We're planning on going on a cruise (Carnival Fascination) from miami to bahamas...i want to know..what do you have to pay for? or is it already included in the price? (food, drinks, activities, off boat, extra services, etc.)
Answer :
Good news is all your food is included. You will have to pay for all your alcohol, and depending on your drinking ability that can add up. I found the prices for drinks comparable with that of most bars and they do run specials. They have free juices and iced teas and water (not bottled) There is a charge for soda but if you're a big soda drinker I would suggest getting a drink card which allows you unlimited soda for the cruise.
Shipboard activities are free but you will have to pay for any excursions or off ship activities. Occasionally there is a charge for some fitness activities and all spa services. Also, you pay for all your own casino play.
Don't forget the $10 a day for gratuities. They will add that to your sail and sign account when you check in, and frankly for the service you get $10 is a great deal.
Any shopping you do on board.
I have been on this particular cruise twice and love the Fascination. I was on it in October this year and last August. The first time my account was about $200 for a 3/4 day cruise and the last one was a little more so budget accordingly. Also you can check out what you've spent at the purser's desk. You will have a great time.
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Here are some of the products & services and costs on board Carnival:
- tips. $10 per day per guest.
- photos. $22-25 per sheet.
- bar drinks. $4-12 each plus 15% gratuity
- sodas. $1.75 per can or $35-45 for unlimited by glass program card.
- bingo - $5-10 per card.
- spa services - $50-200 per service.
- shore excursions - $50-200 per excursion.
- tips for shore excursion guides - $10-20
- casino - $$$
- temp tattoos - $7-12
- shopping in port and on board- $$$$. Good deals on smokes and liquor on board.
- taxis while in port. $5-20
- parking at port (contact local port but ours is $10 per day)
- porters for luggage. $1 per bag.
With the exception of the tips to the cruise staff, the above are optional services. My sister opens a cash account when she boards and after she reaches her limit, the purser sends her a note, she can add more cash or stop spending. I use a credit card and usually get sticker shock at the end of the trip because it is so easy just to swipe your card for on-board purchases.
All ports take US dollars. Take small bills $1, 5 and 10s.
Notable...be aware of the new fuel surcharge for any cruises departing after Feb 1, 2008. $5 per day per guest...
Answer :
you pay for shore excursions, bar, specialty coffee, some activities, spa treatments, some exercise classes, wine, all bar drink even the juices, sodas, even bottled water. Watch out for the extras.
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All Carnival cruises are basically the same as far as the questions you've asked. Meals are included in the total you pay before you cruise. Not included are sodas, alcohol, bottled water and premium cuisine. The buffet meals (included) are delicious so, you should be fine. Stay away from the sodas and bottled water you will find in your cabin, they're expensive. There will be juice and purified water which you will have unlimited access to in the Bar and Grill, the alternative to the formal dining room. The Bar and Grill offers the buffet style meals. You can also ask the cooks to prepare specialties, such as omelettes for breakfast or a rare burger at lunch. Beware of the poolside drink offers, they are relentless and not free! Take your cup over to the included juice kiosk and have a nice day! Well, one or two poolside drinks should be ok, afterall, you're on vacation!
You will be given a sail and sign card, which you can prepay at the purser's desk when on board with a credit, debit or cash. If you choose a debit card, they will put a $250 hold on the card at check in and it will be removed about a week later, so don't include that money as available or you'll be in big trouble. I preferred cash because my boyfriend is a little on the cheap side and cash enabled him to make adjustments as he saw fit.
You will be charged $10 per day, per person for gratuities, which is adjustable as you see fit. The service is absolutely wonderful so I agree with the other poster that it's a great deal. Again, your choice.
Shore excursions are not included, you can book them in advance or anytime during the cruise. Any duty-free shopping is also extra, so budget well! I did not budget enough for shopping and fell in love with these hand-made straw bags in Nassau. But hey, I was on vacation!
The Fascination ship to the Bahamas only ports at Nassau I believe, so be sure to visit Atlantis! Take a taxi from the port station for $8 and they will drop you off right outside the front door. Coming back is the same and don't be late back to the boat, it will leave without you! The beach at Atlantis is private and can only be visited by hotel guests but there are plenty of stores for shopping, this is off the boat so no sail and sign card is necessary.
