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3 hours ago, Eli_6 said:

The Havana area is awesome, though.  We were on a full ship at Christmas and never was it busy.  Also, I found the people seemed nicer as well but maybe that was because they aren't fighting for a chair. 

I am sure that is exactly why they are friendlier, no chairs hogs!

Good to know on a full ship at one of the busiest times of the year the Havana area was still not busy.

Looking forward to our cruise in March!

I would assume any kids staying in the Havana area cabins will prefer to hang out by the main lido pool area where the majority of the kids are.

That works great for this 'old' person.😉

On 12/19/2019 at 8:50 AM, 1025cruise said:

And the reasons you state you prefer Carnival are the reasons those that cruise Cunard prefer Cunard. They choose that line for the experience.

I wouldn't call one line better than another, just offering a product that is different to appeal to a different audience.

Agreed!  At some point in my life, I may prefer Cunard over Carnival, I hope not, but I might??  Good to have the different types of cruises for all the different wants and needs of passengers.

59 minutes ago, bakersdozen12 said:

We just had a Havana interior on the Vista the week before last, and it was so worth being in an interior in order to have access to the Havana pool! Coves are my favorite rooms on ships that have them, but on Vista class ships, I will take an Havana interior over a cove balcony any day. 

Good to know.....cannot wait to get on the Panorama and enjoy the Havana area!

13 minutes ago, dcassetta said:

Thanks for the responses, although both sound great, so I am still torn!

I guess it really depends on how much you like to use the pool areas and how much time you plan to spend on your balcony?

For us, we love balconies, but decided for this cruise to try out the Havana area(inside) and see what it is like to have a whole area with no fighting for lounge chairs or space and our own bar.  We fully expect to love it!

We paid pretty much the same price for an interior Havana as a cove balcony.

We did a cruise into the Panama Canal on HA and were allowed onto the bow of the ship just like the picture.  It was awesome!

We had a cove booked for our Panorama cruise in March.  We decided to move to Havana area(inside) to take advantage of this area and the fact that there should not be many kiddos there and much less crowded than the regular pool area.  We are excited about the Havana area.

Hopefully we made the right decision.

On 12/16/2019 at 6:00 AM, thesmiths said:

How much on average do you give extra to your room steward?

 

 

We usually leave $5.00 per day on the pillow. 

1 hour ago, masteril said:

Greetings,

When I go to manage my cruise, go to categories -> Fly2Fun my booking shows correctly I click on search flights and in next windows I get

 

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And the search stops on https://ezbook.carnival.com/

 

I did try it on different browsers (Mozilla, Chrome, IE, Edge) different computers (at work at home) but with same result.

 

I know i have to call but I hate calling and figuring all the choices on the phone.

 

Anyone has the same problem?

 

 

I am having the exact same issue.

I am having the same problem with the page loading.  I just want to check flight prices and make comparisons, do not really want to call.  Has anyone ever booked online?

12 minutes ago, bmar808 said:

I went into my manager and clicked on the 'Categories' drop down menu on top left hand side.  Fly2Fun will be the last option.  However, when you click on it, the page that (I assume) takes you to the flight options has not been able to load. I'm thinking I still need to call them directly?

Thanks...that was the one place I did not look 🙄

Where exactly do I find the Fly2fun on the Carnival website?

I am in my booking and cannot see it anywhere.

Love the pictures.  We sail her March 28!1  Cannot wait!

"Carnival is currently offering a free bottle of wine per steakhouse reservation booked for the first night of the cruise."

This what I have read on it.  

For a reservation for 8 + people I would at least ask for 4 free bottles to be shared among you.

We always cruise at Christmas/NY due to me being a teacher.  We find the weather warm in the caribbean at that time.  We have never had a day we would consider less than warm, always shorts and t-shirts for us.  

2 hours ago, purplephenom said:

Do you or your husband like the Gold Peak teas?  Or the Starbucks frappachinos?  Those are included after the switch over to Pepsi.  Do you both drink a ton of bottled water? Do you want to start your day with coffee from the coffee shop?  Would your husband drink virgin drinks?  

 

I think it would be difficult to break even, but not impossible- there are a lot of non alcoholic drinks that aren't free.  Why not find one of the drink spreadsheets, add in what you think you'd drink, and see where that puts you.  I'm not a huge drinker but I love those teas and bottled starbucks drinks.  If they weren't so sugary, I'd happily drink those all day long (but then I'd be bouncing off the walls so I'm not going to)   

 

If you find Cheers doesn't make sense for you, you can always buy discounted Carnival gift cards in various ways online, and then use those to buy Cruise Cash.  The Cruise Cash is on your account when you board, so you don't start your trip with a visit to guest services.  And you can cash out the leftovers in the casino.  

Just curious as to where one might find discounted GC online?

Personally, I would just buy the drinks I wanted each day.  Unless you are a big drinker, I do not personally think you will come out ahead with buying Cheers.  As other shave said, you would need to buy 10+ drink every day, even on port days.  But that being said, it is your vacation and do what ever you think will make your vacation the most enjoyable! 

We did a 3 day once out of Long Beach.  Because we fly in from Canada the dates did not jive right to do a longer cruise, so we decided we would do the 3 day and then spend a few days in Long Beach and LA too.  For me, it is too short and the cruise is over before it feels like it has started.  

Looking forward to seeing pictures of the Panorama.  We will be sailing her in March 2020 for our 25 wedding anniversary!  Have a great time!

Would love to see pictures of the Havana area if you can get them!

No the greatest Black Friday discounts, but better than nothing I guess??

14 hours ago, Joebucks said:

I know this solution will be despised, but you can also bring bottles of wine with you, that are far cheaper than their 50% off.

We do this too.  To consume in our room, obviously 😉

14 hours ago, Bases5 said:

They have a storage area. They tag your bottle with you name and folio number

when you get to YTD just tell the waiter that they are holding wine. 

Exactly.  We were not at a particular table as we were signed up for 'anytime dining'.  

4 minutes ago, MEUB1112 said:

Have purchased this twice, enjoyed it both times. Our tour was always conducted on a sea day. It depends on when the ship schedules the tour. One note, if you want to do it get to guest services or excursions as soon as you can after boarding, this sells out quickly.

This 👆

5 minutes ago, amyotravel said:

It's the same in the MDR. They always give you the option to keep it and have the rest another night; it is seen as a nice service. But you bought their wine and paid their price so you can do it either way you want to. 

I will know to ask now.  Thanks!

23 minutes ago, coevan said:

 

 

Why does staff have to "babysit" your bottles? You can take them back to your cabin to enjoy

We were not given the option(not to say it was not an option) to take them back to our room, but they would keep them for us in the MD to enjoy when we had dinner.  But it seems that everyone has had different options given to them??