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My son's Christmas present is a cruise (with me!) To create build up at present opening time, I'm doing some physical gifts that are designed to baffle him (which is hard because he's smart as a whip). I was going to order a couple of the Abbot eMed tests to wrap up but don't want to buy expired tests. Does anyone know if they have extended the expiration dates? We used them in September and they were awesome.
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7 minutes ago, Computer Nerd said:
Why would you expect a 10% discount on a future cruise? You got a full refund so it's not like you lost anything.
And the OP suggests they would not choose Carnival again so what's the point of getting a 10% discount off a future cruise? Unless.... well, I won't go there.
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Hoping the Paradise starts up in March... I'm booked at the end of March with my son for his birthday.
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You can go to the Community page on his Facebook page and ask your question there. Either he or his assistant, Jacinta, will reply to you.
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On 2/1/2020 at 2:51 PM, Melanie H said:
I signed up for my first cabin gift exchange 🙂. What were some of your favorite gifts that you have received in a cabin gift exchange.
We did it on the Miracle. The instructions were $2 per gift and we had 25 sign up. One person gave us a gift bag of mini ducks. I got a cute pair of socks. Another gave a personalized plastic cup filled with peppermints. OH! The most useful was a couple of cute animal masks (COVID style). BF walked around as a tiger and I wore a bald eagle. Got a mini first aid kit. Mini hand sanitizer. Reusable plastic straws.
They were all little but they were cute. They were generally bagged up and left in the mailbox for contactless delivery. I really enjoyed it.
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4 hours ago, ALWAYS CRUZIN said:
The new menu includes the very best steak in the world. Australian Wagyu. Does anyone know if there is an upcharge for this steak. Our local butcher charges $45.00 a pound. The Wagyu not from Australia is $65.00 a pound. Our up and coming cruise I will ahve to try that. Oct 30 on the Mardi Gras
I was going to order it but my waitress advised that this was merely a dressed up flat iron steak. So I went with the filet mignon instead.
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10 hours ago, RNsoon2beNP said:
Frequent cruiser here- but 1st time at the Steakhouse. Booked a last minute cruise for this week on the Magic. Surprising the hubby with the Steakhouse on the 1st night.
I know on Carnival .com it says not shorts- but follows the MDR/attire. Is there exceptions for the first day? Wanna dress accordingly, not sure if I should pack a change of clothes on the carry on.
Also suggestions for those who have been more than once--- whats your favs???
Thanks in advance 🙂
The chocolate sphere for dessert... omg so good. I loved the filet. BF had the stuffed mushrooms appetizer and he loved those.
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3 minutes ago, stobe1 said:
I could be wrong, but I dont believe Carnival sells those as balcony cabins anymore. They sealed the french doors shut and now it is basically an obstructed ocean view and is sold as such.
Someone please correct me if I am wrong.
That's what we got.. priced as an interior. Waiting for an ocean view to open up.
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It seems to me that the only tie-in to Carnival is because the onset of symptoms coincided with her cruise. I don't think she caught it on the ship - my understanding is that she wasn't feeling well at the first port but pushed through and then the second port (Belize) when she took a bad turn. If this bad turn had happened at Disney World, the Alamo or Food Lion, it would not have made news. Sucks that she had to be medically evacuated though.
I also think this is exactly why Carnival is pre-testing now.
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10 minutes ago, Brkintx said:
I ordered a 6 pack from emed also, but realized that I have a question while I'm waiting... call it second guessing myself...
The instructions say do not open the box... Do they mean the outer box containing the six tests or the box for each test? *assuming they don't mean the shipping box*
This is important in my case, because on my next cruise, I'll be cruising with someone that lives about 1600 miles from me... So my intent was to buy the 6 pack, then send 2 of the tests unopened to her so she can test before the flight. There's plenty of time as the cruise is not until October, but do I need to place a separate order directly to her address or will this work?
(Thanks!)
I opened the outside box. There are 6 individual tests inside and each is marked with "DO NOT OPEN" sleeve. When I ordered I put my and BF's names and DOBs in for the tests. So as I understand it, we are the only ones who can use the tests.
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On 8/22/2021 at 10:14 AM, sc4125 said:
Carnival says that they can't recommend a particular company and I get that. Go to emed.com and look for the Abbot BYNAXNOW. It has received FDA emergency use authorization. It will cost you $150 plus $15 shipping for 6 tests. I have ordered as my plan B in case CVS cancels my test this week.
Mine arrived today.
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Read this blog entry from an RC cruiser this morning. Don't know if it helps but here it is.
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18 hours ago, coasterjan said:
I also live in the Richmond VA area (East End), and I have rapid tests booked at a CVS for my husband and I for next Thursday morning (cruise on Saturday). Now, I'm seriously worried that they are going to cancel our appointments, too. UGH! I couldn't help noticing there weren't many places around here even willing to do the rapid tests. At least I'm forewarned, and I'll keep an eye out for cancellation emails,but I sure hope I'm not going to be frantically trying to find someplace for us to get tested next week....!