BTW, next trip, try the Imagination out of Miami to Grand Turk, Half Moon Cay, Nassau. Half Moon Cay's water is like nothing else on Earth!!
Hope this helps! Enjoy!!
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Your food is included on your price. but everything else you do have to pay for water if you want it delivered in your cabin, soda, alcohol, oohh and your shore excursions. you also get this card (like credit cards) that's the only way you pay on the ship with that card~!
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Alcoholic drinks are not included in the cost. Non-alcoholic drinks (except water and drinks at the buffet) are also not included, but you can buy a pop card that gets you unlimited non-alcoholic drinks. Food is all included, except for a surcharge if you go to a specialty restaurant on board or get something from the ice cream shop. Most activities on the boat are included. You pay extra to play Bingo or to use the casino. Off the boat, you must pay for things yourself or you can pay to go on a shore excursion that the ship has organized. The other things you pay for are souvenirs, massages, hair appt, pedicure, etc.
Friday, October 29, 2010
Friday, October 22, 2010
CARNIVAL FASCINATION QUESTION :)?
1. Is it good for teens/active people?
2. Do you feel clostophobic in the interior state room?
3. What if you get sea sick?
4. Is the water slide/pools any good?
Answer :
1. YES! You can be as active as you want to be on a cruise! That is the best part!
2. Don't know. I have only stayed in a ocean view room. But you don't really stay in your room all that much!
3. They have pills at the pursers desk. You don't really feel the boat moving.
4. Yes!
You will have a great time!! The Fascination is a beautiful ship!!
You can also go to cruisecrtic.com for more information!
Happy cruising!
Answer :
It's a cruise, you can be as active as you want to be, you won't spend enough time in your stateroom to be claustrophobic, you won't get sea sick, and how bad can a water-slide and pool be? Just go and have a great time, Cruises are the best vacation you can take, no matter what your age is.
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1. Definitely. There's a mini golf course on deck, for crying out loud. Also, they recently added a teen club, which is a great place to meet people and hang out.
2. The rooms can be small, but not overly cramped. Plus, with all the things on the ship all you do in your room is sleep and get dressed!
3. I've never gotten sick on a cruise, but if you do their are pills readily available.
4. Heck yes! What could be wrong with a pool and water slide?
2. Do you feel clostophobic in the interior state room?
3. What if you get sea sick?
4. Is the water slide/pools any good?
Answer :
1. YES! You can be as active as you want to be on a cruise! That is the best part!
2. Don't know. I have only stayed in a ocean view room. But you don't really stay in your room all that much!
3. They have pills at the pursers desk. You don't really feel the boat moving.
4. Yes!
You will have a great time!! The Fascination is a beautiful ship!!
You can also go to cruisecrtic.com for more information!
Happy cruising!
Answer :
It's a cruise, you can be as active as you want to be, you won't spend enough time in your stateroom to be claustrophobic, you won't get sea sick, and how bad can a water-slide and pool be? Just go and have a great time, Cruises are the best vacation you can take, no matter what your age is.
Answer :
1. Definitely. There's a mini golf course on deck, for crying out loud. Also, they recently added a teen club, which is a great place to meet people and hang out.
2. The rooms can be small, but not overly cramped. Plus, with all the things on the ship all you do in your room is sleep and get dressed!
3. I've never gotten sick on a cruise, but if you do their are pills readily available.
4. Heck yes! What could be wrong with a pool and water slide?
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Fun things for a teen to do in carnival cruise?
Tomorrow I'm going on a cruise in a ship called carnival fascination, I was wondering if anyone had some tips on where to go have fun, and meet kids my age, Im 15,,And I would aprreciated if you had some hidden tips (advice), 1st time cruisers don't know about?
