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I'm an atheist, so I don't believe in the "traditional" afterlife, but I do have a "story", although it didn't happen on a cruise. When I was 22 and in nursing school, I was shadowing an RN during a hospice home visit. The patient we were visiting that day was a *very* elderly lady, confined to her hospital bed in her living room. As we stood over her doing an assessment, out of the corner of my eye, I saw the front door open, an elderly gentleman walk in and hang his hat on the coat rack before heading up the staircase. Later on I asked the nurse who the man was who came in earlier. She gave me the weirdest look and told me this lady lived alone, except for her female caregiver. She told me the lady's husband had passed away 20 years prior. To this day, I still get goosebumps when I think about it. And that was many, many years before I tried my first edible. :'):'):')

Crazy! I don't believe in an afterlife either, but our energy must go somewhere, right? Maybe "ghosts" are just an after-image burnt onto time and space? Or it could just be our minds playing tricks on us. ;p

DH and I used it on the Triumph a couple of weeks ago, and on the Dream in April, and it worked great for us both times. Fun Times is on there, as well as the opening times for different things on-board. Chat worked well for us, from what I can remember. I liked that we could see if anything changed in the itinerary. We had a show that was moved to a different night due to rough waters on the Triumph. Having the Fun Times on the Hub App was very handy for that.

Only when sailing on the SPIRIT.

I see what you did there. ;p

Boo :D ! Did I scare you ? :o

AAAAHHH!!! *Runs and hides*

I worked on The Mississippi Queen and Delta Queen. I believe both were haunted. And I certainly had several pax die over the years. Legend has it.....(go look it up....its interesting reading!) BUT....I did not know any of the legend before going to work and still thought that it was!

 

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I grew up in Memphis and heard all kinds of stories about those ships being haunted.

I wonder what kind of ghosts are on the Ecstasy. Don't forget the worker who got killed by the elevator 2(?) years ago.

Oh wow. I hadn't heard about that! :o

I love hearing ghost stories. We just returned from a trip to Gettysburg for a week and we stayed in a pre-civil war era house. There was a ghost in the house named Ben. In the guestbook several guests talked about him. They all said he liked shiny things. While we never saw him, we did return to the bedroom one night and my wifes ring she had put on the dresser, was in the middle of the floor. That was super cool. I have only had 1 'ghost' dream in my life. I was at my great grandparents house doing something, I don't remember. I asked my great grandpa to do something for me and he said "I would but I can't, I'm dead". That dream has stuck with me since. I woke up in a cold sweat because everything was crystal clear and so vivid. What made it weird was that he died when I was 5.

Oh wow. Yeah, this definitely wasn't my first dream about the deceased. I had a similar dream about my grandmother after she passed. I was nine. Talk about freaked out! I've had a couple of other random ones, but I always brush it off as my imagination getting the best of me. Who knows? :confused:

In my best Jeff Spicoli voice " People on ludes should not cruise! " :D

Oh! Should *NOT* cruise! Damn, I got it backwards. ;)

Haven't seen a ghost, but once on the Ecstasy we had heard that a passenger had died in one of the cabins on the cruise before ours. When we checked in at the port, they changed our cabin without telling us why. We later found out that the cabin we were supposed to be in was the one where the passenger died ☹️

Aww.. That's awful! :( I wonder if s/he may be the subject of someone else's ghost story?

Did Carnival back bill you for the extra guest?

:') Nah, they'd probably make us pay extra for Cheers, though!

Hey cruisers! DH and I recently returned from a cruise on the Triumph, where I'm pretty sure I was dream-stalked by a former (late) passenger. We stayed in cabin 2344, in the belly of the ship. Overall, our experience was a good one. We had issues with the toilets not flushing on occasion and lights flickering at times, but otherwise it was a pretty good cruise (aside from rude bar staff, which I've never had before on a Carnival cruise). But, I digress... Now, I'm not normally one to claim to see ghosts or anything supernatural like that, but this kinda freaked me out. Each night of our five-day cruise, I would fall asleep and have a random dream, and every night, an elderly woman who was obviously not of this world anymore would interrupt my dream by walking across my line of sight or popping up out of nowhere, screaming. Of course, I woke up with a start most nights when this happened and it would take several minutes for me to fall asleep again. When I would fall asleep the second time, she wasn't there. Each night though, it was the same elderly lady that interrupted my dreams. She was a Caucasian lady, possibly in her 70s with curly red (dyed) hair in a short style. I've searched the internet for a possible match, but have yet to come up with anything. She was obviously in distress, and I wanted to help her, but I had no idea how to do so, especially as she scared the shiitake out of me! Finally on the last night of our cruise, I told my DH about what I'd been seeing in my dreams, and he jokingly suggested that I just needed to show her how to disembark from the ship. I laughed and said aloud something like, "Yeah! Just go to the gangway when they call for your floor number, lady!" That night, I didn't have any dreams about the old lady. She didn't interrupt my sleep once, and I haven't had such an experience since. Maybe she found her way off the ship after all? Have you guys ever experienced such a thing on a Carnival cruise (or another cruise line)? Tell me about your ghost stories.

There's definitely a lot of seafood to choose from, but they have other options, too! Pastas, Chicken dishes, Steaks, and Pork Chops, to name a few... Although usually the steak is at an extra cost.

Find out if people are leaving their balcony doors open, it will cut the cooling to the rooms on the same circuit.