I live in Virginia as well (to the east of you in a more rural community). I ended up buying the home tests (with monitoring) because I was afraid of this very thing. Good luck to you and enjoy your cruise!
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According to a post in my cruise group on the Book of Faces, per Jen Baxter, the CD of the Carnival Miracle, there will be a 1980's party on the ship. Now, I was a size 6 way back then and, let's just say, I'm not that now so I don't have any real 80s attire. And even I did, truth be told, I was pretty geeky back then. So off I went to look at stuff on Amazon. You know - leg warmers, fish net gloves, pink tutu... Molly Ringworm/Madonna type of stuff.
But before I go to these lengths (and potentially embarrass myself) do people really get dressed up for these things or is a more come as you are/listen to Wang Chung/drink Bartles and Jaymes wine coolers while gazing at posters of David Lee Roth or Anthony Michael Hall?
While either would be fun... the first open would be more (dare I say) gnarly. Thanks!
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19 minutes ago, Cherries Jubilee said:
Uber does this too if that makes you feel any better. I don’t think it’s spite. I think it’s computerized. A new card number is all you need for them.
It is amazing that a company could still think you owe them for a cruise that they canceled and took their sweet time refunding. I guess it’s just another flaw in the system. It’s probably an automated block as opposed to a case file that a human being looks through to resolve.
I would have been fed up after a wait that long too; especially if I had contacted them many times. I doubt OP has this problem but at some points during this shutdown I would have literally NEEDED the money that I was actually entitled to have refunded. These companies aren’t the only ones who need money in the bank.
That being said thank you to the OP @croooooze@firefly333@4hunters informed us of how wrongly this could go. I bet there are several people on this board who considered doing the same thing and this post is going to save them a lot of stress.
I wonder if it has anything to do with the OP using a TA. Wouldn't the TA own the booking and thus the refund would come back to them and then it gets passed onto the OP? So we really don't know if it was entirely on Carnival's end.
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Does anyone know if this test will allow me to go into Canada on our Alaska cruise?
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I just had this hair-brained idea.
I am on the Carnival Miracle from Seattle to Alaska one month from today. YAY. It was a reschedule from a year ago and pre-COVID I decided to rent a jeep in Skagway and drive into the Yukon. Eternally optimistic, I held out hope that we would be allowed into Canada this year and didn't book anything through the cruise line. As you may imagine, everything decent is now booked and I'm at a bit of a loss... do we just drive around Skagway? We are in port 13 hours.
And then I thought... those home COVID tests (with or without monitoring) are sold in multipacks. Theoretically could we take (even monitored) tests using wifi in Juneau, get are results on our phones and (assuming negative) drive into Canada after all?
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3 hours ago, eaflorida said:
Let me ask you a question. I assume you took the vaccine to protect you and your family from death from Covid? If in fact the vaccine protects you then why in Gods name do you care about having unvaccinated on the ship? What are you afraid off, you got the vaccine?
Not afraid for myself... my concern is for other unvaccinated individuals, children, pregnant women, immuno-compromised who are vaccinated but whose protection may be waning. I think about people other than myself. I'm not a selfish human being.
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What about if you don't have insurance? I do but my boyfriend doesn't....
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On 8/7/2021 at 4:23 PM, beloum said:
Why can't Carnival test everyone at the port? On my MSC cruise last week, everyone was tested at embarkation at the expense of MSC. Sure it slowed things down, but was a lot less stressful then having to scramble to find one while travelling.
Speaking only for myself, I am not getting on a plane, flying across the country, only to find out I'm positive and then have the additional expense of a hotel room while I quarantine. Lose the credit/voucher I could get for the flight.... no way. I'll test at home 3 days before the cruise at my own expense.
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Can people who haven't booked a cruise excursion stop and pay admission and go in?
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I like YTD because BF and I like to eat at different times. I can eat early and he will join me and get a shrimp cocktail and then when he wants to eat later, I will go too and get another dessert.
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21 minutes ago, LHARTWICK said:
Thank you - Finally, someone else who understands! IT'S ALL ABOUT THE TIMING. And with lines long here, no guarantee we'll get a slot to get tested in the 72 hours prior to departure. Most places here only take appointments a couple of days in advance, and they are full, full, full. Then what if we do get a spot to get tested in time, and the results are POSITIVE for CV.....we're scrambling to cancel everything. Ugh!!!
Some of the people in my cruise group were going out to Seattle 5 days or a week in advance of the cruise in order to explore. Now they have to find a place in an unfamiliar city to get the test. I'm taking mine while I am still at home because, G-d forbid I test positive, I don't want to be stuck in a hotel in some strange city to quarantine.
Your most Memorable Cruise Director(s)?
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Big Sexy on the Glory and Leon on the Paradise. I have never met another human being with as much enthusiasm as Leon! He exhausted me just watching him... he was literally everywhere on the ship.