Drinal01

Thanks tons and tons!  I will check as well.

Hi all:  

To get a lower price they changed my room number x 2, but the booking number is the same.   However when I look now on the Carnival site I see FTTF, My shore excursion and my Bus Transfer, but do not see any of my  restaurant reservations or my fun shop purchase.

I also do not see any refund on the credit card.   Anyone else have issue like this when room was changed? 

Mt Dew > all. 🤗

I may be in the minority but very happy for change.   Pepsi 4tW.  Not a big alcohol drinker though and what I drink all has umbrellas in it.

I booked 6 months out.  Not sure what the limit is though.

I know it is generalizations but I thought it was RCCL and Disney with the best "entertainment" / production shows.   Carnival = best comedy.

Princess while more laid back and very arguably better food (I think its fairly evenly distributed 50/50 as to if the food is better on Princess) is not generally rated as having better entertainment?

NCL would (in general) come before Princess as far as entertainment / shows...   Just want I have read have only been on Disney before and thought their productions were top notch.  This was 10 years ago before the cost of Disney is 2.5x what other similar lines charge.

Here is the quote for Steakhouse from Carnival FAQ:   There is a nominal fee of $38 USD per adult and $12 USD per child, 11 and under (when ordering from the Kids' menu, available upon request).

Hi All:

Need some help.  As soon as we got confirmation that our cruise was booked I went onto the Carnival website to reserve my specialty restaurant days and times.

There are 20 different definition of what age qualifies for kid for excursions and on the cruise itself.  We booked two rooms adjoining.

I got all my dates and times for each restaurant (Did them all - Steakhouse 1st night, Italian and Asian).   When asked to make reservations for each room it had adults and kids so I choose one of each x 2 rooms.

Now I am reading that kids = 11 years old IF they order from the child menu.   I am ok with this but is this REALLY true?   If so, what is the best way to make the correction without affecting my reservations.   My 10 year old may..or may not want the kids menu.   Can I just tell the staff when we sit its fine to change the kids to adults?

August 22nd is my cruise date and I am inside cabin 4A.   I have seen zero drop or am I doing something wrong?   
 

August cruise zero drop for inside cabin.   Maybe it’s because it’s the vista?
 

14 hours ago, amyotravel said:

You have to know which ship you are talking about. The BBQ stand outside on some ships (which is Guy's Pig and Anchor) is only open for lunch on embarkation day and sea days. It is free. There is no dinner.

Horizon and Panorama (probably upcoming ships also) have replaced the sit down Red Frog Pub (NOT the Red Frog Rum Bar outside, but the full service sit down bar and pub inside) with the Guys Pig and Anchor Smokehouse - which is where the brewery is. i.e., there is no Red Frog Pub on Horizon or Panorama. There is instead a full service Guy's BBQ sit down venue. Free at lunch. Charges for dinner in similar fashion as JiJis and Cucina on other ships that have those. But apparently must be testing a free dinner option.

Thank you!   Now it is clear.  Much apprecaited.

So I am slightly more awake now than when I posted but I went back and looked.

I see GUY'S PIG & ANCHOR BAR-B-QUE is open for lunch.  No mention of dinner.  Is this ala carte dinner time or just a flat fee?

Uber is a good bet.

Ok.  Color me confused.   On Vista I thought Pig and Anchor was a free option?   Is it different per ship?   Only free for lunch like some others?  Is it ala carte for dinner?

I am pretty frugal over all but vacation is vacation and I don't do big vacations except every 3-5 years.

That being said ..   4 drinks a day (2@ Wife and Me) = about $40 x 6 (7 day cruise)..  so that is about $240 bucks.  Speciality restaurants about $150 ish.

Excursions we have about $250 for four people ... just doing one and I got a price match on it.

So our next cruise will be about $650.00 minus OBC 200 and price match 50 bucks ... so around 450 bucks which is about right for us..  Something between 300 and 500.

In prep for any trip I watch allot of YouTube on one of the vlogs a RRC crew said/showed the earned $1250 every two weeks.

in the vlog he showed his pay stub and nothing showed X salary plus Y tips it was just a flat salery.   The guy was an assistant in the casino.

Not sure how that compares to Waite staff and room attendants.   Just an FYI for what it is worth.

Ill take the $10.00 spa Balcony!

So I got my upgrade offer about 180 days out.

I am insider 4A now...  Either $100 for obstructed ocean view or $25 bucks for higher floor interior (I am 2nd floor)....   Since I currently have 2 interior connecting I passed but this was really a pretty meh upgrade offer.

I was hoping like $70 for supreme Havana suite.   (I am joking of course but still!)

Just throwing this out there...  Can adopt a 49 year old son to join you.   😁

Opinions everyone has one...

They are all GOOD.  I for one double checked the cancelation policy for my own edification due to this post.  Thanks!

Haven...  My understanding that Haven is a "ship within a ship" basically pay an extra fee you get a section of the ship reserved for you (well all Haven people)?

I see the prices are 2x or more (generally) than the normal cabins. 

Is my understanding correct?  Probably stupid asking if it is really worth it because you did book it, but can you give us your reasons?

Thanks!  Just started investigating the April 12th sailing on the Encore.  Of course Haven is already sold out.

I said way earlier in the thread my buy is $32.00 prices just hit 30.97...  I think it will go down further.  I updated my buy to 28.00...and I put in the buy order.   We shall see.

Although not free / included Carnival has Sushi that is reasonable and I never heard a bad thing about it.  If you factor in the cost difference from some of the lines (HAL, Viking) you will come out WAY WAY ahead booking Carnival with a Sushi joint and paying for it.

My .02  ...take it for what it is worth.

Here is the link...

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/grandfather-toddler-who-died-falling-cruise-ship-plead-guilty-her-n1142981?cid=par-aff-hubbard-wnyt_20200226

Hey...  Ask for three (3) burgers and leave one for me!