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As someone who cruises on Carnival and HAL, I would like to know why it is so impossible to have crossover in the loyalty programs? 

They have been talking about it for years, but still no action.

Even if completely combining the programs is not an option there should be some crossover. Maybe make it perk for reaching diamond on Carnival or 5 star on HAL?

ship: Panorama

Deck: 6

cat: interior

Cabin: 6311

Avoid this room!  It is very noisy. It creeks and makes noise like a 100-year-old house. With the arcade and kids club on deck 6 there are kids in the hallway all the time. 

I would avoid deck 6 on this ship.

Thanks to everyone the replied. I will make "other arrangements" and I do find Kraken to be a least tolerable. Strange that Holland America has a lower priced drink package but can afford Captain Morgan. 

Carnival has not had some liquor including Captain Morgan rum due to supply chain issues. I was wondering if it had got any better?

We were on Holland America (a carnival brand) a couple weeks ago and there was no issue at all. 

We are on the Panorama next week and I need to know if I need to make other arrangements.

We got a bag on our current zuiderdam cruise.

I also have one of those old Carnival bags. They are nice.

On 6/22/2022 at 12:04 PM, Euby said:

I got the same email.  However, after I choose my stateroom type and press 'Select', it just shows a blank screen like below.  I have tried on both Edge and Chrome and even on Safari via my phone.  I've tried multiple cruises, but always a blank screen.  Any suggestions?  I'd think that if nothing was available, it would state that on the previous screen.

I get the same problem. Every time I have to call or send an email to my PVP. 

Only once was there not a veranda room available, but they booked me an ocean view till one opened up. 

I believe the problem has to to do with the select fare page not handling the casino offer. If you select a different fare type it comes up fine.

Tried different computers and different browsers and an IPhone, same issue on all.

Cheers for us used to be a no brainer. But with the recent price increase and the shortages limiting what we drink, it is now just break even for us. I always go over our bill after a cruise and the last one would have been within a few dollars of break even if we had paid the new higher price. Luckily we had paid for Cheers before the price increase.

I appreciate everyone who has responded but I think you all misunderstood what I was saying. The offers are still there. I have free room offers right now. But if you click on it and try to book, the cruises that are available have almost all gone away. The offers are still there but very few cruises you can use them on.

As anyone else noticed that the availability of cruises on casino offers as dried up. We had a few offers that do not expire till July but there is very very little availability as of the beginning of June. I wonder if Carnival has cut back in order to limit passenger level until they can get more employees.

Anyone else having issues logging into their Carnival account right now?

When I hit the login button it gives me an "error loading page"

Tried 2 different browsers.

From the end of April till May 15 is also missing.

We just got off the vista and my first impression was that it was business as usual. Other than the new muster process everything else was normal.

we had a great time. They do need to work on their technology. A lot of stuff just did not work. 
I will do a full review later, just my first thoughts.

Its terrible, don't go!

That way I can get a seat.

I will stay there all night and warn people. 🙂

Everyone is talking about how vax vs. non-vax passengers will be treated on the ship, but don't forget the cruise line can't ask if you are vaccinated in Florida. Still do not know how Carnival is going to operate even 1 vaccinated only cruise in Florida. Now with this ruling the governor has no reason to give the cruise lines any leeway on the law. SO, everybody gets tested and everybody wears a mask.

Thank you to everyone that responded. I was able to determine that one of my cruises had the OBC and one did not.

I contacted my PVP and got it corrected.

For those of you that have rebooked canceled cruises and took the OBC option, are you seeing the $600 OBC show up in your new booking?

We have two of these cruises (3 cabins total) and don't see the OBC on any of the confirmations.

Leaving on Saturday. Not cancelling.

We had this same question and our answer was yes.

We are doing the Breeze in March and the Magic in April.

37 minutes ago, jimbo5544 said:

They added a lot more cabins than which ship?

Then the Dream class. The previous class to the Vista.