Answer :
Blow bubbles with bubble gum
Blow on a beer bottle
Blow on a blade of grass
Crank up some music
Cut out photos and paste them on Popsicle sticks and have a puppet show
Eat
Eat 6 spoon full of sugar, a soda, and another think that makes you hyper and then you won't be bored anymore, you will end up finding something to do... trust us
Get a tootsie pop and see how many licks it takes to get to the center of the tootsie pop
Experiment with makeup
Get a bubble blower and then blow some
Laugh out loud
Learn how to fake an accent
Make a humorous crank phone call
Make an entertaining phone answering-machine message
Make up poems or songs about your boredom
Nap
Play cards
Play Dead
Play house with yourself
Play with marbles
Pop zits and blackheads, clean lint out of belly button, q-tips, and find those hidden treasures of the nose
Practice your arm pit farting skills (Advanced participants try with your hand cupped on the back of your knee)
Pretend that you are not bored
Read some comic books
See how long you can hold your breath
Send a tune with keypad numbers on the phone
Sing even if you can't
Spin until you're dizzy
Stand on your head
Stare at the ceiling and try to make something out of the dots
Write your name in permanent marker on all your underwear
Break into a friend's house and clean it
Call a wrong number and talk to whoever answers.
Catch a fly, then put in a jar and stick in the fridge (this cools their metabolism down), then tie the fly to the end of a thread 15in. and hold the other end of the thread while you watch it fly around (We have tested this and it works - a lot of patience is involved)
Chase your best friend round the sofa
Dance around your living room naked
Doodle or cartoon
Dress in something silly and laugh at yourself
Fiddle around with a Ouija board
Figure out how to get yourself on TV
Find an address to your favorite famous person and write them a letter. See if they write you back
Flip a coin 500 times to see who wins
Get on the radio
Give names to your body parts
Go shop for a really cool book
Go through the English dictionary looking up really long words like discombobulated.
Have a carpet picnic
Have a staring contest with yourself in the mirror.
Kiss your elbow, if you can.
Lay a long straight line of masking tape on the floor. Now spin around really fast then try walking on the masking tape.
Learn a new word in the dictionary
Learn to Juggle
Learn to peel a banana with your feet
Let a helium balloon float up to your ceiling and throw things at it to pop it
Listen to a type of music that you don't normally listen to
Listen to really hard music and head bang
Listen to some polka music and eat sausages
Make a list of the fun things you've already done, then admire how long your list is.
Make a trash can a basketball hoop and throw crumpled up paper for baskets
Patch some clothing
Phone your local government rep and see if you can convince him or her to have lunch with you
Plan a journey
Play bottle cap hockey...with pens as the sticks and a bottle cap as the puck
Play dress-up with all the clothes you have in your closet
Pronounce your friends names.backwards
Put doll clothes on your cat and play dress up
Rent a movie, 2 hours later go back to the same movie store and rent the sequel, 2 hours after that go back and get the third movie
Roll your change
Run around your house as fast as you can and, count how many times you can go without getting tired.
Shave your head
Sit at your desk with your left arm sticking out until it goes numb
Snap your fingers as if suddenly you have a bright idea and see if you get any
Take a company that has been getting on your nerves - find out who the person is that you should write complaints too. Write a letter to them with the most trivial or confusing complaint. Ensure you talk in circles so that the letter is well written but extremely confusing
Take one hundred dollars out of the bank and spend it all on yourself
Rent some fun movies
Throw a huge party for no reason at all
Turn on the T.V., put it on mute and make up dialogue
Washable crayons are a wonderful invention. Pick a wall and invite friends
Watch 101 Dalmatians and see if they really show 101 Dalmatians
Watch a foreign film
Watch cartoons (preferably funny stupid ones)
Write a big list of fun things to do
Write a limerick or twelve
Write a rant letter to the paper
Write out ten things that make you happy - then do one of them
You and a friend pick your noses and see who has the biggest boogers
Bring dog treats to the park and meet 25 new dogs
Burn things with a magnifying glass
Buy the craziest, most comfortable slippers you can find
Climb a tree
Find some crutches and pretend to have a broken leg
Flip some coins into a fountain
Flirt with people
Go dumpster diving and see what you can find
Go out and get your motorcycle license
Go to a candy store and buy a ton of candy. Eat all day
Go to the 24 hr grocery at 1 a.m.
