chris2597

I thought sailing with a picture ID and certified birth certificate was all that was needed.

I am very impressed with what PCL did for their passengers. We are suppose to sail next week out of Bayport. I am hoping everything goes smoothly for those on board and for our sailing next week.

I was looking into taking a cruise out of Texas however what I have read on CC has left me with the impression that it is challenging to say the least. I wanted a place close so I wouldn't have to pay so much in air fare. Heck our cruise coming up in Port Everglades (7 nights) is just 20% more than our plane tickets and hotel room for one night. That's why I was looking @ Texas as a possibility. Embarking out of LA was nice and air fare was reasonable.

I do hope that the passengers are able to get on with the cruise and have a great time. Wishing them the best... :)

Don't rule out Texas. We have sailed several times out of Galveton with no problems. This spill thankfully is very unusual. There doesn't seem to be the issues going out of Galveston. Bayport is a well organized terminal with very helpful employees, but weather and now this is discouraging. It is a shame that this may hurt the success of this port.

I think you would incur the price increase

Bring your own. The cabin dryers output is very low.

The interned minutes are great. We never use our minutes up as we both get the 150.

We haven't gone to the appetizer / drink hour for platinum/ elite. We might have to check it out. Do they allow guests? We have another person traveling with us that isn't plat

What is the ala Buffet? Did you have any comedians? We sailed on the nov 30 cruise and there wasn't any.

We went to Mahogney Bay last Nov. We snorkeled a bit but there wasn't much to see. We enjoyed the beach.

I have been taking it for a few days on the advise of several friends that are trying it with success. I am pretty impressed so far. I have a lot of self control and no cravings. I bought a bottle at Costco. I only need to drop 15 so I am using it as a jump start.

How do passengers find out about the dessert buffet if it isn't in the Patters? What is the Crab Shack? Is there a main dining room open for lunch on embarkation day?

Thank you for the review.

You can reserve a table in anytime but usually to do it daily and early as they only reserve a small percentage in anytime.

We have never had a problem at embarkation with having guest join. However debarkation was an issues lay November. I made the mistake of saying I had 2guests. I should have brought one with me and one with DH. Oh well, we were off in a jiffy.

I would indeed sail out of Houston or Galveston, but It is due solely to conveniemce. I agree that Houston needs to change up their itinerary a bit to include some alternating ports. I think Houston bay port is a much nicer and smoothly functioning terminal as far as embarking and debarking but there is nothing to do around the terminal.

Who was the CD prior to Brett?

We were also on the cruise. We enjoyed the ship and getting away. However, we found the CD to be rushed and too dry for our taste. He rushed through the Marriage Game, constantly looking at his watch and said several times he had to hurry to get to the late show. He was at a lot of events, but again, seemed rushed. I would have rather had him assign hosting to another crew member than to rush a fun show. His staff were very good and capable. I thought the entertainment was lacking. The magic show and juggler were ok. The comedian was funny but we have seen him on RCCL before....same routine. There wasn't much to do at night.

The food was good. We took all dinners in the Anytime Dining Room and most other meals at HC. We found the waitstaff to be ok, not great. The waitstaff have been excellent on our past cruises. I wondered if they were at the end of their contracts and ready for a break. I think we will go back to Early Dining on our next cruise. Our cabin steward was awesome!!

One thing we noticed this time is that the crew took smoke breaks on the promenade deck. I had never seen that in 12 prior cruises.

We enjoyed the Magical Beach lift in Roatan.

Are snakes and creepy crawlies prevalent in the water? How much time is spent in a dark cave?

I don't think Norwegian is scheduled to sail out of Houston until 2014. I called the cruise port and was told that there would be more than enough parking.

NCL does not start sailing out of Bay Port until 2014. The rep at the port told me that there will be 1200 parking spots available by Nov which should be adequate.

We have never had a problem. I wasn't aware thatbtickets could be purchased individually and at the glacier for ride back. Can anyone explain/confirm this?

We have a personal cruise planner at Princess who takes care of everything. When he isn't in the office one of the other agents helps us. We were assigned to him after becoming platinum. I am not sure if that is why or not. Maybe a coincidence.

In our experience there is always one of the main dining rooms open at embarcation. We always try to eat as there are no crowds to contend with.

Is there a particular one that is open?

Carnival Corp stock is trading for about $35 a share.

 

To purchase 100 shares, you would need to open a brokerage account. For one trade, the best thing is to go to your bank and talk to them about it.

I have wanted to buy the shares but have no idea how to do it. Someone suggested one of the online trading sites.

We have sailed numerous times on princess and each time have been told that the only food venue on embarkation is the buffet. We will be on the Golden in 2 weeks. Does anyone have any idea if one of the main dining rooms is opens.

We cruised in 2009 the first week of June. Weather was perfect. We cruised last sept and it poured everyday. It didn't stop us. We doned our rain ponchos and carried an umbrella and went about our tours. This year we are opting for the last week of May. Hoping for nice weather but it has been pretty cold in Seattle and AK. I think it is a toss of the coin. We will layer clothing and plan or cold or warm.

I am really happy to read all of these great reviews about David Cole. I just read that he will be the CD on our Ak cruise on May 26. We are sailing with 3 other couples that will be taking a cruise for the first time.