Comments on: John’s Replies

By: Bob and Dianne

Bob and Dianne — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 20:14:17 +0000

John;
Great to here we will be able to see the bedtime story again on the bloggers cruse. This time I intend to watch it from the audience.
Bob

By: Bobbyfk From Cruise Critic

Bobbyfk From Cruise Critic — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 14:07:15 +0000

hey John,

i just for the heck of it, put your name into youtube and saw some of your funny videos, keep up the great work and thanks for the raspberry blog, it was a funny read

Bobbyfk

By: Agent Dorothyski

Agent Dorothyski — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:17:03 +0000

John, regarding Jeff’s question about SINGLE occupancy – there is an option that he might be able to use. On the Freedom and the Liberty (not sure how many others in the fleet), there is the little known 1A category cabin. I’ve used it for clients in the past if they needed to head on their own. A 1A cabin is an inside stateroom that is dubbed as a single occupancy stateroom. It is slightly more than the per person rate of a double occpancy but considerably less than if he had to pay for both berths in the cabin. As an example, one that I booked, the 1A cabin (for the WHOLE cabin) was $650. For the 4A which is a normal double occupancy cabin, the per person was $420 which made the whole cabin $840! I called in and confirmed that the square footage is the same for a 1A and a 4A. Not sure if there will be a new name for this option with the cabin recatagorization that Carnival is doing on some of its ships but Jeff’s travel agent (never leave home without one!!) will be able to confirm this for him. Not sure if Jeff will see this note so could you point this option out to him for me John?

Have a great day! Cheers!

By: Cindy

Cindy — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:39:36 +0000

John – Thanks for the updates

Joe Kyle – I am a Blogger (& proud of it!) that will be on the 11-1 Ecstasy cruise. Roll call is on cruise critic…

By: jetskier

jetskier — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:45:48 +0000

Rupak,
I am also on this same sailing with my daughters. I would not be going if I thought they would be in danger. Right now with the current track, the port of Mobile is safe for us to leave. Carnival will then send the ship to what it considers to be the safest route to avoid the storm.

Will the seas get a bit choppy and will we get a bit of rain, the answer is yes. But that could happen on any cruise without there being a hurricane in the area.

The port of Mobile was hit by a storm surge after Katrina. The terminal is well designed with all the parking above the surge level. Also the check-in area is on the second floor so it was not damaged.

We have a meet and greet right after muster drill at the aft outside bar on the Lido Deck. Come by and say hello. I will have on a red polo shirt with USMC on the front.
Dave

By: blingbling

blingbling — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:39:29 +0000

John – Please reply- regarding upcoming 11 Sept sailing – this for Kat’s expertise -
DH asks if he will be able to connect to his corporate network via their VPN on the Splendor wireless system? If so, will Kat be able to assist him in configuring his laptop to do so?
Thank you.
Karen

By: lookingforwardtothenearlysmokefreecarnivalfreedom

lookingforwardtothenearlysmokefreecarnivalfreedom — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:56:22 +0000

John -

Thanks for replying in public. Now I understand the reference.

Now another question – how about an interview with someone in that Carnival Command Center (aka CarnComCen) regarding the current situation and how they address the multitudes of problems that these two storms, one on top of another, must be having with itineraries, etc.

Jon

By: cruisinggrandma

cruisinggrandma — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:30:50 +0000

Great to see some of the questions that others are asking and your replys to them.

Thank you
Grandma

By: golfnfire

golfnfire — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:15:54 +0000

Are there any other bloggers cruising on the Glory 10/18 western route???

By: Bernice & Bob White

Bernice & Bob White — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:51:01 +0000

We would like to wish Ed & Kay McDonough a Happy Anniversary!! Fifty Year celebration aboard the Carnival Freedom. This is their second cruise on the Freedom. Their Anniversary is Sept. 1, 20008
Thank you,
Bernice & Bob White.