Not to be a smart asterisk, but how does one just "find out" if people are leaving balcony doors open? I certainly wouldn't want some random cruiser knocking on my cabin door and asking! :o

Cabin 8367 on the Dream April 9-16, 2017 (balcony, mid) - DH likes to sleep with the a/c on and with the knob turned all the way to "blue" it was COLD!

Ben Lambert is the current cruise director, he's on Facebook. However he's about to leave the Ecstasy so I don't know who will be taking his place. I hate that he's leaving the Ecstasy since she sails out of South Carolina and he's from South Carolina.

Using this information, you can try searching for him on social media for whatever your needs might be. With that in mind, is there perhaps someone else who could answer your questions better? We contacted our Maitre' D for our recent cruise about dining times and table. If you have a general question, Carnival's website does have a "Contact Us" link at the bottom of the page. HTH!

Cozumel does require a government-issued photo ID (at least they did last May when we cruised with Carnival). The kids just need their S&S card to get on and off the ship (as will the adults, of course). Sometimes they will ask the kids their age, name, or birth date as a security measure. Hope you've gotten the info you were looking for! :) Enjoy your cruise!!

I was able to see it when I right clicked and opened it in a new tab. It's definitely not too dressy! Looks great! Although, on this last cruise, I wore a sequined formal dress with 4" heels. It was a seven day, and I did feel that more people dressed up for elegant nights than on the five day cruises.

Did you get it from Kermit's or what is the best place?

Not sure of "the best place," but we went to Blue Gecko. They also had ice cream for the kiddos. :)

There is one thing I forgot to put in my original post.

 

When you check in online, it asks if you are pregnant and how far along. You then have to fill out a paper form to tell Carnival what you just told them online. Anyone know why?

What hftmrock said. You're supposed to fill out the health questionnaire within three days (or is it two?) of cruising. You can check in online much earlier than that. If, at the time of check-in, you are 20 weeks pregnant, you could easily be past the 24 week mark at cruise time.

I disagree. Here is your OP.

 

"Does anyone else think it is absurd that a woman that is past menopause is still required to complete the pregnancy questionnaire?"

 

 

Now you can claim you weren't complaining but what you stated is most specifically a complaint. But here is the gist of it which should answer the rest of your questions. They ask you because they can. They are making a one for all form, easy to reproduce, and everyone can answer the question(s) that pertain to them. You want to complain about it, go ahead an complain. Carnival owns the company and can do as they please without without giving you an explanation (all of the reasons here are just educated guesses). If that is too absurd for you, sail with someone else (though other cruise lines ask the same general questions for the same general reasons) or don't sail at all.

 

The number of posts on this subject is bordering on ridiculous, IMO. :rolleyes:

:') ComputerNerd, I like your style. :')

Don't do the glass bottom boat in Key West. It was a waste of time for us. We waited in line for approximately an hour and then saw nothing. I really want to go back to walk the town as it is very pretty and so much to see. Have some key lime pie while you are there, it is the best.

Yes! I can't believe I forgot to add this. Gotta have Key Lime Pie in Key West! Bucket list item check-off. Haha.. We did. It was delicious. :)

3 out of my last 4 cruises have been "free" (~$200 port/tax for 7-days).

 

We just got off Splendor a few weeks ago after receiving that "happy little paper" in our mailbox the night before. I went online the next day and there were plenty to choose from, but the next day the one we really wanted had been snapped up. But it turned out ok - we grabbed an upgrade/upsell - I was monkeying around with the options on the website and snatched a Grand Suite out of Baltimore (no flight :-) for $300 each, which retails at $4,850! I did lose $450 in the casino, but I count this as a win! I typically spend two to four hours in the casino, most nights. I'll usually skip a night to do activities with my kid.

 

I love Carnival. Now if they'd just improve the food and put the tablecloths back.

Hey, that sounds like a win to me! Enjoy your Grand Suite! :)

We just got back from the Dream with this itinerary. In Key West, we went to Ripley's Believe it or Not with the kids and walked the shops. We booked a snorkeling excursion in Freeport at Dead Man's Reef/Paradise Cove. It would've been an amazing experience if the weather was on our side. We did not like Nassau. We didn't book anything there, though. We figured we could just walk around and look at the shops but there wasn't much to see, and the people we encountered weren't very nice. I hear Junkaroo Beach is the place to go in Nassau, so maybe we should've went there! Retrospect. Side note: We booked both of our excursions online and not through Carnival. It was cheaper that way. :) Good luck, and I hope you find something you enjoy!!

Thanks for all of the info, you guys! I've learned a lot! :D

I wear slightly nicer clothes in the MDR than I would wear on the Lido deck for dinner. Nice jeans (not shredded/destroyed), Bermuda shorts, skirt, that kind of thing, and a top that keeps everything together while being a bit nicer than a tee-shirt. DH wears nice shorts, khakis, or nice jeans, and usually a polo shirt. For elegant night we like to get dressed up in a suit for him (sometimes a tie, but not this last cruise), and a formal gown or cocktail dress for me. However, I've seen a lot more sun dresses and pants suits on women in the last couple of cruises. As long as you're not in a tee and cutoff shorts, I think you're fine! :D (Personal opinion: I honestly wouldn't mind if another cruiser did wear a tee and cutoffs in the MDR. I'm on vacation and couldn't care less what someone else is wearing! *hides under the table*)