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It looks like our Walgreens offer both Rapid Antigen and NAAT. Is one better than the other to do?

10 minutes ago, Saint Greg said:

It’s not a lazy river. The pool has a section where it gets narrow and goes under a bridge. You don’t ride floats around it or anything. People just stand there.

 

 

 

Thanks. That's too bad. I was hoping there really was a lazy river.

On 4/24/2022 at 8:40 PM, Saint Greg said:

 

Everything you want to know about Amber Cove Cruise Port

I've seen several posts about Amber Cove having a lazy river. I couldn't find it on the map. Do you know if there really is one?

7 hours ago, kwokpot said:

This cruise the passenger dress has been all the place. But even on Elegant Night there have been many,many people wearing shorts,tshirts and flipflops coming into Chibang and Cucina. I wouldn't worry about dress codes at this point. If you wear clean t-shirt and jeans no one is going to say anything. No need for a collared button shirt.

I just didn't want to feel our of place. Like I said, when elegant wear is suggested that is what we wear. I was hoping that the other restaurants didn't expect you to wear elegant clothes. We just wanted to wear what we do on other nights (me nice slacks and top or sundress and husband slacks and Hawaiian shirt).

On 4/21/2022 at 10:48 AM, kwokpot said:

On our current cruise there hasn't been any issues reserving Chibang or Cucina around 7.  I would recommend requesting a table at 6:45 rather than right at 7. Wait times have been around 10-15 minutes. On the 1st night we dined at Cucina and someone came around asking if we wanted to make advanced dinner reservations for the following night at Chibang,since it was the 1st Elegant Night and all the restaurants will be busy. We said of course and was able to get our preferred 7pm dining time. I thought it was a great idea that they were proactively trying to minimize Elegant Night reservation issues. Lobster is served at both Chibang and Cucina on Elegant Night.

Do you know if the suggested dress code for Cuccina and Chibang on elegant night is "elegant" or is more casual attire OK? I know people say wear whatever you want but if it is suggested/expected to wear "elegant" then we always do. This trip I really didn't want to bring more formal clothes so I wanted to make sure casual is OK for the other restaurants (we will not go to the main dining room).

20 hours ago, SNJCruisers said:

It all depends on your individual sailing.  There is no rhyme or reason as to the demand on a certain venue on a given evening.  I will tell you that you should try to skew eating as early as you can for dinner on night two, the first cruise elegant night.  YTD started at 500 instead of the normal 530 on the MG in February when we had 5000 on board.

Thanks!

11 hours ago, kwokpot said:

On our current cruise there hasn't been any issues reserving Chibang or Cucina around 7.  I would recommend requesting a table at 6:45 rather than right at 7. Wait times have been around 10-15 minutes. On the 1st night we dined at Cucina and someone came around asking if we wanted to make advanced dinner reservations for the following night at Chibang,since it was the 1st Elegant Night and all the restaurants will be busy. We said of course and was able to get our preferred 7pm dining time. I thought it was a great idea that they were proactively trying to minimize Elegant Night reservation issues. Lobster is served at both Chibang and Cucina on Elegant Night.

Thanks!

20 hours ago, AtSeaWithChris said:

We were on march 5-12 and had 30-70 minute wait times for dining reservations for MDR or specialty restaurants around 7 pm. The first elegant night we had an 80 minute wait for the MDR. 

Wow, that is crazy!

21 hours ago, csoud68 said:

BTW just so I'm clear...does the midnight check in process open up 2 weeks out for absolutely everyone?

 

Or

 

are suite holders and platinum peeps able to checkin even earlier. I'm in a suite and have gotten mixed messages..I have heard those people get to check in 2 days earlier than the masses but I'm still not sure. 

 

I'd just like to know who I'm racing against at midnight..lol

If you go to Cruise Manager and look under Before you go, My to-do list it tells you when you can check in.

6 hours ago, kwokpot said:

You have not indicated whether you're on Your time dining but if you are then there's no issues getting into Chibang or Cucina. I'm 9n the ship now and it's full capacity and with YTD there's absolutely no issues getting a table at either restaurant. 

Do you know if there are issues at around 7 PM?

1 hour ago, topaz123 said:

We mailed our info in ...how long does it take to get approved.  It's been about a week since we mailed info

We e-mailed ours on 4/5 and still haven't received our OBC.

6 hours ago, HectorAchilleus said:

It is my opinion that they will bring back FTTF before Diamonds, etc. They do not have the profit incentive to do otherwise. With new varients, etc, you may never see priority boarding for Plats & Diamonds (except for priority check-in) again

I really hope you're wrong.