Have an egg toss
Make a rope swing
Make faces at strangers to make them laugh
Play Frisbee
Play knicky knicky nine doors leaving freaky anonymous notes behind
Put bunny ears on people you don't know (the two finger kind you know, like a peace sign)
Skip rope
Take your TV outside
Try to stay up for 24 hours
Volunteer for a charity
Walk around a public park, every so often pretend to trip on a 'invisible' wire.
Watch kids play - and then join in
Answer :
i just got back from the carnival valor and im 15 i met 21 people i had a blast enter the club 02 at least that was the name of mine and DONT BE SHY meet alot of people and just have a blast.. they have clubs and dance!!! some guys are cute lol =)=)=)
Answer :
-Water slides
-They usually have a teen night in the dance clubs great way to meet people
-Comedy shows
-Gym or spa
- Pool
- They will have a huge list of things to do once you reach your destination, water toys(jet ski's etc).
Answer :
Blow bubbles with bubble gum
Blow on a beer bottle
Blow on a blade of grass
Crank up some music
Cut out photos and paste them on Popsicle sticks and have a puppet show
Eat
Eat 6 spoon full of sugar, a soda, and another think that makes you hyper and then you won't be bored anymore, you will end up finding something to do... trust us
Get a tootsie pop and see how many licks it takes to get to the center of the tootsie pop
Experiment with makeup
Get a bubble blower and then blow some
Laugh out loud
Learn how to fake an accent
Make a humorous crank phone call
Make an entertaining phone answering-machine message
Make up poems or songs about your boredom
Nap
Play cards
Play Dead
Play house with yourself
Play with marbles
Pop zits and blackheads, clean lint out of belly button, q-tips, and find those hidden treasures of the nose
Practice your arm pit farting skills (Advanced participants try with your hand cupped on the back of your knee)
Pretend that you are not bored
Read some comic books
See how long you can hold your breath
Send a tune with keypad numbers on the phone
Sing even if you can't
Spin until you're dizzy
Stand on your head
Stare at the ceiling and try to make something out of the dots
Write your name in permanent marker on all your underwear
Break into a friend's house and clean it
Call a wrong number and talk to whoever answers.
Catch a fly, then put in a jar and stick in the fridge (this cools their metabolism down), then tie the fly to the end of a thread 15in. and hold the other end of the thread while you watch it fly around (We have tested this and it works - a lot of patience is involved)
Chase your best friend round the sofa
Dance around your living room naked
Doodle or cartoon
Dress in something silly and laugh at yourself
Fiddle around with a Ouija board
Figure out how to get yourself on TV
Find an address to your favorite famous person and write them a letter. See if they write you back
Flip a coin 500 times to see who wins
Get on the radio
Give names to your body parts
Go shop for a really cool book
Go through the English dictionary looking up really long words like discombobulated.
Have a carpet picnic
Have a staring contest with yourself in the mirror.
Kiss your elbow, if you can.
Lay a long straight line of masking tape on the floor. Now spin around really fast then try walking on the masking tape.
Learn a new word in the dictionary
Learn to Juggle
Learn to peel a banana with your feet
Let a helium balloon float up to your ceiling and throw things at it to pop it
Listen to a type of music that you don't normally listen to
Listen to really hard music and head bang
Listen to some polka music and eat sausages
Make a list of the fun things you've already done, then admire how long your list is.
Make a trash can a basketball hoop and throw crumpled up paper for baskets
Patch some clothing
Phone your local government rep and see if you can convince him or her to have lunch with you
Plan a journey
Play bottle cap hockey...with pens as the sticks and a bottle cap as the puck
Play dress-up with all the clothes you have in your closet
Pronounce your friends names.backwards
Put doll clothes on your cat and play dress up
Rent a movie, 2 hours later go back to the same movie store and rent the sequel, 2 hours after that go back and get the third movie
Roll your change
Run around your house as fast as you can and, count how many times you can go without getting tired.
