Tom-n-Cheryl

My guess is that many who receive the offers have probably experienced high 4 to low 5-digit losses at some point. Tom

It starts to get really interesting on your 50th and 75th, as then you can start getting some serious OBC to work with! Cheryl is a couple cruises ahead of me, and used her 50th on a chartered music sailing (VH-1 in 2011). I was surprised that they allowed it to apply to that cruise since the fares are substantially more than regular rates for those types of cruises. So that's something to consider since casino offers don't apply to them. I forget the exact amount, but on the Celebration earlier this year we cashed in our on our 75th milestone credit. Between that and $2,000 on board credit from a casino offer, we ended up with several thousand in cash to use, which we used up easily (steakhouse for something like 13 people the first night as well as jewelry store and casino visits). Tom

Yep - to me, it's just another wager 🙂 Tom

Pretty much all the "good rate" booking codes mean you're throwing some $ into the ring that will be forfeited in cases of cancellation. I've probably thrown away $600 in the last year or so ($200/sailing) on cruises I booked, and then had a change of plans... 😞 Tom

Man, you'd think they'd waive such charges when you're UPGRADING. Tom

Yep - just saw an image (Informed Delivery) of the flyer that's coming in the mail this afternoon. We'll have to wait until the 12th to see what's being offered up. I've had a few of these come my way, and always end up just booking other promos (where there are many other ships/dates offered). Perhaps one day! Tom

Yep, save that for the top decks of the ships - lol 😉 Tom

I should probably have prefaced my comment with the fact that we're not really beach people! If it was a place that offered air conditioned cabanas, the chances increase. We love the cabanas at Mahogany Bay (admittedly, not a private island). For tenders at ports we've haven't visited (not private islands), we'd more than likely deal with the hassle - for the sake of exploration and new experiences. I don't ever see us get off at Grand Cayman again - we've already swam with the stingrays, seen the turtles, and been to Hell - that about covers it, LOL. I look forward to more info on Celebration Key 🙂 Tom

Any port with a pier is preferred to one involving tenders - that's for sure ! I can count on one finger how many times we've got off the ship at their private island where it was a tender port. Having said that - we've probably been to Coco Cay 2-3 times, and haven't got off. Our cruise earlier this year on MSC to their docked private island was nice. Tom

The ship that I'd like to see come in - is the $30 CCL share price !! Tom

Saw this a few minutes ago - the Whale Tail caught my eye and I was like --- HEY !! Tom

Yep - I'll let it go. Bye guys !! Tom

Then, true to form, you've helped to create organized chaos here... 😉 Tom

Merging the Allstate and AARP threads was not the best idea - most of the posts no longer have anything to do with what I subscribed to (AARP). Tom

That's what I first thought when I saw the title of this thread... "Sgt Schultz is back?!!"

We have our souvenirs from the Owner's Suite on the Sensation (probably owing to our staying in it several times). When they remodeled those two rooms in dry dock I asked my contact at Carnival what would happen to those lamps, and was told that they could hold them for me at the port (Canaveral) after the ship came back if we wanted them! I had them rewired (for 120v). Tom

There's a reason(s) they're not in the fleet any longer 🙂 If any of those were brought back, I would not sail on them... In other words, for us, certain things (restaurants, venues, amenities, etc) trump nostalgia. Tom

Or, save your money, Celebrity, and don't waste the postage sending me offers for free inside cabins on select sailings w/$25 Freeplay. I'm not going to bite at such an insult/joke! Tom

Meh

March '08. I understand she was quite the ship in her day - all 23,000 GRT of her. I could see some areas of detail and workmanship (some public areas/dining room), but they really let her go... I can't find my (detailed/scathing) review, but here are a few pics (ours was one of the "nicer" suites - complete with a hot tub).

That might be similar to their military discount - which on our next sailing was a moot point, as we opted to book a RS cabin (I guess they feel if you're paying that much, you're not concerned with saving money... dunno... LOL). It's worth looking into --- THANKS Tom

THIS ship. 🙂 Tom

I am intrigued by them - if only they'd bring one of those two ships to Pt Canaveral (instead of the aforementioned Caribbean Princess)!! I was thrilled when I heard about Princess finally coming to Pt Canaveral, and then the ship was named. I was also thrilled recently upon hearing that Celebrity was also coming here, but that faded pretty quick too !! Tom

The Regal Empress was a ship (tub!) sailing under Imperial Majesty Cruise Line (see the link in my prior reply). The only Princess ship we've been on was the Caribbean Princess. It was not a ship I'd sail on again - but that's another story ! Tom

I was actually HAPPY to hear about THIS ship getting scrapped --- disliked it, with a passion !! Tom