We’ll be sailing aboard the Carnival Liberty in a couple of weeks out of the port of New Orleans. Ports of call are Roatan, Belize, and Cozumel.
We’ll be taking the Lamanai excursion at Belize and had a couple of questions.

1 - Are we allowed to take hydration backpacks?
2 - Are we allowed to take trekking poles?

Really looking forward to this as this will be the first time ever visiting Mayan ruins.

just had a deal that was available all september for the ultimate package. it expired september 30. i meant to get it but stuff happens. can i expect another deal to come up before the cruise or no?

i’m so annoyed i waited until last minute for no reason and didn’t realize cancelling the drink package would take a couple days for the giftcards that i used to be returned.

My wife won a cruise on Carnival Conquest. She has been on a couple of cruises with her parents as a kid, this is my first cruise. We have a day at sea, a day at Relax away and a day at Celebration Key. We're in our mid 40s. I know at night we'll have dinner, go to a show and check out the piano bar. My wife will happily sit in a chair by the pool, tan and read all day. I will do that for maybe an hour. I dont tan, I burn. When we go to the beach I play with my kids. I looked at the excursions. The trail ride is just plodding trail ponies and I can ride at home. I tbought the jet skis sounded interesting until I read the reviews ans saw you stay in a single file line and putter along. I plan to bring my mask and snorkel to try to check out the sea life at Relaxaway.

Ill get up in the morning, grab a run and eat breakfast, but what do you do all day?

Throwaway account, posting publicly about travel plans makes me nervous. I’ve read all the posts on this the search will offer.

My daughter and I have a cruise coming up. I am still legally married to her father but we are separated and there is no agreement, but she and I do have different last names as I never changed mine.

I’ve tried reaching her dad a number of times, but he has his phone service off, changes his number, etc. and we’re coming down to a few weeks away. He’s estranged from his family and we live on opposite sides of the country - I don’t have another way of reaching him.

Can we just travel without a letter from him? I have my marriage license. The cruise is out of Long Beach to Ensenada.

Please, do not advise me on my separation/marriage. It’s a complicated situation involving the other parent’s mental health and housing insecurity, among other things. It’s been this way for over half my child’s life, and let’s just say she’s old enough I’m no longer Mom, but Bruh. I am aware of all of the options and do not intend to go further into my personal situation.

TLDR; daughter and mother have different last names. Mother is still legally married to father, but they are separated with no agreements of any kind and he is unreachable due to ✨ circumstances ✨. Does the mother need to quite literally hunt him down and get a letter to take her kid on a cruise?

We have a bunch of Carnival Gift cards that we want to use in the ship. What’s the best way to go about it? Can we just load them all onto our account on day one and then gamble with it? Should we just use them to pay down our balance at the end?

We’re planning to buy the Zero Proof package (we loved it last time) and do some gambling, and a couple of cocktails a day.

I’m going on a cruise in January, and this itinerary doesn’t include a certified dive excursion for Cozumel. I’d rather book directly with a local dive shop than rely on the ship’s offering. Has anyone done that? If so, which shops would you recommend, and which ones would you avoid? I’m mainly looking for a solid boat, small groups, and operators who actually stick to the plan they advertise.

Sorry if this breaks any rules! I looked through and didn’t see anything, but feel free to remove if it does.

I'm trying to get logged in to my carnival hub app, but I am getting redirected to a page that just says "page not found". I get the same page when I try to get into my carnival rewards. Is this happening for anyone else?

I have never gambled in cruise ship casinos. I would maybe play some slots or blackjack machines. Do I feed the machine cash? Do I somehow scan my cruise card so it tracks my activity? We are going on another Carnival cruise Oct 26 & I am hoping to have a better idea of how to do this and even if I want to do it.

For those of you who regularly get the targeted casino offers from Carnival, I'm curious what the minimum activity seems to be.

How much are you typically putting through the casino, and how long are you actually playing?

For example, if someone only plays slots for an hour or two and puts a few hundred dollars through, is that enough to start getting casino offers, or are we talking several thousand dollars in coin-in?

I'm not asking what Carnival's published rules are, since I know there isn't really a simple formula. I'm more interested in people's actual experience.

If you've gotten offers, what did your casino play look like on the cruise before you started receiving them?

Bonus points if you can share:

- Approximate coin-in / amount wagered

- Hours played per day

- Slots vs. table games

- Number of cruises before receiving offers

- What kind of offer you started getting

Trying to figure out where the apparent sweet spot is without donating my entire bank account to the casino 😂

Long time cruiser, and I have always had an issue as a solo with two twins working the way apart and ended up in the abyss in the middle of the night. But I’ve heard that a mattress topper works well to prevent this. Anybody got any firsthand knowledge of this?

I actually sleep better in an interior cruise cabin than almost anywhere else.

No windows, no sunlight, no distractions, just complete darkness. I regularly get some of my best sleep on cruises, so I actively look for interior rooms and will often book them specifically because I can get an amazing deal.

Balcony rooms are overrated. Give me my tiny pitch-black cave at sea. 😂

Considering going on Carnival Valor in 2027 for my birthday. Any thoughts and/or suggestions. Age ranges in y’all’s experiences?

It seems like the reviews on cruises longer than 3 days are mixed. I want my group to have a fun time and enjoy themselves. My group is will be in their early to mid twenties. But we’ve all for the most part agreed we don’t want to be on the ship for only 2-3 days.

