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It is for the Panorama. We leave on June 3rd.

I cancelled an excursion a few weeks ago and used a gift card to book it. In the past, I have received a hard gift card via FedEx about a week or two after the cancellation. This time I received a text message that said "You have a Carnival gift card" and a link. I thought it was spam. I called Carnival and indeed they did refund my $200 on a gift card with the link texted to me. I had to put my phone number in and it was a virtual gift card with the amount, gift card number (starts with 3063) and the pin number. there is also a bar code. The original gift card I used was a hard plastic card.

We the ones your brought the carton with the screw off top?

I do plan on bringing a thermal mug. I typically don't drink much coffee but when I do it is from Java Blue so I understand that preference.

That's a good idea!

We went on the Horizon in October and loved it, so I was hoping for the same for the Panorama!

It would be worth every penny! A person posted last week that all the coffee station of Lido were closed when they went up there at 5AM. That's why I was worried! I will try there first and room service next. Thank you!

We will be traveling on the Panorama the first week of June and will be flying from the East coast. With that being said, I will be waking up around 3am at least for the first morning or two. I read that everything is closed at that time, except for the pizza place which closes at 4. Room service is not available until 6am. Any ideas on what I can do or bring with me that would enable me to have coffee while I wait for everyone else to get up? Any suggestions would be appreciated!

Thank you!

We are going the first week of June. We would like to just walk around for a bit. What would you recommend?

We definitely will!

Thanks! kroger being close by is definitely a plus!

Thanks. We are traveling with a group of 7 so we usually have trouble getting on as a group.

How does the shuttle work? First come, first serve or do you sign up for a time slot?

Thank you! We are good with pizza!

This is where we booked as well. Are there any reasonably priced places to get food close by? Also, did you have a car or use a shuttle. We are still trying to figure out how to get to port for a group of 7 or 9.

We will be staying at the new Home2 Suites at 4302 Seawall. Is there anything decent down in that area?

I will be going on the Jubilee so I am curious- is the non-smoking section really non-smoking? Do they actually enforce it? Also, is the smoke truly less noticeable? We tolerate the smoke but I would really appreciate not having clothes that stunk so bad from being in the casino. Especially with no self service laundry available.

You do not but they do ask that you get the request submitted 4 weeks prior to the cruise. I am not sure when you re going in May but it may not be processed in time.

That is what I will plan for. Just in case.

I submitted last week and did have a casino deal. The room was not one of the $100 rooms but was discounted. I did receive the shareholder OBC.

Can you tell me if the FTTF folks were permitted in the priority line? We are headed out in June. We have one cabin with Platinum passengers and got FTTF for the other rooms so they could stay together on embarkation and debarkation. Someone on this forum reported the FTTF were directed to the regular line instead of the priority line. Just trying to get a game plan.

Yes, I out it for it last Tuesday and received notice that it was granted on Thursday. It is a casino deal with $750 OBC for March 2024 on the Jubilee.

I was wondering about Long Beach. I have seen others report on here that there was no line for FTTF. I am going on the Panorama with my kids and their significant others. I am platinum so will get in the priority boarding lane. I was hoping FTTF would allow us to stay together. We would just wait to board until FTTF is called.