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I had absolutely zero problems using my cheers package for coffee on debarkation day.

So we’re booked in an Ocean Suite, not in family harbor. I would have looked to book there, but no balconies = not happening. I heard the family harbor has kid friendly snacks and sandwiches. Is someone who is not booked in that area allowed to run down, grab a sandwich and leave or is that a big no no? I’d happily get a sandwich elsewhere but apparently pb&j is only available through room service for $6 and in the dining room for dinner. I’m guessing no? But it’s worth asking. My son could live off pb&j and at $6 each, there’s a lot of other things I’d love to spend that money on.

I probably missed if, but where are you staying?

You’re going to get a zillion responses. But our last cruise was this past January, and yes we wore shorts. I think as long as they’re “nice” and not gym shorts or sweats it’s fine. No one batted an eye when we wore shorts.

I’m not sure about the boarding pass, but I will assure you in January they boarded Diamonds, Suites, Platinum and then Fttf. Not sure about the boarding zone, I don’t think ours listed one. But you will be called before the masses.

I like how carnival handles anytime dining compared to how they did when it first started. It’s really nice. There’s an app, you just click on the restaurant and put in that you’re ready for a table and the app notifies you whenever your table is ready. You have 10 minutes to get there while they hold your table for you. On the Mardi Gras with anytime it also works on the “other” restaurants other than the main dining room. You can also request a private or shared table too.

Geez this really isn’t good for the pvp’s! It was such an easy way for us to book.

Happy Cruise Day!!!

That’s an amazing zoom on that camera to be able to capture what ship it was!!

Now see I prefer Miami to PC. Pc just doesn’t have a ton of great options of dinner places or shopping like Miami does. I guess you can always argue that Disney is close etc. but I like Miami, staying downtown, walking to restaurants, plenty to choose from, great places for drinks, and I love walking around Bayside too!

Nope, we just booked a 3/2025!

There’s somewhere in your online Carnival account that you can mark someone as a cruise companion. But I’m not sure if that will add their booking. I’d probably call carnival and have their booking number linked just to be sure.

I never even saw it available on the Mardi Gras. Where do you get it from?

I’ll be following along! I can’t wait to read more. We just cruised on Mardi Gras and it was wonderful. I’m sure Celebration will be too! Safe travels!

You can host a meet and greet. Although I don’t know if carnival actually gets involved anymore. But yes, people plan them through the roll calls. yes I do think the steak house is worth it, and yes there’s a free bottle of wine the first night. yes you can bring a bottle of wine per adult. I’ve never been on the pride so I cannot comment.

On Mardi Gras this past January, we had an ocean suite. We boarded with the Diamond/plat/suites group, so early.. we went directly to our room. Our intention was to leave our bags and get lunch. But, our room was ready with the keys already in the mailbox, so we stayed. No one had an issue with it or said anything.

It can be a mad dash depending on what your needs are. Do you want an early arrival appointment? Those seem to go the fastest. If you don’t mind arriving at noon or after it’s probably not as urgent. But if you’re after one of those highly sought after 10:30 or 11am time slots, I’d suggest to check in ASAP.

On the Mardi Gras I 100% can confirm that if the balcony door is open the air conditioner doesn’t run. So I think maybe it’s a newer feature. But if you’d prefer the ocean breeze/sound I guess it’s not hurting anything but the temperature in your own room.

Yeah, they check boarding passes when being directed to the priority lounge. So I think they would have to be I. Your cabin with the boarding document that says priority. When boarding the Mg in January, they checked our boarding pass probably 3 times. Once entering the terminal, then we were directed to the priority lounge where they looked again, and then once boarding was called they checked before we got to the gangway.

I was in a suite on Mardi Gras in January and I used the regular line. The sign didn’t say suites so I wasn’t sure if I could, so I didn’t. The sign said diamonds, platinum, fttf.

It’s a nice hotel and there’s a pool. We’ve stayed here pre-cruise and we enjoyed it. They’re very nice rooms. Totally worth it IMO. Greg, safe travels home! Have a safe flight.

In the future, you could have tried to get a day room at the hotel in the airport. Not sure what it would have cost, but they do offer them. You could have at least gotten a nap in!

Yeah I’m a surgical scrub tech on a labor and delivery unit. I’m not working from home, ever. I’m happy for people that do that, but that’s just not me.

I’m going to try to keep this organized. But I have questions that keep coming to mind. My twins are 4 right now and we already have another cruise booked in 2024 with carnival that we aren’t willing to cancel. Ok, so here goes… When does Disney post sailings past 5/2024. We already have carnival booked 6/2024. Does Disney have rooms with 2 tv’s? Are connecting cabins easy to come by? Does Disney offer a drink package? We’re not big drinkers but we like everything paid for ahead of time! Finally, does Disney ever do discounts or kids sail free promotions I should look out for? Thanks for the help, I’m just completely clueless with Disney.

I’d love to do one, but I could never get away from work that long. I just feel like carnival’s primary demographic is too young to be able to get away to do it.