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1 hour ago, Elaine5715 said:

I use it from POM to FLL airport all the time.   I'm a solo cruiser so there isn't any savings in using a ride share or shuttle.  I detest having to hunt for an unfamiliar vehicle in the chaos of debark and the Carnival buses are very easy to find.  I am usually out on the first bus and it never waits to fill up.  The bus usually leaves at 3/4 full and they start filling another bus.  

Same here. I am a solo traveller so Carnival transfers are usually cheaper. Since I usually arrive a day or two before my cruise though, I make my own arrangements from Airport to hotel. After the cruise though, Carnival transfers from pier to airport are the simplest and least expensive.

I'd like to know too. My cruise on the Panorama next month will be my first platinum cruise. 😁

I submitted a form on 12/31 also and have not heard back yet.

Thanks for this info. I just submitted the form for this excursion too. Hopefully it will be approved. It won't be much (about $6.60) because I am solo and I booked it with the 10% off Black Friday discount but hey, it's something. Besides, I have friends doing this excursion also so I will pass the info on to them as well. 

I have a friend on board Glory and she has reported that they have left Cozumel. That was around11:00 PM central time. She also said they have received $100.00 OBC. She did not say where they were headed but I assume Nola.

I am on the Feb 8th sailing and some people reported being able to see it and purchase it online but most said it wasn't showing on line but they were able to buy it when the called Carnival. It was not showing up for me but I am not buying it anyway so I didn't call. That was yesterday. Today, just out of curiosity, I checked online and there it was.

For all my past cruises (except for the ones before FTTF even existed), FTTF opened up many months in advance, possibly even a year out. It just opened up for my Feb 8, 2020 Panorama cruise a couple of days ago. This time I don't need it though because it will be my first platinum cruise. 😀

2 hours ago, PekingeseLady said:

Now that makes sense, I do traditional dining too.  I think I'll ask for evenings with extra towels for the morning and I would be set.  Great Idea, Thank you. 

 

I do hate it when you turn the corner their in your cabin, now you have to figure out whatever for a few.

That is another reason I like evening only. Sometimes I get up and go to breakfast only to come back 30 minutes later and there they are, in my room cleaning. I don't like to disturb them because it seems like even if you are only returning to the room to get your sunblock or something they always leave.

I have decided I like evening only because I normally do traditional dining and then it is always cleaned while I am at dinner. Mornings I never really know exactly when I am going to be up and out of the cabin. I do ask for my little soft sided cooler with my sodas in it to get fresh ice twice a day.

I have never seen it for my Feb. 2020 Panorama cruise but I wasn't looking either. This will be my first platinum cruise so I won't need it.

We stayed at the Hotel Gaudi in 2015. It's right off La Ramblas so easy walking to all kinds of things. We stayed there during the month of May and found it reasonably priced compared to other hotels right in that area. It was also very quiet even as close as it is to La Ramblas (1/2 block). It's just a short cab ride to the port too. Even though I stayed there in 2015, I was in Barcelona just this past August. I didn't stay at the Gaudi but I did stop by there and walked into their lobby so I know it's still there.

Please let us know what you are told today. You shouldn't be paying any more than the taxes and fees. A non commissionable is just an amount of the cruise fare that TA's don't make a commission on. The client would not normally even be aware of what this amount is.

Yes, all Spirit Class ships have them but they are more like coolers. They aren't super cold.

We sailed Super Bowl Sunday on the Spirit many years ago. Since the Spirit didn't have a big screen on the Lido, they had it on a big screen in the main show lounge. This was also a west coast cruise on embarkation day so Super Bowl was a little earlier in the day. Because of this they held off muster drill until the next day. That wouldn't happen today though, not since the Costa Concordia disaster. Muster drill will happen before spillway, regardless.

I once saw it open about 2 weeks before my cruise.

I am booked on the Panorama too and traveling solo. When I booked over a year ago I picked a cabin in a location that I always like. According to the deck plans then it was designated as a 2 person cabin although, I was a little suspicious because somewhere else (I don't remember where) I saw that it was designated as a 3 person cabin. Since then they have corrected the deck plans and it now shows that it is a 3 person cabin. If they move me, I will be fine with that but I hope they don't since I like the location and last time I checked, all cabins in that area that were the same category were all booked. I guess I'll just have to wait and see what happens. I may check from time to time to see if something else I would be happy with opens up, as long as it won't cost me more money. 

