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Homosassa

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  1. Let's get this straight: 1. You booked a category cabin that, at the time, you were happen with. 2. You then put in a bid for an upgrade that was still probably a discounted price from the regular price or guarantee price category for the cabin. 3. You were notified that your bid was accepted. 4. You then received a call from a employee who was doing their job (probably courteously and professionally), that due to an error or a mix up, you upgraded cabin was not available. 5.Cruise line ticket contracts (Terms and Conditions) include the language that a cabin assignment can be changed at a the cruise line's discretion. 6. For some reason, there is the perception that all the cruise line professionals that were in contact with you are "flunkies," a derogatory term for someone who performs menial tasks, usually obsequiously. You, of course should only be dealt with by the cruise line CEO's office and immediately receive your discounted cabin. Is that the gist? Yeah, no.
  2. Again, please finish the sentence that you quoted that requires the submission of verification.
  3. LOL! I pointed out several pages ago that there was a second step (providing of verification) that everyone keeps overlooking. If the verification was not provided within the required time frame (before noon of the day of embarkation), then all conditions were not met for a refund or FCC.
  4. Celebrity did not owe you anything. Please educate yourself on how the cost of the division of port fees among passengers are estimated far in advanced of a itinerary being offered for sale and what may happen in the interim between the estimate paid and the actual cost of the fees of all ports visited.
  5. Carnival knows the demographics of the clientele that they attract. Carnival offering free drinks costs them more in the long run than some other cruise lines offering free drinks as the other lines' clientele appreciate a (one) free drink or perhaps two before the passenger reaches their alcohol limit.
  6. Reading comprehension can sometimes be lacking for many....
  7. There is where we differ. I had to cancel a twelve night cruise departing on January 12 this year at the last minute because of a unexpected illness of my husband. Before I canceled, I read and understood the cancellation policy for the cruise line (not MSC) and the requirements of our cruise insurance policy. Cancellation went smoothly on the cruise line end and all required documentation was submitted to the insurance. The cruise line refunded all excursions, taxes and fees. Cruise insurance (minus the cost of the policy) covered all other costs .
  8. According to the T&C that everyone is quoting, there is a second condition to the notification process: "To qualify for the future cruise credit or refund, you must notify the Company via telephone at 877-665-4655 within twenty-four (24) hours of receiving the test result and no later than noon on the date of embarkation and provide verification satisfactory to the Company of test results administered by providers other than those retained by the Carrier" Besides the notification (your phone calls), did you also provide verification (documentation) of the test results from the doctor? If you did not provide the acceptable verification of the test results before noon of embarkation, you did not meet all the conditions necessary to be given a FCC or refund.
  9. "Maybe?" Why not "perhaps" or "what if" or any other words used to force a hypothetical conjecture on a situation where there is no proof... I doubt anyone can give you numbers because the sexual orientation is not a factor or one that is being tracked.
  10. Toddler tantrum confines itself to a certain age when boundaries on behavior are being explored. A "hissy fit" (a "wobbly," to match the spelling of behaviour) can be thrown by any age or gender by those who were never taught that temper tantrums are not an effective way to manipulate a situation to get their way.
  11. For anyone who is questioning if I watched the entire video, I did. Including their rant where one of them stated that they would not recommend anyone cruising MSC. They ranted about how unfair it was not to be allowed to film, hinted that it could be retaliation, whined that everyone else takes pictures. All in all, a good hissy fit. Somehow, them soldiering through to post a very short positive review doesn't negate the ranting. It was like throwing a bottle of perfume in the cesspool. The stench still hangs in the air.
  12. Kudos to MSC for preserving the right of the other passengers to enjoy their cruises. And what is the true story? In several places they whine that they are paying customers and in others they are indignant that they were invited on a free cruise to film their vlog. And talk about vindictive - the more they protest their "innocent" behavior and telling people not to travel on MSC, the more they prove the reason they were told to stop filming.
  13. No need to carry cell phones around and trying to message each other. All the following worked well for years before cell phones (and still are effective): The cabins have telephones where one can call another cabin and leave a message. There is also the tried and true method of a note placed on the cabin door or placed under the door. There is also meeting up at a set time and location to talk and make plans (or the random encounters around the ship also work).
