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    Soda service fee

    in Carnival Cruise Lines

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    Just got off Splendor with BB. We paid the gratuity up front when the sticker was purchased...it was just part of the package and not negotiable. There was NEVER any receipt when we got a soda and most times the card was never even swiped (the few times it was swiped was only for identification purposes to look at the photo of who was actually getting the soda).

     

     

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    Carnival splendor opinions needed soon

    in Carnival Cruise Lines

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    Just got off of this cruise yesterday and had a very nice time. Your price seems high, but maybe the price is higher because it is over Valentine's Day. We paid $900-something total for an oceanview but were upgraded to a spa balcony for $299.

     

    These cruises have not been selling out, so if you take a lesser cabin you may just get an upgrade call. If they aren't offering what you want when they call, just ask for it. Their offer was to upgrade to a suite but we didn't want to pay that much more...so we asked about the spa balcony. They said they weren't selling those that day, but we said if you want to sell us an upgrade that's what it needs to be...and so we got it.

     

     

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    chef's Table Menu Changing?

    in Carnival Cruise Lines

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    I'm realizing you probably can't read it:

     

    RECEPTION

     

    Parmesan Core & Olive

    Chorizo & Dates, Piquillo Sofrito

    Focaccia, Mascarpone Cream & Prosciutto Crudo

    Langoustine & Sundried Tomato Jam Fritters

     

    MENU

     

    Tomatoes Our Way!:

    Aerated tomato juice, cocoa butter coated, Chardonnay poached

     

    Tuna Banh Mi:

    Lemon bread, sesame crisp, miso cream, avocado gel

     

    Cornish Hen:

    Caramelized, butternut squash, sofrito

     

    Bavarois:

    Spinach, green peas, warm turnip, apple juice

     

    Salmon:

    Herb pesto, cured tomatoes, carrots, favs, mushroom earth, condensed beets

     

    Wagyu:

    Slow stewed short ribs, potato pebbles, pumpkin fudge, tomato dust

     

    Chocolate "88F":

    Aerated pistachio and mango cake with mascarpone cream, guava and caramel praline

     

     

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    20/20 tonight on ABC

    in Holland America Line

    Posted

    We watched this 20/20 clip while we were on the Carnival Splendor last Friday. Each time we see something like this we always say that you have to be doing something wrong to fall from your balcony. I've never had a balcony railing that came lower than above my waist (and I'm 5'11")...so to fall over I would have first had to have been leaning over...way over. After watching the infrared camera shot we wondered if she wasn't standing on a chair or stool on the balcony, which would give her body leverage to fall over easily.


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    Wish HAL's Spa Staterooms would have same perks as Carnival

    in Holland America Line

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    I think somewhere in the initial design stages, the spa cabins were supposed to include the Thermal suite and pool. That's why on the Eurodam there is/was a circular staircase directly from the spa stateroom deck right into the thermal pool area.

     

     

     

    Then somehow, they changed their mind about including this benefit and did not add the staircase to Nieuw Amsterdam.

     

    We also heard that they will be (or have) taken the staircase away on Eurodam.

     

     

     

    Seems like that idea was a bit of a flop.

     

     

     

    Maybe the designers and money crunchers will get together on the next ship design.

     

     

    In the beginning I know people in Spa staterooms could use the staircase (because we saw it happen). It was still there but roped off last year when we were on Eurodam, however when we went up to the next floor, there is no evidence of where it would have come out.

     

    I mean, really? Honestly on this upcoming sailing...we were reserved in an oceanview and upsold to a spa balcony for just $299. We would have already been paying $200-something for the Thermal Suite package, so this was a no-brainier for us.

     

     

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