LALindaJ

Leeleent, could you please forward a copy of the Elation 5 day Fun Times to me? rljender@gmail.com

I'm also "at the beach" in AL!

Linda

Our stickers were small and round, like the dot stickers used for pricing yard sale items!

With all the hassle of getting on the tender I am SO glad we stuck with it because the time in Belize was the best on the cruise. I'm in my late 50's so going on a zip line was a real adventure for me, but I did it! Then to relax while cave / river tubing was the best way to round out the day. I hope to do it again!

Unfortunately I have a sight problem and reading, especially the small print they use on the FunTimes, is impossible. Thank goodness for computer screens that you can re-size the font. Actually, I finally did see the section in the FunTimes with the information - after I got home and scanned it into my computer. Didn't do me any good while on the cruise.

The first time I asked about getting on the tender was late in the evening two days prior to the stop (and before the info was in the FunTimes) and there was absolutely no line at the desk. I was treated rudely once I mentioned I was not on a Carnival excursion. You mentioned you received tickets, we received stickers.

It seems like it was more a problem with the way Carnival Conquest handled the process rather than the standard. It wasn't just the "getting the sticker" that was an issue but the running us back and forth on the ship (as a group no less).

Whether you read or didn't read the FunTimes there is NO excuse for rudeness which was shown by the staff on the Carnival Conquest, not only to myself but a lot of others. I am glad to hear that the handling of the tender boarding is handled more efficiently on other Carnival ships.

Is it too much trouble to send the FunTimes once again? If not, please send to rljender@gmail.com. Thanks!

Linda

I just returned from a 7 day cruise with a stop at Roatan and Belize. The tender process was horrible - if you didn't buy a shore excursion from Carnival. I went to the service desk two days before the Belize stop to find out what to do and once I said I had not purchased a Carnival excursion you could see she didn't want to talk to me any more. The info she gave me was incorrect.

Then another party in the group went to the service desk early the morning of the stop and they sent her to the excursion desk where she had to wait in line again. They told her to go Degas Lounge (front of the boat). There we waited and then they sent us to the back of the boat where we stood and watched as hundreds of people that had purchased Carnival excursions filed by. In the meantime a tender was leaving from the front of the boat where we had just been, not sure who was in that one.

The tender ride itself was very pleasant and enjoyable, the staff on the tender did a good job. Coming back was a breeze.

Gary, the entertainment director was very rude, not only to me but to a lot of others that were asking questions. It appears that if you had not purchased a Carnival excursion you were not told how to get the "sticker" to get off the boat. There are no passes or tickets, just stickers. The stickers for Carnival excursions were a different color from the ones for those that did not book through Carnival - shame on us. Fortunately our tour guide waited and we had an awesome day.

As mentioned previously the cave tubing is great, we were so glad we did it! We also went on the zipline before tubing so we filled up the day. The ride to and from was interesting and definitely eye opening.

Before I book another cruise on Carnival that has a tender stop I will do more research as this was not a great experience.