watermelonqueen99

Hello, we are heading there in september also do you think I could get an copy also?

I'll need your email address.

Okay, I got all the Fun Times scanned, but I can't save them as JPEG's to upload them to Photobucket so that I can post them here. But if you'll shoot me an email at zumbagirl78@yahoo.com, I can send them to you in a PDF format.

We're booked for the Dream April 5th. The deposit was $500 for my husband and I. Final payment is due around January 21st I think.

For our cruise on the Magic last month, we had FTTF, we did self-assist with our luggage, used the Carnival shuttle, and we were at Hobby a little after 9 AM!

I have the Times for the Western Caribbean on the Magic from last month that I could email you. Would that help?

Ok, so I took pictures of the Times with both my phone and regular digital camera, and I just can't get good, clear pictures of them. :confused: Another option is I can scan them at work on Monday and upload them, or even photocopy and send them via snail mail. When are you cruising?

I don't know about the aft cabin, but we were in a cove balcony, deck 2 mid, last month, and we did smell a sewer smell several times. It was pretty bad a couple of times. :eek:

I have them from April 6th-13th but I don't have a scanner. The best I could do is take pictures of them and post them. Would that work? I could probably do it some time tomorrow.

This happened to me twice. The first time, I got no email response, but the credit showed up a couple days later. The second time, I got no response and no credit showed up, so I had to call Carnival. They said they had no record of me submitting the price drop form :rolleyes:, so they connected me to a manager, who I guess magically was able to find my email, and I got my OBC. I would either submit another form, or give them a call.

Really enjoyed this, these have to be some of the best pictures I've ever seen in a review! :)

We are looking to book our first cruise for our 15-year anniversary

I just had to reply to this, because we just went on our first cruise last month, and we were celebrating our 15th anniversary! Your post tugged at my heartstrings! :D:D

You will have an amazing time, no matter what itinerary you choose! Feel free to read my review (link in signature), we did the Western Caribbean, which was Montego Bay, Jamaica and Cozumel. We were supposed to also stop at Grand Cayman, but we had to skip it due to high seas, and that was ON our anniversary. That was disappointing. But we had a great time in both ports. Good luck in making your decision! :)

I enjoyed reading your review! We were on the Magic a couple of weeks before you. We had a wonderful experience, and just a fantastic time overall. The Magic is a beautiful ship, and the staff is amazing! :)

That's horrible! That's happened to us twice, but we have no way of knowing how this person got our check card number. We live in Oklahoma, and someone in California was using our bank account/check card number to go on a shopping spree to the tune of nearly $2000. Another time, someone in New York used it to order themselves a new laptop from Walmart. Luckily, both times our bank was on it and shut off our account immediately, and we were reimbursed for all the charges.

We were on the Magic last month. There were 5 ships in port with us in Cozumel, and we docked at Puerta Maya.

We brought a power strip on the Magic, it wasn't confiscated, and was on the vanity in full view of our room steward all week, with no problem. :)

As with any vacation we take, I book a year in advance, and pay on it as we go. We don't have/use credit cards, we pay for everything with cash, so this is how we have to travel. For our current cruise, I will make a payment of $92 every 2 weeks starting June 15th, and it will be paid off January 15th. When that's paid off, I'll book the flight, and then I'll save up our spending money. I love not coming home to a credit card bill! :D

We booked our recent April cruise nearly a year out, and we ended up with over $300 in onboard credit through price drops. You just cannot beat booking early, and booking early saver if your dates are set in stone. We attended a future cruise seminar on our last cruise, and the guy that was doing it could not stress enough how important it is to book early, and how beneficial it is to book early saver! I just booked our cruise for next April this morning, and my rate was $769 per person for 7 nights in a cove balcony. :)

Tell your friend she has fabulous taste! I have that same Cozumel bag, only in purple and pink! :D

Enjoyed your review as always, and your dad is in my thoughts! I can tell through your reviews that he's tough, I'm sure he'll be just fine! :)

Is that an interior room? I just booked the Dream this morning, $769 for a cove balcony in April. :)

It would be so easy to spend hundreds onboard the ship! Between the shops, the pictures, the coffee shop, the casino, the specialty restaurants, the alcohol, etc. It all depends on what you want and what you do. If you booked early saver, be sure and check for price drops to get some onboard credit. We had over $300 in OBC, and didn't have to put any money on our account until the end, and even then it was under $50. We had drinks, souvenirs from the shops, dessert from the coffee shop, etc, all covered by OBC. Where our budget really took a hit was in port, where EVERYONE and their dog wanted a tip. And the taxi ride alone in Cozumel, round trip with tip, was $40. :eek: We easily dropped $100 in tips just in 2 ports. (We had to skip Grand Cayman due to high seas.) I say bring more money then you think you will need, and go home with some. That's better than not having enough while on your cruise!

I do respectfully disagree with the poster who said that first-timers should stick with Carnival excursions. We took our first cruise last month, and both of our excursions were through independent companies, and they were both fantastic. The key is doing your research and finding safe, reputable companies that have legitimate reviews on places like Trip Advisor. We saved money by booking independently.

Enjoy your cruise! :)

We're sailing April 5th on the Dream, and only a couple excursions are showing up, and Freeport isn't even showing up at all as a Port of Call on the excursion page.

Loving the review! We were on the Magic last month, she is such a beautiful ship! We're doing this same itinerary on the Dream next April! :)

We did Jamaica/Cayman/Cozumel out of Galveston on the Magic last month for our 15th anniversary. We loved it! We did a beach/resort at each port. (We had to miss Cayman because of weather and high seas.) There are pictures in my review, the link is in my signature. :)

LOVE THIS PICTURE.....my dad had to go wee wee but all he had was a $20.00 bill. He had to buy a pop to get a $1.00 bill before he could use the toilet. :p HAHA

 

This pic is hilarious! :D I can't believe they charge to use the bathroom! :eek::eek:

No no! Coves are the "worst" cabin...ever!!! :p

 

 

(The more people that realize how GOOD they are, the harder they will be to book!)

 

 

So again...they are the WORST cabins on the ship!!!!!!

:D You can't fool me, I've already had one! :D But that's an excellent strategy!