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About Me
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Location
Charleston, SC
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Interests
Writing, Running, Volunteering, Working Out, Hanging Out, Yoga
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Favorite Cruise Line(s)
Royal Caribbean & Carnival
proudpatriot07's Achievements
Cool Cruiser (2/15)
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Port of Charleston Sunshine cruisers find cars flooded
proudpatriot07 replied to Iamthesea's topic in Carnival Cruise Lines
I have cruised on the Sunshine a few times and we've parked there when we didn't have a ride to the port. I felt terrible for the passengers! I would have liked to know the day before, and maybe Carnival could give folks free internet to make car rental arrangements or let family members or jobs know. Living here, we'd gotten off a cruise, left, and went to work that day. FWIW, it doesn't have to rain for it to flood in parts of Charleston. We have tidal flooding as well. But the storm last Sunday was very rare. We locals know the flood prone areas, but this is the first time in my memory that the parking lot at the terminal has flooded. -
Sunshine after April 2024
proudpatriot07 replied to south-carolinagirl's topic in Carnival Cruise Lines
I love that Serenity area with multiple levels and a waterfall- and yes to the shorter lines. Maybe our cruise wasn't super crowded due to hurricanes, but I never had to look far for a chair, clean table, and no wait to speak of at any bar or any dining spot on the Lido deck. -
Someone at our table last week got those pork tartlets and I think my husband was jealous he didn't order them. Both nights when I got the shrimp cocktail, I was lucky enough to get four shrimp! Often, we will share entrees or order apps to split, things like that .We do it on cruises but also do it a lot at home in restaurants.
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Sunshine after April 2024
proudpatriot07 replied to south-carolinagirl's topic in Carnival Cruise Lines
Yes! Granted, I live in Charleston. We were on the ship last week, and it's in great shape. I hope they don't retire it in 2024 once our port contract with Carnival ends. -
Brand Ambassador John Heald announces new deli menu
proudpatriot07 replied to Honolulu Blue's topic in Carnival Cruise Lines
I got off Sunshine today. We also had potato chips instead of fries, which made me sad (I like the Deli fries more than Guy's). Glad the fries will come back... but I will still miss those cookies. -
New room service menu starting October 1
proudpatriot07 replied to Honolulu Blue's topic in Carnival Cruise Lines
Yes, this! $5 for a PB&J is already pretty steep if you can't eat the chips or cookie. -
We're on Carnival Sunshine that leaves Charleston tomorrow (Sunday). On Friday, they announced our cruise would leave on Sunday instead of Saturday due to the hurricane. I went online and Carnival had it open for bookings. It was regular price. Trying to make some of that money/OBC back. We do live here but I've never looked for last minute discounts on it.
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New Carnival internet prices
proudpatriot07 replied to CLTflyer1977's topic in Carnival Cruise Lines
Yep, it's Sunshine. I'm not particular about having internet because I want to disconnect, but he wants it. We are going to Nassau so I figure I can check email, etc, in port in a bar somewhere on wifi. -
New Carnival internet prices
proudpatriot07 replied to CLTflyer1977's topic in Carnival Cruise Lines
So the prices went up last night, and since we figured that out, yesterday my husband got on the computer and logged into our booking to buy internet for our upcoming trip... and it would not let him purchase at all. Our trip leaves tomorrow, so I don't know if it's got anything to do with that, but we were pretty peeved. We have the screenshots of where he tried to buy last night so am hoping we can take those to guest services and maybe get credited the difference. I don't know. -
The cake buffet is the BEST. We got slices at lunch and took them up to the room to eat after dinner. Better than the MDR desserts.
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The salmon superfoods salad was my favorite back in May on the Sunshine. Without that we are done with Sea Day Brunch. It also took us forever to get our food anyway, so I'm not sure we'd do it again anyway.
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We've done a lot of cruises but always late dining... this time we're trying anytime so we can be more flexible, see shows, don't have to wait until an exact time to eat, etc. This thread was really helpful too!
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Carnival Cruisers out of Charleson SC
proudpatriot07 replied to Dthomas1's topic in Carnival Cruise Lines
I live in Charleston and obviously love sailing from here. When our ship leaves, I don't even see us taking many more cruises. We'll go back to weekends away in Asheville and other land-based vacations, for the most part, and probably just cruise every few years. It was fun while it lasted, and most Charleston residents were fine with the ships.