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21 hours ago, brilliantseas said:

 

Mostly sunny, with air temps in the low 80s. This is the first time in two cruises I've seen the dome open. I was beginning to wonder if it was stuck, but it does indeed open when the weather warrants. Sadly, we'll be headed back to a very chilly Baltimore on Sunday, and the dome will once again be closed. 

 

 

So it does work! We had great weather as well last cruise and they didn't seem to budge it at all, just left the one section open that I'm told is due to the smoke from Guy's.

How does one pick which side of the boat to be on? I believe I was starboard the last time I was on Carnival Legend and it seemed to get me a good land view from cabin when we were docked at a destination (using in place of port to be less confusing!). I enjoy the people watching from my balcony and maybe looking out for pier runners (haven't seen anything too crazy yet).

Do the ships always dock the same way or does it just depend which ships are also at that destination that day? I think I've seen at some destinations, the ship name painted onto the docking/pier structure. 

On my next sailing, I currently have a port side cabin. Wondering if I should try to change that at all or just go with it. I'll be at two of the same destinations as previous sailing and one new destination.  

Chia seed puddings! I tried one based on your raves about it on my December cruise, got me hooked along with my brother. Going in May with my BF, I'll make him try one too, lol.

On 3/18/2022 at 11:16 AM, d-train said:

Has anyone flown with these test kits?

we are extending our trip a week prior to boarding so we will 

need to bring the kits with us and do the test at the hotel. 
 

carry on. Or checked bags?

I think it says to put in your carry on, so they aren't lost or get too cold in the luggage area. 

On 3/19/2022 at 2:35 PM, BlerkOne said:

You can put one on a courtesy hold and see if the offer disappears.

This!

I had a P0K recently, but it was only good for one booking. I had put one on hold and couldn't see the special pricing for that offer anymore. 

1 hour ago, scoobysnacks70 said:

Has anyone done the Stingray adventure here?  How far is it from where we do the stingrays to where the clam shells are.   Ours tour does not start until 12:30...I was wondering if we should rent a clamshell for the morning.  

Opposite sides of the island, but they have a truck/bus that drives you over to the stingray adventure and they drive you back towards the pick up point after. The clam shells are spread along the beach. We did the stingrays in the morning and were glad to have a clam shell in the afternoon. Sun is intense there.

To the OP, lunch is provided. You can use your S&S card for purchases, some of the local vendors might only accept cash, I didn't really check out those wares while there. 

The fine print of many promo offers will say only 1st & 2nd guests and just one cabin eligible.

3 minutes ago, firefly333 said:

Oh you only got 72 hours? I got 96 hours. ..hmm. 

Only 24 hours for me, but it was within the next 90 days.

I don't believe you go into the engine room, but the engine control room that is just a bunch of computers. However, still a worthwhile tour, we got to on the bridge briefly the last time I went on the tour.

2nd the travel adapter, I bring one with a USB built in so I can charge my phone too. 

They were turning people away if it wasn't their time yet and I saw a few folk sitting in their cars. At first, I was wondering why anyone would be in their car when they could get on the ship, but seemed they just of arrived too early.

You'll probably get seated with other solos at that time. 

Curious what time you arrived for departure? I did a cruise back in Dec, the drop off luggage line was long, but it kept moving.

Glad you had an overall nice experience.

I did and seemed to get re-assigned one right away. They called and texted, but I don't really have anything upcoming to book.

We did an excursion and had no trouble finding an available clamshell after. It was near a lifeguard and relatively close to the food at lunchtime. If your mom is disabled, I don't think she will want to walk further down the beach for possibly free shade. 

I was first time gold in my last sailing, there is a bug so they don't see it in the bar system so I got charged for the drink. Guest services fixed it easily.

What kind of pick up are you scheduling? Just wondering on their flexibility because it basically depends on when you get back into port, which can vary from week to week. I think on last week's return, they didn't get back until noon because of weather. Back in Dec, we got into port probably before 8 and got off just before 10.

I've really enjoyed Paradise Cove/Deadman's Reef in the past, it's fun snorkeling and there is a little snack bar.

On 1/31/2022 at 5:06 PM, nightworker said:

are the stores in the town open?

Many seemed to be open in Dec, some have moved locations, straw market seemed to be getting started back up as well. 

If you have other stops with better beaches, I would skip Junkanoo. Nothing really special there if you have other things to do. 

There are some loungers down there, but not as many. You might have to drag it to where shade is.

I would get the clamshell myself, didn't feel cramped and was close to the lunch spot. 

Usually that would be fine, but looks like this Sunday they didn't come into port until noon due to weather.

HMC!

18 minutes ago, Viajera7 said:

groundloop said:
 “there's the 12 cans of soda you can carry on also.”

Do they have to be cans?

Can or carton, no bottles.

Got mine at local drugstore/pharmacy chain, was perfectly fine to use.