monakayk

I see there are quite a few of you who have sailed on the Festivale around, if not in 1989. Well, this is my problem....

That was the last time I sailed with CCL till this upcoming cruise (Jan. 27th) on the Ecstasy. I booked my cruise with an outside TA online not CCL. I have not been able to get through my TA or CCL a past guest code cause CCL said that they did not keep records that far back. In fact I talked twice on the phone with CCL and their operators were useless and not at all helpful on this topic. One said I could just tell them at the terminal when I get on the ship that I was a past guest and they would give me a code...then another CCL operator said I would have to send them a copy of my old tickets! I didn't keep those tickets these past 18 years! GEZZZZZZZZZ.:mad:

So have any of you been able to get a past guest code if your last cruise with CCL was on the Festivale? If so...how did you do it?

I am running out of time and I want to be able to attend the past guest party on board and as of now, I will not receive an invitation to the party. GRRRRRR!:mad:

To late now to worry about a past guest discount...I have been upgrade from a 1A (bunk bed) to a 5A 2 twins with 2 portholes, so I am happy with that!

Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks!

Someday if I have hours and hours of time, I will go into Wikipedia and correct all the entries for cruise ships and liners. They almost all seem to have errors!

 

As usual, the ISLANDBREEZE article is a mess! It misspells her original name, TRANSVAAL CASTLE. It totally neglects to mention that when she moved over to Safmarine (but still under Union-Castle management), she was renamed S.A. VAAL. It says Carnival sold her in 1998 to Premier after a brief charter to a British tour operator; in fact she was actually sold in 1996 to Dolphin Cruise Lines, who indeed her to the British travel firm Thomsons. In 1998, Dolphin was merged into Premier Cruises The article says that "[Premier] named her Island Breeze: Big Red Boat III, as she was their third liner, and like all of their ships, had her hull painted a bright and somewhat garish red." In fact, ISLANDBREEZE and THE BIG RED BOAT III are two different names from two different times; the latter replaced the former. The ship didn't become THE BIG RED BOAT III until 2000, when she moved from the "traditional" Premier fleet over to the Big Red Boat brand, in an effort to expand the Big Red Boat brand which was seen as more viable than the "traditional" Premier product. Not all Premier ships had red hulls - in fact, most didn't - and she was far from their third liner; by the time she was named THE BIG RED BOAT III the company had over its history had no fewer than ten ships!

 

So take what you read about ships on Wikipedia with a grain of salt. I've found most of the entries to be very unreliable and this one is no expception. It does, however, get her sad end correct - she was broken up at Alang in 2003.

Doug,

Thanks for this updated info. Too bad the sad end is correct. Such a terrible ending to a beautiful ship!

Ohhhhhhh and BTW...I have a Christmas ornament from the Festivale that we have haning on our Xmas tree right now as I type this post!

It is a tiny life saver-ring with 'Festivale' written across it. We have hung it on our tree each year to remember this grand ole 'lady' and our wonderful cruise on her.

Our first cruise was on the Festivale! Enjoyed 'her' and our cruise. The staff/crew were grrrrrrrreat!

We also went to St. Thomas, St. Marten, Barbados, & Martinique. Had a fabo time.

If you want to read what happened to the Festivale...click the URL below:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_Breeze_(ship)

How can you tell if the 1a room has a porthole

Bunk beds-upper and lower---No portholes. The 'window' in that photo goes to the hallway.

Go here for a photo:http://cruises.res99.com/images/cabin/carnival_1/1_39_cab_1a_150_05APR04.jpg

I will try to upload a photo later - but for now - the bunk bed is folded up against the wall and is only down at night (if you need it). Hope this helps. It is not in the way at all and actually looks like a wall decoration until it is folded down. On some ships I believe it lifts up into the ceiling and you don't even know it is there until they pull it down.

Thanks for your answer to my question.

I do believe I know what you are talking about because I have seen photos online with a pull out bed coming down from the wall.

:) Happy Cruising!:)

I think they're great too. I wish more ships had single cabins. I think a few do...but not too many. I guess they make too much money charging the 200%...and we still book them, so why not.

 

I liked the portholes too.....just the fact that it's nice to look out and see the weather, if nothing else.

 

My single cabins had real beds. The pull out was up above...but wasn't required.

 

There are a few things that I don't enjoy about Carnival...but the 1A's are the best about it!

 

They are a great value.

?....You keep referring to the second bed as a 'Pull out' in a 1A. Does that mean that is pulls our ABOVE from the wall like a bunk bed and if you don't need it is is hidden? Or are they permanently pulled out like bunk beds and you have to crawl under the upper to get to the lower if you want to sleep?

A photo would be great.

:) Thanks!:)