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    Carnival Liberty 11/19. We feel ripped off.

    in Carnival Cruise Lines

    Posted

    As a member of the Air Force, it is my job to be "jokingly" disrespectful of the Army, Navy, and Marines. :D

     

    I always thought inter-branch hazing was expected..

     

    Raised Air Force, served Army.. my dad passed when I was in high school.. when my mother pinned my 2LT bars, she said my dad was probably rolling over in his grave, as she cried about him not being there..

     

    Just like police officers joke about fire fighters and vice versa..

     

    We joke, but we are one family..

    Carnival Liberty 11/19. We feel ripped off.

    in Carnival Cruise Lines

    Posted

    I don't see anything wrong with some folks expressing their angst and frustration. Everyone's definition of fairness doesn't have to be the same.

     

    There are so many posts here favoring Carnival. Makes you wonder.......

     

    Expressing their angst and frustration is different than "I'm never going to cruise Carnival again" comments. I don't blame people for being frustrated, but these ships go non-stop, except for when they are in port and that is usually for about 8 hours.

     

    Consider driving your car as much as these ships are sailing. Something will break. I don't drive my truck except for the weekends and have had to have the alternator replaced and the front end worked on and it only has 100k miles on it.

     

    If your car breaks down while you are driving, do you say "I'm never going to drive (insert brand here) again"?

     

    The "I'm never..." comments is what gets me.. I will now don my flame retardant suit...:eek:

    Carnival Liberty 11/19. We feel ripped off.

    in Carnival Cruise Lines

    Posted

    This was from John Heald:

     

    I have some important information to share with you today regarding Carnival Liberty and Carnival Valor.

    The cruise ship Carnival Liberty, which is homeported in Galveston, Texas, is experiencing a technical issue which is affecting the ship’s maximum cruising speed. The issue is only affecting the ship’s speed and all other systems are operating normally. The ship is capable of operating cruises at reduced maximum speeds while Carnival’s technical team, together with outside experts, continues to work to fully resolve the problem.

    In light of the above, the remainder of Carnival Liberty’s cruises through the month of November will have modified itineraries (detailed below). Following these voyages, the ship will go into a previously scheduled drydock then reposition to Port Canaveral, Florida to operate cruises from that port beginning December 15.

    This change is being made since Carnival Valor is better suited to operate at the higher speeds required for the four and five-day Mexico itineraries from Galveston while Carnival Liberty is well equipped to handle shorter duration cruises from Central Florida.

    Built only one year apart, Carnival Valor and Carnival Liberty are sister ships with similar accommodations, public venues and Fun Ship 2.0 features including Guy’s Burger Joint, BlueIguana Cantina, the RedFrog Rum Bar and BlueIguana Tequila Bar.

    Carnival Liberty’s modified cruises from Galveston for the balance of November are as follows:

    • NOV. 14 CRUISE - The Nov. 14 five-day departure will include an overnight call in Cozumel (the call at Progreso has been cancelled). The ship’s arrival back into Galveston on Nov. 19 will be delayed until later in the day. Guests sailing on this voyage will receive a $50 per person credit to their shipboard accounts and a 25 percent discount on a future Carnival cruise. Guests also have the option of cancelling and receiving a full refund.

    • NOV. 19 CRUISE: The Nov. 19 seven-day cruise will include stops in Cozumel and Costa Maya (the calls in Falmouth, Jamaica and Grand Cayman have been cancelled). The ship’s departure time will be 10:00pm for this cruise. Guests sailing on this voyage will receive a $50 per person credit to their shipboard accounts and a 25 percent discount on a future Carnival cruise. Guests also have the option of cancelling and receiving a full refund.

    • NOV. 26 CRUISE - The Nov. 26 five-day departure will include an overnight call in Cozumel (the call at Progreso has been cancelled). The ship’s arrival back into Galveston on Dec. 1 will be delayed until later in the day. Guests sailing on this voyage will receive a $50 per person credit to their shipboard accounts and a 25 percent discount on a future Carnival cruise. Guests also have the option of cancelling and receiving a full refund.

