Knights on the Beach

I just looked again and we also received an email like that on 3/2 for our 3/12 cruise and 11/28 for our 12/11 cruise - both on Mardi Gras. I don't see one for our 8/26 Carnival Magic cruise so either I didn't get one or I was better about cleaning out my inbox than I have been lately. lol

Absolutely, I would have taken it as well! 🙂

That's awesome - what did you originally book?

I guess this email I received on 5/15 didn't really happen?

Mardi Gras, and it's not even close. 😊 But I've also liked every Carnival ship we've been on so far.

I thought the low was $11.60 yesterday - did you see it lower than that?

22 years for me and before that I was on the AOL cruise boards. ☺️

Just a few miles south of the port in Cocoa Beach, we like Cocoa Beach Fish Camp. They have a few gator things on the menu. Disclaimer - I don't eat gator but I do like their other food. 🙂 https://www.cbfishcampgrill.com/

Woo hoo - I found your review!! 🙂 I think I remember seeing it a while back but I'm going to read it again. Thank you!

Did you do a review of the Hawaii cruise?? Was it a two week RT from CA or a repositioning cruise to or from Hawaii? We had a week in Maui and a 10 day Honolulu to Vancouver booked for April 2020 but of course that never happened. 😭

There are several Walgreens in the area (Cocoa Beach, Merritt Island, Cocoa) that have Rapid NAAT which is what we've been getting for all our cruises since August. Right now they're scheduling tests up to 3 days in advance.

If Carnival can't do it, I think the info already provided below is still valid. 😉 We were able to grab a cab for the 2 mile ride home from terminal 6 (Mardi Gras) so I would think you'd be able to find one who would take you the 3 miles from there to terminal 6.

No need to call. https://www.carnival.com/help What is the Cheers! Beverage Program? CHEERS! is an all-inclusive beverage program that allows guests to enjoy a wide range of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages by paying a flat daily rate. Guests must be 21 or older to purchase CHEERS! and each adult assigned to the same stateroom must purchase the program. Our CHEERS! beverage program includes a great variety of non-alcoholic beverages, as well as a wide selection of high quality brand-name spirits and wines by the glass. Before your cruise: $59.95 USD, per person, per day plus 18% service charge. CHEERS! can be purchased at www.carnival.com/Funshops or by contacting The Fun Shops department at 800-522-7648, Monday - Sunday, 9:00am - 9:00pm ET. Cut-off for pre-purchase online is 11:59pm ET, the evening prior to the cruise departure. Although we are not able to process the Carnival Gift Card for Fun Shop orders by telephone, you may use a Carnival Gift Card when purchasing CHEERS! online. On board your cruise: $64.95 USD, per person, per day plus 18% service charge. CHEERS! can be purchased at bar locations. Australia and Transpacific Cruises: For pricing and age restrictions, please contact our International Desk, Monday through Sunday, 7:00am-6:00pm AEST, at 1 300 385 625 (from Australia) and 0800 442 095 (from New Zealand). If you are calling from the U.S. or Canada, please contact 'The Fun Shops' Department at 800 522-7648, Monday through Sunday, 9:00am-9:00pm ET. Included in the price of your cruise, served in the main dining room and available 24/7 in the Lido Restaurant: non-bottled water, lemonade, unsweetened iced tea, hot chocolate and non-specialty coffee and tea. To view a sample of beverages prices for individual drinks and CHEERS! Q&A's, click here. CHEERS! includes: All spirits, including cocktails, cognacs, whiskies and other spirits, as well as beer (including self-serve beer stations - PYOB) and wine and champagne by the glass, with a $20.00 USD or lower menu price, per serving Sodas (including specialty sodas), zero-proof frozen cocktails (including smoothies) and juices Specialty coffees and hot tea served in the main dining rooms, specialty restaurants and coffee bars Milkshakes, where available Energy drinks 500-ml bottled water and other non-alcoholic bottled beverages served in bars and lounges Packaged water in the dining rooms and specialty restaurants 25% discount off the menu price for any spirit, cocktail or wine by the glass, costing above $20.00 USD, per serving 25% discount off the menu price for wine and champagne by the bottle 25% discount off beverage seminars and classes CHEERS! excludes: Beverages promoted and sold in souvenir glasses Bottles of liquor Beverages offered at the gangway Beverages offered through room service and/or other in-stateroom beverage programs Beverages purchased off the ship at any port of call, including Princess Cays and Half Moon Cay Sharing cocktails, floaters, pitchers, tubes and buckets Beverages offered through enomatic wine machines Freshly squeezed orange juice served in the Havana Bar Main Dining Room freshly squeezed juice All other beverage-related programs including merchandise, cigars and cigarettes Food items Program Restrictions: Guests must be 21 years or older to purchase and agree not to give to minors Each adult assigned to the same stateroom must purchase the program CHEERS! is non-transferable Guests must purchase the program for the entire cruise; this program is not offered on a per day basis If the program is purchased prior to the cruise, it is refundable up to 9:00pm ET, the evening prior to the cruise departure. Otherwise, CHEERS! is non-refundable Price adjustments (up or down), implemented on the day of sailing, replace any previously advertised price Only one drink at a time may be ordered, there is a 5 minute wait time between orders and sharing is not permitted. No double shots as that is considered ordering two drinks at once Guests may purchase a round of drinks for themselves and friends. One drink will count towards the CHEERS! program and the remaining drinks will be charged to a guest’s Sail and Sign® account Program allows for up to 15 alcoholic drinks, per 24-hour period (6:00am - 6:00am). Once the limit is reached, the guest will not be served ANY additional alcoholic drinks Program only applies to onboard purchases All bottles and cans will be served opened Carnival reserves the right to refuse service for any reason Program is inclusive of VAT, if and as applicable. Applicable state and local taxes will be charged to a guest folio when this program is used within US waters. The tax is based on the state's tax structure and the cost of the individual drink purchased (not the daily program rate). For example: if the drink price is $5.00 USD and the tax is 10%, the guest's Sail & Sign® card will be charged $0.50 USD for tax. This applies to all US ports (embarkation home ports and ports-of-call) Due to state laws, we cannot sell CHEERS! until the second day of the cruise (starting at 6:00am) for voyages departing from our Texas and New York home ports. Drinks purchased on the first day of the cruise will be charged to the guest's Sail & Sign® card in the usual manner. When purchased on the second day of the cruise, guests are charged for the remaining days only (cruise duration less one day) For guests who pre-purchase CHEERS!, it will be activated upon boarding the ship (except for ships sailing from Texas and New York – activation will occur at 6:00am on the second day of the cruise). Guests are instructed to proceed to the bar, once on board, to receive a sticker which will be placed on their Sail & Sign® cards Group bookings (consisting of a minimum of 16 adults) can purchase CHEERS! prior to the cruise by contacting Group Event Planning (all adult guests in the group must purchase the program; all minors in the group must purchase Bottomless Bubbles program) For pre-purchase orders, a message card will be placed in guest’s stateroom on embarkation day referring the guests to the Casino Bar to activate the program CHEERS! is not offered on 2 day cruises, charter cruises and beverage purchases made at Half Moon Cay and Princess Cays in The Bahamas

