Chuck3kn

We had our Dec. 2020 on the Magic canceled so we decided to wait a bit longer to cruise.  We took our 2 cabins and booked Thanksgiving week 2021.  Got $50 OBC per cabin + $600 OBC from the cancellation, so we will be walking on with $1,300 OBC.  We have connecting cabins on deck 12.  And as an added bonus, just found out that our uncle (haven't seen in over 20 years) booked as well.

Can't wait!!!

7 minutes ago, firefly333 said:

Are both cabins being cancelled? I'm a little confused if you are anticipating canc or already or what.

 

Both cabins can be rebooked with up to $600 per cabin. No you cant book all 4 people in one cabin and get $1200.

 

 

 

 

Not cancelled so far.  Booking 2 cabins works best for my family.  Would re-book 2 cabins (in the event of cancellation) on a future cruise.

Is the $600 obc (for 7 day) per cabin or per reservation?  I have 2 cabins booked for the same cruise so would I get $600 or $1200?

It's been awhile since I sailed Carnival and I can't remember if the bingo cards can be purchased for cash or sail and sign card or either.  Anyone happen to know?  I'll be sailing on the Breeze in March and just trying to figure out how much cash I should plan on bringing.

Thanks

We took our twin 7 month old daughters on a 7 day cruise which required us to fly from NY to FL (round trip of course). We had booked the cruise while DW was still pregnant. Our biggest scare for this cruise was the months leading up to the birth. We took a chance and booked a fare that didn't allow free name changes ($100 each if I remember) so we booked with the names we picked out for them going with the information that they were girls. Had they had been boys (or 1 and 1) we would have had to pay more.

We had been told by others not to do it, it would be too hard, and we should wait until they were older. My wife and I have always been the spontaneous type so we figured why not, we can do this. We did have some help, my mother and sister also were joining us for this cruise (shared a cabin next to us).

We had a brought our baby monitor and set it up so grandma was able to keep an ear out at night while we were out and about. Grandma is not into all the night life on the ship so relaxing in the cabin with a book is just her speed. We didn't have connecting rooms on this sailing so we left one of our S&S cards so grandma had room access.

We had two cribs in the cabin, it was tight but it worked. Bathing the kids was a team effort as we had no tub. We did a combination of towel wipedowns and showers with mommy when we came back from an afternoon of playing in the sand.

We had purchased (not sure if they still have them or not) pre packaged formula powder packets. Each packet was one serving and you just had to have a bottle of water, add packet and your set. This of course was more costly then the can of powder we would normally use however the convenience made it well worth it.

We had one suitcase that had there formula and diapers in it. As we emptied it over the week we used that space to pack all our souvenirs to bring home. If your not planning on many souvenirs, (assuming your flying) you could always purchase diapers and or formula once your closer to the port to avoid some of the baggage fees from the airline.

We also packed a couple of rolls of paper towels and a small bottle of dish soap for cleaning. Came in handy when washing and drying all the bottles. Speaking of bottles, my suggestion would be, if you don't already, plan to use plastic bottles on the cruise. They are lighter and less of a chance of breakage.

We would feed the kids their breakfast food and bottles in the cabin before we would go get food our ourselves. Dinner food and bottles were also in the cabin while we showered and changed. All other feedings were done wherever we happened to be.

We brought lightweight umbrella strollers that folded up small and used them everywhere we went.

We had a great time!!! The only thing we might have done differently was get connecting cabins (which we have done on other cruises since this one).

Plan ahead and you'll be just fine. Don't stress the small stuff, it will all work out in the end.

What we did learn from this adventure is, YES 7 month old kids do LOVE the chocolate melting cake!

Don't forget your Uber/Lyft driver should you use their service in getting to/from your your port.