TeresaJ

Glad to hear it was great snorkeling!

We leave on this same cruise on Saturday. We also have a balcony, so hoping it's not too warm. We've never had issues on other cruises before. I second Seavis tours in DR. We did this tour years ago and it was great. We are also doing Woodwind in Bonaire. How was the snorkeling? Thanks for sharing!

No spectacular offers here either. We booked 4 cruises last year when they were offering amazing deals. I don't expect to see anything fantastic in the near future. Those deals were phenomenal!

Enjoyed your live review! Safe travels home! We sail the Mardi Gras next January! Really looking forward to seeing a brand new ship. Two more weeks until we're on Horizon though. It's fun to pass the time dreaming of cruising and reading reviews. Cheers!

Yes, they are increasing to $20 per person per day. More if you are in suites. I was recently looking at a Norwegian cruise and saw that cost and thought it was much more than Carnival.

Same thing happened to me. Mine also showed $48 per person but when I checked out, it was actually $42.

Hmm. I just paid $42 per person for our cruise this month.

We live in the northern midwest so January or February from now on. Our kids are in college so we are empty nesters and typically we would cruise over spring break but would only do that now on an adult oriented cruise line. Also we cruised in July this year and never again, just too hot.

Thanks for the heads up! Mine is showing $84 for 2 people. I've had it in my cart for a few weeks and it was showing $96 for 2 people until now.

Hey OP, we had this same issue on our last two cruises. We want to sit on our balcony and enjoy the view. I don't want to smell weed while I'm out there. If it's illegal to bring on board, it should be enforced, but clearly it's not. I'm hoping we won't have this issue on our next cruise. We are paying a lot more for a balcony than an inside room so it will be quite disappointing if we come across this again. While I'm not against marijuana, I just feel that if it's not allowed on board then don't bring it and smoke it. Period.

No suit jacket required. Back in the day, people dressed up more. My husband wore a suit on our first cruise and I wore a sparkly cocktail dress. Now, I wear a dress of some kind but maybe not as formal or sparkly. Hubby wears black dress pants and a nice shirt on elegant night and then khaki pants or shorts the others. I have seen all ranges of attire from basketball shorts to suit pants. There really is no dress code even though they say there is.

I think trying different cruise lines is a great idea! We like both lines. We had exclusively sailed Carnival with our kids then decided to switch it up and try NCL several years ago. We loved both those cruises and the ships were awesome. The ships were bigger than Carnival and didn't seem crowded at all. I like the free at sea promo that is always running so you get the drink package, wifi, specialty dining and Shore excursion credit with NCL booking. We also loved the casual dining at O'Sheehans (bar and grill, fun atmosphere) in the evening if we didn't feel up to going to the main dining room. If you have kids, there is tons for them to do on NCL ships. One thing we did miss though is all the free specialty restaurants that Carnival offers during the daytime like Guys, Bbq place, Blue Iguana, etc. The NCL ships we sailed on didn't really have that type of offering for lunch so we just ate at the buffet everyday. I think Carnival offers more diverse itineraries than NCL but there are still some great itineraries on NCL. We haven't sailed NCL since before covid and lately have been sailing Carnival because their deals are too hard to pass up however we are itching to go on a NCL cruise again. Good luck!

Glad he was found alive! So I read the story and his sister said that they were at a bar and he went to the bathroom and never returned but his sister didn't report him missing for 11 hours. What the heck!!!

It is back to normal now, at least for the sailings I was looking at. I am able to choose the all included option and the refundable deposit option. Must have been a bug or glitch over the weekend.

So I noticed this too! Over the last several days I had been researching a Celebrity cruise for me and my husband next year and then looked this morning and the drinks option is gone as is the choice to choose a refundable deposit. I hope it's a glitch.

I noticed that too because I was looking at the Vista for early 2024 and noticed there weren't any sailings in January or early February, so about a 5 or 6 week span. Could it be a dry dock??

All the cruises that I was pricing out prior to the sale have not changed in price. Oh well, another non-existent sale for me at least! I don't see any deals!

The wording is weird. I'm guessing they meant already paid prior to today.

I am seeing the increased price for our cruise on Horizon in January too. Seems like they aren't honoring new purchases today.

Lido interior for location! But Oceanview for a bigger cabin. Since it's just 2 of you, I'd go with the interior cabin! Can't beat that location!

$48 for a steakhouse meal with appetizer and dessert is still a pretty good deal! The steak served in the main dining room is not great quality. We still plan to eat at the steakhouse in January. I think $5 upcharge for a 3rd entree is pretty reasonable. Go to the buffet if you want unlimited food!

I don't think it's worth it to spend $2,000 or more for Royal or Celebrity! I would go with NCL. You won't be disappointed.

We are on Mardi Gras 1/20/2024 and so far our itinerary has not changed. I see that the cruise before ours and the one after have switched to Nassau, so maybe it's just a matter of time when they switch ours. We will be bummed if it gets switched. We've been to Nassau so many times so this would be a disappointing change for us too.

I love Captain Morgan and it was not available on either our April or July cruises. I'm hoping it will be back for our January cruise!

We sailed on Freedom in July and boarding was slightly delayed but not a big deal. Getting off the ship was a disorganized nightmare. Hopefully it has improved! We've sailed out of Port Canaveral on both Ecstasy and Dream years ago and had no issues.