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Thanks, third time was the charm and all of the gift cards went through. Just a glitchy website I guess.

I just purchased $2000 worth of gift cards from AARP rewards. I currently have $2005 and change in my cart on the Carnival website (thanks to everyone on CC that helped point me in the right direction for that). It allowed me to enter three of the four gift cards, but it wouldn't apply the fourth one, and I'm not seeing an error message. Is there a limit on how many gift cards can be redeemed at one time? I can remove some things from my cart and do this in two transactions if I need to and I know that I can call if I need to but it is preferable to do just one transaction. Any hints or tips? (I found out the hard way that it won't let you use the gift card online if your purchase doesn't use all of the balance on the card. I tried to prepay tips with one and it wouldn't let me.)

They may be required to in order to check on the quality of the offerings as a double check of quality control standards.

May be the way they do it in Minnesota but here in Vermont the statute gives many examples of what lists potential jurors name's may be found: The clerk, in order to ascertain names of persons eligible as jurors, may consult the latest census enumeration; the latest published city, town, or village telephone or other directory; the listers’ records; the elections records; and any other general source of names. (b) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the Court Administrator may obtain the names, addresses, and dates of birth of persons that are contained in the records of the Department of Motor Vehicles, the Department of Labor, the Department of Taxes, the Department of Health, and the Department for Children and Families. The Court Administrator may also obtain the names of voters from the Secretary of State.

Agree with the above. Abbreviations save time and they are used in a wide variety of forums, not just cruise critic. If we stop using pax does that mean we stop using AFAIK, OBC, DW, DH, EST, LAX, etc. and etc.?

And this brings up an important thing to remember about travel insurance (well, all insurance really)- you need to buy it before the covered event happens. If you buy the insurance after you've been summoned it doesn't work.

That's exactly why I used "may", since I didn't check every single policy (and I'm not sure that is really possible). I only checked 2, both at the lower cost end of the spectrum. (I also added "under certain circumstances" because one of the policies specified it happening within a certain number of days and the other one didn't, but each policy could be different in what conditions apply.)

Just looked and jury service is a reason for trip cancellation that may be covered under certain circumstances.

That's why we have voire dire, where the attorneys question each potential juror prior to trial to determine their fitness. I don't think anyone would claim that the jury system is a perfect one, too many examples of the flaws out there, but it is the best system we have. (As for the insurance angle, I've never even looked to see if jury service is a covered thing.) I know that in the two times I was called we were asked if we had any things coming up that would possibly interfere with a long trial, so the courts do take that into account. (And I wouldn't be surprised at all that somewhere someone was convicted because juror number 7 had a trip coming up and they only voted guilty so they could get end the process early and make their trip.)

Not sure how things are where you are, but there are laws about many other little things that we are expected to adhere to and if we don't they can be enforced (keeping our property presentable, obeying traffic rules, meeting vehicle inspection requirements, properly disposing of our trash the approved way, etc. etc.). It's the little things that count in society and we are all expected to comply. In a police state they throw you hindend in jail for non-compliance. Here, you may face a fine IF someone in authority decides to make an issue of it. Since I comply with the law I don't have to worry about whether you are on my jury or not. 😉

We had a First Class mess on the USS Eisenhower and we took our food there after going through the regular chow line. We did have some geedunk (snacks) available that was purchased from our dues, as I recall.

Living in a society means that we have laws and sometimes force needs to be used to enforce them. In my state the force applied for not answering a jury duty summons is a fine of up to $200.

If you are able to, without losing a lot, it might be best to just cancel the cruise. I doubt that it will get any better and the only thing that might get their attention is money going out of the door.

Thanks for the 411!

Where does AARP hide the gift cards? I searched the site several times with no luck.

The judge told us that the law gave him the authority to send the bailiff out onto the street and impress passerby into jury service if the need arose, which is the end result of enough citizens evading the summons. I heard one comedian say that he felt bad for criminal defendants, because their fate lay in the hands of 12 people not smart enough to get out of jury duty.

Do they sell those all of the time or only part of the time?

We sailed last year with a young lady with gluten allergies and sensitivities to a handful of other foods. DW is allergic to shellfish. They met with the dining staff and the information was put into Menu Mate. At each night's dinner they were able to order their next night's dinner and the waitstaff was able to tell them if it could be made without the offending food or not. A slip was generated with their order for the waitstaff to use. They were also able to order items for sea day brunch and when we were seated they simply informed the waitstaff of their order and they retrieved the slip for it. Our friend was even able to get a gluten free Warm Chocolate Melting Cake.

With great freedom comes great responsibility.

15 drinks is the limit for everyone, but I think it is a "soft" limit. I've seen bartenders override it on the POS system.

Yes, taste is subjective but the quantity of things is also at issue. Truth be told Carnival has always limited the portions of seafood, one way or another. When we first started sailing them the shrimp in the shrimp cocktail were positively tiny, but as I recall they are at least a more decent size now. It's not like we are sailing on Oceania and paying quadruple or quintuple the fare and the food on Carnival has always passed muster with me.

True. I just saw a post from a local restaurant showing off their seafood Alfredo. Had 3 shrimp and 4 scallops in the picture on top of veggies and pasta, and it had a pile of pasta. Mostly carbs, in other words.

For what I pay for the fare I would be happy with that amount of seafood in that dish, which seems consistent with what I've received in similar dishes from Carnival over the years. If I were paying extra for I would be disappointed.

The only requirement (if using it on a closed loop cruise) is that it be unexpired AFAIK.

Well, it all depends on point of view, I suppose, but some of the responses can be read as being harsh even if they weren't intended that way. Many states will mail the new license even if one goes in person for the renewal and that process can take up to 30 days. Many people forget to check expiry dates when booking their cruise. Why? Because they are human.