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I am sailing the Panaroma in December and the piano entertainer is Mati Sanchez.  Anyone had her?  Thoughts?   Thanks 

I just saw an article that Royal Caribbean has brought back Quest. Has Carnival brought it back?  If not……..when will they?

Don’t know about soda but they allow you to carry on 2x the amount of wine so I would guess you could also carry 2x the amount of other drinks such as soda 

What is the price of drinks at these bars?

Do they have lockers?  Is there a charge?

Has anyone been hot del mar latino beach club in Cozumel?   What are your thoughts?  Thinking of going.  

Does the $5 for an extra entre apply in the steakhouse as well?  Are the apps and deserts limited?  

Now that priority boarding is back …..I was hoping someone boarding the Horizon today could advise what the embarkation process was like on the Horizon.   Is there a separate waiting room for platinum and diamond guests or we required to wait with the masses?   Do the platinum guests get to board before suite guests?  Thanks 

Does anyone know if Horizon has a beer pong tournament and if so the details?  Thanks 

Any recent cruisers have updated information?

Each cruise will vary but you can go to carnival.com and do a mock booking to see how many cabins are available.  Just note if there are 10 cabins shown for a particular category there are likely more than 10 cabins are available….carnival just limits the results to 10 for each category 

BUT if you want better service you might want to continue to tip generously and often. 

Can anyone tell me if there is a “dining package” on the Horizon ……a certain number of specialty / pay eating options for one set discounted price…..and if so what are the details (what is included and the cost)?

Specifically Carnival Horizon 

Will Carnival let you carry any liquor purchased from the fun shops on the last night back to your room with you or are you required to pick it up the morning or debarkation?  Thanks 

Can you purchase multiple bottles of 1/2 price wine in the steakhouse on the first night?

Did they have any happy hours?  If so what are the details?  Thanks 

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We are sailing on the Horizon in a few weeks and debating the drink package.  I know some ships have “happy hour” …..does the Horizon have a happy hour?  If so what are the details? Thanks 

We always thought that we wanted YTD and chose that on our first 15 cruises.  Then we went with friends with little kids and agreed to the 6pm assigned dining and choose  it anytime we cruise now.  We now prefer the same table that is ready at the same time each night (gives us a set “meeting” place) with the same wait staff that know your preferences and has a cold drink at the table waiting for us.  It is more personable and generally quicker and in our experience “better” service.  

You could always charge slot play to your room then cash out through the casino cage= no charge

1 of the 4 comedians was good the other 3 were below average.  The comedian on the main stage was horrible.  You can definitely tell they just hired whoever they could find for this ship.  The cruise director was Donkey ….the voice from above.  

Alchemy only has 2 bartenders so there is typically a 2-3 person wait but not too bad.  The serenity is nice and large so there are plenty of loungers to be had at ALL times.   No issues with chair hogs on this sailing.  

Our waitstaff in the MDR staff was horrible the first 2 nights (slow service, bringing out the adults dinner and desert before the kids even after asking for them to be served first so that they could go to camp ocean) but after a conversation with the matri D things have improved greatly.   Camp Ocean is not offering any services after 10pm (free or fee). The shape of the ship is average at BEST.  We were on the phone with Carnival for over 7 hours the week before the ship sailed to get the rooms that we needed but then when we boarded we discovered that they had moved one of the rooms that we booked due to “covid” protocols  then it took over 3 hours once onboard at guest services to get 2 balcony rooms next door to each other……and the ship is only sailing at 42% capacity!   Not sure why it took them so long to figure that one out!   They just kept telling us to “come back later”. Finally at 11pm on the day of embarkation we had rooms.  Another not so great thing was that on embarkation day, the toilets to about 1/2 the ship were not working. It took them about 2 hours to get that resolved. It has been nice sailing at reduced capacity….there are no lines for anything. 

We are on the Carnival Sunshine this week with a new piano player “Scott Harris”.  While he can play the piano and sing he does not offer “late night” / “adult” piano entertainment as they have on every other Carnival cruise that we have been on.  He even changes the words on the usual piano songs so that they are “G” rated.   The Fun Times states that the piano show is for 18+ However elementary children are right at home.   We were in the piano bar well past 12am and someone finally asked him about his adult show and were told matter of factly that HE does not have an adult show at ANYTIME or ANYDAY of the week.  
THIS GUY BELONGS ON DISNEY NOT CARNIVAL!!!!!!!