EllieinNJ

So did anyone actually get $350 off their cruise using both your own and spouse's offer?

I always ask my TA to send me cashback instead of OBC.  This way I will use the cruise line's OBC and then pay the balance.  Nice to get a check a week after the cruise.  

I found out on other cruise lines that TA OBC once on board is not always refundable.  Talking about Carnival and MSC.

Always a good review.  82 more days until our Journey cruise on her 

In 2022 she got rave reviews here on the roll calls so I booked two excursions with her for my May European cruise.  They were okay.  She even credited me back $4 that I accidently overpaid on my credit card.  I'm so sorry to hear about this.  Hope she finally does the right thing and pays you all back 

12 hours ago, Pansy2801 said:

I just want to report that I got $175 credited to my account. 

So I presume they only give you one $175 credit even if you both have the offer?

Hope you are having a great trip.

I agree.  NCL used to be our preferred cruise line but our last few cruises with them have been a disappointment.  I still have one cruise next left and also $200 in FCC from problems on a cruise plus now there is $200 off $1000 in American Express so I might just book one more cruise with them.

We will be going on our 5th Princess cruise next November on the Enchanted.  It is a repro from NY to Ft. Lauderdale.  We did this same exact itinerary in 2022 and liked it so much we are doing it again.  Meanwhile, we are spreading our money out between Royal, MSC and Carnival but Princess seems to be our favorite now.  The food is very good, they have shows every night (not game shows) and the ambience seems a little more refined.

We just got off the MSC Miraviglia.  We missed two ports out of five because of the weather.  I didn't hate it but there were many things I didn't like about it.  Looking forward to the Venezia.  We also have the Panorama booked in April and are concerned with the present trouble and cancellations.  Keeping a close eye on it.

I believe the gray ones have a solid metal balcony railing while the white ones are clear and you can see through them.

1 hour ago, Pansy2801 said:

I just used this offer for a final payment that was due in few days and I received email notification that I used this offer from Amex and will get $175 back. I asked the agent to use the $700 for the fare. I used a different credit card for the rest of the payment. I guess that the offer will be applied in the end but it worth trying if you have it . 

Thank you for this.  Please come back and let us know if the $175 was deducted on you cc statement and went through.

1 hour ago, TxTeach79 said:

 

People say things like this sometimes when I'm accidentally in the background of their pictures 

I thought it was a joke until I read a good review here in the St. Maarten forum 

I cannot see where it says for new bookings only.  Can someone point this out for me?

In one of your pictures in St. Maarten I noticed Big Bastards in the background.  We are reserving beach chairs there in February . Does the water taxi leave you off close to this place?

2 hours ago, Jamman54 said:

Remember back when I said Patti requested to Edy that we wanted three sets of towels? Well, since that was so difficult for him to remember that, Patti started disassembling the towel animals for the extra towels. She had a whole pile of towels in the closet by the end of the cruise! 😁 

On our 21 day B2B cruise on the Pride in May, after 10 days we asked our wonderful steward to stop making the towels.  They were great but just took up too much space.  He seemed grateful.

We were going to rent golf carts in Catalina Island but after we rented golf carts in Costa Maya two weeks ago, my husband's back was hurting him greatly.  Is there anything else to do or see there?  The Carnival Radiance excursions do not look interesting.

45 minutes ago, Morgsmom said:

If you have an 8pm assigned time they reserve the right not to seat you if you show up at 8:30

Twice we got there around 8:25 and we had no trouble being seated. We just told our servers we were going to the early show the day before and they said it was no problem.

Hi Henry.  Looking forward to your report.  We wanted to take the Dec. 1st Prima cruise but my part time job keeps getting in the way.  Hopefully I am retiring in January.  So now I am looking at the Prima for next December.  

I am the one who usually gets the Amex offers on my Blue card.  This time my husband got the NCL one and I got a Holland America one.  Never sailed HA .  Their prices are more than the $300 off $1000 than other cruise lines so will probably skip it even though I downloaded it 

We got to the port around 11:30.  Took us about 45 minutes to board the ship   I did see a handicap line though.

Does the discount get bigger depending on the days of the cruise? My 5 day Liberty in Sept. Says $19 99pd and my 7 day Odyssey in Feb 2025 has nothing listed yet.

13 hours ago, JamieLogical said:

Have you sailed on other cruise lines that had a vanity with a seat in the bathroom?

I think you misunderstood me.  I like to sit at the desk when I get ready to go out instead of standing in the bathroom.  On MSC there was only one center drawer so I brought a shoe bag to hang up with my incidentals and a lighted makeup mirror to do my hair and makeup.  I would have really hated reaching up or down for those shelves in the bathroom.  It was okay for my husband though.

7 hours ago, JamieLogical said:

I don't have the storage problem that others seem to have on the Meraviglia. Maybe it's because so many of my first cruises were on Breakaway Plus class ships on NCL and those rooms have no drawers at all. I learned after my very first cruise to pack collapsible cubbies that you can buy for literally $1 from the Dollar Store. Since they collapse flat, they take up no room in my bags. I usually bring four (two for me and two for my husband), but don't always use them all, depending on the ship.

 

I found there was PLENTY of storage in the bathrooms with the three upper shelves, counter space, and shelf & cabinet below the sink. Makes me wonder how many toiletries people are bringing if that's not enough space! Could maybe use more shelf space inside the shower I guess. I also love that MSC showers have the little bar for me to put my foot on when shaving my legs. I used to have to pack a suction cup footrest, but learned I can leave that off my packing list on MSC.

 

 

 

It's just that I use a vanity at home with everything in my reach.  I don't like standing in the bathroom doing my hair and makeup.  It was fine for my husband.

38 minutes ago, joeyancho said:

That sucker is burned.  Also not the proper bread...

And there was no pork, pickles or mustard on mine.

26 minutes ago, js said:

Thank you. I'm sorry you cannot purchase but it makes me feel a little better it's not just me LOL I can also just see the Hilton for $25. If the OBC was going to leave after Black Friday, I would have just purchased it to have but I really think we will stay on the ship that day. I'm a Disney freak and have APs (live in NY) but Im not doing that trek back and forth for one day I rather use the ship.

 

Happy planning!

I also read your other topic here on bed placement.  I too struggled to find a cabin with the bed by the balcony..  I find it feels more roomy that way.  I looked at cruisedeckplans.com and couldn't find the EXACT cabin I wanted so booked one that did show the bed by the balcony.  It was only about 6 or 7 doors down from the one I wanted.  When I was on the Oasis in October, 2021 I booked the Anthem on board for Jan. 2022.  The agent assured me that the bed was by the balcony.  When we got on the Anthem we found out it was NOT.  Thankfully the cabin next to us was empty and had the bed by the balcony and we were able to move into it.

3 minutes ago, js said:

Thank you for chiming in. Do you see that you can purchase the alcohol and dining for your February 2025 Odyssey cruise? I cannot purchase anything for my April 2025 Odyssey and really wanted to purchase the UDP and Alcohol package.
 

Thank you.

Nope.  The only thing available was the same day pass at the Hilton for $25pp.  Didn't even come with chairs, only transportation.I wanted to purchase the internet but it was not on sale for my Liberty cruise.