ZoeyVictoria

We don’t have Cozumel booked until January 2025, other than next month when we are taking a cooking class in the middle of the day. We might be glad we went as recently as we did. I guess I will eventually get more info here on CC, where I find the majority of what I need to know.

We were at Nachi on August 31, everything seemed to be the way it had been in the past. I think I am a bit disappointed with that news.

Same here for some, others are even more than the cabin price. Makes it hard to scan the list, but the actual price does show up once a cruise is selected. It was heart-stopping upon my first view, though 😂. It will probably be corrected once most people are up for the day and they will wonder what we are talking about. But the insomniacs certainly had an unpleasant surprise!

That makes sense, but I hate them so badly I wear them only for morning exercise walks and theme parks. And at theme parks I put them on and off in the parking lot. There are words for this, probably girly girl and OCD, maybe others 😄. I decided to take them so I can ride the Bolt again, so they will be there if necessary. Thanks to all who reassured me they weren’t required for their experiences.

The Carnival Kitchen is on the Mardi Gras and Celebration. I am pretty sure the classes can be found and booked under specialty dining, but the website is down and I can’t verify that. There are a number of classes - pizza, pasta, tailgate party, pie, cupcakes, etc, with around 12 stations of two people each. They are now $40 each (used to be $35). They last around ninety minutes and you can eat whatever you cook, but are not allowed to leave with it. You will receive a spatula and copies of the recipes to take home. We enjoyed Pasta Masters, learned a few things, and even bought the picture (we never buy pictures any more, but made an exception since we enjoyed the class so much).

Thank you! I spent 35 minutes looking at the ballet flats on Amazon, but I just can’t do it. Too many years in sandals and flip flops, my toes hurt just looking at the pictures. I will take the walking shoes that I hate but am used to. But I feel much better about them now 😂

I have lived in Florida for twenty-three years and been retired for six of them. I live in shorts, sundresses, bathing suits, and flip flops. Literally the only closed-tie shoes I own are the tennis shoes I wear for my morning walks. They might get to cruise next month!

I vaguely remember that possibly being a requirement, although if it was, I couldn’t/didn’t comply for the pasta masters class on the Mardi Gras. We are taking a pizza class on the Celebration and I don’t want to be turned away, but I hate to take tennis shoes that take up so much space in my luggage.

Yes, I had the same experience - eventually 😂. Was 9:30 - 10:00 still available for you? I’ve never had a choice that was that early. I had printed luggage tags a while ago, while they were still in color instead of gray. So I am ready to go!

What will you do with the ducks? If I find any, I take one or two to hide on another cruise line or ship (especially those tagged with the current cruise info). I leave more than two in place or rehide them on that ship. I have kept only two (well, three if you count both of the twins):

The glitch has changed. Now I can select an arrival time (and the very early ones are available), but I can’t print a boarding pass because the medical condition question does not allow me to save, showing checkin as incomplete. The arrival time was my goal, so I will let the rest go for a few days.

I just called “website assistance” and was told an impossible, ridiculous story. I was told that all of the arrival appointments were already taken, but they will add more later today 🙄. So, two hours after appointments were available to only Diamonds and Platinums, they are “taken”? I explained that very nicely, but she stuck to her story.

Yes, me too! I got up at 2 a.m. to do the checkin and get an early arrival time. Completed the entire checkin process and do not have an option to select arrival time. Boarding pass states “TBA”. Very frustrating!

I wonder if originally it was designed to be a quiet, adult atmosphere, until they saw the popularity of Virgin Voyages? Are they trying to attract the party crowd or appeal to those who find the Icon to be too family oriented?

That was a lot of words to describe loud music and bars 😂. I kept reading to see what else was offered…

We attempted to use the complimentary bag of laundry for just three items on the Equinox earlier this month. The deadline to send out laundry is 9 p.m. on Day 4 of a six-night cruise. We were told they would do the laundry if we paid the usual price for it ($15). Our steward was not the best we ever had and forgot to mention the 9 p.m. deadline when we requested the bag at 5 p.m., which did not help.

46. I remember because I am still debating whether to share this with my SO before our Celebration cruise on October 1.

We discussed the issue after I had emailed SAS. We checked the map and saw that the hotel is three miles from the airport, in the opposite direction of the cruise port. We know they need to keep the shuttle moving back and forth from the port, so using the hotel shuttle from the airport is now Plan B.

Thank you! Yes, I did try to call, but the voicemail message directed mr to use the website. I inadvertently booked to trip to the port as I was trying to find a way to book the return trip. When I received a confirmation email, I responded to it with my question, That was yesterday, Sunday, so hopefully I will receive a response today

Did SAS take you back to the Fort Lauderdale hotel, or to the airport? We need to return to the hotel and can’t find a way to book that on their website.

We are interested in using SAS from a hotel in Dania Beach (on their approved list) to the Port of Miami. For the return trip, it looks like they do only POM to FLL, with no option to return to the Dania Beach hotel. Has anyone ever done return trip to hotel rather than airport? Do you think it is possible?

The situation was probably inconvenient for the patient and their family, too 🙄

I have not flown since 2014, my SO since 2012. We had a cruise out of San Juan booked pre-pandemic. Obviously it was canceled, and we hadn’t been able to talk ourselves into trying again. Now we have booked a 13-night cruise from Tampa to Boston for next August/September. What are the chances that flying will have improved by then? I am thinking somewhere in between slim and none.

Thank you! I have the Celebration coming up in a few weeks, so this is perfect timing.

If you happen to be taking pictures when you are off the ship and it is docked in the correct position, could I ask you to please get pictures of the cove balconies on the port side? I have heard so much about them, and have our first one booked for the October 1 sailing. But if you don’t remember, I won’t be heartbroken! Your review is just perfect timing for me. I will go back to Jamman’s review also before our turn to cruise.