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Just finished southern Caribbean cruise on the Carnival Fascination. Any questions?

casinoboss

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telebax51

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We always try to get FTTF and it has always paid off. Starting to read lots about embarkation in San Juan and its sounding like we may not need it here. Any thoughts?

 

no need to pay for FTTF when you have all day to embark the ship, take the extra time to enjoy SAN JUAN you are on Vacation

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idil

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Glad to hear you research before commitment, what i have been doing my last too cruises is booking my excursions thru Carnival then going online to see if any outside Co. have the exact same excursion at a lower price, then you fill out THE BEST PRICE GUARANTEE FORM OFFER THRU CARNIVAL. they will give you a OBC for the difference. For my cruise to Hawaii i received $62 OBC and this August for my ALASKA cruise i received $80 OBC. So i working on my excursions for my Southern cruise out of SAN JUAN, so far i have found a $29 difference in one excursion i like this Carnival offer

 

Who knew!!! Great tip ... thank you!

For sure for our next cruise we'll do our "research" too ;) Although as I mentioned before (and also in my report) we did our own things at every port except St. Kitts ...

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koss78b2

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so for the first day. this can be a quite a relaxed boarding then more less

however what time would they let people board the ship?

what time for this cruise ship . from san juan would cabins be ready

also would most of the bars and food be ready on boarding?

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SouthCaribbean2017

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".boarding is between 2-8pm?"

I never thought of it that way, but I guess so. Not positive.

We all just wanted to get on the ship eat, and go back out.

I'm just wondering, if the embarkation people will stay that late.?...

 

I'm just trying to determine the best times to book a flight...it's a 5-hr flight to PR from my location...and if I can depart anywhere from 11am-1pm, that's better than earlier for me...

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we are sailing on 10/30 out of San Juan. Have sailed Carnival 15 times, Fascination back in 2006. Reading all the reviews are making me very nervous - overall, how was your experience? did you find the ship outdated and drab?

We are traveling with friends - they have cruised once before RCL. As we have cruised many times they trusted us to select - this one I chose because of the itinerary.

Thank you -

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"we are sailing on 10/30 out of San Juan. Have sailed Carnival 15 times, Fascination back in 2006. Reading all the reviews are making me very nervous - overall, how was your experience? did you find the ship outdated and drab? "

 

I've been on CLL, RCL & NCL & of course, Carnival. I was on the NCL Breakaway and it was new & huge, however, the Fascination was not that terrible. I had less places to eat for free but that didn't bother me. I had any-time dining and I ate early, therefore no waiting time. The servers were all wonderful. The food was just average but we did get surf & turf, on elegant night. That was delicious. Dessert was baked alaska. Yummy.

The one sea day passed quickly. The young people used the water-park and enjoyed it. I went to the Spa for a lecture. The young people also hung out in the Library. The shows were not bad, either. :)

The shops were not the greatest and saved me some money. lol

The islands & excursions were awesome. In St Lucia, I did Cocosl Tours with my family, of 10. We spent the day with them and we even received brunch, drinks & a snack, from them. I went ziplining with a ship excursion. Expensive but a once in a life time experience.

Stop worrying, you made a wonderful choice by choosing Fascination! Everyone will love it.

The ship is not drab because they just refurbed it. Maybe a little outdated, compared to the NCL Breakaway.

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