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BTW, keep in mind, due to all the time differences, never know what time I'll post. They're now telling us who bought wifi that it may not work all the time, so they're refunding it and you will need to check day to day to see if it works. Speculation is that it's the giant gap between Hawaii and Seattle and maybe some between the So Pacific islands and Hawaii....So....guess Elon's thingymabobbers aren't on the Luminosa

Or is it an all knowing computer that's a POS?

I'll fill the fanny pack with empty water bottles for a spare life preserver belt

Many questions come to mind when putting all of this together. How much clothes do you pack? I need a Visa? Is an Australian dollar the same as a Canadian dollar? Same people are on it and in the same pretty colors, why not? Will the ship have American Pepsi or Australian Pepsi and is there any difference? What exactly is "Australian Food?" Do the toilets really flush the other direction? What about when on the ship? These are important issues.....

A past live report from February on Celebration. Give you an idea of how bad I am at this

AND THEN SOME.... Tomorrow wifey-poo and I set out on a round the world excursion....just worked out that way We are setting out to Australia to cruise back to the USA and Seattle. My BIL happens to live in Perth, AUS and we've never been down there to visit, so why not take advantage of a great $100pp Balcony cabin w/DOU all over and freeplay, visit Perth and hop a ship home? That's what we're doing Orlando is our home airport and we can fly to Perth with one stop in Dubai. MCO>DXB>PERTH Long layover, 7.5 hours, departing at Dubai 2am. I have lounge access thanks to Priority Pass (recommend if you travel a lot). I have been to Dubai, so we'll be able to do some insane wildly priced window shopping and check out the 1Kg .999 gold bricks you can buy as well as the gold vending machines. Last time I was there I did buy wifey-poo a 1oz .999 ingot. Cool thing to just have. Have an Airbnb in Perth for a week right by Kings Park. Then we fly to Brisbane for a night and board Luminosa the next morning. 12:00 check in. Apparently earliest was 11:30 Some things many of us have learned and Carnival was little help on or even seemed to have knowledge of.....you need a Australian visa, just to fly in and sail out. Mo notice or warning. If flying through NZ, you need a transfer visa there as well, just to fly to AUS. Many are having trouble printing their boarding passes and are being instructed (if you can believe it) just fly down any way and we'll sort it out....I'd be freaking out. Lot of confusion between Carnival US and Carnival AUS. For months we have not been able to book anything for the spa, just blank, but shows the "pre-purchase discount." Funny story on how we got on this cruise. We were going to do the fall reposition back to Brisbane....Be Seattle through Alaska, Japan and on to AUS. Had it all booked. Then the great news that grandchild V2.0 was happening. "Congratulations! When ya due?" In the fall she replies....Uh boy......I knew there was no way I was dragging grandma away from a fresh grandbaby for a month. So we switched to the same ship going the other direction on 60 days notice. Actually got a better deal. So our round the world in a month (starting 24 hours from this moment...it's check in time) will go like this, completely circumnavigating the globe going East to West MCO>DXB>PER>BNE>PPT>SUV>HNL>SEA>MCO That's....Orlando>Dubai>Perth>Brisbane>Tahiti>Fiji>Honolulu>Seattle>Orlando Leave late tomorrow to fly out. I encourage everyone on this cruise to add their .02 This is my navigational map for the cabin door.

Our team is me telling my wife what to write down

DO NOT PAY ATTENTION TO THE TIME ON YOUR PHONE

They're be waiting

You need one for AUS Use the online AustraliaETA app

Yes, bought weeks ago. Just keep checking website. Up until a few days ago, nothing from the spa was showing and now its all there. I called a while back on that and was told glitch between Carnival .com and .com.au

The reply I just got We confirm 2 places21st April 2023FULL DAY WEST COAST TOUR8.30 am pick up FROM THE DOCK INFRONT OF THE SHIP 3.30pm drop off XXX.000 xpf per person XX 000 xpf total payable by credit card after the tour PLEASE LOOK OUT FOR THE RED MERCEDES ON THE DOCK INFRONT ONF THE SHIP

If the Golden Corral is your point of reference, any future comments you make regarding food will be dismissed.

I emailed again to get more clarity .

What you do is up charge for the steak on lobster night, then ask for two lobsters with your steak.

"Free Play" never has any cash value. Chips are promo chips and slot play is downloaded into your players account.

https://www.uniquetahiti.com/west-coast-full-day-tour

I booked through Unique Tahiti Tours

How do you do at BBQ's?

https://www.local10.com/news/local/2023/03/25/12-hospitalized-during-day-1-of-ultra-music-festival-in-miami/

The dogs can be trained to pick them up. Sure, they can be, but small amounts of weed is not what they're training dogs for anymore. Weed's legal in many areas, and yes it's illegal federally, but small amounts of processed weed isn't their target. It's not US Customs target problem. Meth, fentanyl, heroin and large amounts of cash is the primary target. I also said "if you want to take that shot." There is a risk

Melatonin in one thing and yes, keep in original packaging. As for adult gummies, I'd keep them in my carry on if you want to take that shot and claim ignorance.

Yeah, don't stress it. Just push back everything by that many hours. They can make that up at sea, same as a plane running late.

The 22-day Luminosa repositioning from Brisbane, Australia to Seattle that leaves in 2 weeks is a "Journeys Cruise" This is our first Journeys, but there are supposed to be extra speakers and classes to keep you busy about where your cruise has been or is going. They do not tell you in advance of the speakers or topics, trust me, I've asked, but they're supposed to be relevant to the cruise. I can only assume Pacific Island folks join and tell us about living on Fiji, Tahiti and Hawaii BTW, I turn Platinum on this cruise, knowing most of the benes will be lost because everyone is likely plat or diamond