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17 hours ago, Roger88 said:

If the cruise has been canceled due to their management decision, there shouldn't be an excuse not to refund you. Moreover, it will be illegal to deny you your right for a refund. If it was you who cancelled the cruise due to some of your personal forecasts.. well, you may gt only partial or no refund in this case 

Here lies the problem. Carnival is refunding everyone money who request it.  But as has become the norm with the me generation. People think they can call say refund me my money. And everything should get dropped and they should be able to instantly go online and see that the refund has been processed. They can not accept the fact that their PVP can not process a refund. He/she puts in the request. It goes to another department. Where who knows how many thousands of refunds are being processed right now. And given that refunds normally are a lot fewer then bookings. I am willing to bet there is not a whole lot of people who can process them. So it is going to take time. And given the current conditions around the world. A friend of mine who is a lawyer said there could be an argument made. That disputing a purchase that the vendor is in the process of refunding is in itself credit card fraud. 

We always book excursions thru Carnival. When you book thru Carnival if it is laye returning the ship waits.  If you are on our own, t may be waiting it may not.  And yes we try to book before the cruise if we can. Nothing is more upsetting then having an excursion you are really looking forward to and finding out it is sold out.

Never missed the ship but twice came close. On our first cruise used the fly 2 fun program. After getting up at 2 am for our ride to the airport. Two delays later were the last to board the ship. Stright to our cabin and get out life jackets for the safety briefing (yes at least back then you had to wear your life jacket).  Since have booked our own air and left a day early.  Then in Panama our excursion got a police escort back to the ship. We were the last group to get on. A group of 12 had done the same tour on their own. They got to stand on the dock and wave.

0kay now were back waiting at San Diego Airport. On last bit on our hotel they said they had a free shuttle to the cruise port. You could sign up the day before you cruise. We got to the hotel at 3:30 check in was 3:00. We were told first available shuttle was 2pm. Ol we are taking a cab.

9:15 called for a cab he was there at 9:25 at 9:35 we are inside the waiting area at the terminal.  10:00 we head to a second waiting area get our zone number. Yes this cruise we hit 75 days we are now platinum.  As a result we are priority zone C. We are on the ship dropping of our carry ons at 11;00am.  We have Cabin 7299. Is right off the aft elevator but never heard any noice. Room is great plenty of room. More storage then 10 people need. Balcony has enough room for two lounges, two chairs and two tables.

My first attempt at a review but he5e goes. 

Long hard day to San Diego.  Had Tobey up at 4am. Car service pickup was at 6. Ride to Logan airport was the expected 90 minutes.  Thank god for TSA precheck. Thru security in under 5 minutes. Due to my bad feet we got early boarding. Turns out that was good and bad. Took off for Phoneix  on time at 9:35. Flight is 6 and a half hours (never do that again). Flight to San Diego wad a mere 55 minutes WOW. Had to call the Baymont downtown 5 times before anyone answered to send the shuttle van. Got to hotel finally at 4pm local time.  Yup been up for 15 hours traveling for 13. Pizza delivery ti room and then bed.

That's it for day one. More when I get more free time. We are in Honolulu on way to a luau. 

11 hours ago, rukkian said:

Then what was your point saying that somebody else might have done something wrong?

Point is if other companies are doing the same thing then why is only one getting in trouble for it?

So this piece leaves me with a question. If all of the "dumpings" since they pleaded guilty have been accidental, how does that show any wrong doing?  Next question, seeing as the original event was only found because of a whistle blower, How many like events have other cruise lines committed?  And finally, they claim that it is wrong for Carnival to clean up a ship prior to an inspection. I will only say this, I have been in the transportation industry for over 30 years. Every company I have ever worked for has brought every vehicle due for an inspection of any kind, into the shop a few days before hand to make sure that it will pass. That is simply good business, how is what Carnival is accused of any different?

Almost there booked 560 days out. Now 7 TO GO

YES  we are doing it 

Booked 560 days out but ......

NOW WE ARE DOING THE SINGLE DIGIT DANCE.

Board the Mircle for 15 Day Hawaii Cruise in 9 days

On 1/5/2020 at 12:15 PM, crewsweeper said:

Plastic straws are a bogus attempt at "saving the planet" and "feel good"about doing something.  Some 9 year old wrote a post somewhere a few years back claiming hundreds of millions of plastic straws from your local fast food joint in the midwest somehow managed to all end up in the ocean. More straws in ocean than manufactured. Some "enviro"believed him.

Plastic straws make up a very tiny % of all plastic waste in the US. All plastic waste from US ever found in oceans was less than 1% of total waste in oceans. 90% of ocean trash is from SE Asia where there are no anti-dumping laws.