Yeah, I don't even try anymore. 🤣

Same! 🙂

We've spent two weeks (so far) on Mardi Gras and ate in the MDR three times. We'll be back on MG in December and don't plan to go to the MDR at all. We should have skipped it after the first time. 🙂

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https://help.carnival.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3525 I understand there is a maximum of 15 drinks a day for the CHEERS! program. With the enhanced program, do non-alcoholic drinks count toward this total?Sodas and other applicable non-alcoholic beverages remain unlimited and will not be counted toward the 15 alcoholic beverages limit, and all other policies and procedures remain the same. Guests are expected to enjoy alcohol responsibly and staff members are trained not to serve guests who appear to be intoxicated.

From what I've seen, Walgreens usually has one or the other, not both. In some areas, they have rapid NAAT and other areas have only the rapid antigen. I've never seen rapid antigen at Walgreens in Florida.

I forgot to say I LOVED Teppanyaki - so much fun and the food was delicious. I'm allergic to shellfish so for our table, he cooked the filet mignon and chicken first.

This has always been the case with Walgreens. We have our fifth cruise since August coming up next week and have used Walgreens every time. CVS used to allow booking about two weeks out, but Walgreens was only booking three days out. Then two or three months ago Walgreens was allowing bookings a week out and now it's back to just three days. I love the process at Walgreens - they're so quick and efficient.

Fishlips is very popular with visitors! We only go there every now and then but are at Grill's at least weekly. Gator's is a chain but we do like the tiki bar so we often go there for a drink or two in the afternoons when it's time for the ships to leave port. We haven't been to Fishlips in about a year but they used to have a good happy hour with half priced apps and drinks, not sure if they still do. Our son and DIL love the Sunday brunch there and our DIL's wedding shower was upstairs at Fishlips 3 years ago.

In Florida (at least in Central and East Florida) we were able to book 7 days out for the last two or three months. Prior to that it was only 3 days.