Family of 3 (mother, daughters (16 ) and (12))
First time on a cruise...
All advice welcome!
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Hi!
I've been on four Carnival cruises, so I may be able to help.
First of all, I recommend eating in the dining room if possible instead of at the buffet. The same food is offered, but if you like a sit-down meal, it's better to try the dining room.
Have your daughters sign up for teen activities. I am 16 years old and I LOVED the activities for both the 12-14 age group and the 15-17 age group. There are karaoke parties, dance parties, bracelet making, ice cream socials, and just fun time to make new friends. I still keep in touch with friends from cruises and have even met up with some of them. Your daughters will love it!
Remember that most food is included (there are some specialty desserts at the cafe that are not). There is free ice cream and pizza 24-hours a day. Alcohol and soda are not included. You can buy a soda card once onboard if your family drinks a lot of soda. There is espresso for free after dinner in the dining room.
Be sure to see some of the shows. They are really good and there are some very talented people!
All purchases made onboard the ship are charged to your room. You do not use cash. Instead, each person has a Sail and Sign card. You just give them a credit card number at the beginning of your trip and at the end, all of your expenses are charged to your credit card. You can decide when you give them the number if your children are allowed to charge on your card or not.
If you like to lay out, try to get a deck chair early in the morning. By the middle of the day, they will all be taken. Saving deck chairs is not allowed. There are sometimes some more secluded decks where there are more open deck chairs, so seek those out.
Remember to pack something to wear for formal night. Dress code is on the Carnival website. I had some tablemates that did not have formal clothes and were not allowed to eat in the dining room on formal night.
Definitely try the chocolate melting cake for dessert! It is on the alternative menu in the dining room. Also, the king crab legs are great!
Be sure to check your Carnival Capers. They arrive at your room nightly and list all of the activities for the next day. This will help keep you informed.
Room service is free but small tips are appreciated by the staff!
They leave chocolate on your pillow each night. I loved that. =)
Most of all, enjoy yourself! These were the things I thought of off the top of my head.
Hope this was helpful!
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CruiseCritic.com, click on "Boards", then go to your favorite topic. You might especially be interested in "First Time Cruisers", "Money-Saving Tips", "Ports of Call" and the Carnival board. If you want to "meet" others on your sailing, you can go to the "Roll Call" board - you'll have to join CC for that board, but it's free.
I sailed on the Paradise back when she was a non-smoking ship - very nice, and one of Carnival's less-over-the-top ships in re decor!
Have a great cruise. But be forewarned: you, too, may become "addicted" to cruising!!
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Welcome to the world of cruising. Don't worry, all the veteran cruisers are NOT thinking "Look at them, they don't know what to do." They are thinking "Look, they're on their first cruise, Remember the feeling we had on our first cruise. And I still look around in wonder, and I've been on several.
Try cruiseaddicts.com or cruisecritic.com where you can just lurk and learn so much or post a question and get some really great answers from people who've "been there, done that."
Bon Voyage and relax and enjoy. You'll be as "hooked" as I am.
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hi one thing that mite help you is find out where the ship will stop lets say you are going to stop in cozumel then do a seach on cozumel mexico it will bring up the web page on there it will show you about it it will also have cruise ship stop and it will give a list of the things to do so you can read about each one of them and how much it will cost to do them also it will give you a time on how long it takes to do the tour most ship stop at the ports from 6 to 9 hours you have to make sure you have time for it this help me and my kids out it gave us a chance to see what each one of us like then we talk about it it was a great time for us (family time ) this will give you and ideal of what they like and will also show you about mexico and the way they live then after you have had a chance to do that then go to cruise critic my kids have choosen to see the ruins by the end of are cruise i think my feet are going to be killing me lol oh wait maybe ill have a foot Massage or relax in a spa well any ways i hope find things all of you like good luck you will love it
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
HELP!!!! what is the address of the Los Angeles port that carnival paradise (3 day Mexico leaves from???)?
