Davechipp74

I would think the first place to hide anything would be, not your stateroom.

In N.Y. you don't deal with the cruise line form curb to post security, that's when your check in time Starts.

I never understood why passports are such an issue for people, just get a passport if you plan on leaving the U.S. My 8 y/o niece has a passport, my sister got it for her specifically for a cruise.

I don't let the airline plan my cruise, I'm not going to let the cruise plan my flight..

Really not trying to push a "narrative" as much as just making post. Some years ago my now ex wife and I were trying to get friends of ours to go on a N.Y. to L.A. cruise (17 days on NCL Jewel) they have never been on a cruise so they wanted to try one out first. They did a CTN out of Baltimore aboard Carnival, they came back with horror stories and videos, said they would never cruise again, and did not join us. Many videos on YT of cruises on Carnival I've seen of savage behavior, of all the worst videos I've seen aboard cruise ships, had one common thread (CCL)

Its footage from the ship, there is a thread on the Carnival boards about the fire. I can post a link from CNN or FOX it you like. Cant get news/footage from social media?

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZPRTSgrJn/ This was earlier today. Aboard the Freedom and not the first time it happened on the Freedom. Perhaps this would be a more true Carnival experience.

To get the true Carnival experience book a 3 day CTN out of Baltimore during spring break 😱

I was going by previous posts that stated certain drinks don't count against the 15 per day.

so after you hit your 15 drink limit you just start ordering buckets of beer or pictures of margaritas, as a work around?

I was using a sextant I brought with me on my last cruise. The ships navigation was walking by and engaged me himself, told me in all his years he never saw a passenger with a sextant onboard, told me he had one of similar quality on the bridge. We spoke for about ten minutes, he gave me all kinds of pointers. It was probably the best crew interaction I ever had.

I hear tell Carnival will upgrade your status mid voyage, NCL not so much. I was in a similar situation where I would of had enough points mid cruise for Platinum but no. Gives you more of a reason to buy a FCC onboard.

I did this in 2004, I boarded in N.Y. got off at Cape Canaveral to refill my rum runners, then I was at a bar and met a local woman, wound up back at her place. She said you can stay for a few days since you're already on vacation, I had no problem with that since I got the cruise real cheap and been on the same itinerary a few times already. I went back to the ship packed up my stuff and walked off without saying a word to anyone. I never heard anything about it from NCL. Fast-forward a year I'm on a different cruise with NCL and only when I got back to N.Y. going through CBP they pulled me aside and asked about my previous cruise and informed me of some law that I violated. I had to pay $370 on the spot, and got a really cool giant red stamp that said PVSA violator (coolest stamp I ever got in my passport) Thats it the fine and a stern talking to was the only consequence I had. I'd guess the fine would be higher today because this was 20 years ago.

Here in N.Y.C. Mayor de Blasio had a slogan about addressing the pandemic, "2 weeks to flatten the curve." 🤣🤣

I had a cement lawn jockey with working lantern stolen off my front lawn just last week, I loved that little guy, it was there for 6 years, it weighed over 100 lbs.

Haitian gang leader Barbecue speaks, and issues a warning to the world: "Today, we are taking the occasion to tell the international community to give Haiti a chance. Because what is happening in Haiti now, we Haitians have to decide who is going to lead the country and what model of government we want. We are going to figure out how to get Haiti out of the misery it is in now." "Today it's clear that the people who live in the shanty towns are the ones who know what they are going through. It is the Haitian people who are going to take their destiny into their own hands. Haitian people will pick the person to govern them."

I wold think 7 day cruise would be the first cruise you'd find them on, just not the 10 day + ones.

Wow, Donna Summer has been relegated to preforming on cruise ships, I guess she works hard for the money.

If your bringing kids aboard it's priceless, if you bring the kid in you aboard it's nostalgic.

The only concern here is even though they are across the hall that room may have a different muster station, in the unlikely event should you have to muster you would need to go to the station your booked room is assigned to not the one your staying in. Also you should take the ocean view, and have the 15 y/o in the inside room, that's cursing 101

My favorite interaction with a crew member was aboard my last cruise, (The Getaway last January) I brought a sextant and a textbook on how to use it to teach myself. Who's walking by the ships navigation officer, he engaged me. He stood there talking to me for 15 minutes, giving me pointers, told me he had one of similar quality on the bridge, complemented me on being the only passenger he ever saw with a sextant and charts trying to plot the ships location in a dozen years. I had been drinking a little, so I had the courage to ask him if I could come up to the bridge, he said sorry not this time, and was on his way. I did however very much enjoy our conversation, and learned a few things.

Congratulations that quite an accomplishment, out of curiosity what is the "special Ambassador gift"?

I believe with the inside cabin you have to pay the double occupancy, which the studio does not have, or at least that's how it used to be.

After 15 drinks are you cut off, or do you just have to start paying for them?

I've always viewed the situation as suggestions from the cruise line, for example the cruise line saying: did you forget your sunscreen? here's half a bottle, perhaps you would enjoy this book, did you forget your flip flops, try these, enjoy this pair of sunglasses, here's a half a bottle of water on us. Have I been wrong this whole time?