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7 hours ago, scottca075 said:

 

Avis/Budget has a shuttle that takes you to the airport counter.

Is this current information? These two agencies will shuttle passengers to/from port to airport?

I hope you are correct.

Thx princeton for the clarification.

Thanks to all who replied to my confusion.  Just to be clear, to go into the "BOWFIN SUBMARINE" without a tour guide, there is a fee of $21.99?

I have searched CC for clarification on fees to visit the 4 sections of the Memorial.  Iam confused as to what the actual fees are.

If I understand correctly, you can go online ahead of time and request the number of tickets and the time for your visit to the

"USS ARIZONA MEMORIAL" and pay $1.00 per ticket.  Is this also true for the "USS BOWFIN"? the "BATTLESHIP MISSOURI"? and the "AVIATION MUSEUM"?

Is the above to view each exhibit as a "SELF TOUR" for $1.00 per ticket?

I see in other websites indicating the fees are as follows. 

Battleship Missouri Memorial: $34.99, Pacific Fleet Submarine Museum: $21.99, and the Aviation Museum: $25.99.

Are the amounts above for a "GUIDED TOURS" by a narrator? 

j NOWAK, see you are going POA Sept 23, we are a group of 7, going Sept, 9-16, are you the same date?

I thought I read somewhere that Reservations are required to view the live shows onboard (specifically on the POA) unlike Carnival where you just walk into the theater. If so, why rsvp for a show?  Do you make reservation after booking at check-in time, or after getting onboard.

Thank you CruiserBruice for your reply.  Do you know what time on Friday the ship departs?

Per NCL'S itinerary the POA arrives at Kauai on Thursday at 8:00am and shows departing @ 2:00pm to tour the Napali Coast on Friday.

My question is 2:00pm departure on Thursday or Friday?  Do you have island time on Friday?

Don't look like they roast a whole pig, but seems to be one of the most economical luaus 

on all the islands.

Thank you Bostwick Girl and MeganGC for your replies.

First cruise in 2 years! Leaving Monday Sept. 26th thru Friday Sept. 30th. 

Would love to see the daily newsletter ahead of time to schedule activities

to be sure we make the most of our trip.  Would greatly appreciate any input.

Can anyone advise me, is CCL still offering $600.00 OBC for cancelled cruises?  We canceled ours about a month ago due to the virus and now are considering rebooking at a later date

Thank you both for the clarification....I did not catch the 10pm-6am menu. Pretty good selection! In the past I have ordered the hot wings from the bar and took them to the room.. THEY WERE AWESOME!

Thanks to all who replied,  I too was curious regarding the items which may have a fee.

Chervil, are you indicating the items on the right of the menu, example "firecracker Shrimp" are a

no fee if ordered before 10pm, and a fee if ordered after 10pm?

I believe there is always an 18 percent gratuity charged for the items with a fee correct?

22 hours ago, Chervil said:

Lucas34, the room service has a decent selection of free items, and a few with a cost (though we haven't paid for anything yet).
It is free until 10PM, at which time there is a small fee.
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Operator asked if the room service menu was complimentary.  No one has answered the question. are the items an additional charge? Is a gratuity charged?

It would be much appreciated m4t5 if you would email me at "ernie_lyon@yahoo.com"

with the fun-times for the Conquest 7 day western Caribbean itinerary.

Thanking you in advance.........

Thank you both for your reply, Safe sailing......

I know Carnival passengers are not allowed to bring their own plastic bottled water for consumption,

but are you allowed to bring your own personal plastic bottle to re fill on the ship? Or must they be metal or glass?

I would like copies pf the Conquests 7 day out of Miami for the western itinerary....

Bump.....

I know this is a lot to ask of someone, but does anyone happen to have copies they can post of the Conquest's Western Caribbean "Funtimes" and or the MDR menu?

They would be much appreciated...........

