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There is the catamaran, but otherwise, I don't know.

The CD, Mat Seguin, is awesome! He's Canadian too, so has to be! I'd tell you to say hi, but I really doubt he'd remember me (Valor, NY cruise, 2015).

We went for my birthday this year, albeit a couple of weeks later. We had to email our pvp during the cruise as they forgot. And all I got was the cake (which was tasty), no gift card, nothing else.

I usually take my travel kettle everywhere with me, especially when I come over to the USA, as I like a nice cup of tea first thing in the morning (So British, such a cliché :)). Do you think this would be allowed? (......and by the way, tea needs to be made with water at boiling point. Water from a carafe? Just NO! :eek:)

Well, I'm Irish, so right there with you the tea thing. I used to bring my own teabags, but really, with the water not being boiling, it was pointless. And no, unfortunately, kettles are not allowed. You'd think John Heald, being English, would do something about it!!!

The smaller carafes are used for water only. You just need to request that. Our waiter informed us when we complained about the coffee taste.

Good to know, thanks!

:mad:Wahhhh!!!!!

 

I've heard so many good things about Dr. E on the Magic.

 

And he's on vacation when I cruise.

 

How is Mat Seguin?

Mat is awesome! We loved him.

We've been on the Glory twice, once right after dry dock. Never seen any of the issues mentioned here, and got the room done 2x a day.

Believe it or not I was on a cruise the week after July 4th and they ran out of all of the frozen drinks mixers. It was on the 2nd day! No Pina Coladas, strawberry daqueries, mango mix-nothing but drinks on the rocks or beer. We were so disappointed but made the best of it.

I would cry. That's all I drink on cruises! Alcohol wise anyway.

We did the Twister excursion to there once, and booked it a second time (cancelled due to weather). We loved it. Twister ride was great (I'd suggest goggles though), and the island area was nice. Nice beach, loungers, hammocks, etc. Beach toys. Food and drink was decent. We would go again.

Problem is, the carafes are used for coffee, so the water tastes like coffee, even when used in tea. And I'm allergic to coffee, so it's a no go.

We're on board March 11, I thought it would be done by then. And I told my kid today about the new slides. Oops.

Were you pointing out 4J cabins 6105/6106 or 7105/7106? Those are the 4Js that appear bigger on the deck plans. Those also happen to be 4 cabins that are modified accessible cabins. If you don't need an accessible cabin, he would not be booking you into one.

 

When he did his research, if he used the goccl site, it shows all 4Js at 185 sq feet.

https://help.goccl.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/758

 

And the 6B or 6C oceanview cabins as 220 sq feet.

 

https://help.goccl.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/755

Hi,

Those links are great, but I can't get them to load for other ships. Any ideas?

Thanks.

His favorite last time we went was the creme brulee' and he was kind of annoyed they didn't have it every night. LOL

Me too, kiddo, me too!

6 days in a row, put out my thing for morning breakfast, no breakfast

You get a baked potato at dinner, no one came with sour cream or cheese for it

Waited over an hour for a drink waiter on deck.....

 

That's just top of mind....

I had the same issue with baked potatoes on the Splendor in July, which really galled, since the menu had the toppings as part of the item, so I wasn't asking for a deviation from the menu, just for them to follow it!

I've yet to find deck service good for ordering drinks on any of the ships.

I just checked for our February 2018 cruise. Carnival is $600 cheaper, $300 cheaper when you take account of the obc on Celebrity. But our OV room on Carnival is way way nicer than on Celebrity. We'll stick with what we have.

5 cruises, port, starboard, front, port, front. All but one port are front section of the ship.

I'm less ocd about this than I always thought I would be!

Going to bring one of those shallow tupperware (the kind that can hold at most 1 small sandwich) on next cruise to get some fruit/cheese to have in the room before dinner.

 

Sue me.

Expect a call from my lawyer (lol)

If you are talking about real Tupperware, I'd suggest getting a Ziploc or other brand of use a few times but eventually disposable container, rather than last forever Tupperware, so if you lose it, no big deal. I think it's a great idea - we were gifted a cheese tray on our last cruise (no idea from who, or why, staff is all I know), and if we'd had a covered container, we could have kept it until ready to eat, rather than it going hard before we could. Such a waste.

When we've ordered room service breakfast, I keep the pots of jam/marmalade in the fridge for the next day. We use so little of it, and I'm sure (I hope!) that they toss what isn't used, so why waste it? Keep todays for tomorrow, and don't order more.

We'll be on your sailing with you. :D

Mary

So you two get together on board and you can order the extra in the MDR that night and pass it along to her. Problem solved!

Let me add my two cents - we spent two weeks on the Splendor this past summer and had a great time. No, it didn't have the 2.0 upgrades but we didn't miss them.

We were on the second leg of that B2B!

We preferred the Glory, thought the food was better, and generally service in the MDR was better. However, since all staff are on contracts, and move around, I doubt that would be relevant months later.

Never did try the Mongolian Wok, lineups are not my thing!

I was getting them also. I changed my phone number to 555 1212 in the profile on their webpage

Or you could put in Carnival's number!

I would think the current shape would be ship shaped. :rolleyes::D:cool:

I just saw this thread now, and came to make the same joke. :D

I just read this whole thread and then realized it was started almost 2 years ago!!!

Navy bean soup

Shrimp cocktail

Escargot

Strawberry bisque

Spring roll

 

How am I going to keep from gaining a ton on my next cruise? :eek:

I manage to not gain by forgetting they have elevators, and walking everywhere, and doing the stairs.

If they'd let us share, I'd probably get it. Our last cruise was 7 days so it would have been 700 dollars for the two of us. I'm just not gonna drink anywhere near that much. I like beer and the beer on board was fine (even if Red Frog is made by Budweiser). There were also cans of Cigar City beers which I love.

 

So, I drank whenever I felt like it. I had beers at the lobby bar all throughout our trip. We had cocktails in the casino. Got a discount card from our room steward for a bottle of wine so we had that one night at the Steakhouse. I had beers at dinner whenever I wanted. (not every night but I would have had I wanted). I had beers at lunches on excursions. (I love finding beers from other countries I can;t get at home. Enjoyed Belikin in Belize and a couple different ones in Cozumel and Salva Vida in Roatan)

 

I never once felt like I was getting cheated out of valuable drinking time. I maintained the buzz I liked when I liked it. And ended up spending less than half of what cheers would have cost us. The bar bill at the end didn't hurt my feelings one bit.

 

So unless they get an intermediate plan, I'm not interested in cheers.

Pretty much that. We bring a bottle of wine each on board, that's two dinners, at least. We're not big drinkers anyway, though, and I'm not going to bother with beer on a cruise - frozen cocktails all the way! We both drank last cruise (8 days), and still spent less in total than if we'd bought Cheers - actually, less than the cost of Cheers for one. And we weren't skimping for our level of drinking.

We booked a month ago for Feb 2018 for my 50th.