Beach_gal

I used VPN Express on both Freedom and Dream recently with no problem. 

On 1/11/2023 at 1:08 PM, Kryssa said:

Any luck on Miracle?

Yes! We had it on the Miracle in 2021 and 2022. As everyone else says, on embarkation day only. We saw it but only my husband had a piece in 2021 and I looked for it every day afterwards. We made sure we had some last year after we boarded. 

I'm really hoping for a TA for the Firenze. I hope they announce future sailings from Long Beach soon, and praying they pick up some new itineraries. It would be great to see Zihuatanejo, Acapulco, Huatulco, or anything other than Ensenada and Catalina. 

I was in Grand Turk twice in the last two weeks on my B2B. They did not ask for any proof as we left the ship. The announcements each morning on the ship informed us of the requirements so we had the cards with us, but never had to show them. 

Hubby and I both play every day and so far, nada. 

Do they post the weekly winners?

6 hours ago, groundloop said:

 

 

Even though I feel like we got the better half of this ship swap (we were booked on Elation in November which is now going to be Freedom) I'm still on pins and needles waiting for our new cabin assignments.  We had 3 adjoining balconies and the cynical side of me brain says that's going to get screwed up.

 

Does anyone know if an email will be going out when the reassignments are done, or will they just magically show up in our cruise planner?

 

 

We were booked on a b2b on the Elation in Dec and we got our new cabin assignments two days ago. I didn't receive any notification, they just popped up in my cruise manager. Of course our cabins were not the same, so I had to call them and get them changed so I didn't have to change cabins after the first leg. Just keep checking your cruise manager. 

I found it! Awesome! I couldn't find it before my Radiance cruise last month and had to order on board. 

SuzieQ I was doing the exact same thing!

You have to call room service when you board and order it now - same price as the fun shops. I don't know why they removed the preorder option as it was nice to have the water already in your room waiting. 

I still have four showing, yet my husband's have now disappeared. I always book the really great offers right away in case they are capacity controlled- my husband and I both had Jackpot deals with free rooms so booked a few b2b's. I've used a couple Hot Streak Bonus and still have it showing. 

There is no rhyme or reason behind why they seem to come and go it seems. 

Great review - thank you for that 🙂

We're on the Radiance in two weeks! Looking forward to trying Big Chicken. We were on the Miracle in November and it was nearly empty as well. 

Getting excited!!!

Thank you for this! I too had a $354 reservation that I just rebooked for $219. I appreciate you taking the time to post this 🙂 Happy cruising!!

Thank you! Just bought three under my account and three under my husband's and purchased Cheers for my next Cruise!

12 hours ago, sunshower9 said:

ALLSTATEFAMILY for 15,000 points!

Wow! Thank you so much!

2 hours ago, mdin said:

I've been thinking about investing in stocks for sometime now. Being that Carnival provides a product I use, I thought about maybe buying some shares from them. Now that 100 shares is within my budget, I may finally do it. For first timers, would it be wise to work with a professional?

You can easily do this on your own. I set up a second account in my husband's name yesterday and it's already funded. I'm waiting to buy 100 more. I use Fidelity and do almost everything on my phone. No fees. 

Pictures!

3 hours ago, Joe817 said:

This is a first for me....to post this before anyone else. LOL. Good for 1,000 points.

 

HOTCHOCOLATE2020

Ha! I came to post the same thing! 

Funny thing is I run this race in San Diego every year and I thought this was from Hot Chocolate and not Allstate at first. It was confusing seeing two totally different worlds colliding in one email. 

"In addition, its deployment team continues to evaluate options to return to San Juan after 2022 with a ship that can resume calls to eastern and southern Caribbean destinations currently served by Carnival Fascination. "

What does this mean - 'evaluating options to return to San Juan after 2022..."

Doesn't sound very optimistic. I hope they name a replacement soon for those of us that sail out of PR regularly. 

Did I miss something or is it just too early? It looks like most Caribbean itineraries are bookable through April 2022, but nothing from Puerto Rico. 

Thank you for taking the time to do this! I really enjoyed your videos. We too are from Vegas and do these short cruises occasionally. We fly Jet Blue to Long Beach and Uber to the Queen Mary. 

Nice job!

That was a ton of fun! Thanks for taking the time to do this!

With whom did you book the Jeep excursion in Coz?

Been on both recently and honestly can't tell the difference. Appearance, service and overall vibe is very similar.

Wonderful review!

Can't wait to see which wineries are next!

Does anyone have pictures of the 8 night menus? And also, can anyone confirm which nights are elegant nights? Sunday and Friday?

And most importantly.....are they serving Bitter and Blanc and if so, which evening??? :p

Thanks!

I really liked the American Table menu, however, I was really looking forward to being able to have the bitter n blanc again in a few weeks. Anyway, I'm confused by this because the website doesn't list the Fascination as one of the ships with the new menu.

 

https://help.carnival.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1107/~/dinner-concept%3A-american-table-and-american-feast

 

Ask your server on the first night if they can please get you bitter and blanc. I bet you they will make it happen!!

Just read what stevec999 said above- that's great news!