mistycruiser

To confirm whether you have AutoPay or not check the e-mail confirmation you received when booking. Go to the "Important Notes" section and it will state as the first item "AutoPay-Final Payment scheduled to be processed on (date).

Yes you can change to Early Saver from Past Guest as long as Early Saver is still an available option at the time you make the change.

Not on the Dream in Feb. Instead $5 at 500 and another $5 at 1000 but then no more. Think I've heard that's how they're doing it on all the ships now but not positive.

When they mention the 1.5 points they mean for redemption on higher charge amounts. You get a better redemption value. For example for $100 redemption value if it's applied towards a charge of over $1500 you only need 6666 pts. If the charge is under $1500 it takes 10,000 pts to equal a $100 credit. The 2 points is when earning on the carnival mc.

Normally mid-ship and lower decks feel less movement and for more quiet pick a deck with cabins above and below rather than being under or over a noisy area.

Homewood Suites Dania Beach has coin op laundries. Candlewood Suites have free laundry facilities but I don't know if there is one by FLL or not.

We've rarely had time changes on our 20 cruises on Carnival. Usually it stays with whatever time the embarkation port time was. In Alaska and South America we had time changes but that's the only instances I remember.

I don't think you're regular early saver because you mention that they will pick the cabin which is a guarantee. Regular early saver you pick your cabin and can price match up until 2 days b4 sailing. Is you cruise coming up soon? Sounds like it from the name of the fare you mentioned. Normal early saver is only available for bookings about 3-6 months out depending on the cruise length.

If you're not going to be able to check in before you get to the airport then I would purchase the EB and Southwest will automatically reserve a check in spot for you. Once you get to the airport you can print the boarding pass and check your luggage but since Southwest has basically checked you in already with the EB your boarding spot in line will most likely be with the A's. If you don't purchase EB and wait till you get to the airport you'll likely be in the B's or even C's and will be some of the last to board.

There are no clocks in the cabins so I always bring a battery operated clock and it's also the only time I wear a watch so I can stay on ship's and not local time when I get off in the ports.

I don't know if it's guaranteed that you will but my husband and I usually receive each offer for Premier Cruises and don't always book one but still receive offers the next time around.

Maybe do a search within CC looking for reviews or rollcalls for those cruise dates and see if you can reconstruct the dates and port times for those port calls?:confused:

You mentioned that you all have insurance so I believe in order for the person that is cancelling to file a claim they must cancel instead of being a no-show. Also the person remaining alone in the room may need to pay the single supplement and file against the insurance to receive that amount back. Check your insurance policy to see what it states.

I'm not sure if they checked or not but since they said to use the biodegradable I bought some in Cozumel. Across the street from the cruise ship pier there was a store that had some on the shelves right by the entrance and I picked it up there.

If you look at deck plans the cabin category is listed.

Check your e-mail confirmation for a subject listed as "Guest Notes" and that will indicate the fare you booked under.

When you booked the cruise you should have received a multiple page confirmation e-mail. Check for a heading titled "Guest Notes" and it will indicate the fare you booked under and list any restrictions etc. associated with the fare.

Several questions you'd have to answer. First, are you before or after the Final payment date? If prior to and you are not booked Early Saver, and the rate you booked is refundable up until final payment date, then you could downgrade to a cabin on deck 1 and Carnival would adjust the amount due for final payment or if you paid in full prior to the final payment date Carnival would refund the difference to the card you used to pay with.

If however you booked Early Saver then no downgrades are allowed. You need to look at the e-mail confirmation you would have received to determine your cabin category for example 6C. Early Saver only allows you to price match to a rate that you qualify for in a cabin that is equal to your cabin or to upgrade to a higher cabin should the rate for the higher cabin be equal to or less than what you paid for your existing cabin.

RE: your question about what they do if they skip a port. They will announce the change and then usually re-publish the Funtimes with new activities and times etc. for a seaday. Or if you're lucky and they know soon enough ahead of time they may substitute a different port if there is space available for them to do so.

I think since you're first time cruisers it's probably better to stick with shore excursions from the cruise line. Yes you do pay a little more but some of the benefits are that if the excursion is running late that they will wait for those booked on their excursions. And like someone else mentioned, it's not necessary for everyone to do the exact same thing. If some want one excursion and others another splitting up is fine. Then everyone gets to enjoy what they want to do.

Thanks Rochelle.

I've only taken 2 cruises on NCL. First one was Oct. 2013 because of a free cruise from a local casino and second one was in May 2014 Alaska. Both were booked thru CAS. I'm confused how they do the points to go from Hot to the next level. On the 2nd cruise they took money off our S&S. Does that mean they zeroed out our points and we start at zero again on November Epic cruise? Or even though we got cash back to the S&S that the points will be added to our total for all 3 cruises to possibly move up to a higher tier?

Someone asked how you know what rate you booked. When you make a booking you'll receive an e-mail confirmation that is several pages long. Look for a section titled "Guest Notes". That will indicate what rate you booked under. I always print the confirmation off and use it as a handy reference when comparing rates and taxes etc.

Just a head's up on the ulu knives, some cruise lines confiscate them as a weapon so you may need to have them shipped home. Just an fyi..

Actually on the billing tab where it has taxes etc. they also include the prepaid gratuities in the total. If you add the 213.54 taxes + 138 for prepaid tips it will equal the 351.54 as listed in the billing tab.