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The Cheers program is only available to be used onboard the ship. Cannot be used off the ship anywhere even HMC. Sorry

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For us "working stiffs" or at least me, location, pricing is what keeps me with Carnival. A vacation is what you make of it. Us, we just like the get away feeling and only a 3 hr drive to Galveston, so no airfare. If we do an Alaska, we will probably keep with Carnival since we are familiar with the policies.

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From what I've been told, if your PVP or TA "links" your cruises together, the computer flags it for guest services onboard so they have your cards on the ship and not shoreside. But as previous poster stated, they are considered separate cruises, separate statements, sail n sign accts, separate deposits etc. you will meet in a certain area onboard and be escorted to customs, with required paperwork, then checkin, and right back onto the ship. I have heard of a couple of times, customs will actually come onboard to clear the b2b.

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I had to cancel a b2b set of cruises I had booked. Penalties were $200 and so the remaining $300 was issued as future cruise credit. 2 was later I booked a different date, put down new deposit, then PVP applied both fcc's to balance. You just have to book within a certain period.

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I have a question. We're in a specific balcony cabin and we're Early Saver past final payment.

Now the More = Merrier guaranteed BL is much lower.

I thought we could switch to that rate ONE time only?

But now Carnival is telling me that this is a downgrade and cannot be done.

 

What is your experience?

That type would be considered a downgrade which is not allowed. Upgrades yes, laterals yes. Price protection rules state same category.

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Correct; they haven't been opened up yet. Just keep checking. We're in February 17 on a b2b and not available for us yet either.

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One reason we use a carnival PVP is in case of upsells. I don't believe they can offer to you if you use a TA.

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You can call and prepay your gratuities so they don't affect your sign n sail, but Cruise Cash is the only way I've found to add $$ to sign n sail in advance. However there is a limit based on length of cruise. I know it is $500 for a 5 day not sure on longer.

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Will there be a ceremony/special event given this is a ship arriving at a new port?

Probably not. If it was a NEW ship maybe, but this is basically a ship switch for the Triumph. When Magic came, she was New and had all kinds of celebrations and ceremonies. When Freedom was" added", had smaller ceremony and onboard concert. Nothing when Triumph replaced Ecstasy.

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Cruise tickets are sent by Carnival to my home.

From my past experiences Carnival does not send out tickets.

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I read a post a few weeks ago that several of the ships were getting "maintenance in Service " where they take a block of cabins out of service during a cruise and doing upgrades during the cruise, thereby reducing the amount of time the ship is totally out of service during dry dock.

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I guess the DW and I average about $1500-$2000 tt&l. Cruise, inside, parking, gas,1 excursion, just enjoy getting away from phone and computer.

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We got ours(interior to balcony lido $180) in Nov, just after we paid it off and we don't sail till April. So ya never know when they might call

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It'll be a 305 area code. When they called us a few months ago, I thought it was my PVP.

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We had the exact situation on the Dream in January. They made us Platinum from day one with priority boarding and luggage tags. One of the nicest perks is no line at guest services and dedicated phone line as well.

Thanx for the information. I was hoping so.

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Doing a b2b on breeze, will be at 63 days when we board, so will turn platinum on 2nd half. My question is will we be granted upgraded status at start, or not until 2nd half on reboarded with new s&s cards? Anybody else done this? Thanx

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I have yet to experience the new staggered check-in times. However, I am looking at it literally -- it is a "check-in" time, not a "boarding" time.

 

 

 

For those that have experienced it, can you please clarify this? Can you board at the same time you check-in, or do you have to wait for boarding?[/

 

Correct, it not a boarding time, unless maybe if you have a late time. Boarding begins when Customs and Shipboard operations gives the proper clearance, then boarding begins in the order it always has, i.e. Wedding Parties, Plat/Dia/suites , FTTF , special assistance, them lastly general boarding by zones.

 

 

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We got the call about 2 months ago offered from interior lido to lido balcony $180 total. Jumped all over that. Works out to about $36 per day. Or $18 per day per person.

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No priority line @ guest services, no priority tenders, only perks for suites is priority embarkation and debarkation, whirlpool tub, larger cabin, balcony. Some people purchase FTTF for added benefits.

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They usually have some sort of on board credit offer

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You can print all your paperwork and luggage tags any time, but can't print boarding pass until after final payment has been made.

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It can be used for cruise fare, port taxes etc but not towards deposit. Deposit has to be paid them credit will be applied to balance.

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They're still negotiating and arranging 2017 excursions

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Most Carnival Corporation ships dock at Puerta Maya which they built and just expanded.

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