cruisingguy007

Meh, wouldn't be too hard to figure out the guy lighting his cigars with not one, but two, hundred dollar bills doesn't belong.😁

They are complaining just as much about those lines as well. If you wade through the cheerleaders and apologists on any of the cruise social platforms you will see it clear as day. Lots of complaining about reductions, cut-backs, price increases, bad food etc etc. Ironically, there are a lot of folks who mention returning back to Carnival as the extra costs didn't amount to an appreciable difference in overall price point and value-to-dollar ratio. Point being, there is plenty of complaining to go around by customers of all the lines, even many of the premium lines.

Nah, that's just your male privilege and toxic masculinity talking, or so I'm told these days. 😁

Where is the lid to that milk and why isn't it refrigerated! 😁

Thanks, feel totally fine, just got a super faint light pink line showing up and the fam has stuck me in the penalty box until it goes away completely again. It should be gone by tomorrow or the next day, sucks missing out on the festivities this year though. Good call on the haters, not worth the energy, keep it moving and have a good time. Let the haters steam! Party on! 🍹

Loving this review. This is a great vicarious New Year's review for me, it was just going to be me, Netflix and my rebound covid locked down and hanging out for the night but this is a great addition. Have a great cruise!

Take those soggy oily fries and toss them in the air fryer and I'll bet they are salvageable.

I also like having that full day 6 sea day, it allows for maximum enjoyment after the port visits. Day 7 is not really a full day for me, it's usually wind down day. See you on board on the 21st, looks like we are sailing full!

Yes, you can order it as a gift for them through the fun shops (calling in may be easier). You could also buy some $25 gift cards from the grocery store, many sell $25-$500 denominations, these can many times qualify for grocery cash back and store rewards points too.

It used to be straight forward and easy-peasy, I'm having a heck of a time this time though due to gift cards. Before, you cancel and they auto refund to your original purchase form or fed-ex you gift cards if you paid with them. I canceled two cheers for my wife and myself many weeks back and have been given the run around. I waited like I had in the past but never received the fed-ex package so I called in, spoke to an agent, who spoke to the fun shops, who confirmed the details and that the new gift card(s) would need to be sent. Wait weeks and nada, call again and get a nice agent April P. (fun expert) and she seems to understand the issue but the fun shops were reporting that they put the money back on the original e-gift cards (which they have never done before) so we go through some motions trying to figure out if that happened (it didn't, cards have $0 and are not re-loadable anyway) so she contacts some gift card folks and that was essential useless so she said she'd need to contact accounting and get it straightened out and would get back to me by today. That didn't happen either so I shot out an email and am still waiting with a cruise only a few weeks away. I'm thinking they must have hired a bunch of new folks that don't really know all the minor details like the old well oiled machine they had pre-covid. I've even tried to explain to them that the gift cards (especially third party clearing house cards like AARP/Allstate ect.) can't be reloaded or reused in any way. They also seem to think Carnival is now issuing egift cards back to folks in this situation and that has never been the case in the past, it's always been fed-ex shipped hard cards and it's usually automatic and quick. This has been quite a hassle and as the cruise grows near, I fear some options I might have wanted to use the funds on will be sold out. It's been frustrating to be sure.

I've only ever done Cabo first and I wouldn't consider the day 6 sea day miserable at all, it's quite enjoyable and very pleasant usually. It's only day 1 and day 7 that can be cold/windy. Cabo is the premiere stop for many folks, it's not small potatoes to have a 6:30am- 2pm (back on board time) and the hassle of a tender. That's ludicrous. There are plenty of two day Cabo trips for anyone who wants one. It's really the closest port in the Mex Riv so that makes sense for 5/6 day cruises. I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree about preference but I'd never choose a Cabo last sailing over a Cabo first sailing.

We used to call those "wish sandwiches" when we were kids, get two pieces of bread, slap some mayo on them and wish you had some meat/cheese...lol.

