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6 minutes ago, firefly333 said:

If I was a kid I was price conscious even bsck then. Spa services to me are very expensive. What ship?

 

If I was a kid I'd have rather bubbles so I can get soda for week than blow it on a hairdo. What ship? Vista has the kids harbor bookings. Where there is a area behind a locked door the kids can gather for tv and milk and cookies. She is the right age. 

 

Christmas or the day before will be a Christmas show with the kids and Santa. The crew was in the aisles with candy canes for the kids, not adults. Even if it's the week before. They handed out some Santa hats. I got one and a large man stole it for his wife, as in manhandled me to grab it from me. I did attend the children's party, and later they took pictures with santa ..to sell to mom and pop. Idk about this xmas and social distancing. 

We will be on the breeze! 

We are getting her the bubbles package. All of her gifts from us will be for the cruise. I just wanted a few things from Santa while on the ship. The 25th is our last port day, so its well into the cruise. 

Good morning!

I am starting to actually believe that our Christmas Cruise will happen this year! Our daughter will be 9 years old at the time and still believes in Santa. We will probably have gifts at home for her and a note from Santa saying they are at the house waiting for her, but I would like for her to get something while on the ship. I was thinking about making a certificate for a day of pampering where she could get her hair done at the salon on board. Does anyone know if they will do hairstyling on kids? 

Any other fun ideas for gifts on the ship? 

Thanks!! 

We are booked on a premier cruise next month, our cabin cost us around $3,044. I did a mock booking today and the same exact cruise and category of room is $1600!! But since its on new bookings only we can't receive the price drop!! BUMMER!

28 minutes ago, Jamesatgsu said:

Other room will not have priority benefits, so yes, you'll be separated unless you get FTTF for that room (If it becomes available again, which happens but you need to check frequently), or you decide to wait with them instead of using the priority access. An exception may be made if the other room is just children.

 

You can get the priority luggage for everyone if you just use luggage tags for the priority room and then just move them to the non-priority room after they are delivered. I'm sure some here wouldn't approve of that though.

Thank you for the information.  Unfortunately FTTF has been completely removed for ours and we were told it wont come back. 

Good morning! 

My family and I have two rooms booked on the Vista for Spring Break. In the past we have always had FTTF and haven't had to deal with this, unfortunately we were unable to snag it this time! My husband received an offer for a premier cruise so our room is booked on that, however; the second room doesn't have premier. Will they separate us and not allow the non premier room into check in at the same time as the room with premier? The other room has a 12:30 check in time. 

Thanks in advance! 

Hello! We will be crushing on the dream next month and my 7 year old would love to get her hair braided. We have done this in cozumel before but thought it would be fun to do in the salon. Does anyone know pricing for this and if they offer many styles? Thanks so much! 

17 minutes ago, 1025cruise said:

Just show up together.

Easy Peasy! Thank you! :)

16 minutes ago, Butterbean1000 said:

Just show up together.  The MD will take everyone's stateroom number.  You will all be seated together.

 

Thank you so much :) 

The Dream is my favorite ship and we are booked to sail on her again in June! Loving your review :)

Somehow I have never experienced the pool at the spa. Adding it to my list for June! 

Hello! I should know the answer to this but don't... We are cruising with another family in June. In the past we have linked reservations for dinner when we had an assigned dining time. We both have selected anytime dining, so can both parties just show up together and be seated, or do i need to link the reservations?

Thanks so much! 

July 20th next year

 

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Then it probably hasn’t opened yet! Definitely keep an eye on it!

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It is possible they will open more up. Keep checking! How soon is your cruise?

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They generally are approved if they are the same thing. One including transportation and the other doesn't will likely result in the claim being denied. It may still go through though.

That’s what i figured, but never hurts to try! Thanks for the response :)

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I just submitted my best price guarantee form. It seems too good to be true. Are most of these accepted? My only concern of it not getting approved is the difference in transportation. The cheaper one I found online doesn't include transportation.

Any success in getting these approved?

We found that one bar is “open” closer to the lockers, and the one at the pool is not. It’s all related to your arm band. Hopefully, you get the right arm band because for some reason one person in our group got a different one (little variation on the color) and she didn’t get any free drinks. It was odd.

 

 

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we would like to do the dolphin swim AND have open bar at the pool. trying to figure out how to make that happen!

I have been to Chankanaab with the all inclusive package a few years ago. This year we were thinking of doing the dolphin swim with buffet. It says open bar at lunch, so does that mean the drinks at the pool are not included? Trying to figure out the best way to do it all!

Thanks everyone!

You can always swap methods of payment at anytime during the cruise or provide separate cards when arriving at the port.

I noticed on the boarding pass it said cash account, its not an issue to change it to a credit card once we arrive in port?

I feel like a newbie, even though I'm not. I'm sailing with a group of friends for the first time so I haven't dealt with this situation before. My friend and I are sharing a room. To complete our online check in can I mark us both as using cash accounts and then change once we check in at the port? How do we keep our accounts separate? Thanks for helping me out with this.

My daughter would love to get her hair braided. I know cozumel offers many places to do this, but we will be in Progreso on Christmas day and this would be a fun gift for her. Is this offered in Progreso?

Thanks!

Here is a link to the Gulf Coast Departures forum:

 

https://boards.cruisecritic.com/forumdisplay.php?f=414

 

Here is a link to New Orleans port forum:

 

https://boards.cruisecritic.com/forumdisplay.php?f=21

 

There is lots of info already there.

 

Thanks a ton!

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Go to the Ports forum for New Orleans. Saint Greg posts alot and he is a local.

Thank you!

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Hey cruising friends! I am cruising out of New Orleans in September and looking for a park and cruise hotel. If you could leave me with some suggestions of hotels that offer this i would appreciate it so much!

Oh.... another quick question, how soon do the Christmas cruises get fully booked ?

 

 

Thanks

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There seemed to be limited room options on the Triumph for Christmas when we booked last week.

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I'll add one more thing. I love getting away over Christmas because while everyone else is going crazy running here and there trying to keep up with the Christmas hustle, I can be relaxing on a ship with warm weather and someone else is doing the holiday chores and cooking. There's a lot to be said for that. I find cruising over Christmas takes a lot of the hassle out of the holidays. It's also a great way to start your own family tradition!

I agree with the starting a tradition. Last Christmas we spent the week in Disney World. We immediately decided traveling over Christmas is going to be “our thing”.

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