PLEASE HELP
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The 5th paragraph of the article at the 1st site below states that the Carnival ship "Paradise" leaves from the Long Beach Terminal. The second site gives the address of this terminal and gives directions to it.
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Here's the address
The Carnival Cruise Lines's Long Beach Cruise Terminal is located at:
231 Windsor Way
Long Beach, California 90802.
Phone: 562-901-3232
Here's the web site with more information.
http://www.sanpedro.com/spcom/crusshp2.h…
The web site has a map and driving directions; shows you exactly where it is.
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The 5th paragraph of the article at the 1st site below states that the Carnival ship "Paradise" leaves from the Long Beach Terminal. The second site gives the address of this terminal and gives directions to it.
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Here's the address
The Carnival Cruise Lines's Long Beach Cruise Terminal is located at:
231 Windsor Way
Long Beach, California 90802.
Phone: 562-901-3232
Here's the web site with more information.
http://www.sanpedro.com/spcom/crusshp2.h…
The web site has a map and driving directions; shows you exactly where it is.
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
I'm going on a Carnival Cruise (Paradise) with my boyfriend in late july to Baja Mexico.....?
I'm really excited to have an oceanview room but this is our first cruise. What things should we get out and see and if anyone has done this before what do you recommend?
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The Paradise is a really fun ship, my husband and I went on this boat 2 years ago for the 3 Day cruise to Ensenada and had a blast.
I would definately create an account on carnivals website and put my booking # in there and then you will be able to book shore excursions early. Most of the better shore excursions book up fast so it will be comforting knowing you booked yours months in advance!
Don't forget to budget for your onboard expenses that aern't included, alcohol, soda, gambling, souviniers. Also, don't forget that they will automatically add on $10.00 per day per person for gratuities.
The fun thing about cruises is you can be as involved as you want, or simply relax and do nothing!! Every night your room steward will put a carnival caper in your room that will list all of the next days activities, you can plan your day around activities that you want to do, or you can ignore them and do your own thing.
Ocean view room is cool, but you probably won't be spending too much time in your room as they are pretty small, you will want to be out on the top decks overlooking the ocean and taking in the fresh air.
I hope you have a lot of fun!!
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You're going to have a great time. I was very impressed with Carnival cruiselines (they tend to have a bad rep) and at dinner in the dining room you should definately order the Chocolate melting cake w/vanilla ice cream on the side! That is the yummiest dessert ever!
Order room service and remind yourself this is YOUR vacation, as long as it's legal, you can do it!
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The Paradise is a really fun ship, my husband and I went on this boat 2 years ago for the 3 Day cruise to Ensenada and had a blast.
I would definately create an account on carnivals website and put my booking # in there and then you will be able to book shore excursions early. Most of the better shore excursions book up fast so it will be comforting knowing you booked yours months in advance!
Don't forget to budget for your onboard expenses that aern't included, alcohol, soda, gambling, souviniers. Also, don't forget that they will automatically add on $10.00 per day per person for gratuities.
The fun thing about cruises is you can be as involved as you want, or simply relax and do nothing!! Every night your room steward will put a carnival caper in your room that will list all of the next days activities, you can plan your day around activities that you want to do, or you can ignore them and do your own thing.
Ocean view room is cool, but you probably won't be spending too much time in your room as they are pretty small, you will want to be out on the top decks overlooking the ocean and taking in the fresh air.
I hope you have a lot of fun!!
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You're going to have a great time. I was very impressed with Carnival cruiselines (they tend to have a bad rep) and at dinner in the dining room you should definately order the Chocolate melting cake w/vanilla ice cream on the side! That is the yummiest dessert ever!
Order room service and remind yourself this is YOUR vacation, as long as it's legal, you can do it!
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
I am going on a carnival paradise cruise and I want to know what I can do with my 12-year old brother?
please help ASAP
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As all cruise lines carnival has a kids club for every age from toddlers to 18. So if youre not more than 6 year older than your brother you will both find a club for youre age filled with kids of simular age. The program are fun and tailored to what kids off that age like.
