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Order the 2 bottles per cabin. It is way cheaper than buying individual drinks.

So did you get your luggage early? Did it have the orange tag?

Welcome aboard the board. Start doing your research lots of info out there.

We used Ship or Shore last year and plan to use them again next week. Bob and his guys a very friendly and affordable. You can give him a call at 813-786-7878 or 813-741-3222.

Enjoy your cruise.

HOLY COW. Very happy for you. Enjoy the cruise.

dance now if you want only 9 days left until we sail. Can't wait.

I don't smuggle and I don't hog chairs. I don't think the 2 are related. I don't smuggle because it's not worth the risk/hassle. I don't hog chairs because I have always been able to find one when needed.

DW and I enjoy YTD. It is nice because you can go anytime. On our 1st cruise we had a different server each night. On our second we enjoyed our server so much we requested his section every night. I have read on here that there can be a wait for a table at certain times but we have never waited more than 10 minutes and that was because we wanted Fernando's section and not someone else's. It is nice not being rushed to get ready for dinner to make it on time. just my thoughts.

Enjoy your cruise

I apologize if I am incorrect but I am 90% sure on my last cruise the menu said there was a charge for room service during certain hours.

But I am sorry for incorrect information.

Carnival does charge a fee for late night room service. I believe it is from midnight to 5am.

Should tip at all time though the staff truly appreciates it.

ahhhh...

 

here is what i read, here on this site: called 11 ways to get kicked off the ship

and i think this is the passage i read and somehow remembered it as organizing poker?? This has nothing to do with poker! im a goof !!!

 

anyways.. still no answers.

 

9. Organize your own tours in public. One of the things we love most about Cruise Critic's Roll Calls is meeting other travelers and teaming up to book independent excursions. While a cruise line doesn't mind if you book a private tour with a few friends, they do frown upon passengers booking a 30-person bus and advertising onboard for other cruisers to join them in shunning ship excursions. If you don't want to get forcibly debarked for soliciting, please be discreet in your tour arranging, and do not exchange money at Cruise Critic Meet and Mingles in front of senior officers.

Where did you find this? I did a search and was unsuccessful.

Sorry you think the cruise sucked.

DW and I are relatively new cruisers going on our 3rd in 10 days. We have had a blast every time. I will admit that on our 1st cruise the MDR staff did not know our names but we had anytime dining and didn't have the same server the entire week. On our 2nd cruise we had anytime dining and had such a pleasant experience with our MDR staff (Fernando and his team ROCK) that we requested his section every night. We would see him and his team out on the decks during the day and they always called us by name. I can only hope they are on our next cruise.

Hopefully you will not give up Carnival after 1 cruise. Try a different ship and port you might actually like it. I highly recommend the Legend ship isn't new but it was a great time.

Now I'm just hoping the Fairy calls again and offers us a suite for $100 that would make it awesome.

Well the upgrade fairy emailed us. We are going from an Interior on Upper to Ocean View on Empress. Only $50 so why the heck not. This is the highest deck we have ever been on. Looking forward to this cruise, it has been a long cold winter.

DW and I have cruised twice we did not have FTTF for our first cruise and had our luggage in our room about 90 minutes after boarding the ship. On our last cruise we did have FTTF and our luggage was in our room about 45 minutes after boarding. We did not bring it to the attention of the porters.

As someone that has worked in the bar industry most of my life I agree with you that they are gouging us for the ability to make our own drinks. However if you think about it if you try to smuggle booze on and get caught you are out about $25 and then you are going to pay around $7 per drink. A liter of Sky has approximately 30 drinks in it. In order to get the equivalent from the bar you are going to pay $210. Being the cheapskate that I am I will pay the $ for the bottle in my room instead of playing the smuggler game.

Just my opinion.

Last November DW and I celebrated our birthdays and anniversary. When booking with a PVP they asked if we were celebrating anything special. Told them bdays and anniversary they had decorations in our room and brought us cake with candle and sang to us. This did not cost us anything. So perhaps it just depends on how you book your cruise.

Let Carnival know that you are celebrating your 10 year and they will most likely surprise you with decorations in your room a special desert and song in the MDR at no cost.

Congrats on 10 years and enjoy your cruise

We had close to 1000 pictures for our 1st cruise. Last cruise about 700 so I don't think it is that bad. Looking forward to your review.

Liquor or cruise cash would be my choices.

Eric,

I sent you an email. Thanks for the info.

Do not cut in front of people in line at guest services. You will use the Diamond / Platinum line.

DW and I hit Margarittaville in GC last year. The service sucked and food over priced. If you've never been to one and really want to see it go for it but not worth the money in my opinion.

DW and I had room 2477 on the Freedom for our first cruise. The only time it was "bad" was when we would pull in or out of port. The first morning we pulled into Ft. Lauderdale and we were woken up by the shaking of the ship. Other than that never really noticed it.

Thank you for the help. I had already read that post. Was really hoping for info from people that have sailed under this promo so that I could get true first hand knowledge.