The preferred seven day is most certainly not Cabo last, of this I assure you. Who wants shorter port days and a butt-crack early arrival? Nothing like an excursion early in the morning to ruin both your morning and the evening before arrival. Not for me. That's also probably one of the reasons the Jan 21st is nearly sold out, last seven day of the year with the ideal schedule. Only a few eight day cruises will have it for the rest of the year. Glad I booked one of those when I did now too. All the other Panorama cruises are Cabo last cruises which is less than ideal.

Try and get 4203, 4205, 5241, 5243, 6227, 6279, 7299, 7301, 8235, 8237 if you don't want to spring for an expensive suite but need more space. The ones on 4 will not have balconies though, the ones on 5 will have obstructed with lifeboats below the balcony and the rest are GTG. These give you the space without the huge price increases, especially on 4/5.

I wonder if this is why they switched the alternating itineraries and the Jan 21st is the last Cabo-first seven day sailings?

Wait times aren't bad right now, I've called them approx 3 times (including today in fact and finally got someone who understood the issue and is working with me to get it resolved) and had almost no wait each time. Nowhere near what it used to be during the covid crisis and mad cancellation/refund period.

That's because $50 a day is not the true costs, when you factor in additional tips it's more like $85.71 per day for a seven day trip. I also tend not to drink on the last night if I have a long drive so if I'm going out of So Cal it's more like $100 a day for me on a seven day to get the value since I'll only have 6 drinking days. I do have to agree with @Joebucks, I can easily get the maximum value on any drinking day (port stop or sea day) but it certainly comes at a cost of not feeling 100% much of the time and spending much of it fending off hangover and rekindling the feel good (over and over). Chasing that value to justify such a hefty expense does play a role for many folks, even if only subconsciously.

You're an apologist, I'm a Carnival fan but won't be an apologist. They get it wrong sometimes and a flag needs to be thrown sometimes.

Hardways 6/8 is good with me. I take all the hardways usually. Not a bad bet IMO it's all about odds and if you're feeling the roller, horn bets aren't bad either. They say the dice have no memory but we've all watched folks hit numbers in a pattern that makes sense to bet on. I have at nearly every table I've been on, hot tables anyway. On a ice table, sure it's no bueno as a general rule.

Field bets aren't junk.

Yet, he's giving first hand information and you are purely speculating. How many passengers have you polled to ask their experience? You claim it's "uncommon" but maybe it's not the way it used to be? Benifit of the doubt and all.

You can usually muster immediately upon boarding (with the new system) so this wouldn't explain it.

Talk about a "killer shot" eh? It happens way more than people realize, lots of stories like this all over from CA, NV on down to the Grand Canyon over the years. At least those make some kind of sense, sitting on a cruise ship railing flirting with death does not. It seems you have to protect people from themselves these days or its "foreseeable". We should probably enjoy the ships as they are today, they may not provide the same experience in the future. There is a reason why Cosmo, The signature at MGM, Palms Place (plus a few others) are so popular in Vegas vs the glass cages. I suspect we will see less direct over water options and more of some type of disguised people catcher devices to prevent long falls, who knows.

I didn't say I only watch sports, tI said the only time I may see a commercial is when I watch a sport feed. I can watch anything else (way way more than cable) without seeing commercials. Same as when I'm on the net, no ads/popups or any of that stuff. Plenty of women watch sports, it's one of the fastest growing segments, they are also playing more sports than ever with professional women options in nearly every sport, including MMA and bodybuilding. Look in the stands at a NFL game, lots and lots of women. They are referees, coaches and trainers as well.

I don't know, sporting events are watched by a lot of people (and listen to in the background by non viewers) and unless you're catching a premium feed, there are usually national and local ads in the mix, just like watching it on cable. Pretty sure the last cruise ad was during super bowl (NCL I think). Network prime-time doesn't have the audience it used to. Once people cut the cord it's hard to watch regular cable TV ever again, it feels like you're just watching commercials instead of programming. Cord cutting is growing year over year. Streaming is mainstream.