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5 hours ago, BirdTravels said:

Don't  you have duplicate birth certificates for you and your kids? We always did. They were all "original" copies from the state. 

Please provide, where I said I didn't have a spare copy...

7 hours ago, RedIguana said:

Actually I can tell you it is not required, just the easiest. The expired passport proved citizenship, you used the birth certificate to prove family status. Other documents that may have been used include divorce decrees, medical or school records, adoption papers, guardianship, etc. 

A child under 16 probably does not have a divorce decree. Listen...I responded to someone else who said a person would never need to give up a birth cert and an expired passport. I simply gave an example showing there is a circumstance where that statement is not true...however, for some reason you are all in trying to prove me wrong when in fact, I just went through the aforementioned scenario. The clerk said give up the passport and birth certificate and that is what we did. 

3 hours ago, mjkacmom said:

I supplied birth certificates for my kids’ 2nd kiddie passport, I probably told them I lost the first ones. It killed me to get another one for one for my son who was weeks away from his 16th birthday for a choir trip to Canada, they bused. 

Same here, I contemplated letting it completely expire and applying later for the adult version but we have too many trips planned and with the obvious backlog we went ahead and submitted it. 

3 hours ago, RedIguana said:

 

 

 

Should not require a Birth certificate for a child renewal under 16

Bolding is from me, not website.

Well you can go tell that to the court house in Florida where I renewed for my daughter. Children under 16 must submit the original passport and certified birth certificate. They demanded and collected both. Period. End of Statement. 

1 hour ago, Dan83 said:

My family also taking a TA October 27. My kids passports expire in February, leaving 95 days of validity after scheduled departure from schengen country. State department website says we need 90 days validity for Schengen travel. It seems most people are recommending 6 months validity. We are traveling now and can’t send off for renewal until we get back to the United States second week of August. That leaves maybe 9 weeks to renew before the TA. Which is the bigger risk? Trying to renew in a 9 week window, or traveling to a Schengen country with 95 days validity on my kids passport.

I vote trying to renew in a 9 week window...The passport agency received our passport renewal on May 23...today marks the 10th week and it still shows in process. Site says expect 10-13 weeks.

If any of the pieces are unique in description, you could always call the pawn shops in the local area to see if they may have it?

15 hours ago, Tink55 said:

Yes, my luggage was opened and looked at, I noticed that things had been rearranged a bit when I immediately unpacked when I got to my room.   I have no reason to lie about this and the last thing I wanted to believe was that my items were stolen!

Sorry, I was not doubting your story. I am trying to figure out why your bag was searched by a thief. High end luggage would equate to high end contents which in turn would make it a target. 

I doubt the baggage handlers have time to rifle through every checked bag. Was your luggage Louis Vuittone, Coach or something name brand similar? 

3 hours ago, Gary Sheer said:

sent ours in for renewel and expected a long wait ,didn't pay anything extra and got them back in 4 weeks ,quite a surprise

WOW....who do you know?

37 minutes ago, mjkacmom said:

You can’t renew a minor’s passport by mail, if under 16 it’s a 5 year passport and needs to be done in person. The first adult 10 year passport needs to be in person.

Exactly but like I said...you need to give a birth certificate and the expired passport or a child under 16. So the statement made by the poster was not exactly correct and that is why I corrected him.

9 hours ago, sailor05 said:

For renewals you need not send in the birth certificates.

Yes, you do need to send in a birth certificate with your expired passport if you are under age 16. 

I got the letter and have a 4.00 refund coming to me on Allure in January.

I have been cruising for over 30 years and the reality is back in the day Carnival was the biggest instigator of making fun of other lines. At sail away it was quite the thing on Carnival to float past Celebrity, Princess or Royal Caribbean ships with the Carnival cruise director leading chants from everyone on the pool deck to tell the other lines how lame they were. Nobody really said anything because back in the day it was all fun...fast forward to today...suddenly to do such thing triggers select individuals. Oddly, it seems the most triggered individuals come from the Carnival crowd. 

