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My PCC called to try and get me to book something and also mention this no more expiration date thing! That would make these more flexible for me for sure.

https://cruise.maryland.gov/Pages/content/parking-rates.aspx 

Just $15/day. The parking lot to the ship is probably closer than the distance from the bow to the stern of the ship

I agree kind of creepy without the duck tags.

On the other hand, I do enjoy the more unique finds sometimes.

The APs are on the ceiling, you'll see them as you look up and around the ship.

https://www.ncl.com/about/terms-and-conditions/promotions#cruisenext (scroll down to CRUISENEXT DOUBLEUP! OFFER)

Sometimes it works on insides, depending on the promo they are running at the time. 

As someone else mentioned, they look for the shortest married couple and the longest married couple. For the middle couple, it's sort of an audience pick. I think I've seen where it is just a kiss, but also where the couple has to do their best Tarzan impression which can get amusing. 

Just booked the Sun out of Baltimore in December. I really like the ease of cruising out of Baltimore so this will be a new ship to me and all new ports! There are just limited options if you want to go out of Baltimore, the ships tend to be older as they need to be smaller to fit under the bridge.

I was on Spirt about 3 weeks ago and SoulPlay was still there. 

Just curious how you're getting home from Quebec City.

We can bus easilyish from home to NYC, but getting back Quebec City seems more complicated/pricey.

4 hours ago, FastShip24 said:

OP asked for outlets and USB ports. I never saw a USB port and there is one US outlet and one EU outlet

Those are the outlets at the desk, one US and one EU. I do not recommend an adapter, just bring a a cruise safe power strip to get more outlets. Again, there are ones that come with USB ports built in so they don't need to bring your USB wall warts along.

Now the OP did specifically say they were asking for the bedside tables, which plug into EU outlets behind the bed. I recommend a travel adapter or two there as that is the only option really. A travel adapter with USB ports would be ideal as you can still retain out of the power outlet either for the original bedside lamp or for your other device (CPAP for example). The USBs can just plug into adapter for charging without losing use of the outlet.

To add to all this, they have been replacing lamps as they break with models with have USB ports built in, so there are probably some rooms that do have USB outlets.

Ordered multiple apps less than 2 weeks ago with no additional charge. Same with 2 entrees which I only did twice. Once was most by accident as they gave me a lasagna entrée instead of the lasagna app.

9 hours ago, FastShip24 said:

It gives you a second outlet

Yep, the OP asked about USB ports so I presume they were asking about charging a device and wanted to point out that some adapters will have some built in.

4 hours ago, FastShip24 said:

You can always buy an Eu adapter on amazon

This, I didn't call that out specifically, but if you get one of the "fancier" adapters it will also have USB A and USB C outlets in addition to the main power outlet.

The two outlets behind the bed are EU outlets.

One US outlet on the desk and behind the TV (used by the TV). There is an additional EU outlet on the desk. 

You can do snorkeling in Ketchikan, they pick up from berth 2 area. 

It was a unique but strenuous activity with their thick wetsuits.

The balcony curtains do their job very well. Just got back from my Spirit cruise and did not even think about needing sleeping masks on any night. 

In the past, I have walked upstairs and got a cab from someone that was being dropped off for the next cruise.

1) Yes, the pools and hot tubs are open. The cover was closed the entire time even though we had amazing weather. 

2) There were some lectures by a naturalist, but I wasn't very impressed by the one we had. One of the themed deck parties is Great Alaska Bash so I guess pack some flannel if that is your thing. 

3) Nothing special foodwise.

On our cruise, we had mostly sunny weather so I didn't really need most of what I had packed. I could have been fine with what I normally pack for a Caribbean cruise. Bring binoculars, a cheap and light pair you can have with you all the time would be best. Many times we saw wildlife on lido but hadn't brought our binoculars!

We're flying into the Seattle (port city) about a week before the actual cruise. Should we try to get our laundry done while in Seattle before boarding or should we have relative ease doing it the first day on board the ship (Spirit going to Alaska if it matters)? I've never used their self service laundry before, anything I should know?

3 hours ago, rudechuck said:

Actually, they won't be that helpful.  They are testing out a new menu this summer on the Carnival Dream, and rolling out the new menu fleet wide in the fall.

Our Spirit cruise is in about 2 weeks, so things should be relatively the same.

I thought they beeped as some kind of anti-stalk mechanism, but if they don't beep unless I signal them to, then that alleviates my concerns .

Not sure where this should go, but figured I would try here as I'll be on a Carnival cruise.

It is my understanding that AirTags will begin beeping after being away from the owner for X amount of time. I think X is some random time between 8-24 hours. When going/arriving/embarking for the cruise I don't think this will be a problem. When disembarking/going home this might be a problem? Normally I carry off my luggage myself, but since I have a late flight out of Seattle, I think I might want to use Port Valet so I can do things without the bags for a few hours. So I'll need to set my bags out the night before and it will likely be at least 24 hours before I see the bags again at my home airport. At some point, the AirTags will begin to beep? I'm not sure if that will cause any problems or if I should try to disable the speaker part before my trip?

Any thoughts?

Since the offer was expiring soon, I also did $100 cruise cash purchase. However, the offer was redeemed the day I booked the excursion, so know for future offers that it should work with carnival excursions. 

Does this work for shore excursions? Just noticed it billed to the card as CARNIVAL SHORE EXCURSI, so not sure if that will trigger it or if I should maybe prepay my grats to take advantage. 

Thanks for posting these, helpful for planning for our cruise this summer.