Thank you.  I have tried to make this point several times thru many outlets. .

1 hour ago, Cushing985 said:

Just reserved a cabin on the Panorama out of Long Beach for a small family reunion cruise in March of 2022.  Just 804 days til we cruise!  Anyway, we turn Platinum five days into the cruise so we'll be Plat from day one.  I felt an unhealthy surge of pride when I saw "Priority" all over the booking material and so looking forward to complaining about the Plat/Diamond gift we'll receive.  I'm excited about the free laundry (I need to get a life) but will pass up the Priority Boarding thang and stick with the rest of the family.  Will be nice to have immediate access to the cabin though.  I very rarely use Guest Services (normally just to break a $20 bill for tips) but will probably visit more so I can use the Plat/Diamond line just to say hi.

Congrats, know how you feel. We hit 75 days on the very last day of our 15 day Hawaii cruise this month. Felt  real good to see Priority.  And the free laundry will be great, not as much to pack.

Now 14 days to go. 15 Days to Hawaii.

38 minutes ago, Cruise-Crazy said:

If you get the HUB app the deck plan is on there. 

However the OP has already said they DO NOT want to cary their phone with them

On 12/27/2019 at 1:21 PM, AzCruiseGurl said:

Carnival Cruisers...

Tell me about Carnival Miracle  7299

 

Thanks

Can't tell anything yet. However we are in 7299 for 15 day Hawaii Cruise leaving on the 17th.  So will replay again if thread is still up when we get home on Feb.2

I for one can not see the lure of YTD. But we look to do things we don't do at home when on a cruise. And making a reservation or standing inline to get a table for dinner, we can do that any night of the week.

30 YES WE ONLY HAVE 30 DAYS LEFT.   With Christmas and New Years still to go these last 30 days will fly by.  And to think we booked only 530 days ago.

On 12/9/2019 at 3:31 PM, emm126 said:

Travel agents do not get paid a commission on shore excursions or FTTF. I don't know if they called or not but that part was not correct.

Maybe our TA doesn't however I have friends and family members who have been and are TA's. And they all have said the same thing that they get commission  for  any thing and every thing they book for you?  

On 11/29/2019 at 11:32 AM, beshears said:

We plan to stop at Jamaica, Cozumel, and Grand Cayman, and they are 1 hour ahead of us that live in the Central Time Zone.  How do we know what time zone the ship will be going by? In other words, will the ship be going by the "ships" time zone, or where the ship has stopped time zone?

What I have seen if the time change is 1 hour from home port time the ship stays on ship's time. If the change is 2 or more hours then the ship will adjust to make things simpler.

1 hour ago, DALSAL said:

That’s what I thought, but my TA called carnival and asked, and they said different!! Thank you! 

I would look at changing or doing without a TA. Cause can not say for sure, but am willing to bet yours never called Carnival. Always keep in mind that a TA, no matter how friendly they sound, get paid on  commission.  The more they get you to book thru them the more money they get. So even if yours knows the correct answer. If you cancel FTTF she loses money.

Just Checked ours. Has the new Boarding Zone Pirority

Gald to know you got to go to the Arizona Memorial. We are booked for the 15 day Hawaii cruise in January.The Memorial was being repaired and they were not sure if it would be reopened when are there.

The problem 
I have is the back side. Having worked in the vending industry for a  time. Coke would allow us to sale non-pepsi products in their machines.  While pepsi would only allow us to sell those products bottled by pepsi.  I have to think the same will hold for Carnival.  Which would mean no Dr. Pepper, Mr. Pip etc.  And coffee served will Starbucks. And I refuse to go into a Starbucks. Cause when I want a large coffee, I want a large coffee, not a Grande anything.

 For transportation I  would use Elite Limo of Houston.  

We booked 485 days ago. That means only 75 days left.

On 10/23/2019 at 6:52 PM, rcarrosq said:

We are platinum with over 22 cruises and booked a last minute cruise in June sailing on the Breeze on Nov 2. We like midship interior cabins and this is what we chose. Today we finally got our cabin assignment. We were given #6495 aft. Seriously? This cabin is darn near the very last cabin on that deck. At this point is there anything we can do? In a cabin so far in the back we will feel every pitch and roll. I was under the impression that our platinum status would help us get a decent cabin. We also requested early dining but are confirmed for late dining. I was told by my TA that we could see the maitre’d in the MDR on the first night to see if it can be changed. It was suggested we grease his palm. Again....seriously? I thought platinum came with some perks. 
 

Has anyone here ever been able to change a guaranteed cabin?

You booked guaranteed. So you get what they have not been able to sell. You booked last minute so you get what dining they have available. Having sailed 22 times you should have known that before you booked.