My first cruise was in 1985 on the Festivale which was wonderful back then but on the day we sailed, the Holiday was in the Port of Miami right next to us. She was brand new and either on her first or second cruise. I remember looking at that big, beautiful ship and wishing I could have been on it (it was more expensive than the Festival which is why we didn't choose the Holiday). Two years later I did get to sail on the Holiday on my Honeymoon so it does hold special memories. Of course by that time she wasn't the newest ship in the fleet but was still pretty new. The Celebration had come out since then.

2 hours ago, Ramblin_Dan said:

Not all captains are that accommodating to passengers. I recommend next time she should request Captain Morgan to visit her beforehand. She sounds pretty uptight to have such a tiny issue like that "ruin" her cruise 🤔

On my last Carnival cruise I rode the elevator with the captain once. It was just the 2 of us. He pushed the button for me. 😁 LOL

Glad I turn Platinum on my next cruise.

I know someone who once went on a cruise with no credit card or cash. She planned to only use her debit card but she had no money in her account. She thought that as long as she was going to have her paycheck automatically deposited right before the end of the cruise that that's all that mattered. She was pretty upset when she found out it didn't work that way. BTW, this was not on Carnival but it would have been the same if had been Carnival.

I saw both the Legend and the Spirit in Sydney in December. It was cool to see them but it was one of the only times I saw a cruise ship and did not wish that I was on it. My daughter was living in Australia and I was having too much fun having her show me everything.

On 3/27/2019 at 4:25 PM, cellfree said:

I have been told what you lose if you cancel is $50 per person and the balance of what is sitting there (prior to the final payment date) is available to be used on a future cruise. If I book a cruise far into the future our PVP only puts it in my name so that if we have to cancel we only lose $50 and not $100.00. 

I am booked as a solo on the Panorama. Even though the early saver promo at the time was for a $50.00 deposit, I still had to pay $100.00, same as if there were 2 people in the cabin. I was surprised I had to pay that. I just hope that if I have to cancel, they will hold $50.00 of that for a future cruise

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I get that at times Carnival will not book fewer people into a cabin that will hold more. It makes sense if it's going to be a popular sailing. I have seen on a couple of my cruises where they won't let people book fewer people into cabins until it gets closer to sailing and then if there are plenty of cabins available, they will open up the 3/4 person cabins to smaller parties. What I don't understand is why they will open up these cabins on line but won't let you book them if you call. I was once booked on a cruise in cabin for 2 people (there were only 2 of us). Then our friends decided to book but their cabin wasn't close to ours. I looked on line and saw the cabin next to them was available but it was designated for either 3 or 4 people. At this point they had opened up  the 3/4 cabins to be booked by smaller parties. It was available for ANY size party to book on line. I called to see if I could move to that cabin (it was the same category we were already booked in) but they wouldn't allow it. I really think if they are allowing it to be booked on line for any size party, they should allow it when you call too. It's very possible that this is due to Carnival customer service reps not properly trained. I could have taken it further to try and get that cabin but I didn't. It really wasn't that big of a deal to us.

2 hours ago, Tracey.kinney425 said:

 

No, it  looked like I could just book it the same you would on Carnival site. I'm going to email my PVP and include a screenshot from the TA site and see what she says.

It still could have been a group rate. Travel agencies will reserve group space and then book their clients into it even if they are not "together". I used to work for a travel agency and it was done all the time. Definitely have your PVP look into it though. 

6 hours ago, Aplmac said:

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If you also found any old cruise cards, I collect those things

and would greatly appreciate them to add to my extensive collection

- IF you would part with them (or just one?) Pleeease?

 

This sort of thing...

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My oldest card looks just like your top and and sorry, but I won't part with any of my cards. That card was from my 2nd cruise. That was in 1987. I don't recall having a card at all on my first cruise in 1985 on the Festivale. Does anyone recall if back then we paid cash at the bars? I really don't remember.

My first cruise was on the Festivale with 3 of my girlfriends. I don't remember what type of cabin we booked but I know it wasn't a suite. It was either and inside or ocean view quad. A few days before the cruise the Upgrade Fairy called and we were upgraded to one of only 10 balcony suites on the entire ship. Everyone we met on the ship was so jealous. LOL. We even threw a party one night. The funny thing is, that balcony suite was only about the same size as a standard balcony on today's ships. The balcony and the bathroom were a bit bigger but the cabin itself was not. No one had to sleep on an upper bunk though. The cabin had twin beds a sofa that turned into a single bed and a roll away.