OHCruiser

We were on a 28 day cruise in March & we had towel animals nearly every day. They were on the bed each evening when we returned from the early show. Some were simple, some very elaborate.

In looking at the I cabins on the Rotterdam [cruisedeckplans.com, a small fee site], they are larger than the Js. There's more room at the end of the bed & a large couch next to it. We, too, feel that the I cabins are too small to be comfortable for 2 people--no couch, bed almost touches the TV wall, etc., but I'd book a J any time.

Uhmmm, I think I can add to this mystery. We sailed on the same cruise--in a free interior--so we only paid port charges [$1530 ea.] . Our onboard spend was less than $2K and that INCLUDED about $750 casino. DH thinks we spent less than $750 on HAL excursions. Our points are: 28 days + 20 onboard spend I mean, isn't it $300 equals 1 day? So, 20 days = $6K. I know that we spent less $5K total. I'm confused, but happy. We're working toward 5* and this made quite a dent.

The very reason that we NEVER book 7 day cruises on ANY LINE anymore. We also make note of SPRING BREAK and don't start a cruise between [usually] March 10 & April 10. We also avoid short cruises over summer vacation months. We'd rather deal with walkers & scooters than kids. We figure that the timing and economics of longer cruises are great screens for kids. Our last cruise was 28 days to the Amazon & the one before that was 18 days to Hawaii. Only kids on board were maybe 2 or 4 officers children--well behaved and unobtrusive.

Their website is a mess today. I can't search ANY cruises for July 2025.... I was able to look at the 11 day cruise on a big box store site & could find lots of specific rooms to book...

No. And, don't take one with you because they'll confiscate it & return it when you disembark.

The vaccine is a one and done, good for life, so if you have many years of travel ahead of you, it's a worthwhile investment.

In March of 2020, Covid was barely on the radar. We flew to TX mid-month & decided to wear masks. I was filmed & laughed at while boarding our plane having done so. Almost NO ONE was doing anything about it, including world governments. There were no vaccines & no treatments. The idea that ANY cruise line should have/could have done anything to deal with it is so absurd. In some ways, had it not been for the artificial environments of the cruise ships, the incredible contagious transmission & severity of infection may have taken much longer to understand. After these ships were turned away from ports, or made to become quarantine site, how was Carnival responsible for care? Does this judge think that on board sick bays were going to diagnose & treat an unknown illness? Or, perhaps, they should have figured out how to develop a vaccine? Ridiculous.

Thank you to all who've replied. Sounds like I can be confident & not have to do laundry every day in the sink😁 I'll be testing it out next month on a round trip Hawaii cruise & report back. Happy sailing, everyone!

We're headed on a 30 day cruise and plan to pack light. This means mostly "travel" clothes, pants & shirts made of polyester/nylon/spandex that are cold wash, low heat or line dry, and no ironing. I often wash things out in the room & hang to dry, but I'd really like to send these out. We're 4* and get free laundry. Seems sad to only use that perk for underwear & socks. I'd love to hear from anyone who's had experience with the ship's laundry handling these specific types of clothing. I know that we can put a note on the laundry list. My concern is that if it's ignored or forgotten, we'll be out a lot of wardrobe & $$. Any tips or suggestions would be much appreciated. Thanks!

I got this message today using my Microsoft browser. DH uses a different browser & things were fine, so I downloaded FireFox and was able to go into my HAL account, make a payment, buy transfers, etc. Have I said lately that I DESPISE the HAL website????

I bring 1. a 10 ft. extension cord [no surge protection] 2. a short corded round "power strip" with 3 outlets & 3 usb ports 3. a EU to US adapter so that I can use the EU outlets. Never had any issue with them at check in. Since they're in use primarily while we're asleep, I do remove them and put them in a drawer when we're not in the room.

I've sailed in that cabin & loved it. I look for that type of cabin whenever we're on a port intensive sailing--all I do is sleep in it.

Thanks so much for posting this. I'm so sorry for your loss. I just told my husband that this is for me. Take me to Alaska or off the coast of Ireland [I'm 75% Irish] and send me off at sunset. I can't think of anything more comforting, respectful, & aligned with me.

I'd call again and ask for a table for 2 to be specified. Another agent might be more helpful. If not, yes, go to the main dining room when you get on board and ask for one so that you can have the same table & waiters each night. We rarely eat in the dining room anymore--it's usually specialty dining or the Lido--but if we do go there, we've never had trouble getting a table for 2 last minute, but we do eat pretty early to get it out of the way so we can enjoy the evening.