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@vivian02Thanks a million for the information, we appreciate it. DH wants to know if there are a lot of kids on board during July/August? Or, are the Hawaii cruises not usually done by families due to the larger number of sea days.

DH and I are thinking about taking a cruise to Hawaii -- round trip Los Angeles to Los Angeles. We already know there will be a lot of sea days so that is not an issue. Here are some of our questions that I am hoping we can get some answers to: 1. Best time to cruise: Are the seas better for cruising one month over another? 2. How about weather: What month would have the least amount of rain? 3. Would like to go on a whale watching excursion. What month is best for whale watching? 4. Is it possible to see an active volcano from the ship? Thanks in advance for your help.

I am new to Carnival. We have booked a cruise with Carnival for April 2024. We own 100 shares of CCL stock and was wondering if Carnival has a form to fill out in order to get this onboard credit. If they do, where would I be able to get a copy of it? Thanks in advance for your help, I appreciate it.

Thank you. Do people feel comfortable using this form of transmittal? Or, should I explore another avenue? PDF and email seem the easiest way.

Is fax and snail mail the only way to submit your CCL stock information? Can I put the information into a PDF and then send it to an email address?

@AtlantaCruiser72Oh dear. Hopefully, it will work out when we sail in July. If not, I am going to be very miserable. I am short and water gets into my ears from fixed shower heads. I have tried plugs and that has not helped in the past --- end result has been ear problems. I have been able to use the hand held shower heads before on the Star Princess. Have never been on the Crown class so I will keep my fingers crossed that all works out. Thanks for your post.

Thanks for sharing your experience. I think I will continue to pre-book the hand held shower head when necessary to ensure I get it. Love technology when it works and hate it when it fails.

Thank you so much for the information, I didn't know that option existed. Very helpful information.

We are on the Crown in July and our balcony cabin will have a fixed shower head. I had my TA request a hand held shower unit when I made our reservation. It is marked on our Travel Summary under Special Services. It has always been in our cabin when we sailed -- maybe that is because we let Princess know ahead of our arrival. The newer Princess ships that we have sailed had hand held shower heads (Discovery, Regal, Royal)

@TN-Mountains "The benefit is applicable on sailings through July 31, 2023 aboard the brands listed below." This line from your quote above had me wondering if there was an expiration date on the benefit. Thanks for your post.

Is there anything in writing that shows how long the Carnival Corporation stock OBC will be offered --- is there an expiration date to this benefit?

It is a good book. I put the map up in my cabin as a reminder to watch for the various wildlife in the areas.

I just looked to see if pre-ordering of the book was an option and it doesn't look like it --- I saw nothing about the book in the gifts section for my July 2023 cruise. We purchased our book two years ago once we got on the ship. Inside the book it shows 2018 as the date for printing. I don't know if your book is older than mine or not.

Nope. I am on a 5 day Mexico cruise out of Los Angeles.

Nope, I only have two items under my checklist: Personal Information & Documents Choose your Medallion wearable and both of those items are checked off green

I leave on 2/20/23 and see nothing in the app for wellness.

We are on the same cruise --- Princess hasn't sent out any official notice yet --- at least I haven't seen anything and I have been checking my itinerary 2x a day.

So sorry to hear that Allen Marine has been unresponsive to your requests for information.

Aware of that. Probably should have said that we will be disappointed that our excursion will be cancelled.

@startedwithamouseLast year we sailed with Royal Caribbean and were not able to get into Catalina due to winds. One of the reasons we booked the Coastal cruise was the fact that we would have a stop in Monterey. Not happy but will deal with the situation.

We are on the 4/8 coastal cruise. Wondering how long it will take Princess to notify us about our itinerary change. We will have to cancel our ship sponsored Monterey excursion. If we are stopping in Santa Barbara, wonder if there will be any excursions to purchase. We live in Northern California and not really interested in Santa Barbara, but will make the best of the situation.

Last year, we tendered from ship to Skagway for one of our cruises and we went to an alternate port (Haines) for another one of our cruises.

Love the Bering Sea Crab Fishermen's tour. Have taken it a couple of times -- best part of the tour for us is the feeding of the bald eagles. Had a hard time keeping up with the swooping eagles even while shooting in "sports mode." Agree with Crew News and Glaciers -- good tour.

Whale watching in Juneau -- Jayleen's Alaska Whale watching in Icy Strait -- Glacier Wind We have been out with both independent tour companies and always had a great experience. We are looking forward to our two 2023 whale watching excursions with Jayleen and one 2023 whale watching excursion with Glacier Wind.

Still nothing? When I emailed Allen Marine I received a response from ndavis at Allen Marine dot com. Her title is office manager at Juneau.