The dream class of ship is our favorite. Large enough to have the extras without "jumping the shark".

My wife and I have sailed on just about every class of ship Carnival has and the Vista class is way more crowded. We have been on both the Vista and the Horizon and have determined that we will not be going back. They added a lot more cabins and made the public areas smaller. How could it not be crowded? The vista class were clearly designed by accountants to maximize passenger count.

Now before you jump on me and say I am just a hater, I am about to Diamond and love Carnival. I have two more cruises booked for January. As an engineer I just don't think the Vista class was designed well.

One of the perks listed on our CO offer is a room upgrade. Has anybody actually got a room upgrade from CO?

What did you get?

Is it still in the same Cat. or upgrade to higher Cat?

Would like to hear from someone who bought CO and got a room upgrade.

Our problems with the Horizon stem from the design. They increased the cabin/ passenger count, but made the public areas smaller. Not surprisingly that leads to crowding.

The food options were great and the service was ok. It gets old though never being able to get seat at the Alchemy or piano bar or the casino or ….. You get the point.

For us it is not about breaking even (although we always do), it just makes for a more relaxed cruise knowing what that cost will be. For a planner like me being able to prepay for one of our biggest expenses and knowing exactly how much it will be is worth the money even is we didn't break even. We debated about it when we took the cruise out of San Juan that had 6 port days, but in the end even on that cruise it was worth it.

Horizon 1/26 to 2/1 8 day cruise.

I don’t normally do reviews, but I felt I had a lot of information this time that may be helpful to other people. Being an engineer, this review my end up being a little less about my opinions and more about the design issues. This cruise was with my DW and mother in-law. We had booked a balcony cabin on deck 6. Less than 2 days before the cruise the up-sell fairy called and offered us an upgrade to a family harbor suite for $600, which we accepted. My wife and I are both platinum and close to diamond so this is not our first Carnival cruise. It is our first Vista class ship.

First off, the good news:

The service, food and entertainment were excellent. Some of the best we have had.

Having the family harbor suite was nice. The extra ½ bath came in handy and the lounge is very nice to have. I do wish they had food earlier and later than they offer it.

JiJi – excellent food, well worth the extra change

Cucina de Capitano – food was good, but we were disappointed that hey did not sing as they normally do. This is always one of our favorite restaurants on the ship.

Bonsai Teppanyaki – very good, way too much food. Make sure you are hungry. The up charge may seem high but includes any entry including filet and lobster tail.

Guys pig & anchor BBQ – One night we did not like what was on the dinner menu so we did this on a whim. I am glad we did. The food is very good, live entertainment, craft beer. A nice alternative if you find yourself in a similar situation. Their sampler platter “the whole smoker” says it feeds 2 but it will easily feed 3 or 4 people.

Now the not so good news:

This may be our only trip on a Vista class ship. Some how the Carnival ship designers decided that when you add more cabins and a lot more people, you should then make all the public spaces smaller. Yes, I said smaller. The Alchemy bar, piano bar, show lounge, spa, lobby. You name it, it is smaller. Why?

We have been on fantasy class ships, we have been on the Sunshine, we have been on just about every other class of ship Carnival has and this is the first time I really felt crowded. It seems like everywhere we went there were crowds. The only thing not crowded was the high end shops they added.

Now before you go off thinking I am a hater, the truth is I am more of a Carnival cheerleader. But this ship design makes no sense to me. I truly think this class of ship was designed by accountants to maximize the front end take (shop leases, cabins). They probably assume that if a person wants a drink a the Alchemy bar they will still buy one even if they are waiting 3 people deep most of the night.

Ok, off my soapbox. The one other thing I will mention is the noise from the galley above our deck 2 family suite was noticeable. It was enough to wake you up, but was not constant. It is something to consider if that kind of stuff bothers you.

Having travelled to England several times I learned that I like beans for breakfast. It is now one of the things I look forward to when I go on a cruise.