sonicbuffalo

let's see.....

My wife and I used the Hub app too as well as the chat feature. The chat feature worked fine if you have your notification sounds turned up loud. You also may have to reboot it it a few times too. That info came from Carnival personnel. For $5 a pop, you can't beat it if you want chat.

We tried it and it's well worth it for the $5 extra for the entire cruise. You may have to reboot it once or twice but it works fine! Pleasantly pleased!

Love this. No more riding the "local" with kids that press every floor.

Where do you host your photos? I'd like to post some!

I think it's completely unfair to us on the October 7th Vista cruise not to have an update yet. What are the options, Arnold? We'd really like to know!

10 days for the Vista and 369 for the Breeze

13 days........can't wait on The Magical Mystery Tour. Was Eastern until St. Maartin, Grand Turk, and San Juan got beaten up.

I think it was Anthem, or at least Anthem sailed into a nasty late winter storm and made news doing it.

 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/02/08/anthem-cruise-ship-storm/79997114/

 

I suppose eventually someone will come along and say, "I would NEVER book a cruise outside of the month of May ..."

Actually Anthem has sailed into two winter 'hurricanes', and it's amazing no one was hurt.

I'll just about guarantee that St. Marten and St. Thomas won't open for cruisers for a year.

If I was a betting man, I'd say this nationwide cool front dropping down today will catch up to Irma and push her towards the NE and back out to Bermuda. I live in Colorado now, but lived in Florida for 24 years. Not that that makes me an expert, but I've seen a few in my day.

Usually that's the case but the strong high pressure ridge is supposed to keep Irma south. It'll get interesting. We lived in Florida for 3 years and in West Palm Beach where we saw 3 Cat 1 and Cat 2 storms hit us with their eye wall. It was quite the experience. We also drove over to the West coast of Florida and saw the aftermath of what a Cat 4 did to Punta Gorda. We saw solid block walls on some building blown to smithereens. It was unbelievable.

Godspeed to everyone cruising in the next few weeks. We're cruising the week of October 7th, an Eastern Caribbean itinerary of course. Just hope the islands and the people who live there are ok and don't feel the brunt of the storm.

We are on that same trip. I don't know what to do. Supposed to be driving to Florida on Friday, also kind of nervous about leaving my vehicle parked there if the hurricane does hit Port Canaveral. At this point I'm honestly just hoping they will cancel, I'd rather reschedule than be worried or disappointed about the weather the whole time.

 

 

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That's why you buy insurance! Let THEM worry!:halo::D

The only exception to the above, is the crazy weather in the Northeast when people try to sail out of NYC in the winter. A case in point is now the infamous Anthem cruise in a blizzard.

 

 

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yes...I guess if you're going to compare what time of year to sail, I'd pick hurricane season over blizzard season. I'd much rather have warm water if I'm going overboard. lol

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The absolute latest models as of 0500 on 9/4 blow me away (no pun intended). It shows it tracking closer to the keys and then making a 90* turn directly north and going up the center of Florida all the way to Georgia. I have never heard of a hurricane doing that and if it does, it will cause tremendous damage from the western Miami suburbs all the way to the top of North Florida. Wow....what a model. Now it wouldn't surprise me to see later models showing it getting into the gulf, as the last few model runs have shown more and more significant Westward shifts in their model runs. That straight up the Florida Peninsula is just too far out to be able to call it that close at this time. If it does though, and as a major hurricane, it will definitely be a historical cyclone.

The newest models suggest at least a close brush with So Fl, before possibly heading up towards Myrtle Beach and Wilmington, NC and coming inland. That would put us right here near Burlington in the bulls-eye. That is, if the models GFS hold true and Irma stays out of Florida. I would say if Irma hits and comes ashore in Florida, it will probably be between West Palm Beach and more likely closer to Port St Lucy. What do I know? I've only been studying Hurricanes for 20 years.

My wife & I have been on both and we enjoyed both cruises. That being said, we'd hands down do the Breeze again...not so much the Sunshine.....it was too cramped.

mitsugirly....who do you host your pictures with....photocrap (bucket) is trying to gouge me $400 to host mine and has ruined my previous reviews. Thanks! Love your reviews!

cruise to nowhere

How much is the Vista's Behind The Scene's Tour? Has anyone done it on this website?

50 Days!

Hope you have a great cruise!

We've sailed on the Allure and the Sunshine.....Sunshine was stuffy and crowded all the time. Allure was wide open and easy to navigate......don't waste your time and money on the Sunshine.;p

They should be open....fairly quickly once the ship is opened to new passengers. Have fun and have one for me..(or 2)!

ask a pvp about ongoing journey's cruises! They are longer duration and you will see more. try a 10-14 day cruise.

Below is my review of the Allure. I have been on 13 Carnival cruises. Because of a change in the terms for photobucket, the pictures will not be visible after August 16.

 

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1928555

By the way...nice review!