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  1. The Cowboy steak is my favorite.... with the stuffed mushroom appetizer 🤤
  2. We did the Pasta making class on Mardi Gras. Made fettuccini and a pancetta tomato sauce from scratch. It was a lot of fun and would recommend it. The class was about an hour. There were about 10 cooking stations in the room with 2 people per station. They have all the ingredients pre-measured in little dishes and walk you through the entire process. At the end of the class, you get to sit and enjoy what you prepared. They gave everyone a "Carnival Kitchen" rubber spatula as a parting gift. I've attached the handout they gave us with the recipes. Pasta Master Class.pdf
  3. This problem was fixed by Carnival on Thursday. I had the same problem earlier in the week. Then the system was down most of the day Thursday. You couldn’t even make payments by calling in. Around 4:30, it was back up and the partial payment was working.
  4. You can just send in the purchase confirmation doc, if you have not yet gotten the account statement.
  5. One-way cruises that disembark in another country require a passport - even though you have a B2B to return.
  6. It’s absolutely nuts. why on earth would one application be fulfilled in a few weeks and another takes months? Here’s some other things that may or may have been a factor in getting my renewal so fast. - The existing passport still have over a year left on it, but we did it now because of timings of the other trips. - I filled out the DS-82 renewal application online and printed/mailed the completed form with the bar code. - I indicated travel plans on the application with a date months before my actual travel - The photo was taken with an iphone, uploaded to the Dept of State website to crop, then printed from Walmart.com, with photo compliance checking. - It was mailed via USPS Priority Mail flat rate envelope - Even though I expected this to take 10-13 weeks, I checked the status online twice a day everyday. (Yeah, I know… overkill) But I wonder if that bumps the priority behind the scenes…??
  7. Just renewed a passport book in about 3 weeks. No expedited or rushed shipping services - just the standard $130 renewal June 5 - Mailed application via USPS Priority Mail June 7 - Application received at Dept. of State - Philadelphia June 8 - Online status shows "In process" June 23 - Online status shows "Approved" June 24 - Online status shows "Shipped" June 27 (today) - USPS tracking and Informed Delivery shows expected delivery June 28 (tomorrow). So, barring it getting lost in the mail today, 23 days total from mailing application to receiving booklet. Very pleasantly surprised.
  8. Last week $3,54, includes 18% gratuity. Appears to be increasing frequently.
  9. Agreed. For this reason, I wear a cheap Casio watch on cruises, which is simpler to set back and forth and reliably stays on ship time. Smart phone and watch issues aside, I find it a bit frustrating when we are instructed to change the times on our clocks, but the ship does not adjust the time that is displayed on the cabin phones. Recently on the Spirit, the clocks on the cabin phones were wrong for a full day. Forget about confirming ship time on the Hub app, because it was not working and showed ship time as midnight. Luckily, old reliable Casio ensured I did not miss my free mimosa at the 9:30 AM “Diamonds for breakfast” event at Effys. LOL
  10. With Venezia moving to Pt Canaveral at the end of 2024, has anyone heard what Carnival is thinking for NY sailings? I really hope they continue year-round sailings and don’t revert back to a June-Sept season.
  11. It doesn’t as long as you know. But the check you get at the end of the meal does not say gratuities are included, nor does it remind you that you paid them when you booked. No problem with tipping more - but I would like to know that I’m tipping wayyyyyyy more. anyways, apparently this isn’t an issue for anyone else. So let’s move on.
  12. Exactly what I do. Book as early as possible and every few weeks, look for price drops. Unfortunately in the past year, prices have only gone up to ludicrous levels.
  13. A used gift card will show a zero balance for a short time. After that, it does show up as invalid.
  14. Call the toll free number on the back of the gift card. They can tell you the dates and amounts of all transactions against the card. As wemjam said, sometimes the full gift card balance is applied. This has happened to me many times.
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