Shave your head
Sit at your desk with your left arm sticking out until it goes numb
Snap your fingers as if suddenly you have a bright idea and see if you get any
Take a company that has been getting on your nerves - find out who the person is that you should write complaints too. Write a letter to them with the most trivial or confusing complaint. Ensure you talk in circles so that the letter is well written but extremely confusing
Take one hundred dollars out of the bank and spend it all on yourself
Rent some fun movies
Throw a huge party for no reason at all
Turn on the T.V., put it on mute and make up dialogue
Washable crayons are a wonderful invention. Pick a wall and invite friends
Watch 101 Dalmatians and see if they really show 101 Dalmatians
Watch a foreign film
Watch cartoons (preferably funny stupid ones)
Write a big list of fun things to do
Write a limerick or twelve
Write a rant letter to the paper
Write out ten things that make you happy - then do one of them
You and a friend pick your noses and see who has the biggest boogers
Bring dog treats to the park and meet 25 new dogs
Burn things with a magnifying glass
Buy the craziest, most comfortable slippers you can find
Climb a tree
Find some crutches and pretend to have a broken leg
Flip some coins into a fountain
Flirt with people
Go dumpster diving and see what you can find
Go out and get your motorcycle license
Go to a candy store and buy a ton of candy. Eat all day
Go to the 24 hr grocery at 1 a.m.
Have an egg toss
Make a rope swing
Make faces at strangers to make them laugh
Play Frisbee
Play knicky knicky nine doors leaving freaky anonymous notes behind
Put bunny ears on people you don't know (the two finger kind you know, like a peace sign)
Skip rope
Take your TV outside
Try to stay up for 24 hours
Volunteer for a charity
Walk around a public park, every so often pretend to trip on a 'invisible' wire.
Watch kids play - and then join in
Answer :
i just got back from the carnival valor and im 15 i met 21 people i had a blast enter the club 02 at least that was the name of mine and DONT BE SHY meet alot of people and just have a blast.. they have clubs and dance!!! some guys are cute lol =)=)=)
Answer :
-Water slides
-They usually have a teen night in the dance clubs great way to meet people
-Comedy shows
-Gym or spa
- Pool
- They will have a huge list of things to do once you reach your destination, water toys(jet ski's etc).
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Does anyone know if Carnival cruises have a place for laundry?
I'm going to be on a Carnival Fascination Cruise, and I might need to do some laundry lol
Answer :
Yes, the Carnival ships have small laundry rooms.
The soap was expensive...about $2.00 for a single load. It was $2.00 for a wash and $1.75 for the dryer.
The machines are usually busy...my fellow cruisers had to wait until late at night before he could do his laundry.
You can get quarters from the Purser's office.
Answer :
Yes they do. I'm not exactly sure how to go about it but just ask your housekeeper/room attendant and they will point you in the right direction. You're not the only one who does laundry while on vacation. I always overpack and never need to do laundry because I bring so much and buy even more, but then again I'm lazy and hate laundry.
Answer :
Yeppers! they have full laundry rooms( a buck a load) and your butler will pick up and bring back if you want dry cleaning.
I had a blast!!!!!!!!!
Answer :
Yes, the Carnival ship I was on did. There is information in your room. Enjoy your cruise.
Answer :
Should be added it's pretty costly.
Answer :
Yes, the Carnival ships have small laundry rooms.
The soap was expensive...about $2.00 for a single load. It was $2.00 for a wash and $1.75 for the dryer.
The machines are usually busy...my fellow cruisers had to wait until late at night before he could do his laundry.
You can get quarters from the Purser's office.
Answer :
Yes they do. I'm not exactly sure how to go about it but just ask your housekeeper/room attendant and they will point you in the right direction. You're not the only one who does laundry while on vacation. I always overpack and never need to do laundry because I bring so much and buy even more, but then again I'm lazy and hate laundry.
Answer :
Yeppers! they have full laundry rooms( a buck a load) and your butler will pick up and bring back if you want dry cleaning.
I had a blast!!!!!!!!!
Answer :
Yes, the Carnival ship I was on did. There is information in your room. Enjoy your cruise.
Answer :
Should be added it's pretty costly.
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