But its fun to do things on youre own and with your parents to! But dont forget that signs like "staff only" and "off limits" are there for a reason. Johan.
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There's plenty of stuff to do on the ship. If you're in the same age group, you can join "Camp Carnival" or whatever they now call it. You'll meet new kids and they have a lot of fun stuff to do. You might also be able to join his age group if you talk to the "counselor" about it. Otherwise, there's an arcade you guys can hang out at and you can just walk around the ship. I'd suggest making friends the first night so you can hang out with them throughout the cruise, so go to the first group meeting.
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I've been on a cruise before, and you have a lot you can do. I'm sure you'll find a lot of possibilities. You can swim, play games, eat!, there's just sooooo much.
+ I'm sure you & your brother will meet friends.
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The question should be when do I schedule in a nap! There is so much to do. You will have so much fun. Check out the kids program and pick and choose what ya like to do.
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THEY HAVE A CLUB FOR PEOPLE THAT AGE ON THE SHIP. BUT BE WITH HIM, YALL WILL HAVE ALOTS OF FUN
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As all cruise lines carnival has a kids club for every age from toddlers to 18. So if youre not more than 6 year older than your brother you will both find a club for youre age filled with kids of simular age. The program are fun and tailored to what kids off that age like.
But its fun to do things on youre own and with your parents to! But dont forget that signs like "staff only" and "off limits" are there for a reason. Johan.
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There's plenty of stuff to do on the ship. If you're in the same age group, you can join "Camp Carnival" or whatever they now call it. You'll meet new kids and they have a lot of fun stuff to do. You might also be able to join his age group if you talk to the "counselor" about it. Otherwise, there's an arcade you guys can hang out at and you can just walk around the ship. I'd suggest making friends the first night so you can hang out with them throughout the cruise, so go to the first group meeting.
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I've been on a cruise before, and you have a lot you can do. I'm sure you'll find a lot of possibilities. You can swim, play games, eat!, there's just sooooo much.
+ I'm sure you & your brother will meet friends.
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The question should be when do I schedule in a nap! There is so much to do. You will have so much fun. Check out the kids program and pick and choose what ya like to do.
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THEY HAVE A CLUB FOR PEOPLE THAT AGE ON THE SHIP. BUT BE WITH HIM, YALL WILL HAVE ALOTS OF FUN
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Whp is going on the Carnival Paradise cruise on August 3rd?? (especially teens)?
I want to find some cool people to hang out with!
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It's harder to find people going on that cruise on Y!A. There are other websites, like cruisecritic.com, where you can do roll calls, however you should just wait to meet teens in the teen clubs onboard. There will definitely be other teens there!
The teens that go to the clubs are usually nice people that want to make friends and have fun. There's even lots of guys =)
Trust me, it's not lame at all. It's just a lounge for teens to meet up without little kids or older people around. Teens have Circle C for 12-14 year olds, or Club 02, for 15-17 year olds. It's the best way to meet people and have fun.
I also doubt that all the teens on that cruise will try to look for people beforehand. Some of them might, but there will be a LOT more on board than you'll find online.
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Damn! Why couldn't you be going on the Carnival Conquest with me. I'm going August 2nd-9th. So in about two days :/
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It's harder to find people going on that cruise on Y!A. There are other websites, like cruisecritic.com, where you can do roll calls, however you should just wait to meet teens in the teen clubs onboard. There will definitely be other teens there!
The teens that go to the clubs are usually nice people that want to make friends and have fun. There's even lots of guys =)
Trust me, it's not lame at all. It's just a lounge for teens to meet up without little kids or older people around. Teens have Circle C for 12-14 year olds, or Club 02, for 15-17 year olds. It's the best way to meet people and have fun.
I also doubt that all the teens on that cruise will try to look for people beforehand. Some of them might, but there will be a LOT more on board than you'll find online.
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Damn! Why couldn't you be going on the Carnival Conquest with me. I'm going August 2nd-9th. So in about two days :/
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