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teknoge3k

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  1. As long as you keep the cabinet door propped open, they get pretty cold. The warmer temperatures come from when you shut the cabinet door and the same warm air recirculates and it cannot cool off properly.
  2. We're going to the Dominican for 2 weeks later this summer for vacation as we always do and I'm not the least bit concerned. We travel between Punta Cana & Santo Domingo while there.
  3. Ever since my kids were about 12 we've put them in their own cabin. Minors can board with the adults even if in different cabins. Also as mentioned, you picked an arrival time, not a boarding time.
  4. The elevators are meant to be faster with the concept they're using. On a standard elevator you push the up/down button and you go in whatever door opens going up/down. On the Horizon elevators, you hit the up/down button X amount of times based on how many people you have with you. Then it will tell you which elevator to go to (A, B, C, D, E, F). Then once the elevator opens you get on it with your party and it takes you directly to your floor. It wouldn't stop at other floors unless you have say 2 people going up 3 floors, and someone on the next floor up only has 2 people going up, then they may join yours. It's to eliminate stopping at every floor. The problem is, people just push the button once no matter how many are with them, then get in whatever elevator opens. This screws up the whole process. As far as "and it's full, why would more people crowd into it? ", that's just how people are. If an elevator is completely full and busting at the seams, you can bet your bottom dollar that a party of 6 will join at the next deck with their ice cream.
  5. I wouldn't exactly call them "new" as guests have been using them for 6 years now, but they work great when people actually use them properly. The issue comes when a party of 6 gets in and hits the button once. Then the next stop 4 more people crowd in, and hit the button once. If people would use them properly, they work great!
  6. I've never heard of them, but a quick 30 second Google search on them would have turned me away from them based on reviews.
  7. What mz-s said is correct. You just have to ask, and you'll get it. If you're late to dinner and they're busy you may have to wait a bit for a table to open up in their section.
  8. I've never had an issue filling out the form, and actually used it last week for an upcoming voyage. Here's the URL I've always used: https://www.carnival.com/core/requestforms/priceprotection.aspx Also keep in mind if you used a travel agent for whatever reason, you need to go through them for this. Carnival can't help you if you used a TA.
  9. We sail from Baltimore frequently. We stay at the Hampton Inn downtown Inner Harbor. We prefer the Inner Harbor area for the restaurants and activities. It's a quick Uber ride to the port.
  10. I'd say most cruisers go to Eagle Beach in Aruba since it's so close to port and they don't want to venture out. Baby Beach in Aruba is my favorite and we usually spend a few hours at Baby Beach. Baby Beach is the best beach on the island imho. We like to get away from the cruise crowds. In Curacao, most cruiser go to Mambo Beach which is a manmade tourist trap. Excursions usually go there and Cas Abao. I'd recommend PortoMari or Jeremi Beach. Grote Knip is also nice!
  11. Definitely! Even as a family of 4, we do 2 cabins. Ever since my kids were about 11 we put them in their own cabin. Otherwise it gets really cramped with everyones stuff.
  12. The couch cannot be separated. It's a couch. You may consider putting your kids in their own cabin and you adults keep your cabin. That way you all have more room. As far as noise, you're definitely going to hear noise if you're under the galley. The galley operates all night and can get very loud. We always sleep with a TV on and even with the TV on in our cabin, it was extremely loud.
  13. We always do ATD. We don't eat at the exact same time at home each night and I definitely don't want to be tied to an exact time on vacation. We eat when we get hungry. Some days it's 5pm, some days it's 8pm. We've never had to wait longer than 10 minutes for a table. We check-in as soon as we're ready to walk to the MDR and have a table assigned by the time we get there. We always request the same wait staff and have not had any issue.
  14. I would skip the cruise cash and just load the gift cards onto your account on board, or just pay your folio off the last night with gift cards. Cruise cash is use it or lose it unless you cash out in the casino which many people forget to do.
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