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If at all possible, get a flight out of Hobby. Its much closer

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Yes but it's not just Royal Caribbean. Carnival, NCL, etc...all do the same. One sale ends and another one begins right away. I stopped paying attention to sales and just determine if the price is good or not based on prior experience :)

Any recent experience with carrying on bottled water? (12 pack) I understand that the official rule is that it's not allowed but that rule is rarely enforced. Just wanted to see if anyone actually been in a situation where they did not allow to carry on bottled water.

I would not even consider bringing bottled water but how much does Royal Caribbean charge for that on board?

Carnival is $2.99 for 12 pack and RC is what...$40?

What time did boarding start? We go on the Liberty on the 19th and got a letter today that the terminal will open at 10:00am, but that boarding will not commence until 12:30pm. Just wondering when they plan to start that. Boarding has always been much earlier.

Our check in was at 11 but they did not let people onto the ship until 12:30. During the check in they assign you a boarding group #

What problems at the Lido during embarkation?

We were on the Liberty last week. Embarkation was quick and easy and we went to the Lido and didn't have any issues.

By the date in your signature I'm guessing you are on board!

 

Hope the food issues are working out for you...Have fun.

Thanks. Its going good.

It's our fourth time taking our son with us on a cruise. We leave him with the grandparents whenever possible but sometimes he needs a vacation too.

OP the Sea Day Brunch in the MDR has Mac & Cheese on the menu.

Thanks. Yep, MDR seems to be the only place you can order Mac and Cheese if that's what you want...Freaking picky people...😄

We are on the Liberty and there is no midnight buffet. There was a deck party on 3rd night but not a buffet that you are thinking of.

There is pizza but our son won't eat that too. So frustrating. Kids love pizza and he loves Ninja Turtles who love pizza yet he won't eat it.

We tried calling room service to ask if we can get Mac N Cheese and they said no. We also asked about chicken nuggets and that was a no as well (you can order chicken tenders for $5)

Considering that Carnival markets itself as a "family" line which I assume includes kids I would have imagine that they would have more / easily accessible kid foods (I wish ours wasn't picky so we wouldn't have to deal with this but the doctor says to just let him grow out of this...starve him until he eats whatever...)

We have a 4 year old who is a picky eater when it comes to lunch / dinner (breakfast is fine...). His #1 choice is Mac N Cheese.

Where on Carnival can you find "kid friendly" food for lunch? We have not seen Macaroni and Cheese at the buffet at all. We couldn't really find anything that usually appears on a kids menu. Even fries that we found were heavily seasoned.

Its much easier at dinner in the MDR since we can order Mac & Cheese, unseasoned fries, etc..there and they provide a kids menu but lunch at the buffet is a struggle.

Does Carnival not offer the Playa Mia excursion anymore? I don't see it so just curious.

We just take a cab and buy tickets at the resort.

Do a "ghost" tour on the strand. You will get a lot of information about Galveston history.

It depends on everyone's preference and opinion but I would say Western Caribbean which would be Mexico destinations (vs Eastern which is usually Bahamas)

We are booked on this cruise and are pretty unhappy about htis.. This is my Bachelor party with me and 4 other guys. This is the second change to Itinerary they have done in the past 3 weeks. Now removing the port and coming back to home port early.

 

Not sure how exciting the ship will be sitting in dock in Galveston.. There isn't anything much to do as far as an Excursion in Galveston, and if you treat it like an at sea day, the Casino is closed, Shopping with either be closed or have to pay Galveston Sales tax. Drinking.. Well more tax on that as well. So some of us the $100 OBC isn't going to cover the sales tax of being at port.

If you are not from Galveston / Houston area there are a lot of things to do like Pleasure Pier, Moody Gardens, Space Center Houston....

Now if you are local then you probably been to all of these already

 

 

Hard to please some people eh?

 

Go on facebook and search 'port of baltimore' everyone is saying the ship hit it. I know it is early on a sunday morning and you probably haven't had your coffee yet, but if many folks are saying the ship hit it, the ship hit it!

 

OK, the ship hit it. Personally I don't really care as long as nobody got hurt. All I am saying is that I just don't consider Facebook as a news source unless it is posted by a news agency or someone official.

Just because some lady on facebook says so doesn't make it true :)

 

 

The lady in question is actually on the ship!

 

 

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Yeah I know she is...but unless she actually saw the ship run into that thing who really knows what happened until someone official releases the info.

 

Seems kind of strange that a ship would run into that unless it was extended over water...

lady on the ship posted: 'On the Pride right now. We crashed into the gangway. Three cars under it. Doesn't seem to be injuries.'

 

 

 

 

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Just because some lady on facebook says so doesn't make it true :)

Looking at the title I thought that the metal gangway that they extend from the ship at ports of call has collapsed...

This story made the news in Houston:

http://www.click2houston.com/news/carnival-liberty-having-problems-with-ship-bow-thrusters

Any new updates? Will they be able to fix all the problems without dry docking it?

I got the same email for the 8/22 sailing. Cozumel times change but overall hours is the same. It was 7 to 4 and now it is 9 to 6

The cruise I have booked is now labeled as Cozumel Plus but the times have not changed. It was 7 to 4 and still the same now

The Escape is still fairly new, so to find someone that has sailed both the Escape & the Magic may be difficult. I have sailed on the Magic (Loved it!), but my Escape cruise isn't until December, so I can't help you with first hand experience. I would suggest reading a number of recent reviews on both ships to get an overall idea of each ship.

 

When the Escape first started sailing, the reviews were overwhelmingly negative. I think their promo to pick something free such as the drink package or Specialty Dining is causing issues with service, or the ability to even get in one of the specialty restaurants. Nearly everyone comments that the pool is just too small to accommodate everyone that wants to use it. However, more recently the reviews have improved (Which is why I haven't cancelled our trip).

 

The Magic is about 4 years old, but recently had a dry dock. It has two pools, plus water slides. It's big, but not as big as the Escape. I've been on some ships that I just loved (Emerald Princess, Eurodam, Coral Princess), but the Magic is my favorite.

 

I am sure which ever you choose you will have a good time.

I think Magic is 5 years old (since maiden voyage) :)

I would go on NCL. Just my personal preference.

Nothing against Carnival, I have cruised with them many times and will again in the future but given a choice I would go on NCL, RCCL, Disney, Princess...before Carnival.

They just had the $49 deposit sale about 2 weeks ago (after their Wheel of Fortune promo). I booked and paid $147 total deposit for 3 people.

On our last cruise in Feb (Valor) we had to wait and average of 45 min most of the nights. Party of 4.

If you go as soon as they open or late then I think the wait times are shorter. We always went 30 to 60 min after opening.