Bostwick girl

That would mean you were on the cruise after we were. We were on Dec 8 forward by the elevators and none in our party (2 balconies, 1 interior) never noticed any sewer smell. We spent a good bit of time on the balcony both at sea and in port because DH had a back issue and could hardly walk. And by the way, our grandson and wife were getting off when we were getting on, and they said they had no issues with sewer smells. They were on Deck 7 interior but hardly stayed in the cabin.

I’d take the 6 day on Magic if they’re the same price. Magic is bigger than Freedom, but not too big. It has a nice layout and also has a separate non smoking casino on Deck 4 which is nice. Been on Magic 3 or 4 times since restart, and will be again November 5th.

You don’t get the Fun Times in your room anymore. You need to download the Carnival Hub app and once on board you use it for pretty much anything. What’s Happening would be where you see the activities for the day, Food and Drinks is all the dining info as well as the menus. You can see your Account Summary, Schedule your table in dining room for z breakfast and sea day brunch. There are QR codes on everything so you scan to see menus and things like that. Very different from when you last cruised! You can go to Guest Services desk every morning to get a paper copy of the fun times. I suggest you go on Carnival’s website and you can read about a lot of the changes, and of course read thru here!

Was there any specific information you wanted to know about? We were on the August 29 4 day and it was fine. Had one of the best wait staff teams ever in the MDR and for Sea Day Brunch out of 40 cruises. The food was good, always hot for a change! The cabin steward was awesome, and actually talked everyday with the floor supervisor, very nice! The casino was fun, smoke wasn’t a bad problem, I think the air filtration is better these days. We had a Diamond cocktail party at 5 pm on the last day. There were only 16 diamonds on board but all didn’t attend. Lots of drinks and snacks. Most of the officers and Dustin the cruise director were there, but not the captain. We were on Deck 8 near the elevators in balcony rooms and one interior room. Never noticed any bad odors, I personally smelled weed a time or two and my sense of smell is really bad. Our son and his friend said they smelled it several times. Guess carnival needs to start having the k-9 dogs around during embarkation, not just debarkation. Let me know if you have any other questions! Another thought, the Liberty is beginning to show her age and is in need of a cosmetic dry dock, lots of rust and standing water on the balcony.

Guess I’m the oddball here since I do use room service. I enjoyed putting my card out the night before to have my coffee and danish for DH delivered at 6 am since we are early risers. I always chose between 6 and 6:30 and it was usually around 6:10 which was great! I now call when I get up and so far have only waited about 20 minutes. If they were to do away with it, I’d have to get up, get dressed then go up to Lido with our cups to get coffee and go back to the room. Not a big deal nor a deal breaker, but it’s just a part of my cruise that I’ve always enjoyed. The August 29 cruise we were on was the first time we ever ordered lunch from Room Service, it was good, and was good for us in that circumstance as DH had back issues and could hardly walk for the entire 4 days.

Would be nice if they said they were planning to go to the Steakhouse or wherever they wanted to go. If they want to go to steakhouse, they probably need to make a reservation precruise as it books up early.

On our Liberty cruise on the 29th, they looked at everything! We are fully vaxed and Diamond. They did funnel us into a short line with 4 agents, which I assume was priority boarding, and our son into the general long line. Was funny he got done before we did! Could be because they had at least 20 agents. He said they didn’t even look at his Verifly, just birth certificate and DL. So much for priority and Verifly. I won’t be using it anymore!

All the door banging unfortunately is not kids! It’s those people who just can’t go in and out of a door without slamming! We just got off liberty Friday, the cabin next door was 2 older adults, no kids, kept slamming balcony door every time no matter the time. The young couple on the other side were fighting at all hours of the day and night! So guess in my instance I’m taking up for the kids. There really were very few kids on our cruise, guess school had started back.

Take the upgrade! Ocean view midship unless you really prefer being in an inside room.

We generally have each cabin book the steakhouse at the same time, then choose the dining time. Once every cabin gets confirmed, then just wait till embarkation day, go to the steakhouse and tell them you’re all together.

There is a keypad on each slot machine. Insert your sail & sign card in the slot. I can’t remember now what it asks, but it’s self explanatory. You will be asked your date of birth and create a 4 digit pin. Generally people sitting around you will be happy to help, or just go to the casino host and they will help you.

I believe the go by muster station now, although I don’t recall the order. Don’t think it really matters to anyone because as soon as they say they have clearance, people all over are heading out!

Always remember, the higher up you go, the worse the motion is. If you’re prone to seasickness, don’t choose the higher decks. There’s very little motion on the lower decks. The vibration you hear is the thrusters when docking and leaving.

Hopefully the wheelchair assistance is better now than it was just prior to pandemic. We waited over an hour for one along with several other people. We finally gave up and DH carefully and slowly walked on board. That was the last straw for him. When we got home we purchased a mobility scooter.

Glad you enjoyed Liberty! Probably been on her at least 8 times since 2016 I think. We did a 3 day in early June and are going on 4 day August 29. Everything is pretty much as you describe. Crew is fantastic as always! Just mentioning fyi they no longer have the Future Cruise desk on any of the ships. Was always fun to look at the lists of cruises they had and the special rates.

If you go into your cruise manager, look under Booking and Order details. It will show your invoice, any obc you have, etc. At the bottom left side of the page, click on View Cancellation Details. That will show you what it would cost to cancel. If The offer you got is worth paying that fee, then do it.

I believe the Christmas decorations go up December 1.

In lieu of Faster to the fun and Priority boarding for Platinum and Diamond, you have to choose an arrival time when you are allowed to check in for your cruise. If you’re platinum or Diamond, you can check in 16 days prior to your cruise. All others can check in 14 days prior. The only real priority right now is for suite guests.

This may no longer be needed with the new requirements announced yesterday.

Love the Spirit as well as her sister ships! The layout is so much better to navigate than the larger ships! Deck 2 is the promenade deck. You can literally leave the aft dining room and go to the front of the ship without any elevators! So convenient!

Visit carnival.com. At the top left hand side of the page, review the latest protocols related to non axed.

John Heald said when Carnival initially dropped the testing for 5 days or less, Verifly had to be updated to reflect that and the beards were working with Verifly to get that done. So Verifly updated to not have to upload testing results for less than 5 days. Then about that same time Carnival backtracked on the testing requirement. As of yesterday Verifly has not changed back. I entered all our info and uploaded vaccination cards yesterday for a 4 day Bahamas cruise, and there was no place for test results to be uploaded. All our info was approved and we have the Green all set checkmark. At this point, I’ll just bring my test results.

There was a special precruise discount of an additional 20% off Cheers back before the end of the year.

If I don’t write down my offer with my booking info, I don’t know either, lol. If I don’t know after I get on board, after the casino opens, go to the host. They will check their list to see if you’re on it. Seems like it would be a simple thing to show what offer you booked under on your cruise manager, but they don’t. You can also call Carnival.

We are Diamond so checkin is 16 days. Had 7 cruises since restart and have never seen 18 day checkin. Must have been a glitch. As to check8n times, we usually choose 12-12:30 and have had no problem with others in our group who are Gold getting that same time. Good luck and happy cruising!