  14. The family involved already had attracted my attention because of their behavior in joining the line (it was for higher end rooms and loyalty members that some of us were directed to because the line was short) and their seemingly taking their time to actually decide to go through the scanning line. Then once all the family except the one member who lingered behind the rest to walk through the body scanner continued to delay everyone else in claiming their belongings, my immediate reaction was to look for the family group and yelled for security to stop their casual walk by the next port person employee. They were far enough away that I couldn't see my pocketbook, but as they were returned to the security line, the mother "discover" the daughter had my purse. She tried to claim her daughter had taken it from the belt because she thought it was her mother's. Nope - didn't buy it and once the other security line employees nodded in agreement in my statements about their behavior, they quickly took them away.
  15. On several occasions I couldn't find a bag in the luggage area. Each time I found it, but on each occasion, it was a problem with someone misidentifying the color tag with another color tag that might look identical in low light conditions of early morning. Examples of mix up in color tags: red/purple, blue/green, red/orange. There are also times when the luggage tags have been torn off the bag and the bags are kept separately until someone comes looking. On the other hand, I had someone attempt to steal my pocketbook while going through security to board the ship. It was skillfully done and if I hadn't been more observant, my pocketbook would have disappeared. It was a well orchestrated dance of a family that held up the line at security scanning with problems "understanding" what needed to be placed on the x-ray belt.. The line slowly built up behind them. When the family went through the scanner, the last member apparently forgot something was in his pocket which caused those of us behind him to bunch up while our items on the belt passed through the x-ray machine and out the other side. By the time I was through and could take my turn to pick up my belonging, my purse was no where to be seen. After a quick question to make sure I my purse wasn't somehow hung up in the X-ray. I started yelling for security that my purse had been stolen and for everyone to stop. Meanwhile, the family that has caused the backup and distraction were walking toward the exit into the check in hall. The port person at that exit stopped everyone and turned people back toward the security scanning point. My purse was being carried causally by the older teenager of the group. I have to say port security's response was immediate. My purse was returned to me and the last I saw of the family, both port security and a NOLA police officer were taking them to an area where they were to be searched to see if anything else might have been "mistakenly" picked up during their progress through the embarkation line.
  16. Even back in 1989 - 2001, parents were warned to not let their daughters go door to door without an adult. And even in those "dark" ages, the names and addresses of registered sex offenders were publicized in the community and known.
  17. I was a Girl Scout leader in the Central Maryland Council from 1989-2001. Here is how the cookie game was played in our Council: We sold the cookies from October - November. A troop didn't have to sell cookies, but if we didn't, we were prohibited from participating in any other type of fund raising. This included the community service type fundraisers such as helping out at fund raisers for local schools, various disease groups, community programs, etc. Things that I didn't like about the pressure to sell cookies were the facts that the local troop made bupkes on every box; it was basically child labor. The money also didn't go proportionally to the Community (in GS terms - the area, usually of all the schools that fed into a high school) or Council (all the Communities in a designated area, usually by county), Instead that money went to Council to support whatever pie in the sky public relations scheme (example, "Girl Scouts in Prison, " google it) that was of no benefit to the troops that were providing the money.
  18. If you don't have to remove them at check in, there is a good possibility you will need to remove them at Immigration coming back into the country. Put them in some type of sleeve where the documents are easily removable to be check for validity.
  19. What is your definition of an "adult" child? If your definition is not the same as Carnival's it could cause problems in regards to the age of the "adult" traveling with a minor child. There may also be a problem, depending on the distance between the two cabins, where the "adult" child would be considered by Carnival as the guardian of the minor and need the necessary paperwork to show the responsibility for the child has been granted to the "adult" by the parents.
  20. Call Carnival and ask. The cruise line is the definitive source for answers.
  21. Yes, they do. It can be based on the category of cabin booked, the time left before the start of the cruise, condition of a promotional offer or an offer of a general nonrefundable rate for all cabin categories. And then there are the cruise lines where full payment is due at time of booking (although it is refundable within a certain time period before the cruise date). It is a big cruise world out there and one needs to do their homework and read the fine print.
  22. This. Do your homework on any cruise line before booking. The cruise line website is an excellent place to start (especially the ticket contract, Terms and Conditions, Conditions of Carriage, whatever name a particular cruise line calls it, the FAQs or description of on board services).
  23. Unfortunately, the smashing of car windows to rob the cars at the port seems to occur regularly. Here is an off site port parking facility that is secure and has an excellent reputation for service: https://www.machupicchutours.com/cruise-ship-parking.html
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