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I believe that I am incorrect on that front. I think the lack of Fjord cruises is probably because they changed the requirements in 2024 for the pollution so I doubt Carnival's oldest ships meet that criteria.

Honestly, I don't think these are all of them. Some dates are missing.

I will be choosing between the 12 day western on July 28th and the 8 day Med on May 30th.

FINALLY! I literally contacted John about this yesterday and he told me was going to get back with me...and he did!!! (I am not suggesting that I have that sort of pull...it was surely coincidence.)

What do you mean by "modified a booking"? Do you mean name changes and room changes/category changes? I have no doubt that Carnival can raise taxes, fees, etc. but OP is saying this is to the original cruise rate changed and not the port fees, taxes, etc. Unless the TA booked under a new/different rate or changed her room, I don't see how Carnival could change the base fare.

Now that's just unfair.

Interesting...now you have me want to go back and check on mine. I wonder if your TA changed your booking to a higher rate to get more OBC or drinks on us or something like that.

As an aside, my Diet Dr. Pepper got searched for the first time EVER in 10+ cruises on my recent Galveston sailing so I think they are all around being stricter on security. Or, either that, it was because my husband went through security with my DDP (whereas I normally carry it) and he looks more unsavory than I do.

In Galveston they sniffed everyone as you walked past, but I didn't see the dog alert on anyone.

When I was in Jr High the dogs alerted on my locker. I wouldn't have known what drugs looked like back then. Nothing was in there when they searched it. Ever since then, I have wondered if they sometimes get distracted by things like dog treats, bacon, other food, other dog smells, etc... My husband also once had his vehicle searched in Round Top, Texas because a police officer thought he saw explosives in his vehicle. What he saw was a doggie chew toy for our Great Dane. My husband and the officer both got a good laugh when the officer realized what it was.

Ryder Cup will REALLY drive the prices up. We have been to the Masters and the price of the hotels was crazy in Augusta...which is a small town with not much there...like $800 per night for Holiday Inn Express. When we went to The Open in 2022 for their 150th anniversary, we ended up staying like an hour away because there was NOTHING in St. Andrews at all. It ended up not being a problem at all because we rented a car and they had plenty of free parking and would shuttle you in. They even had a field full of tents that you could rent, but I don't have any desire to stay in a tent with my kids.

That's a good deal, but unfortunately I don't have that card. Both my husband and I have a Chase United and a Chase British Airways to collect miles for flying. I live in Houston which is a hub for United so I fly United for most of my non-Europe flights and I fly BA for most of my Europe flights because there are two direct flights a day from IAH to LHR...and from LHR, I can get pretty much anywhere.

Hmm...the rate should be the same (unless as others have said taxes and port fees went up), BUT I had a similar situation on a booking booked through a TA (and also on a European cruise) where I also *thought* the rate was raised by a minor amount and my online booking on Carnival just shows $0 so I can't go back and see how much I originally was quoted to know for sure. But I had in my mind it was one amount and then ultimately was charged a more so I sort of wonder if this is something going on with either TAs or Carnival. .

Thanks for the responses! We decided to just go into town as yall suggested instead of booking an excursion or trying to go to the estate. I think it will be too much trouble to get to the Chateau and I don't want to pay over $500 for all 4 of us to go.

It was not a good way to start the cruise. All the roads were parking lots in Dover due to some issue with the French border. School had just let out for summer vacation in several of the shires so there was the traffic of people trying to go over the boarder for vacation added to the normal traffic of 18 wheelers with food/supplies coming and going from continental Europe. Roads were completely shut down. It made the international news. The French blamed the British and the British blamed the French. Fortunately, that had all cleared by debark and debark was a breeze.

The only way I was able to finally buy some AARP cards was getting on my phone (not my computer) and paying for them through paypal. The AARP website always says I have incorrect address information BUT my address information is the same on all credit cards and with AARP. I have lived in the same house since 2008. (I do have a lake house we lived in briefly, but none of my bills were sent there and it isn't listed with aarp.)

@cyntil8ingThanks for the link! A ton of useful information. I was on the cruise before you last year. Were any of the ports tender ports? It doesn't look like it from the information that you posted.

Are you on the May 28th sailing, too? I used to have a really brutal commute, but I don't do that anymore thank goodness.

I want to know specifically about the Carnival excursions in LeHavre. I am interested in either the Paris on Your Own Carnival excursion or one of the Carnival excursions to Mont St. Michel. Both are 2.5-3 hours away (so a 5-6 hours roundtrip bus ride) from Le Havre. We are in port 14 hours. (I do not feel comfortable going out on my given the places are so far away.) For those of you who have done either, was the bus ride absolutely brutal? Or was it worth it? Anyone who has been to both places have one they prefer over the other? Any other thoughts or experiences? There are no reviews on the Carnival website for either... Alternatively, there is an excursion to a nearby Benedectine monastery on the general Carnival website but it isn't listed yet for my specific cruise yet...perhaps it will come up later. Would doing this be better?

I know that either one will involve a 2.5-3 hour bus ride one way. This is the third reschedule of a cruise from Barcelona to London for us so I expect it will be years before we will be back. The ship will be in Le Havre for 14 hours---from 7 am to 9 pm. Originally (2 years ago) when we were booked on this cruise, we were going to Mont St. Michele and I was going to leave my kids on the boat with my Mom...but now they are old enough that they protest greatly about such a plan. My kids (9 and 10 at time of cruise) really want to go to Paris to see the Eiffel Tower. I know that with 5 to 6 hours spent on the bus, we won't get much time to do anything other than see the Eiffel Tower, but I feel like Paris is so iconic that to be that close and not see it, that we should suck it up and go on the bus ride. On the other hand, I feel like at some point in the future (although, it may be 10+ years) we will make it back to Paris. I think it is less likely that we will ever make it back to Mont St. Michel and it looks like a really neat place. Or should we not even undertake such a long drive and do something like the much closer Benedictine monastery?

Nope, I have not seen that before. It makes me glad that I am not cruising on spring break...

Non smoking casino

I wasn't around for a lot of the things others have mentioned (or had not cruised with carnival), but my two are: 1. Less likely to get noro/other stomach virus (which my husband has gotten on a ship) due to babies in diapers not sharing pool with adults. 2. Cleaning/cleanliness at buffet seems to have stepped up which I like as a Germa phobe 3. Muster drill is so much better

Item got fixed. Thanks for help.

At least on my Europe cruise. If you are on a Europe cruise, you may want to book asap because they have raised them twice recently that I am aware of. Will post a few pics of price increases I noticed. This is not meant to be a debate but an FYI for anyone who was holding off on booking.