This is the world we live in now...literally everyone of all walks of life going out of their way to get butthurt/triggered. They then create names and label those who have "offended them" 

So let me get this straight...a person who says they do not like Carnival... that automatically makes them a snob? Ridiculous. Carnival is a deep discount cruise line. Let there be no doubt. However, while they are lacking in several areas, they are not bad in others. What I am concerned about lately is the lack of maintenance on Carnival. For example on a recent Freedom voyage, in the buffet area, the glass was busted and they replaced with plywood over it instead of glass.  Just this past Sunday I came off the Mardi Gras, it was filthy. Carpets literally smelled like stinky feet in certain venues (theater, limelight lounge) and were clearly soiled. The chairs in the casino a good portion of them were ripped and torn. Really sad for such a new ship. You won't find that on Celebrity or Royal Caribbean. If they don't take the time or have the resources to fix the small stuff...it only makes sense they are failing in areas which are vital.  I have two more booked, both on the Vista, but after that...I am going to take a timeout and stick with Royal, Celebrity and Princess. I guess I will now be considered a snob!

2 hours ago, chengkp75 said:

Even better than flares and smoke floats (though those raise visibility), is the ability to mark the ship's exact position at the time the overboard is reported, and then the ship can return to that exact spot and start the search from there.  This is done on the ship's electronic chart system, it has a special button just for this.

 

Again, you have to be virtually stopped to launch either a lifeboat or rescue boat, and you also need to be heading in the right direction to protect the boat being launched from wind and waves.  So, at that point, the azipods would turn the vessel in place (after launching the boat), but whether a ship has azipods or rudders, trying to make a turn of more than 1-2* of heading while at full speed will result in damage to the ship and injuries to the passengers from "turn induced heel".

As you know, typically, a call will go out to trailing ships in the vicinity to begin a search. There are a few documented cases where a trailing cruise ship launched a successful recovery. 

21 hours ago, jimbo5544 said:

Just for sake of discussion, which cruise line would you rate Carnivals food better than?  Inquiring minds want to know.  

MSC

54 minutes ago, cxr133 said:

quick question....  if one was to fall off and it was a witnessed event.

 

approx how long does it take to  1. either stop the ship and turn around   2. launch a rescue/crew vehicle.

 

my heart broke for that teenager who jumped on a dare but he was lost immediately?

Yeah, lost immediately, once you fall off a ship, you and the ship separate quickly due to current. It takes a today's cruise ship 10 nautical miles to do a complete turnaround. My heart does not break for any idiot who jumps off a cruise ship and if it is suicide it is a selfish way to go as you endanger many others lives who attempt to save the one you no longer want.  

20 hours ago, Purvis1231 said:

 Sure the water, drinks, and gifts are not delivered to cabins anymore but they are not hard to find.

Said the blind man to his one legged friend. 

Other than that, how was the play Mrs. Lincoln? 

On 6/10/2023 at 4:40 PM, Mum2Mercury said:

 

 

I've never seen a drug dog at the embarkation port.  Has anyone else?  

At Port Canaveral they now have passengers line up and the dogs check each person (on random sailings).

3 hours ago, Saint Greg said:

 

Is that rust blistering on the little table or water? For such a new ship the tables shouldn't be rusting that quickly.

35 minutes ago, cruisegirl1 said:

This  is  correct. We were told to park in T5, they shuttled us to T1 for boarding. At the end of the cruise the ship docked at T5.  We were on as well.

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And what a strange cruise it was. I knew when it started out with the terminal change it was only going downhill from there. Missed port, medical evacs and not sure if you noticed, when we returned a firetruck and 3 ambulances showed up and... if that wasn't enough, one passenger earned the right to get off the ship first...albeit in handcuffs escorted by police. 

5 minutes ago, GTO-Girl said:

Mariner sails out of Terminal 5……

 Jeeesh...always someone looking to ruin one's credibility on this site. We sailed out of 1 and then returned to 5... (5/4/2023 sailing to be even more specific)

34 minutes ago, orville99 said:

No need. We have dear friends who work at that terminal that we talk with every time we sail out of there, and in addition to what we have seen with our own eyes, the announcements that we have heard with our own ears while waiting to re-board on TAD, and their conversations with us about how much it has changed and how they have to pace the flow of passengers onto the ship under their new management directives is convincing enough for me.

 

I can share with you a little crowd control trick they recently performed at PC T1 while boarding the Mariner. They shut down the TSA security check around 11:30 AM because they said upstairs was getting crowded and it is easier to keep everyone downstairs. This of course turned into a mini nightmare for those trying to get into the build and those stuck in the line. It was a good 30 minutes before they resumed.