Carnaval Cruise

[Uncle Doug]

Each passenger is allowed to bring on 12 non-alcoholic drinks up to 20 ounces each but they must be in a carry-on.

If you put them in a suitcase they will be taken to the "naughty room" where you will be called to open your suitcase for inspection.

In my 20+ Carnival cruises including 3 over the past 4 months I have always included the non-alcoholic drinks in a seperate suitcase and tipped the baggage handler well. Not one trip to the naughty room.

 

[EddieWalker]

...including 3 over the past 4 months

WOW!!!!!

What do you bring? Soda?

I was told you can have all the water, lemonade and sweet tea. Is that right? If I had that, I wouldn't want or need anything else to drink.

Eddie

 

[Uncle Doug]

WOW!!!!!

What do you bring? Soda?

I was told you can have all the water, lemonade and sweet tea. Is that right? If I had that, I wouldn't want or need anything else to drink.

Eddie

We mostly bring Dr Pepper and bottle water. My wife is a little picky about her water and prefers bottle water most of the time. Carnival did start selling Dr Pepper but it was not available for years. The price of soda on the ship is not bad at less than $2 a can. Bottle water is higher.

Oh, and we cruise again in 3 weeks on the Carnival Magic for 7 days.

 

[tallyho8]

WOW!!!!!
I was told you can have all the water, lemonade and sweet tea. Is that right? If I had that, I wouldn't want or need anything else to drink.
Eddie

Yes, for free you can get water (not bottled)hot or iced tea (you sweeten it yourself) coffee, milk (regular, fat free or chocolate) lemonade and some juices at breakfast.:licking:

 

[forgeblast]

Tolum to see the ruins from Cozumal.
I liked tolum and cozumal but I got a "faulty" capped water bottle and ended up getting montys revenge real bad. Ended up so dehydrated that the week I came back I had a kidney stone to pass. It was bad.
Just take your own water, beautiful place really like the ruins.

 

[EddieWalker]

Tolum to see the ruins from Cozumal.
I liked tolum and cozumal but I got a "faulty" capped water bottle and ended up getting montys revenge real bad. Ended up so dehydrated that the week I came back I had a kidney stone to pass. It was bad.
Just take your own water, beautiful place really like the ruins.

I think we're going to buy water on board the boat before going on our excursions. We where talking about bringing bottled water, but really don't want to bother with it. Lazy on my part, but I figure for a couple of bucks, it's a fair trade.

I sent off my old passport to get a new one when we booked the trip with express service. I paid a bit more for this, but it wasn't a huge amount. It took them a week to process it and I just received an email from them that it has been mailed. I'm very impressed and pleased that I will have my passport in time for the cruise, and that the State Department has been so quick and efficient in prossessing it. The emails are a real nice touch to let me know where I am in the process!!!!

Eddie

 

[tallyho8]

I think we're going to buy water on board the boat before going on our excursions. We where talking about bringing bottled water, but really don't want to bother with it. Lazy on my part, but I figure for a couple of bucks, it's a fair trade.
Eddie

The price of the water isn't what bothered me. The water came in a huge bottle, almost like a 2 liter bottle and is very cumbersome to try to carry around all day, especially if you each have one.

 

[mikim]

went to tulum several years ago in august....wrong thing to do....it was 110 degrees and the ruins are all stone and reflected all that heat....impressive ruins but omg...the heat about did us in.

 

[EddieWalker]

I'm rethinking buying a waterproof camera. I'm not a diver and really don't get too excited about fish. We are snorkling for an hour or so one day, and that's the only time I'll use the camera. It seems like a lot of money to spend for a couple of pictures that may or may not even turn out. A disposable water proof camer is sounding like a smarter way to spend my money!!!

Eddie

 

[beppington]

I'm rethinking buying a waterproof camera. I'm not a diver and really don't get too excited about fish. We are snorkling for an hour or so one day, and that's the only time I'll use the camera. It seems like a lot of money to spend for a couple of pictures that may or may not even turn out. A disposable water proof camer is sounding like a smarter way to spend my money!!!

Eddie

Some waterproof cameras take great out-of-water pics, too, so in case you happen to be needing a new digital camera, there's further justification. The Nikon AW100 is ~$300 & rates very highly. It even has GPS & puts your location (geographical coordinates) in the metadata of every pic. (so you don't have to try to remember where you took the pic) It even does Hi-Def 1080p video, & has stereo sound.

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