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Except Carnival doesn't own all of the Honda Accords. Other cruise lines own them too.

And with the Hub App you can order room service either to your cabin or to any spot on the ship. On our last cruise we wanted some pizza but didn't want to stand in line for it, so we found a spot by Alchemy and ordered it through the App. Still had to wait but we weren't standing, and it was worth the small fee. (And while beverages may be ordered from the bar through room service those aren't covered by Cheers.)

You could try to find out on social media.

It may not come through in the comments but I think many of us do empathize with the disappointment, to lose out on a cruise is bad enough and then to be hit with the penalties is a hard pill to swallow. I also know that comments like "we will never consider booking Carnival again", as normal as that reaction may be to the situation, doesn't sit well with others, either. Especially when it's for an industry wide practice such as this.

Sorry you are only finding this out now. I presume that you've at least some sailings under your belt and even a cursory reading of the terms and conditions show the penalties quite clearly that start after the final payment date. As mentioned this is common across all cruise lines (I don't believe that it is simply limited to the main stream lines) so if you are otherwise happy with Carnival leaving them will not get you a different result.

And you miss the point, if there was a design flaw in the azipods themselves the other ships would also have the same issue, not just these three ships.

And only those three ships have those particular azipods? Doubtful.

Could be just a defective part, if it's the same part at all. In order for it to be a defect in design every azipod of a similar make and model would need to be similarly affected.

I believe they are required by law to provide such notifications. As nice as it might be for a cruise line to do the same they are under no obligation. As a passenger I don't really care that much what the reason is because it isn't going to change the outcome at all. (And FWIW until the law was changed requiring the airlines to provide such information, as I recall they didn't.)

The sticking point seems to be that you aren't getting an early check in online and AFAIK that is normal, but when you print out your boarding pass and luggage tags they should both indicate Platinum and you should receive priority boarding at the port.

The subject line is confusing.

This reminds of a story that I heard once. A plane was at the gate getting ready to take-off when the pilot made the announcement "ladies and gentlemen, the whatchamacallit on this plane is not working and I will not fly it until it is fixed, so we won't be taking off on time". About an hour and a half later the passengers are herded back onto the plane and they get ready to take off. One of the passengers asks a cabin attendant "did they get the whatchamacallit fixed?". "Oh, goodness no, there isn't one available. They found a pilot that would fly without it."

The cruise contract gives the cruise line the right to change ports without recourse, so their offer is more than what they are contractually obligated to provide. It sucks, but that is also the drawback to cruising- ship does happen and one can either accept it or not. Not accepting just brings angst and upset but it isn't going to change anything at all. Typically when something like this occurs that affects future sailings the line will sometimes allow passengers to cancel without penalty, but even that is not something they are obligated to do. I have a trip to the ABC's scheduled and I am really looking forward to it and yes, I would be somewhat upset if something happened that prevented us from going to any of the ports but I would also make the best of it.

You don't actually get your new status until you board, as I understand it.

Actually I think what they are doing is attempting to fill the ship to 110% capacity, since most of those deals are put out long before the sailing date and the only way to get above 100% is to increase triple and quadruple occupancy.

I wouldn't necessarily pick any of the carpets on Carnival for my home but putting up with them for a week I can do.

I normally just do a Plain Jane with some toppings (and not many of those). I'm not convinced that COVID had anything to do with the disappearance of the shrooms or the bacon bits, but the main thing is they are gone. I can't say that I noticed anything different about the fries, taste-wise, but I am mostly there for the burger. (We will usually grab one as a late day snack after returning from a shore excursion and don't want to eat too much since early seating isn't too far away at that point.)

Better instead to go with the cruise line that shows their fares like this: By your logic since this cruise line has a brochure fare that is twice what they will actually sell it for they must not be performing well against the competition. 😉

IDK, I never wanted to try the experience. I do know that it's not all you can eat. I just found out that the US Navy no longer metes this out as a punishment. Effective in 2019.

In the US Navy it's a very simple menu- bread and water.

A lot of countries sign a lot of conventions and don't comply with them for any number of reasons. I'm sure there's a difference between a treaty and a convention in the enforcement arena.

And so many people overlook the crew training aspect. Our participation is limited by how often we sail, let's say once a year. The crew go through it every week of their contract. That's a lot of training to forego. (Plus they have new passengers to handle every week which enhances their training.)

I took jsn55's comment as a reference to the fact that whenever a cause of a fire can't be identified a cigarette is blamed and the fact that most people overestimate the fire danger of cigarettes. I served on three different ships in the Navy and only recall one or two small incidents caused by cigarettes and certainly no large fires.

Exactly. And it takes time to account for everyone. We used similar procedures in the Navy and when we had apparent man overboard it took 20 to 30 minutes to account for everyone. We did two musters and both confirmed the missing man was unaccounted for. We then started a compartment by compartment search (no one witnessed him going over the side, he just went missing). He was found sleeping in a boat on the hanger deck and was sentenced to 3 days bread and water in the brig for his nap and the trouble it caused for a carrier battle group.

In a nutshell marketing works.