F2F Sold out question

This is the first time that I'm going on a cruise and F2F has already been sold out. I have heard that carnival does randomly release more before the actual cruise date. Does anyone have any success stories and any tips or tricks to get them? Thanks for the help!

just check several times a day. most people find success doing that. there is no other tips and tricks

This is the first time that I'm going on a cruise and F2F has already been sold out. I have heard that carnival does randomly release more before the actual cruise date. Does anyone have any success stories and any tips or tricks to get them? Thanks for the help!

Keep checking the website. They release them in dribs and drabs.

There is no pattern with FTTF being released. I have always been successful buying FTTF because my wife and I will keep checking many times a day until 1 is released. Many theories are thrown around ---> just keep checking and checking and it will increase your chances significantly :)

This is the first time that I'm going on a cruise and F2F has already been sold out. I have heard that carnival does randomly release more before the actual cruise date. Does anyone have any success stories and any tips or tricks to get them? Thanks for the help!

When FTTF first became available for our upcoming cruise, it sold out very quickly. Unfortunately, I missed it, and so did others from our roll call group. However, I and my wife both continued to check daily, as did others in our group. When it finally was offered again, one of the members in our group posted it first, and we, along with several others, were able to purchase it. It does help to be part of a roll call group, whether on here or another site. So my two tips would be, remain an active member of your roll call, and check every day (at least two or three times a day) to see if more FTTF 's become available. Persistence and patience will pay off. ;)

I have noticed two things. A few might become available around final payment date. Also, early in the morning.

Good luck.

I got lucky by checking the shore excursions every morning. I booked mine last week for a December 4th sailing. As final payment time arrives and they know how many Diamond and Platinum members are sailing, I think they open up more FTTF slots for the rest of us. As of today there are still some available for the Valor.

I got mine two days ago for my cruise in three weeks. It had been sold out prior to that.

For our last cruise we got FTTF about a month before the cruise. Then more opened up about two weeks before sailing. Keep checking.

I have bought FTTF several times. Only the first time was it available/purchased when I booked (over a year out). The other 3 or 4 times I found one or more available early in the morning. Now if I have a cruise booked and want FTTF, I just make it a point to look each morning when I get up for the day :) I usually share with my cruise roll call here or elsewhere in the social media world and let them know that they are available.

This last time 9 or so tickets popped up for our February 17 sailing. I shared with my roll call and some did buy it. It took almost a week for them to sell those 9 tickets. I attribute this to the higher price tag. I think that Carnival pushed it about $10 past what most people feel it is worth for a 7 night sailing.

Persistence and determination has paid off. After checking multiple times throughout the day, this morning they had released more F2F tickets which I was able to grab. Thanks all for the advice.

Join a group and everybody can notify each other when there are more released. Ours were sold out for months and months and months. Finally opened up around 4:00am California time. They go fast, so you need to really be on top of it.

So in checking the shore excursions will FTTF show as sold out or just now show up at all if not available? Sailing on Liberty our of Galveston 11/19 and I don't see it in the shore excursions so I'm guessing its sold out.

So in checking the shore excursions will FTTF show as sold out or just now show up at all if not available? Sailing on Liberty our of Galveston 11/19 and I don't see it in the shore excursions so I'm guessing its sold out.

Both :)

Ours became available 4 (FOUR!) days before our sailing.