On the Horizon now .. here’s Platinium gifts …

[Markmom18]

 Oh and my husband got a Carnival pin too. 

[stobe1]

Yep. Unzip it and look on the inside. It says "Very Important Fanny Pack".

 

That had been the gift for a good while now. According to our 15 year old, fanny packs are back in style, only you throw them cross ways over your shoulder now??? I dont know. Cant keep up with trends anymore.

[Qchell]

I was actually wondering what the current gifts were this morning.  We are sailing again in a few weeks and I was hoping the gifts had changed since our last cruise.  Thanks for the update!

[dallasdan]

We gave ours to our grandkids.  They loved the fanny pack. 10 and 8 years old.

[Old Fart Cruisers]

On 9/6/2023 at 8:31 PM, stobe1 said:

Yep. Unzip it and look on the inside. It says "Very Important Fanny Pack".

 

That had been the gift for a good while now. According to our 15 year old, fanny packs are back in style, only you throw them cross ways over your shoulder now??? I dont know. Cant keep up with trends anymore.

 

I just had a pop-up ad for school supplies that included this picture.  I'm way past the buying back to school supplies phase😉.

[BETSY DOLL]

Very tacky. I gave mine away.

[MayorDrafty]

On 9/6/2023 at 9:31 PM, stobe1 said:

Unzip it and look on the inside. It says "Very Important Fanny Pack".

ok I have to admit that cracked me up.

[Illbcruzn4life]

19 minutes ago, BETSY DOLL said:

Very tacky. I gave mine away.

we just came back from a Disney cruise. Only our 4th cruise with them. We received a framed lithograph of Mickey.

[Old Fart Cruisers]

On 9/6/2023 at 8:31 PM, stobe1 said:

Yep. Unzip it and look on the inside. It says "Very Important Fanny Pack".

 

I thought you were just being funny.   I hadn't looked inside until just now.

[Illbcruzn4life]

3 minutes ago, Old Fart Cruisers said:

 

I thought you were just being funny.   I hadn't looked inside until just now.

lol!

[sassy~one]

I have never looked. Does anyone have any idea when they will be changing the gift?

[dlphn501]

On 9/6/2023 at 9:31 PM, stobe1 said:

Yep. Unzip it and look on the inside. It says "Very Important Fanny Pack".

 

That had been the gift for a good while now. According to our 15 year old, fanny packs are back in style, only you throw them cross ways over your shoulder now??? I dont know. Cant keep up with trends anymore.

Confirmed, lol.  And it makes me laugh when I see them cross body in pictures.  It's still a fanny pack, and when they put them cross body trying to make it look cool - it's STILL a fanny pack lolol 

[RD64]

Herschel and LuluLemon have made it a thing! In Canada everyone wears them crossbody. No longer called Fanny Packs - the kids at school call them “Satchels”.

[ledges1]

This is junk!

[jimbo5544]

Simply an amazing thread.  Gotta love CC

[cellfree]

Gave mine to six-year old granddaughter, you’d think I’d given her “gold!”

[CruzDayz]

1 hour ago, cellfree said:

Gave mine to six-year old granddaughter, you’d think I’d given her “gold!”

I know exactly what you are saying. I was on the Miracle a few weeks ago, and on my way to brunch one morning I stopped to pick up my pin and gift. I saw a grandmother and her maybe eight year old granddaughter picking up photos. 
I asked the grandmother if maybe the girl might want my pin and gift. 
My gosh, that little girl was so excited! It made me feel good all day. 😊

[Pellaz]

I finally make Platinum next weekend. <applause> 

I take it these have to be picked up at Pixels and they are no longer placed in your stateroom, right?  

 

[DallasGuy75219]

20 minutes ago, Pellaz said:

I finally make Platinum next weekend. <applause> 

I take it these have to be picked up at Pixels and they are no longer placed in your stateroom, right?  

 

Correct

[Old Fart Cruisers]

This is what we got on our last two cruises on Venezia. 

 

Just one of them per person. 

 

Carnival must have blown their VIFP gift budget on Cross-body bags.  As I'm sure everyone knows, those deluxe Cross-body bags cost so much more than cheep fanny packs😁

[ledges1]

We have received luggage tags in the past. This is just a new design.

[Old Fart Cruisers]

19 minutes ago, ledges1 said:

We have received luggage tags in the past. This is just a new design.

 

They aren't anything like the nice silicone ones in the past.   These are really cheap plastic ones. 

[glrounds]

On 10/7/2023 at 10:06 PM, CruzDayz said:

I know exactly what you are saying. I was on the Miracle a few weeks ago, and on my way to brunch one morning I stopped to pick up my pin and gift. I saw a grandmother and her maybe eight year old granddaughter picking up photos. 
I asked the grandmother if maybe the girl might want my pin and gift. 
My gosh, that little girl was so excited! It made me feel good all day. 😊

I usually give mine away to the first 6-10 year old with their parents on the ship. They don't seem to be all that impressed, but their parents do because they know what it means. The same with the dime store gift when it's appropriate. I did love the insulated glasses though. Eventually acquired a set. Loved them.

[sailingships]

We got those fanny packs on the Magic in June

[CruzDayz]

1 hour ago, glrounds said:

I usually give mine away to the first 6-10 year old with their parents on the ship. They don't seem to be all that impressed, but their parents do because they know what it means. The same with the dime store gift when it's appropriate. I did love the insulated glasses though. Eventually acquired a set. Loved them.

Good for you, this was a first for me to pick my gift up at the photo shop. Sometimes you are moved by The Big Guy to make someone happy right in front of you and  sometimes it works out. This little girl was so excited and the grandmother was able to take credit for the gift. I still feel that it’s nice that Carnival does this for us. 
 

When I lost my wife I donated 20 years of gifts that we never used, including the glasses. We had fun bickering to get rid of all of it. I still have the memories of the fun cruises. 😊🛳️ I still have a Carnival blanket and memories of a spot on a hill in Cabo that I will never give up. ❤️