9 hours ago, Tom-n-Cheryl said:

 

Go to:

 

1> BOOKING ORDER & DETAILS

 

2> In the lower section of your stateroom info (right below the guest names) select VIEW BALANCE DETAILS

 

 There I can see $50 OBC listed there for our upcoming Liberty sailing.

 

Tom

Thanks so much!

13 hours ago, tytanbri said:

It will show up when you go to booking details and then view balance details.

Thanks, that is exactly what I wanted to know!

On 4/6/2022 at 3:32 PM, Tom-n-Cheryl said:

 

Interesting. The last two (March) sailings we had on the Liberty were promo deals ($65 pp for the balcony with the old "free drinks while playing in the casino" kicker) and we managed to get the $50 OBC on both of those short sailings. I just submitted for our May and Sept sailings a few days ago - now I'm wondering what their reply might be!

 

Darn - this used to be a slam dunk.

 

Tom

Do you know where on our booking we can find the stockholder OBC added? I know they should send an e-mail, but I used to be able to find it online.

We submitted ours a few days ago. Where can I find that it has been added to our booking?

1 minute ago, cruisemom2 said:

 

Lido - deck 16 aft behind the buffet area.

Thanks!

2 hours ago, cruisemom2 said:

Shaq's Big Chicken, Pig & Anchor and Pizza Del Capitano are also open for lunch on embarkation day.  I believe Piazza Panini (deli next to pizza) is also open.

What deck is Shaq's Big Chicken? I couldn't find it on the deck plans.

9 hours ago, TNcruising02 said:

I arrived at 9:30 and was able to go through the priority line (to the left when you get upstairs) even though my appointment time was later. I still had to wait until my zone was called, but it was nice not standing in line to check in.  Since you have a suite, you will not only get to go through the priority line, you will have a separate waiting area and get to board first.  Enjoy!!

Thanks! Really looking forward to it!

22 hours ago, csm5986142 said:

 

We really loved it.  We were on its 3rd or 4th sailing, so the crew was very new (still figuring things out) and Covid was still quite an issue back then, so the ship was only about 50% full (several areas were empty/not open) so it was a different experience.  We are sailing Mardi Gras again in 2 weeks and I'm hearing it will be pretty full (spring break) so it will probably be a very different experience.  Your cruise in about 2 months should be perfect - the spring break crowd will die down, and the kids won't quite be out for summer break yet.  Have a great trip!

Thanks, you too! You should come back and let us know how different it was this time.

7 minutes ago, csm5986142 said:

 

Yes - we were on Mardi Gras in August and anyone in a suite was given priority regardless of check-in time.  You just show on your boarding pass that you are Diamond/in a suite, and you'll quickly get through check-in and go to the lounge area for guests in suites.

Thanks! How did you like Mardi Gras? Any tips? We're going in less than 2 months!

21 minutes ago, TNcruising02 said:

When I cruised on the Mardi Gras on March 26th, they said that anyone who had the word priority in their boarding pass could go through the line for suites to check in early.  Suites boarded first and everyone else had to wait until their zone was called to board the ship.  Since platinums could check in 16 days early, I had zone A02.

 

As far as getting off of the ship, we were given luggage tags with #4 on them.  However, we were also able to carry our luggage off ourselves and meet in the theater at 7:30.  Knowing that always means earlier, we showed up earlier than that and were led off of the ship at 7:15 in the order we arrived to the theater. I believe diamonds met in the Punchliner Comedy lounge and suites met somewhere else.

Did you go earlier than your check-in? I'm wondering if we don't get an early check-in time if we will be able to get in early (we are diamond and have a suite).

I don't understand why the P&D priority embarkation has not restarted. They stopped mask mandates, opened the casino for smoking, and stopped bubble tours. What is the hold up for priority boarding?

8 hours ago, TravelBluebird said:

 

I don’t mind your asking! It cost us $134 because it was the Uber XL; we could have waited and tried the regular Uber for $96 again but my anxiety was getting the better of me after several of the regular Ubers dropped our ride.  

 

We probably could have waited it out, but there was so much bedlam at Terminal 3 with people coming in for the new cruise, all the long lines for the shuttles etc. I was disappointed that the Terminal does not have a designated spot for Uber/Lyft pick ups OR a designated taxi line (for sure there was not one for an Uber, and if anyone knows of a designated Taxi line, please let us know!

Thanks. I was asking for the hotel in PC to the port. I think I saw on another thread that you said $19?

18 hours ago, SNJCruisers said:

If you need transportation either from MCO to PC or vice versa, we used Corey @ Cruise Control Transportation.  His shared van is 20 pp and his private Uber XL like service is 85.00 for two people and 95.00 for three.  On google he's rated 4.9/5.0.

https://www.cruisecontrol-transportation.com/

Thanks, we already have him booked. My question was for the hotel in PC to port.