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I used Dramamine Non-Drowsy Naturals with Natural Ginger. Bought it at Walmart. Never had a problem with seasickness the whole cruise.
i used these too! couldn't swallow the pill so i opened them and mixed with water. no issues.
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I have an April 23 sailing on Carnival Splendor and can not locate where to register for a check-in time. I have done this before on previous cruises (even on the Splendor) with no problem. I called Carnival, and they said that picking a check-in time is not available until app. three months before the sailing.
Has any one else had this problem. I do not buy it because I have already chosen a time for a cruise in December.
i checked in online and chose my check in time over 6 months prior to my cruise on the Splendor in December. unless they have changed something, someone gave you the wrong information.
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Thank you for this info as I will dock in Santo Domingo in January and was not sure what to do. So you can walk from the dock to the Colonial Zone? I thought you had to take a taxi, are there bars etc along the Malecon? I would like to walk around a bit but would not care for people following me.
It's about a mile and a half walk to the Colonial Zone so we decided to just walk but a lot of people took a taxi. we did not go to malecon.
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I just got off the Splendor on Monday. She was great! I'm not sure why she is getting bad reviews. We had a blast and would cruise again on the ship anytime.
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I just got off the Carnival Splendor 8 day cruise. We stopped in Santo Domingo on 12/21/16. This was the worst port. Santo Domingo is full of history and is the oldest city in the Americas (I believe). We did not book any excursions so as soon as we got off the ship, we walked to zona colonial (Colonial Zone) to tour the historic area. Before leaving the port area, we overheard one local warning a couple from the cruise about not buying from locals on the street. On our way there we had at least 20 people try to sell us things or offer to be our tour guide. They will follow you to keep trying to sell you things after you politely say "no thank you". It go tot he point where my boyfriend and I started to get upset when they wouldn't take "no" for an answer. Even a guy on crutches offered to be our tour guide and walk us around the area lol.
There is a shopping strip in the zona colonial area where MORE people will try to get you to walk into their shop and buy something.
I would recommend booking an excursion for this port so that you can avoid locals walking up to you/following you. If you decide not to book a tour or excursion, ask the local police for help/directions. There are many standing around the port and downtown area and they were very helpful. We also started to follow closely behind other tour groups to blend in so we wouldn't be bothered.
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If you cannot stay on the ship or do not want to book a hotel for a couple hours or do not want to do an excursion, you can always check your bags in early at the airport (i have done this before) and go be a tourist :)
of course you would have to keep any carry on luggage with you.
What do u do on day of departure
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Your luggage will be picked up and delivered to the baggage claim in the cruise terminal. Once you leave the ship and go into the cruise terminal, you will pick up you luggage, go through security, and take your bags to the airport transfer buses. The buses will immediately take you to the airport. Or you can carry you luggage off the ship yourself. Either way, you are taking your bags to the airport.