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Will this be available on the Escape in November?

Is lunch served everyday in the main dining rooms? Carnival is only on sea days I believe, or maybe that is breakfast. I can't remember. Which meals can I sit down for and when? I booked specialties for dinner... we are cruising on Thanksgiving and I'd love to have lunch in the MDR vs the buffet. Thanks!

Thanks. I hadn't been on the board and was just looking for Escape pictures and stumbled upon it. The terms and conditions are very very vague :( We sale on 11/21- super excited but now worried about our food! I have Celiac disease so I already worry about food much more than a normal person! lol :)

Ok, so I had no idea there were changes for the Escape. We booked our cruise in Jan 2015.... at the time we got all 4 of us free Ultimate Dining Package. I've booked our dinners and at the time, everything was covered. Now I read online that the several restaurants are ala carte and now we only get 25% off.... Frustrating that they change something after we'd already picked (I may have picked something different, ya know?)

Is this the case? Are those of us who got this in January when the conditions were different somehow "grandfathered" in? I will call but sometimes calling isn't helpful at all...

Thanks for your thoughts.

We are on the 11/21 cruise and I didnt realize this was even a thing. We got UDP free when we booked a very long time ago... does this mean we now can't eat at the places it said we could when we booked?!

I love Sea Turtles. I'd love to see them while we are in St. Thomas as its my birthday :) I've seen the NCL excursions to turtle cove, also one to St. John says you may see them--- but does anyone have any advice on excursions or even places we may go on our own to that are frequented by sea turtles?

 

Thanks!

I booked the Escape for Nov 21. When I booked (Jan 1)- I got the Dining Plan free- I was told it was for all passengers. However, I don't see anywhere on the invoice that it specifies it is for all (2 adults, 2 kids). I just did a quick look at the NCL website to see the going price of the cruise now, and saw that they have the CHOD code still but now it says only for first 2 passengers- was I told something incorrectly back in Jan or did it change now? Trying to figure it out but can't find the info anywhere on my bookings.

 

Thanks!

I LOVED the glory.......My kids well they thought it could have been better! (they want the breeze next time). NOT saying they didnt have fun they did but they thought it needed MORE kids things.

 

 

Good to know. Yah mine LOVED the waterpark on the Breeze. The Getaway looks super cool. The Getaway ports are fine but there are 6 ships in port at some of them at the same time! And its about 1000 less for the Glory. Ive never been on NCL so I dont know!

Ok, so we are Carnival people but we saw the Getaway (NCL) on our cruise and wow it looks awesome. We were booking that but then I saw the Glory would cost us a lot less and has ports we like better...but it is seriously lacking in the waterslide area...my kids are spoiled by the breeze.

 

What do you guys think? Better ship or better ports. My mom has never cruised before and we are taking her so I want to make it good!

Ive been on lots of Carnival cruises but never an NCL. Could you please help me out?

Cruising on the Getaway in Nov.

 

1- Dinner menus- I've looked online. Many have same thing every night. Do they change? We want to do the MDR nightly not upgrade as we never have had to before. Will that be okay?

 

2-Is the rope course included?

 

3-What "drinks" are free? on carnival Lemonade and tea..NCL?

 

4-If you've done the Breeze and Getaway can you tell me any big differences? Thank you!

The Breeze on June 21-29, 8 day Eastern Caribbean 3500 for 8th floor, balcony room, for 4 people.

12-2:00 on the Breeze. Go after 1pm for no lines. Only Sea Days although was open during early port day.

Ive gotten a total of 900 drops in the past few months... I just looked last night and it dropped 412, then today I found a drop for 240. But now I have to pay final payment. Once I pay final payment, I cant get anymore price drops right? I see you guys talking about OBC...

We've done both. We live in Orlando and are annual pass holders. We also have gone to California the last two years to Disneyland...I say that to show you how Disney we are.... But my kids hated the Disney cruise and don't want to go back. I did like their shows and food but the pools and such as well as childcare is better on Carnival IMO

 

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I am a celiac and went on breeze last year and go again this year. Its the best! Let me know if you have any specific questions.

 

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I recently switched to "dreaming of vacation" rate... didn't save anything but didnt have to pay til 30 days out. Just called about Kids Sail Free... originally was told couldnt do it, they couldnt switch without a 200 penalty... if they let me switch rooms i would have saved 338. So I hung up and called back, got another person who said well let me try it... she tried it and just kept me int he same room, same booking number everything the same and the price went down 208. It wasnt the 338 but 208 is better than nothing and I stayed in the better room , the 338 was a less desirable deck/room. :) So, I look at it as now parking is covered. lol.

I recently switched my cruise from regular booking to the Dreaming of Vacation rate... of course now that I did that the cruise rate is 200 less... they won't let me cancel/rebook or switch promos will they?

They just wrote me back and they do have GF buns!

Iamsteph you totally just made my day. I will try that thanks!!!

 

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I've had it show up a much cheaper price, I screen shot it and called. They did not honor it even when I had a picture. I legitimately thought it was a "glitch" on their part... th emore I've played with it the more I know. And now i realize if you have two tabs open or more than that even, it will display the same price for all of them until you go to pick the cabin, similar to what you are saying. For me its that I have more than one tab open.

I am not diary free but I am a Celiac. I am going again on Carnival because I never eat that well on land. They definitely take care of you. I'm sure there will be a ton you can eat at the MDR. The buffet was always more difficult though.

The soy sauce on Fascination last weekend at Mongolian Wok was Kikkoman's. You could carry your own onboard if you must have soy sauce.

 

Its not that I need soy sauce. The mongolian wok cooks their items in sauce and it has soy sauce in them. As a Celiac I can't have that cross contamination even if I did bring my own. :(

 

The MDR does have gf soy sauce they use for menu items.

Oh. Yes there are lots of gluten free soy sauces :) tamari is one.

 

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The second ingredient in most soy sauce is wheat.

Contacted Special Needs- Mongolian Wok does not have GF soy sauce. :( I had asked before and since I thought someone might like to know... decided to post.