I really miss the Carnival "fare viewer," we always were fortunate and were able to search out several discounts and or OBC with every cruise.  This time not one cent savings.  It was always exciting to find a better price even if it was only a couple dollars OBC.  I guess like all good things must come to an end. But we still appreciate the loyalty rewards, B-day, and anniversary recognitions Carnival offers.

Here is a link to the January 14, 2017 Vista Eastern Caribbean 8 day: Sea Day, Grand Turk, San Juan, St. Kitts, St Maarten, Sea Day, Sea Day

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/mo3b6l35y1lgruf/AADOt_Bh7S0p_djNAfqhhQRra?dl=0

AWESOME job dacsmom, thanks a million!!!

That's a much better choice, very good. There's 2 Fairfield Inn, I assumed you booked the one on Astoria Blvd but there is a 2nd. one further away from Manhattan on College Point Blvd in the Flushing area, closer to us. Astoria Blvd. should be okay for your needs - there isn't much choices for dinner after landing & getting to the hotel, planning for getting takeout food delivered - I'm sure the front desk have menus for those nearby. It will be cheaper than airport concession-priced food at LGA.

 

It's off the GCP (highway below grade) on the south side of the service road near # of gas stations & auto repair shops, etc. - our mechanic's shop is nearby too, LOL. On the other side of GCP, north side service road is a Dunkin Donuts, pretty sure it's 24/7. Otherwise, it's essentially a residential area - pretty quiet, safe area & it's one of the many newer franchised hotel popping up all over the city - plus, you are not directly under LGA's runway/landing glide path so jet noise is fine. Go to Google Map & switch to "street view" and you will see what the area is like.

 

From there, I would book Dial7 or Carmel car service for the ride to the cruise terminal in the morning, it's an easy one - for 4 people with luggage, you will be comfortable in a mini-van, fares with toll should not be more than $45 to $50, maybe less plus 20% tipping. If you book Carmel online, there's always coupon code to use to save $3 for the trip, print it out & hand it to the driver.

 

Here's the blank Carmel coupon, valid for use thru 12/31/2016 - print 2 so that you have an extra one to use on for disembarkation (not valid if booked using the free mobile app) https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/64025118/CarmelLimo%20-%20NY%20Airport%20Limo%20Serv%20Online%20Coupon%20-03.pdf

 

Enjoy your cruise & please do a quick post-visit report briefly on your short overnight hotel stay, if you do not mind. Enjoy your cruise.

As promised to mking8288 here is a short post review of the Fairfield at Marriott Inn located on Astoria Blvd in Queens. Upon arriving LGA (around 8:30pm due to airline delays) we called the hotel FREE airport shuttle to pick us up at LGA, he was in the area and arrived within 5 mins of our call. It was a short 10 min drive with another cruise couple to the hotel. Check in was quick. We rsvp"d a room with 2 queen beds. Night clerk was very friendly and advised us of the "Food Mart" & convenience store next door to the hotel. Hotel was very clean, a little noise through the night but nothing bad. Next morning we enjoyed the hot breakfast bar, was pretty good, it offered gravy & biscuits, toast scrambled eggs, bacon, waffles, cereal, yogurt, juices and etc. After breakfast with some prior research we walked approximately half mile to the left of the hotel and made a right on Steinway and a couple blocks down found a full service grocery store to make our soda purchase. We bought 4 12 packs soda, one of each,Dr Pepper, Pepsi, Diet Sunkist Orange (my favorite) and one Sprite. The young Cashier girl, bagged each 12 pack a special way which made the toting back to the room VERY easy. so we carried them on-board the ship the same way. After returning to the hotel we gathered our luggage, at 9:30am called Carmel Limo for our trip to the port after calling Carmel arrived within 10 minutes in an SUV which comfortable held the four of us and our 6 pcs of luggage. The trip took about 45 mins. with very little traffic issues. As mking8288 suggested we printed the 2 coupons for Carmel for our trip to and from the port used each. I recommend both the Fairfield Marriott and Carmel. Thanks again to mking8288 for all your assistance.