beacha

23 hours ago, eedee said:

You shouldn’t lose your money. The cruise line is offering reimbursement to those who cancel. On board credit to those who don’t. 

Thank you!

On 3/6/2020 at 8:37 PM, Globetrotter21 said:

@beacha if you were in your 30’s would you still go as an MD?

Globetrotter21, we didn’t have any money for a cruise while in our 30s 😁.  We took our first cruise at age 42. If I had children at home during this time, I probably wouldn’t go due to the chance of quarantine. 

We must cancel May 4 cruise. We are over 60 and following guidelines. I am sad to lose 1300$. One of us if an MD. This virus is going to kill so many people. Wish we were in our 30’s. Praying for all of you on ships to have a wonderful  and safe trip.

10 hours ago, 13cheermom said:

Sorry, we like the front ocean view rooms on deck 7, they went fast, lol.  From the time I started looking from one day to the next it went from 6 to now 1 cabin.  Our last Bermuda cruise did sell out fast, we had booked one of the floor to ceiling window cabins at the front on deck 9, it was a great room.  We also do balcony rooms, especially the L-shaped ones on deck 6 at the aft, but  they were gone too.   We only got to stay 1 1/2 days in Bermuda but knew we had to go back.  Just so happy its only a 3 1/2 hour drive to port!

Those front cabins are very desirable, and go quickly. We snagged one on the Sunrise last fall 9109 , I think. We sailed from Charleston to Bahamas. We were supposed to go to Bermuda, but the storm rerouted us. Enjoy your cruise!

20 hours ago, 13cheermom said:

Thanks to OP for alerting me to this information!  Looking forward to going out of this port since it is within driving distance from home as well as we love the Dream Class ships.  Perfect timing as we realized our Early Saver VIFP offer was expiring as of today, so I think it is meant to be.  Can't wait till next year to go back to Bermuda and spend 3 days enjoying that beautiful island and all it has to offer.  Those cabins really went fast from last Thursday, lol.  

Wow! You scared me! I just looked and there are many cabins available- I only looked at balcony- but there are regular balconies, cove , aft, aft vista, cloud 9, and aft extended view. I can’t decide which one to book. Looking forward to sailing to Bermuda.

11 hours ago, SRQbeachgirl said:

Happy to have the Magic in Norfolk, but wish more of the sailings were 7 days or longer.

We sailed on a 10 day cruise and an 11 day cruise from Norfolk on Holland America’s Maasdam. Both were Southern Caribbean cruises- one in the spring and the other was in the fall. I wish there could be some longer cruise choices as well. 
 

59 minutes ago, jonboy9756 said:

It’s the largest ship to sail from Norfolk and it can carry nearly 50,000 guests. LOL

Haha! I read that too. So funny.

1 hour ago, mrlddst said:

I was just watching my local news when they made the announcement. We will get a Carnival Ship for 5 yrs namely the Magic. 12 cruises at this point. Not sure of the exact schedule but I will definitely be taking a trip. 

 

https://www.13newsnow.com/article/life/norfolk-makes-a-five-year-deal-with-carnival-corporation/291-12573b7b-b5e2-4d71-b08f-c9a20cb64d66

I just saw this on the news,too. This is wonderful!

1 hour ago, tandemcruzr said:

Actually, the the 8A is the lowest category and the 8T is the highest category of the cat 8's.

Thanks, tandemcruzr. I was just looking at the pdf deck plans, and I think if the prices go down for the spa balconies, I might be able to upgrade to deck 11 and receive the new pricing. I’ve never seen a ship sailing from Norfolk with so many unsold cabins.

i appreciate your input very much.

18 hours ago, PrincessArlena'sDad said:

Then I think that's a downgrade.  The lower the alphabet,  the higher the category. 

Thank you, PrincessArlena’sDad.

35 minutes ago, PrincessArlena'sDad said:

What are the category numbers? 

 

 

I’m in an 8P  and the extended aft balcony is an 8 N or M.

I have a spa balcony booked on Sunrise. I did not book early saver. If I want to upgrade, is an extended balcony a higher category? Thanks in advance.

Corona virus is not the flu. Your flu vaccine protects you from the flu virus.

On my next cruise, I’m ordering bottles of wine to be delivered to my cabin upon embarkation. I’ll just not drink them, and bring them home.

21 hours ago, clo said:

Can you spell "laundry"?

No laundry if you are quarantined in your cabin.

We are cruising to Bahamas in May. This makes me rethink bringing crappy food snacks and instant coffee with us. Also, ordering wines for the room just in case we are quarantined.  And making sure to have a couple months of prescription meds. I never thought about this before. I feel so sorry for these passengers.

16 hours ago, bobsfamily said:

I wonder who is feeding them? Crew that was exposed? Who's cooking...

One reason to always get a balcony!

I would never cruise without a balcony. It sure limits my cruise vacations to one per year, but that’s my comfort level.

We are sailing from Charleston to Bermuda this Sunday to arrive on Weds. If Jerry follows the predicted path, I’ll bet we won’t sail there. 

I bought 2 pillows from Carnival. They are great quality.

Pride and Sunrise have both had changes as of today per John Heald.

1 hour ago, HI IM KYLE said:

I’m on the Pride now and we’re supposed to go to Bermuda. They gave us a letter saying if we divert it’s going to Grand Turk and Amber cove. We will know shortly 

Hope you can get to Bermuda.

13 minutes ago, Shaded Lady said:

Looks like Bahamas and Florida will be ok but Bermuda may get a hit this week or next... @Jamman54 isn't this the week of your back-to-back to Bermuda? Keeping my fingers crossed for you and everyone else sailing there that the weather holds for you!

Sailing Sunshine September 22 to Bermuda. Where might they send us if the storm hits Bermuda?

Heather, I get an email from Carnival telling me that the credit was applied to our account. I never see it on the booking , though. In the past, I have called Carnival to make sure it is on there. It always has been applied.

I also screenshot the email in case I have to go to guest services, but after 10 or so cruises, there’s not ever a problem.

25 years! Next cruise I’ll be platinum.

8 minutes ago, crusing48/51 said:

We have a cruise booked on the Sunshine to Cuba for January 2020. Just waiting and seeing what Carnival says. Still want to go, and will hopefully get there. 

 

Read that if you already have travel booked they will honor it. Only travel booked after June 5th not permitted. We'll see. Fingers crossed!

Sure hope this is true for your cruise.