    In addition, one Carnival Valor voyage, the four-day cruise from Port Canaveral departing Dec. 11, will need to be shortened to allow sufficient time for the ship to transit to Galveston:

    • The scheduled December 11 four-day cruise from Port Canaveral on Carnival Valor will be shortened to a three-day cruise departing on December 11. The cruise will visit Freeport and Nassau which were the scheduled ports on the four-day cruise. Guests sailing on this voyage will receive a one day pro-rated refund of cruise fare and a $25 per person credit to their shipboard account. Guests also have the option of cancelling and receiving a full refund.

    For guests on Carnival Liberty being transferred to Carnival Valor and vice versa, the cruise line will automatically transfer the reservations. Affected sailings are now temporarily closed in the system as the reservations team prepares to make the necessary changes. This work is expected to be completed by the end of November at which point new confirmations will be sent to all guests and they will again be able to access their reservations. Fly2Fun flights, transfers and other vacation components such as dining choices, pre-paid gratuities, shore excursions, Fun Shop items and Spa reservations will be maintained as originally booked.

    We sincerely apologize to our guests for this disruption to their vacation plans.

    MyVegas Rewards

    in Royal Caribbean International

    Posted

    We discovered that you have to redeem your rewards PRIOR to booking your cruise. Once you redeem the reward, you use the promo code WHEN you book and the reward will be added to your booking. This info is KIND of stated on the reward description.

     

    We have a cruise booked in January that we booked before the RCCL rewards were announced. We asked if we could redeem and attach to our existing booking and we were told no.

    *** The Galveston, Texas "Cruise Cam" Watch Group ***

    in Royal Caribbean International

    Posted

    This is from the portofgalveston.com website... I don't know if anyone else has posted it or not.... sorry if it has been..

     

    PORT OF GALVESTON APPROVES 5 YEAR AGREEMENT WITH RCCL

     

    Galveston, TX (Jan 28, 2014) – The Port of Galveston is pleased to announce that the Board of Trustees of the Galveston Wharves approved a 5 year agreement with Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. at Monday’s Board meeting. This agreement will generate a minimum of $1.86 million in annual operating revenues for the Port.

     

    The agreement requires making improvements to the Port's Cruise Terminal No. 2 to accommodate larger vessels and more passengers. Initial plans are to increase the size of the terminal, expanding it to 150,000 square feet with the capacity to seat about 1,000. This expansion is estimated to cost approximately $10 million.

     

    “The port has worked closely with Royal Caribbean to identify the upgrades needed to improve their operations at Cruise Terminal No. 2 for both Voyager class vessels and any larger vessels in the future. I’m confident that these improvements will be completed by spring 2015 without disruption to current cruise operations.” said Port Director, Mike Mierzwa.

     

    Royal Caribbean currently operates Navigator of the Seas year round from the Port of Galveston. The cruise line has agreed to an additional 30 calls in both 2014 and 2015, committing to a year-round vessel in both years with a promise to bring a larger vessel to the Port next year when improvements to Cruise Terminal No. 2 are completed.

     

    The Port of Galveston, Texas’ Star Cruise Port serves as the primary point of embarkation for cruises to the western Caribbean and the Bahamas and handles over one million cruise passengers annually. The Port of Galveston is the homeport to Carnival Cruise Lines’ Carnival Magic and Carnival Triumph, and Royal Caribbean International’s Navigator of the Seas. Port of Galveston ranks as the 4th busiest cruise port in the United States and one of the top twenty cruise ports in the world.

    New Larger Ship in Galveston

    in Royal Caribbean International

    Posted

    In case anyone is interested. We talked to Nadja, the DL concierge on the 02/23/14 Navigator cruise regarding the new ship in Galveston.

     

    She confirmed that Indy is coming to Galveston, but no date yet. There is a debate whether to send Indy to Europe for a short time before Galveston. Kinda like what Carnival did with Magic.

     

    That would make sense since Galveston Port is supposed to do a major upgrade to terminal 2. This would give them time to do the upgrade before a larger ship came to port.

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