Colorado Beach Bum

We send out multiple bags every cruise and have never had any issues. Jeans, shorts, shirts, swimsuits, socks, underwear - basically anything that’s washer safe.

Not the experience we’ve had. With passports, just zip right through. Line usually longer but proceeds way faster - especially with facial recognition. When with the grankids and bc’s the line was short but moved slow especially when agents questioned everyone - no facial recognition. The bc ports were LB and Galveston. And when I say longer, maybe 15-20 minutes. Definitely not two hours.

First month.

It was $15 when I was on.

No dividends but if OP takes two cruises this year and gets $200 OBC, that’s just under 13% return which is way higher than past dividends. And if OP turns around and sells that stock right after getting OBC without any loss it’s not a bad move. But as others have said, get your advice from your advisor. We are all in different financial situations and what’s good for one is horrible for others.

Did you not just regular processing at the time? You prob would have got them back. We did renewals and took 3-4 weeks.

Not true. We took someone on an elite who was a red card and for that one elite cruise she had a platinum card.

Very similar ships. Hard to say which is better. A couple of the bars have different drinks, shows are a bit different, pizza and deli have different choices and other minor differences. Pretty similar experience. Pick based on your preference of where you like to sail from and which ports you prefer. Casino layout exactly the same but slots will be different with both having many of the same but not all.

DOUE works out of TX on day one as soon as the casino opens for both alcohol and non-alcohol drinks.

Great post. Goes to show you people from different backgrounds really can get along. We all really aren’t all that different. This is one of the things I like most about cruising. Too bad this doesn’t happen much in the real world back at home these days.

Carnivals terms and conditions say iMessage is NOT supported even if you pay for WiFi. So even that may not be a guarantee.

Denied boarding or denied from going ashore in those countries?

A quarter wouldn’t double. The post said it doubled the count and I said a small fraction - wouldn’t 1/4 be a small fraction?

Yes that happens but I’d bet it’s a small fraction doing this.

I never said anything about elite or ultra perks. Someone said carnival makes money on all passengers and I said it’s an average, some more, some less. But to answer your question - elite and ultra perks are covered by casino spending not other passenger non-casino spending

Average means some will be less, some will be way more. I’d be willing to bet they lose money on many passengers and it’s more than offset by the big spenders.

I think so too. We were expecting high tops on jubilee and were surprised to see table height. Maybe I’m wrong but we’ve done teppenyaki on all the ships that have it and thought all were high tops.

And gamblers wouldn’t like it if it was based only on cruise fair paid - and carnival would never do anything to alienate their gamblers. i like the idea of having to have recent cruises to keep status. Maybe you can have a legacy status with lifetime cruises but if you have multiple cruises in a year you get a plus after your tier - like Diamond Plus, or Platinum Plus and Diamond, Platinum are still there. The Plus cruisers maybe get additional perks that they can’t give to all.

Seems like every cruise these days is one of the casino cruises so hard to avoid the crowds of the ultras, elites, or premier cruises even if you don’t book one and book under a different rate.

We just got off an Elite and it’s is more fun than just a regular casino offer. More interaction with the hosts, other players and the drawings do make it enjoyable.

Ultras are never super compelling. The prizes are the hook. We’ve taken many casino offers and have never taken an Ultra.

We turn off the data and just use it for business texts and calls. Use ship WiFi for data. Sucks paying for both but keeps us cruising!

Totally worth it. I like it better than steakhouse.

We’ve done att plan but just for voice and text. The included data isn’t very much so also get the WiFi. If your people at home and you both have iPhones iMessage works with WiFi plan even though terms and conditions says it doesn’t.

Same, 9:30 arrival for Celebration a few weeks ago. Boarding didn’t start until after 10:30.