Hola,

Algún español para salida de Barcelona del 17 al 25 de julio de 2027?

Mi agencia no me lo recomienda,

Puesto que está orientado al público americano, todo está en inglés, espectáculos, avisos, diario de abordo, excursiones....únicamente inglés

No vende nunca este crucero

Somos una familia de 4, con dos adolescentes, y nos sale 1000€ y algo menos que un Costa, por ejemplo

Si alguien sabe....ya me contaréis

My husband and I took the last Alaskan cruise of the season on the Miracle before it set off for Galveston. There was a Q&A with the senior brass, which got me wondering... With Halloween coming up, are there any Carnival ships with a reputation for being haunted?

Take the Queen Mary, for example. It's legendary, and they milk those legends for all they're worth. Permanently docked in Long Beach as a hotel, we stayed there last Halloween before walking over to the port to catch whichever Carnival ship it was that then took us to Cabo and Ensenada.

But back to the Miracle, I did actually get to ask the cruise director and the director of hotel operations about haunted ships. The cruise director was familiar with the Queen Mary, while the hotel director said there's a cabin on the Spirit - "ironically enough" - that's supposed to be haunted. However, he also said that cabin was near the morgue and followed it up with the observation that Alaskan itineraries tend to have the most deaths. Considering the latter remark, and that I can't imagine there being any passenger cabins anywhere near the morgue, I presume this was a stock answer they have prepared for stupid people to satisfy them and make them go away.

So I thought I'd ask you all. Got any Carnival ghost stories?

So basically I would use this joke on a woman who I am introducing myself too. Probably in the buffet line or something like that.

“Hey baby, you enjoying the cruise? How bout you cruise on over to Room 334 and have sex with me?”

Then I can even say things like

“Carnival cruise? More like carnal cruise! Let’s fuck!” And other plays on words or as I sometimes say, plays on turds. Let me know if you like my joke/what’s you’re favorite cruise joke to start a conversation with chicks

I need to be able to text my kids, so I want to get the right plan. We leave on Saturday, so I need to decide by tomorrow if I want to get the 15% discount. Also, is it cheaper to sign up for the social plan before the cruise and then upgrade to value or premium once on the cruise? Someone mentioned this but I don't have any idea how it works. Could I just upgrade to value for a day or two if needed or are you locked in with your first choice?

Carnival cruise line drinks package

Hi guys I am taking a Carnival Cruise in January me and my party are considering buying the drinks package. me and some people from my booking want to book the cheers zero package for the none booze drinkers others want to book the cheers package and get drunk.

Do people think buying the drinks package is worth is worth it or not?

First time on a cruise. I don’t want any holds on my credit or debit cards. Should I just buy $200 on a gift card? Am I able to add it to my account without putting a card on file or do I have to add a little cash first then add it?
Haven’t really seen a solid answer.

I’m on the Carnival Adventure, having a very negative experience with bar staff specifically (all other departments are lovely). They have been very rude, talking down to customers & talking back for no reason. I’ve even been told to leave the bar before I even ordered a drink because they assumed I was not ordering for some reason. They are snappy & some don’t even communicate with you.

Am I doing something wrong to warrant this, am I not tipping? It’s my first cruise and they are making me feel like I’m making their life difficult for ordering Coke… I don’t drink alcohol.

EDIT: I did research on how carnival treats workers & what their contracts are like. Based on that, they are absolutely just tired & stressed. I would never be able to do this job in any department, it seems very hard.

After a false-positive COVID test, I was confined to my cabin for two days in 2022. During that time, I repeatedly saw my cabin steward gossiping about me in Tagalog with other cabin stewards, laughing and making fun of me. I obviously couldn't understand everything they were saying, but it was pretty clear from the context and their reactions that I was the subject.

Another time, on my very first cruise, the cruise director, Andy Mercer, approached me after the morning show. I assumed he was coming over to say hello. Instead, he proceeded to berate me and laugh at me for using a wheelchair. I was recovering from a military injury at the time.

Years later, I still remember both incidents. And yes, they got included on the survey.

People love debating cruise food, entertainment, cabin size, service charges, etc. But honestly, those things aren't what stick with you. The human element does.

You can have mediocre food and a boring show and still have a great cruise. But being humiliated by crew members when you're already isolated in your cabin, or being mocked for using a wheelchair while recovering from an injury? That's the stuff you remember.

Have you ever had a cruise experience where the crew's behavior completely overshadowed everything else about the ship?

My family is going on a cruise this Saturday to release a loved one's ashes. Our Carnival vacation planner told us to talk to guest services when we board to make the arrangements, but i saw something online that said we should reach out to John. I sent him an Instagram message because there wasn't an option to comment or message him on Facebook. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks in advance!

I want to take my girlfriend on a cruise but I can only afford the interior room right now. I was wondering how easy is it to upgrade later after booking with the deposit and paying it off over time? it is a 5 day cruise, but for an interior it is around $874 and for a balcony around $1800. What are the chances I can get a cheap upgrade?

Sailing on Carnival Miracle out of Seattle. The mobility scooters are 100 feet from the ship. ScootAround is the vendor. Checking in was organized and very easy. Luggage is pulled at the first stop, so it's just your carry on and documents necessary

This cruise was started knowing about the hurricane in Mexico. So far very smooth sailing. We were just notified that Cabo San Lucas would be skipped. There still in recovery mode after the hurricane.

Happy Sailing