Micahs Grandad

Can the OBC benefit be used on other discounted cruises, such as a casino offer?

I believe so

I would consider it an upgrade

Pick morning and evening and no worries.:)

Yes you can use it

That's also what we did. We added Ryan to our Pride spring break cruise last year. Better than an upgrade for us.

That is a nice alternative

.......and OBC is offered for all the CCL brands-- HAL, Princess, Cunard, etc

nice deal for frequent cruisers

Thanks for info.

Turned out there is a music festival that weekend and most hotels booked up so we booked out by airport.

Ask a cruising friend for a recommendation

Not to mention handrails or the toilets

When Dream first came out they did it on her for awhile but not for years.

I'm sitting here at my computer and I count 19 "ships on a stick" that I have brought home from our past cruises. I can guarantee that I have given away more than that! On our last cruise, we were walking back to our cabin after winning the Beatles trivia game and saw this 5-yr old young man telling his parents "you just follow me. I know where we're going". I thought he was so cute that I handed him my SOAS trophy. His eyes lit up so big! Kids are what life is all about!

That was very nice of you. I see no reason to have more than one of a ship and try to give it to a kid in a wheelchair.

I think Carnival should allow a free balcony to suite upgrade. How can they tell Diamond customers who spent 200+ days on a Carnival ship and spent tens of thousands of dollars with Carnival that we value your business but we'll put restrictions on your benefits to keep you from getting a great cabin. I think this is where Carnival fails it's loyal customers.

Every once in a while they talk about a level above diamond. Perhaps they will add it for that level .

American table has a bread basket for the table. On ships without it the waitstaff will come around and serve the bread.

Because that's the way cruiselines choose to run their business. Period.

 

If you want to reduce the Daily Service Charge, you are able to do so.

 

It is unnecessary for either side of the argument to sway the other to change their opinion. But it is entertaining to watch the same arguments over and over.

 

JMHO

Very true. Dont like that part of the auto tips covers guest services and entertainment staff but decided easier to go with the flow and let auto tips ride.

There was the Quest on the Conquest on the week of January 9-17. They ran out of number cards, the room was packed. However, it was very tame compared to others I have been to on NCL and RCI. This WAS the adult game.

 

We got a group together, but couldn't get a card. We tried to join up with others standing beside us, but they were a bunch of prudes, so there were lots of things they refused to participate in, so they were a bit of a waste of space unfortunately. The game was tamer than I have seen it on other ships, that was probably due to the CD.

When they do the adult version at midnight it is a load of fun. When they do it much earlier not so much. All depends on how the CD does it.

So it sounds like the best bet then is to go from OV to balcony.

That is how you get the best value for the diamond upgrades

All of you should go to guest services tell them what you want to do and it is easily done and tips will go to the crewmembers serving you.

I was told you cannot go from a balcony to suite

We were told the same thing

Thank you. There are only two of us. Do I have to call my PVP if I call a few times a week or can I ask anyone that answers the phone. They don't make commission so I guess anyone can help me, correct?

Anyone can help you. pvp does receive credit for booking and must book a certain number of cabins per month to keep their job.

nice

I don't miss the trays since I normally only had a plate, water, and silverware anyway. I do find myself taking a little more food with the larger plates when I go to the buffet (which is not often). What would just thrill me to pieces is a little cup indent on the plate. Then I could put my water on the plate and carry the whole thing with two hands.

 

 

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Princess also uses large plates on lido but when you sit down with your food a crew member will come over and ask what you would like to drink and than get it for you as well as refills.

Rare on Carnival for refill carts to come around lido.

WE almost always do private tours but make sure you keep track of the time to make sure you get back while ship is still there.

I always participate in Quest! Of our team of 15, only 4 of us participated. I wish people would participate though instead of just sitting there. Or at least move to the back. We still managed 3rd place though.

Last time the CD had people run to various places in the lounge to make it more fair.

should limit teams to say 8 people to make it a more equal competition.

Thanks for the info. So it sounds like you were able to choose when to use the upgrade.

Yes

First one we used it for was 15 days to Hawaii. Than waited a few cruies and did it on a 14 day repositioning cruise.

Both times got extended balcony over regular one (moving up from o/v) but since you cannot put a lounge chair on extended is kind of useless extra upgrade.

Four cruise on Glory and always a good time

Do not like that two nights entertainment is Hasbro. No clue why they would think this is a good thing for an adult crowd. Did it the first night and they had very small crowd and half the people there left within 20 minutes including us.