I have sailed with you twice on the destiny. You my friend are the best. I will on the freedom on Aug 15 will you be the host on it?

I am coming there with 4 families.

Hope to you there.

Dealing with issues of clergy can be complicated. My wife and I are both ordained clergy with The Salvation Army. While many clergy we know are not the type for Carnival (they prefer HAL or Princess) some of us love Carnival. I know we would be willing to conduct ceremonies and services if asked. Also some sort of board where interested clergy could post their availability would be helpful. Also, I think getting clergy to volunteer for non-denominational functions would be easier if there was insentive for them to take time out of their vacation. So some sort of policy would be nice. If you need any assistance in this please email me.

Also, I will post that we will be on the Paradise Oct 26th. We would be willing to cunduct any services that are needed.

Thanks
Bill

I know you are struggling with the clergy issue. My wife and I are both ministers serving in CA with a denomination that gives us ample vacationan. We are trying to cruise once a year or every other year. The thing is we love Carnival. So, I think if Carnival developed some sort of database of clergy who were willing to perform non-denominational services and offer the clergy some sort of discount or perk you would find will clergy. I will be the first to sign up. PS we are booked on the Paradise Oct 26th.

Thanks
Bill Finley

I had posted a comment here a few weeks ago with no response, so I will try once again! My mom, grandma, sister, and I had returned recently from a wonderful vacation on the Miracle (5/24-6/1). This was our third time on the ship and she remains to be our absolute favorite. What made this cruise even more special was that a lot of the staff members recognized us from our last minute booking on the Miracle in January, and so many of them stopped to chat with us and catch up. There are so many great people working on that ship, and it would be great to name them all but that would take all day. I would, however, like to alert you of two fantastic ladies that Carnival should be extremely proud to have working for them. Dewey and Karuna (both are upper dining room hostesses) went above and beyond their duties and made us feel even more at home on the ship. They honestly felt like members of our family for the short time we were there, and we were sad to leave them come disembarkation (although Karuna jokingly offered to hide us in her stateroom so we could stay). Carnival has two GEMS in these ladies, and I do not have enough kind words for them.

There is one other issue that I wanted to ask you about. Although we had a wonderful vacation, there was one thing that really troubled us. Grandma is completely wheelchair bound for almost two years now. She has been on every one of our cruises with us (7 on Carnival since 2004), and even though she cannot get around on her own anymore we can’t imagine going without her. This was the first time we were able to find her a handicap accessible balcony room since she started using a wheelchair (having previously booked HC interiors and oceanview) and she was so looking forward to being able to enjoy the sea from her own room again. We were assured when the rooms were booked that there would be a ramp to get onto the balcony and saw pictures of the same room on the Pride that had a ramp, but when we arrived there was no ramp to access the balcony. We had asked the pursers if a ramp could be placed in the room, but they informed us that not only was this not possible, but there had never been a ramp in that room in the first place. You can imagine our disappointment we felt finding out that while her room was completely accessible, the balcony we paid a premium for her to enjoy was not accessible at all. Had we known this, we would have saved ourselves the disappointment and money & booked an accessible oceanview room. My first question is has a ramp been placed there on the ship for others who need it since our talk with the pursers? If not, who would be the best person to contact to make sure this happens? I really feel like this is an important matter to clear up… Before Grandma was in a wheelchair we never knew how difficult it is to travel when someone is handicapped and Carnival has wonderful accessibility, which makes me wonder why this was overlooked. Thanks again!
~Stephanie
PS—Kye is absolutely gorgeous! Keep the pictures coming, she has already grown so big!