staceyglow

It's not really a reservation, it's a check-in to be assigned a table. In theory you could just show up, but the hostess will have to check you in and you will be at the end of the "line". At peak times that can be a long wait. Plus it can get crowded in the lobby with everyone else who didn't check in and are waiting for their table to be assigned.

Yes, you make breakfast reservations on the app. When you get to the dining room, there are usually a couple of hostesses in front of the hostess stand that are directing folks with reservations to waiters that will escort you to your table. Just pay attention and don't accidentally cut in front of the informal lines that form in front of these hostesses.

Good point about the wines not available by the glass, but again, I doubt that they give you a Cheers discount on them. Bottles of wine are sharable, and you aren't supposed to share your Cheers package. They don't let you buy buckets of beer with Cheers, either.

I don't think so. But why would you need to buy bottles of wine if you can get individual glasses of wine as part of Cheers?

The comedians on the cruise ships are constantly changing. The comedy shows on the current cruise may be completely different from the ones on the following cruise.

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Let's hope they were waiting nicely. It would be a bit unreasonable to expect lunch to be ready at 10:15.

System seems to be working again (at least for my particular cruise) Just booked Il Viaggio, but slots are already filling up.

If people have broken the system trying to make a reservation, then I guess that many, many people are fine with the price. And if they sell out quickly, they will probably be raising it.

Just go on the smaller ships like I do and then crowding won't be a problem!

I hate ironing, so I put clothes in the dryer with a damp washcloth for a few minutes and that will take the wrinkles out.

They just opened up this cruise. They want to maximize the amount of revenue they get from each cabin, so they are going to wait awhile and see if they can book 3 or 4 people into cabins that can hold 3 or 4 people. My guess is if they don't sell, they will eventually open these up to parties of 1 or 2.

Never had a problem with this on any of the Pride cruises I have taken, including last fall.

Plus, if you have regular ID tags on your luggage (which one should always have no matter the mode of travel), a steward could match it to the scheduled guests for that cabin. Of all the lost/delayed/misrouted luggage stories I have heard or read about, absolutely zero have involved early drop-off luggage. The stewards are crazy busy that day. My guess is that they are not going to waste precious turnover time identifying luggage. They are probably going to assume that it belongs to the embarking cruisers.

I have used this website to sleep-shift for my last two trips to Europe and it worked incredibly well: https://sleepopolis.com/calculators/jet-lag/ You start going to bed earlier and getting up earlier several days before your trip starts - I started well over a week ahead of time. I didn't sleep a wink on my flight over, despite my best efforts, but I was fine until I was able to go to sleep around 10 p.m. at my destination. I got a full night's sleep and felt completely fine the next day.

January is still a long long way away. I wouldn't worry about booking your flights this early unless they are refundable. We fly Southwest almost exclusively for domestic travel. Not only are they usually the least expensive (or at least in the ballpark), we can always cancel a flight and receive credit towards future travel. DH has cancelled and rebooked flights multiple times for the same trip when the price dropped.

How long is the layover? What time of day do you land in Laguardia? In January(with an increased chance of weather-related delays), you are better off with a longish layover. Also, the earlier in the day you arrive in New York, the more chances you will have to catch another flight to Miami if you miss your connection.

My advice is to consider being a little more flexible with being on a particular deck. Will your trip really be that much less fun if you don't get a cabin on Lido? We are usually on deck 1 or 2, and we still manage to have a great time.

While I may disagree with you on a few of these, let's be grateful for the folks that don't mind paying for them. They are subsidizing our cruises. 🙂

On my European cruise last year I didn't notice any difference.

My experience has been that there are four courses Two courses of your choice of appetizer, soup, and salad Entree Dessert

At the current prices, Carnival could sell none of the remaining cabanas or villas and they will still be making more money than they would have at the old price. Now that doesn't mean that they may lower the price of the remaining units in order to get a sellout. But they may also decide to comp them to some of the big gamblers on board. Casinos do that type of thing all the time.

Just to be clear - your card will be in an envelope tucked behind the message holder next to your door. The steward puts it there when your room is ready. He will not be walking around with your card waiting for you to get down to the floor.

Exactly. Dropping off your luggage when you don't have FTTF (or Diamond or Platinum status ) isn't any different than sneaking into a movie theater without buying a ticket. You are taking something you didn't pay for.

You can use your boarding pass to purchase sodas and other drinks until you get your sign and sail cards.