nicoleinwi

Thank you! If I cancel out FTTF would I still be able to select 10am or is that reserved for folks that have the higher status and FTTF? Yeah, I realize I won't get on at that time. But we are early risers, so I don't want to just sit around a hotel waiting to go to the ship. I'd rather just get on the ship and start vacay the soonest I could. But if it'd only be a half hour sooner, it's not worth $140.

We have cruised many times but will be on our first Carnival cruise in a couple months. I understand you go online 14 days before and select your boarding time. We are cruising on the Magic in Feb out of Miami. Since our first Carnival cruise, we don't have any status to allow us early boarding and we are just in a balcony room so no suite for priority boarding. What is the earliest boarding time for general guests? We have FTTF booked, but I am thinking of canceling. We already have our dining reserved, we don't have any tender ports and are signed up on the Carnival transfer to the airport, so it looked like the only benefit is embarkation day benefits. What would be a boarding time for FTTF? Also, I read with FTTF you get to checking and select boarding 16 days in advance. In the cruise planner it is showing the checkin date of 14 days before though. So maybe it's not 16 days ahead? Thanks!

Landing in FLL at noon Thursday (February). Cruising Carnival out of Port of Miami Saturday. Friday we want to go to Everglades National Park. Thursday we want dinner at Hard Rock Cafe (Bayside Market). Option 1: Get car at FLL and staying near Bayside (so we could just walk over). Hotel parking is around $40/night. We’d like to return the car Friday night to save another day of parking and not having to mess with it Saturday. However most rental car agencies by Bayside close around 5pm and we don’t want to be rushed at Everglades to get back. So drop car at MIA Friday night and Uber to hotel, then Uber to port Saturday. Option 2: Get car at FLL. Stay at hotel near MIA. Drive to Bayside and pay the parking fee there Thursday evening. Drop car at MIA Friday night and take a free shuttle to hotel, then Uber to port Sat. Parking at hotel is about $20/night. Any recommendation on which option seems like less hassle? Or another recommendation? Costwise I think about $100 cheaper total to stay at MIA, but looking for convenience.

Bummer! Avid amateur photographer here and my go-to for reviews on various cameras I have; DSLR, underwater and reg point & shoot.

I also recommend the TG6. I have this and had previous Olympus underwater cameras. You do not need an underwater housing to snorkel, it goes 50’ so even if you dive down you likely aren’t hitting 50’. There’s a wrist strap and just put it around your wrist, you should be fine. It’s small enough you can easily hold it while snorkeling around when you aren’t taking photos. I only use my housing when I’m scuba diving to exceed 50’.

Another option is go to your local dive (scuba) shop. I live in WI and we have 2 in town, so even if you’re in a non tropical climate there should be one within an hour or so. The dive shops around here will rent out a deeper (like 12’) indoor pool one weekend a month and you can go there on your own to refresh your skills. We have done that when we haven’t dived in a long time. The dive shop staff would likely have someone you could pay for a private lesson.

I 2nd Na Hoku. I get the fact you want a souvenir actually from vacation. But I'd check out their websites and see what they offer before cruising. Then if you don't find anything in Alaska, you could come home and order from them.

Decline here as well. We might each have one alcoholic drink a day, sometimes 2. Cheaper to just pay for them vs tips they charge you for on the free drink package. I remember years ago maybe 2016 we had a Western Med cruise and got the drink package straight up free, no paying tips. Took it then.