Portland has a drydock facility that has been used before for other ships and other cruise lines. If the ship can not fit there, i wont be surprised if they use another heavy lift vessel like what they used for the vista many years ago
The website is very clear what happens when you cancel: https://help.carnival.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3401/~/i-need-to-cancel-my-booking%2C-is-there-a-penalty%3F
in true royal fashion, royal raised the prices by about 15-20 dollars making the discounted black friday sale roughly the same price as yesterday, only difference is around 5-10 dollars. its a decent sale. there is only a few excursions that is truly 50% off
here is the page: https://www.stockperks.com/carnivalcorp
i can not find any information about this on carnival corporation website about this
it seems all this app does it collects your info and then forwards it to carnival, kind of like a middle man
off topic but Norwegian has the best carpet with the fishes on the carpet, the fish that is facing forward points to the forward end of the ship. very useful
it seems random. when i was on the escape a few weeks ago i got the terminal at around 1230 and was given a group 32 boarding card which is strange as i had priority boarding due to my status. as i made my way down the terminal to the waiting/boarding area they had made announcement about priority guests and boarding group 28 or some other random group. I joined the line to board the ship and handed in the boarding group card. It seems like they didnt check the card at all
my cruise next year only went down by about 10 dollars, no big price drop for me and for some odd reason a solo cabin is about 50 dollars more then a studio cabin
the new solo cabin category will be fleet wide in 2024. you will need to book in a solo balcony to receive studio lounge access. if you booked a regular balcony, you will not have studio access.
solo balcony have a cabin category of BT, you need this category to have lounge access
its the same menu, the only difference is you are sharing a table with someone where as if you where to dine on your own, you will be with your own party