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We are currently looking into upgrading into a GS on the Carnival Fantasy and this will be are first time upgrading and I'm wondering what are the upgrade fees that are charged.

Well you can't really complain the beds hold various weight during there lifetime which is short and you have to factor when can they do this when they have very short turn around times

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http://www.sccourts.org/opinions/HTMLFiles/SC/27355.pdf

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Just read this, not a lawyer but what a load of... well you know!

There is a document of the dismissal in this forum.

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I go to Charleston twice a year and I can't hear any noises being produce from the ship unless you physically walk up to the ship and the traffic is one area of the city that rarely has traffic and they are moving the ship out of the historical zone.

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Also the ships are going in to overhaul to have scrubbers put in

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One of the issues, is that the Fantasy violates the city code on height. You can see the stack above the 23 church steeples.

 

 

 

BTW, I'm a fan of the CCL's Fantasy or any other line, being in Charleston for cruise business. I would like to see more ships based there.

How does a ship count as a building?

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The Fantasy is a surprising ship to those who have sailed the newer, nicer ships on CCL or even more upscale lines. I think this is because the decor is a bit more understated than most Carnival ships, it is in excellent condition and the staff is very good. It will probably stay in Charleston until a) the community groups suing CCL and our State Ports Authority prevail and force so many restrictions on it that it will have to leave, or b) those groups finally lose or compromise and our SPA can finally build the newer, larger, state of the industry Cruise Port that they've had on the drawing board for a decade.

 

 

 

To those who think our port facilities look like crap, it is NOT the fault of Charleston or our Port Authority, it is that the plans to build the new facility have been enjoined for a very long time and are still being litigated.

 

 

 

To me, port facilities are like airports, the faster you move through them, the less you care about what they look like. When we left on the Fantasy last, the time from entering the maze that leads you to the passenger drop off until the time we were standing in our cabin, was about 30 minutes. It took us longer than that to get parked and find our so-called VIP check-in line at the Port Everglades "nicer" port facility.

 

 

 

Fantasy passengers need to know one thing, the appearance of our present cruise port facility, is as indicative of the spectacular beauty of the rest of the City as the Freeport Industrial container transhipment port is reflective of the beaches and waters that can be found on Grand Bahama if you are willing and able to venture beyond what is inherently going to be a rather industrial setting.

 

 

 

If (when?)our Port is finally expanded for cruise ships despite the litigation, expect to see CCL move a larger ship to Charleston. We are a comfortable drive from many areas of SC, NC, GA and eastern TN (which includes one heck of a lot of people) and it is so nice to be able to avoid flying these days. And a larger CCL ship is exactly what a small minority in Charleston are trying to prevent.

 

 

 

Random thoughts from one long-time Charleston resident who will gladly be boarding the Fantasy after the grueling 10 minute ride from my house in 11 days!

I thought the case was dropped?

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That's EXACTLY what I did!!!!:D:D

They opened up 20 spots, exactly ONE week after we booked.

This is the first time cruising with it, and we are psyched!:D:D

Well worth it, just to dump the bags once we get onboard.....

The rest is a bonus!!!:D

Well actually that's what I hear other people doing every cruise my family books and we always get FTTF right away with no wait :)

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The ship engine system is completely re-built to a new design that will be used on there new ships and some when they go in for an overhaul for the smoke smell it's going to be there for a while.

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Yep go with apple and if your company Is a Microsoft dominant company then purchase a parallel software don't no the exact name of it just google for if

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FTTF takes so much dedication to get it you have to be on your account pretty much all the time and when you see it slap your card on it :)

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GoPro enough said

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It's above the standards set by the U.S. Health agency it's capable of turning sea water to drinkable water but you can bring water if you want

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So I did a search on the lawsuit and it has been officially dropped and the new terminal will be built after a quick study that the core of engineers need to complete.

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Also the dock can only hold fantasy class ships the new dock will be able to hold ships to the size of the vista (not sure about oasis) I'm sure the suit will be dropped soon.

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Certain residents don't even want carnival to be there so for RCCL to set-up shop there would make them throw a hisse fit.

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You carnival needs to offer a to go lunch program where you can select from a variety of meals that are sealed and legal to bring into port.

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Oh yeah

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Oh but still a pretty cool ship design though.

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this was a design concept also there's one on YouTube haven't found it yet but what I can remember it had an open air design like the oasis.

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I would love to see it go out of Charleston to Bermuda because it's the closest port to Bermuda...actually too bad it can't sail out of Wilmington (Bermuda is off NC coast) NOW that would be super awesome for us!

Charleston would be great but until the lawsuit is dropped against the SCPA the new port which is needed to be able to berth such a ship. But I do think the fantasy will be retired into one of there low-end cruise lines.

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Yes they put the orange tag on your luggage just make sure you actually tell the porter that you have it and show him the little logo that's on the tags. The tag your print off just tells them where that bag needs to go.

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Yes just a two hour drive

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Yeah port of Charleston getting there is a headache I just wish the multi milliners just dropped the law suit and let the port authority just do there job.

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