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It’s very noticeable especially if you get one of the horrible rooms with the beds next to the bathroom. The bathroom is signiftsmaller and even for someone petite like me it was a squeeze. Love the rest of the ship bu the rooms suck.

3 hours ago, Harters said:

Trains between the two cities are frequent (about every 20 minutes) and take about 40 minutes. No need to pre-book. Pay by either cash or Visa/Mastercard (many places don't take Amex but I don't know  whether that's the case with train tickets).

 

Chester's a nice place for the day (it's a short drive from home). If the weather is good, have a walk round the city walls (originally Roman but  extended and improved in medieval times)

Thank you. This is great.

Hello.

We just had our itinerary changed with Liverpool added. I wanted to get some guidance on travelling to Chester by train. I believe we can walk to the James Street station and get a direct train. Do we need to pre-book tickets? If we can buy on the day of is it better to have cash or can we use a US credit card?

Thank you for any assistance.

The filet is good but my gosh the ribeye was one of the best steaks I have ever had. It was huge and I ate as much as I could since there is no way to reheat leftovers. I didn’t even eat dessert!

Only residents of California have the right to have personal information removed. I literally just finished my companies annual privacy training so this I know.

If we are putting our wishes out in the universe I would love more than one ship in Europe for the season. Also something in the larger variety. It would be so nice if they didn’t split Northern and Southern itineraries.

I had one of the best pedicures ever on a ship. I also don’t like massages and such. The pedicure was a hot stone and it felt amazing.

No, they only send one ship to Europe to cover all of it.

Horizon or Vista - lots for everyone in the family to do

We sailed Celebration recently and will not sail this class again. Everything was too spread out. The weird lobby theatre place was awful and unless you get there 2 hours early you can’t see anything. It was not enjoyable.

Don’t forget the steward is sharing with the assistant and we don’t know that breakdown. The same with the dining staff since there are 2 or 3. 

2 hours ago, CarnivalShips480 said:

I added up one of Miracle's new Europe cruises (just for fun, its way too expensive for it to ever happen) and when I got to the end it said all guests must be 12 or older. Does anyone know anything about this?

The prices are insane! I’ve priced newer ships on other lines for less. This model of N. Europe until late August before going to the Med is disappointing as well. It would be nice if they would change every other year so those of us who want to do the Med but need to travel while school is out can do so on Carnival.

i saw the 12 year old thing too. Must think every ship has Havana 🤪

I just sailed on Sunshine in September. My 2nd time on her. Awful food, the worst of any cruise I have ever been on. There is a window on Lido across from the burrito place that has 3 large cracks that are very noticeable. We found a cockroach in our bathroom and another in the bathroom on Lifo beside Blue Iguana. I have never seen a bug in a cruise ship. That ship is a disgrace and we cancelled our annual fall trip for 2024. I put all of this in my post cruise survey.

I believe port days it is 7 and sea day brunch is 8:30.

9 hours ago, highSeas22 said:

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Do you know the size of the job that had to be done? Did you miss your cruise,?

Ummm maybe they shouldn’t have left so much work for one upgrade. 

1 hour ago, highSeas22 said:

The whole system is down.  It's called maintenance. When do you want them to do it

I don’t expect a company to have their website down for 2 full days. I expect website maintenance to not impact customers by being done overnight. I work for a large company and if we restricted access for our customers there would be heck to pay and we would probably lose a lot of clients. 

11 hours ago, craig01020 said:

I guess not.

https://www.cruisemapper.com/news/12305-carnival-legend-sail-san-francisco

Well, Legend is still listed on the Piraeus and Le Havre port websites so it must be a placeholder for Pride or Miracle at this point. 

Glad they are keeping everyone safe and trying to find new ports. I think the OBC is not enough when this cruise was at a very high premium because of where it was going. Maybe if it was per person that would take the sting out a little.

https://etias.com/
 

Keep checking this website but it won’t be available until 2024.

My mom uses an upright walker with a built in seat. We also try to get a room near the elevators. We just move at her pace and stop when she needs to rest.

1 hour ago, craig01020 said:

Any guess which Carnival ship will be in Europe for 2025...maybe Venezia?

It is Legend again. It’s on port schedules for Le Havre, Porto, Piraeus and Reykjavik. Other ports don’t have 2025 posted but looks like much of the same.

I really miss the side dishes especially the creamed spinach, I would prefer more simple vegetable options to make the meal a bit more filling. We now mostly go to the buffet so I can at least make a big salad.

Short ribs and bitter ‘n blanc 

This thread and several on another site convinced me to not book Beyond for our first Celebrity Cruise. The ship is amazingly beautiful, I really wanted to sail with Captain Kate and her weird cat and the itinerary was bucket list worthy. I am intrigued by the Infinite Balcony and would have given it a go. As a budget conscious traveler I could not spend the most I have ever spent on a cruise (even though it is for 2 special birthdays) with even a possibility of those noises and the lack of sleep that might occur. No, I don’t like ear plugs or noise machines. 
 

If we love our cruise on Equinox and I read that the noises are fixed on this class of ship I would certainly give it a try.

UPDATE! After paying the expedited fee on Thursday my mom and I both got emails THIS MORNING saying our passports had been shipped!! Really? Like they were just waiting for the extra money and they would stop holding my passport hostage? I am so ticked by this.

11 hours ago, topnole said:

Try a different device or clear your cache and cookies.  It always worked for me. 
 

Assume you submitted by mail?

I submitted online.  I was finally able to get in and it is still "in processing" after 8 weeks. I went ahead an paid the extra $60 for expedited.  Let's hope that clicks something and it comes soon. I also checked my mom's who submitted online the same day and hers was still just "received"!! Paid the extra there too.  We don't cruise until May but I thought January would be early enough since we never had a problem in the past.