cruisejunkie1960

13 hours ago, basil said:

I have always fashioned myself a Carnival girl. I've been on both their big ships and their small ships. I then tried NCL, Princess. MSC, and RCL. I love every cruise line. Yes they are all a little different. I have never gone hungry. There is always food to be found, and plenty of things to do.  With that being said, I am a little hard pressed to get back on a Carnival Ship. Best advice....Enjoy and have fun.

We are the same - we have more nights on Carnival than any other, but we've also sailed RCCL and Celebrity - they are all different and bring something unique to the table.  The line we cruise has less to do with brand and more to do with itinerary, price, ease of accessing the port, availability of handicapped accessible cabins.  But I will say that, at the moment, Celebrity is our favorite ; ))

Thanks for the help - I couldn't remember what I paid for the refreshment package on our last RCCL cruise, but I think it was eithar $20 or $22 a day, so I'm going to jump on the $20 and then re-order if the price goes down : ))

On 7/26/2019 at 12:19 PM, KLA said:

The only reasoning that I can think of for this is that people don't generally act rationally while grieving. On top of what's a pretty tragic situation between family members, they're grieving their child and grandchild. 

Or they have an attorney who figures he can get a quick pay day for himself.  I really think this lawyer thought RCCL would settle immediately to avoid bad publicity.  They aren't offering to settle and the longer this goes, the harder it's going to be for this family (and their sleazy attorney) to collect anything.

We are sailing on the Grandeur on 10/3 - I've been watching the price of the Refreshment package and it's been sitting at $20 a day for a while.  Does that package ever go lower than $20?

I'm willing to wait it out a bit longer ; ))

On 4/12/2018 at 1:55 AM, firegal2539 said:

I have rented all my scooters for Special Needs at Sea. It is in your room waiting for you when you board. There are some places that scooters can't go. The MDR is one. I know people will say they do but as soon as you arrive at the desk it is driven away and put at the front of the MDR because there is no room in the dining room. You are not allowed to park it in any hallway because carts and people can't get by. Some bars/lounges don't allow them. You can move all over the ship but I find some times the scooter  can be a pain to get on and off the elevators and into certain areas. Don't get me wrong I am glad I had the scooter for all of my cruises but sometimes they can cause problems. Oh, you can't take it off the ship. The crew is not allowed to help with driving it off of the ship on the gangway or helping load it on or off the ship.

I have taken my last 3 cruises with a scooter and have been able to take it off the ship at any port that has pier access - (tender ports are different and usually you can't take the scooter to a tender port).  The crew will not  drive it off the ship for you, but they will make sure you get it safely down the gangway (especially if it's steep).  You do have to watch when you are in port as not every port is as accessible (sidewalk cuts, etc), as we are used to here in the US.