Ellaleah

I’m interested in which companies pick up at the port.  They seem to all state that the pick up in Waikiki and very early.  Has anyone done this?  Are taxis waiting to take you?  Are companies allowed to pick up at the port?

Either for hop on hop off or tours in those places.  This will be mostly likely only trip to Hawaii.  I would like to do my best option in those places as well as Honolulu and Kauai.  I hate going through the ship, but in these times we must do what we must do!  Suggestions please and thank you!

Thanks so much for the info and happy to know about Kahului.

Has anyone done the Hop on, Hop Off bus in Hilo or any of the other destinations. Was it worthwhile?

We booked this cruise a couple of weeks ago and have no excursions booked.  I prefer to do excursions that are not through the cruise line.  Are there any “must see”. Places that you might suggest from your past experience.   I am 73 and my sister is 80, but we can move.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Thank you in advance.

janice

Any news on the Ruby?  Keeping my fingers crossed.

He told me to wait a few days, delete the app, and reinstall it.

I recently booked Hawaii on the Ruby, 1/16/22.  I couldn’t get the Medallion app to take my country of origin or my Covid statement. Isle t 2 hours on with Princess/Medallion guy yesterday.  He was very pleasant and helpful, but at the end of my 2 hours, he said that he had to fill out a ticket cause there was a glitch in the system.  I asked if it was a glitch on my account only.  He couldn’t stop laughing after that saying that that was all he does all day working on peoples’ glitches.

Has anyone used the Allstate Rewards cards for Princess?  Can you get those as E-cards and do they come immediately?  Thank u!

I will be in a group of 6 and I like the idea of hiring a cab/car.  Do I need to reserve one before I go?  Any suggestions?

Which Citi card offers the $250 off?

13 hours ago, crewsweeper said:

For any Mayan ruins tours in Costa Maya, highly recommend using Native Choice, versus any cruise ship tours.  Excellent guides, smaller groups.   Good vehicles.   If you are looking at a "bubble tour" because  unvaxxed persons in your party, you can ask them.

 

Costa Maya Excursions | Activities in Costa Maya, tours and travel information (thenativechoice.com)

Thank you.  I appreciate the referral.

I’m looking for their Hawaii. Raises in the second half of 2023.

Were these Carnival excursions?

14 hours ago, alexmom said:

I booked a cruise for my husband and I in one room, and my son and 3 grandsons in another room, for Jan 16, 2022.  The grandsons will be 15, 16, and 17 at the time of cruising.  All are unvaccinated and show no signs of getting vaccinated.  Do I wait for Carnival to deny the exemptions that they don't really qualify for?  Do I try to reschedule out a year and hope the insanity stops?  Do I ask Carnival to DROP the 3 boys from the reservation and attempt to get my retired, vaccinated brother to bunk with my son?  Or do we allow the trip insurance to kick in?

 

To make things more interesting, our original ports were Grand Cayman, Ocho Rios and Cozumel, so I really have no idea what our actual itinerary will be in January.  If Carnival subs a port in the Bahamas, I'm pretty sure that Carnival will have to cancel us.

 

And to layer yet another issue onto the issue, I just discovered that my travel agent booked us with non refundable deposits, which I'm assuming means that Carnival can tell us to go pound sand, pocket the $750 deposit, and rebook our cabins.   Any thoughts?  Any advice?  

Tell the kids to get vaccinated.  It is their civic duty and they should not be privileged with a cruise to expose people.

4 hours ago, BlerkOne said:

There is proof that people can contract covid more than once.

My neighbor just got over it for the second time.  I think it was a year later.  She still is not getting vaccinated.  My daughter had it pretty bad.  She is in the medical field and if she could have got 1 medical professional to tell her that she did not need two shots to be vaccinated, she would have skipped it.  She could not.  They do not tell you that you don’t need a double vaccination if you already had COVID. 

I have booked 3 Cloud 9 Spa Interiors on the Celebration.  We have2 people in each.  Should my grandson prefer to stay in his patents’s cabin,  I was looking at the Cove Balconies, which appear to have a sofa.  I was hoping this meant that they open to a bed.  TA. Told me that these are sofas and do not open as these cabins are intended for 2 people.  Does anyone have a suggestion?  It appears that they could not be in a spa cabin.  I looked at balconies thinking I would then buy them spa passes.  A lot of those indicate that they are only for 2 people.  Your experience would be helpful. ThankYou.

4 hours ago, EngIceDave said:

What cabin number?

What's the map show?

I am thinking about 5203- 5215.  I believe they show the room with a sofa.  I guess my question becomes, “Do all the sofas open to a bed?”

I am looking at one of these on the Celebration.  It has a sofa and I’m wondering if anyone can confirm for me that this opens to a bed.  I’m aware that it is a room for 2 people.  My grandson is booked in a room with me, but I am looking at this for his parents as he may prefer to stay with them.  Anyone stay in a Cloud 9 Cove on the Mardi Gras?

I’m wondering if you were disturbed by noise from all the activity on deck 4?  I wouldn’t have thought of it, but heard some words of caution in utube video.  I don’t believe that the people posting had negative experiences, just that they were cautioning about the potential.  

Is the only difference between  Chacchoben Mayan Ruins $85.99, 4 hours and

Exclusive VIP Chacchoben Drive $119.99, 3.5 hours that the second is private for you and your group?

Has anyone done the Chacchoben Mayan Ruins & Blue Lagoon $129.99, 6.5 hours?

Any thoughts on Kohunlich Mayan Ruins $119.99, 6 hours?

We have over a year so I’m hoping things will be a bit easier then.

This will be our 1 “Ruins” tours and I’d appreciate any thoughts.  Thank you.

Vaccine passports or a reasonable facsimile needs to be implemented.  I don’t care if the government knows that I am vaccinated.  They gave it to me.  Other countries seem to be putting them in place and businesses are starting to ask employees if they are vaccinated.  It would be the best answer.  It is getting people to get vaccinated if they need it to get in a restaurant.

Just now, Prismism said:

I just want to know if I can still put it all in some random slot machine then cash it out at the casino.

I, too, am interested!

2 hours ago, Elaine5715 said:

2 hours ago, sanmarcosman said:

 

No, this OBC is tied to people.  I needed to get my sister who was on the original booking to sign over her "share" of the OBC and FCC to me even though I paid for it.  

This is on my receipt

4 minutes ago, hurricane0226 said:

Desantis, what a great Governor we have, he looked out for us in Florida, 

I hope this is a joke!  It certainly sounds like one!