Margaritaville at Sea Ultimate Beverage Chill Beverage Package        Margaritaville at Sea Islander will offer guests a beverage package called the Ultimate Beverage Chill. In this post I will take a look at Margaritaville at Sea's Ultimate Beverage Chill package and discuss some of the ins and outs of the adults only beverage package.  Which ship is this offered on?                Margaritaville at Sea's Islander will start sailing for the company in June 2024 and as of the time of writing is the only ship to offer the Ultimate ..read more

Carnival Cruise Drinks on Us: How To Earn, Casino Points, and More!            Carnival Cruise Line offers casino perks to guests who play in the casino and reach certain levels of playing slots or tables. This post will discuss Carnival's Drinks on Us program and how guests can earn casino points for this program.                  Drinks on Us is Carnival Cruise Line's perk to casino playing guests who earn a required number of points on a single cruise voyage. Guests with Drinks on Us can then receive complimentary ba ..read more

          The Carnival Firenze debuted with a new venue called Il Mercato which offers deli sandwiches, a build your own meatball & sauce combination, and build your own hotdog. This venue replaces the traditional Carnival deli on the Carnival Firenze and Carnival decided to add hotdogs & build your own meatball. In this post I will discuss the menu Carnival has available for Carnival Firenze guests dining at Il Mercato.  shaved ham, cheddar, mustard on rustic panini  corned beef, sauerkraut, swiss cheese on rye roast pork, ham, pickles, yellow mustar ..read more

Princess Cruises Introduces Fleetwide Main Dining Room Service Changes 2024           Princess Cruises announced new dining room options that will be going into effect fleetwide for cruise ship departures on & after September 14, 2024.           Princess will be offering 3 distinct options for guests to choose from for dinner. The first option is traditional dining which will offer an early and late seating each night for dinner. Guests with the traditional option will have the same waiter, same table, and same time each night. The sec ..read more

      Most Carnival Cruise ships have a godmother that is a tradition dating back a long time. Carnival's ships Carnival Venezia & Carnival Firenze both have godfathers.  The role of the godmother or godfather is to be present at the naming ceremony to christen the ship & break a bottle of champagne against the ship which is for  good luck. All Carnival ships have a godmother or godfather. I compiled the information from Carnival's ship fact sheets on who the godmother or godfather is listed for each ship.  The Carnival Breeze's godmother is Tracy Wilson M ..read more

        The Carnival Freedom's funnel caught fire on Saturday, March 23, 2024 as the ship was 20 miles off Eleuthera Island, Bahamas. At the time of the fire the Carnival Freedom was on its way to Freeport, Bahamas for a port of call stop due to a stop in Princess Cay being cancelled. The Fire Is Out! However, there is damage to the ship. Carnival has announced some cancellations due to the fire as of 3/24/2024. See picture from Carnival included below. According to Carnival the ship reported a fire at 3:15pm EDT on the port side of the ship's exhaust funnel. Carnival told ..read more

5th Excel Class Ship Ordered For Carnival Cruise Line To Arrive In 2028              Carnival Corporation has ordered its 5th Excel Class ship for Carnival Cruise Line. Carnival finalized an agreement with the Meyer Werft shipyard that schedules the ship's delivery for 2028.               The new 2028 ship is not yet named and Carnival has not released homeport details yet. This ship will be designed to carry 1,800 crew and 6,400 guests. Similar to the other Excel class ships, the ship will have liquified natural gas (L ..read more

New Orleans - Erato & Julia Street Cruise Terminals          Cruise ship guests driving to New Orleans for a cruise will need to find a place to park. This post is a guide to New Orleans cruise parking and discusses the cruise parking options available through the Port of New Orleans, offsite lots, veteran parking, and more.                  New Orleans is a cruise homeport for Carnival Cruise Line ships year-round. Royal Caribbean and Norwegian Cruise Line sail from New Orleans seasonally. Additionally, New Orleans is h ..read more

       If you are taking a Carnival Cruise ship vacation over St. Patrick's day this year you may want to be on the look-out for some events & activities that could be taking place onboard your Carnival ship. The exact events & timing of when things are held may vary by ship due to the ship's scheduled itinerary. This post will take a look at the events & activities Carnival advertises as being planned for St. Patrick's day onboard.               : St. Patrick's Day is on Friday, March 17, 2024 this year.  Carnival Cr ..read more

        Welcome to my  Carnival Sunrise Restaurants and Dining Food guide. This post will share information & tips about the many places to eat on the Carnival Sunrise and includes links to menus or further information, where possible. Carnival Sunrise has many complimentary/free places to eat onboard and some that cost extra so I have tried to note what is free versus extra throughout the post.  Venues, menus, and pricing may be subject to availability and could change at any time! More Carnival Food & Dining Tips: The Carnival Sunrise's Lido Marketplace ..read more