is one thing to blame the late eight for missing the ship, it is quite another to exonerate NCL's actions with regard to the 80-year-old stroke victim. After all, what is the purpose of the cruise line requesting that passengers provide emergency contact information that includes the name, relationship, and telephone number of a person to be contacted in case of emergency if the cruise line isn't going to bother to actually make that phone call? And that doesn't even address the issue of whether the stroke victim would have been better served by remaining on the ship until she could be debarked at a larger mainland facility rather than what São Tomé could provide. And the ship's doctor didn't even make that determination. According to an article linked earlier in this thread, it was the ship's nurse who made the decision. I have no problem at all with NCL leaving the late eight behind, but in my opinion, they really dropped the ball with regard to the stroke patient.
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New York Cruise Check In - Fail
MadManOfBethesda replied to kilkoyne's topic in East Coast Departures
Interesting because I've only sailed out of NY one time (12/23) and my experience was similar to that of the OP's. I was in two exceedingly-long lines before reaching CCL's check-in area. (The first was out on the sidewalk just to hand over our luggage, and the second was the security line.) Once I got to the Venezia check-in line, I was directed to the exceedingly-long late check-in line since we were now outside of our 30-minute window. And no, contrary to your alternative theory, the regular check-in line had not closed as people were still being directed to enter that line if they were within their window. -
Glory Drydock Details?
MadManOfBethesda replied to cruisehappyinJune's topic in Carnival Cruise Lines
Yes, probably close to 10, including two last year: Carnival Pride from Tampa to Barcelona in April & Celebrity Reflection from Barcelona to Ft. Lauderdale in October. And now this year in addition to the transatlantic on Glory in April, we're also doing a 25-night transpacific cruise on Panorama in October from Singapore to L.A. -
VIFP Carnival Players Club any upgrades?
MadManOfBethesda replied to tbtma's topic in Carnival Cruise Lines
Well, I can't address what "usually" happens, but in November, I booked a last-minute "free" 10-night cruise over Christmas (Dec 18-28) in an interior cabin on Venezia, and on the Friday before the Monday departure, I received an upgrade offer to a Terrazza category cabin at the rear of Deck 6 with an enormous wrap-around balcony. It was only $250/pp and I leapt at the opportunity. -
Venezia Terrazza Aft Wraps....Which Deck?
MadManOfBethesda replied to pirate4me2's topic in Carnival Cruise Lines
We were in cabin 6501 with a wrap-around balcony this past Christmas and had no issues with noise whatsoever. -
Has anyone tried the New Menu Vegetarian options ?
MadManOfBethesda replied to phoneman69's topic in Carnival Cruise Lines
About 6 weeks ago. December 18th-28th on Venezia out of Manhattan. -
Has anyone tried the New Menu Vegetarian options ?
MadManOfBethesda replied to phoneman69's topic in Carnival Cruise Lines
That wasn't my experience at all on my 10-night Christmas cruise on Venezia. While I occasionally ordered the night before because my wife needed to oder her gluten-free items in advance, I normally just waited until the same evening to order off of the vegan menu. The only pushback I received (if you can call it that) was that I sometimes was told that it would take longer to receive my entree'. But I was never outright refused the option of ordering from the vegan menu for that same night. -
That's not true. While institutions are not required to provide you with a 1099 form if the annual amount paid is under $10, the income itself is still taxable to the individual and required to be included as income on your 1040. In fact, everything from $1 and above (technically, all the way down to 50 cents and then rounded up) is required to be reported as income when filing your taxes.