My husband and I are cruising on September 28th and are trying to see who else might be.  We are also trying to find anyone who plays cards for enjoyment, such as Spades or Hearts.

Anyone?

Bumped to the front of the thread list.

My wife and I are booked on this one. It is our first cruise so we will probably be walking around gawking at everything!

This is my third but my husbands first.  It is a surprise present for our 15th anniversary.  He won't even know until the week before we leave (just so he can pack).  It's been so long since I've been (about 18 years) that I will probably be gawking too!  This is also the first time I've had a balcony.

We're supposed to have a balcony too but our reservation is still showing "TBA". I guess that'll change eventually. We booked this cruise to celebrate our 25th anniversary which is in June, but the cruise rates are better in September.

I agree, summer prices are a bit too much.  Despite that we are taking the kids on a 5 night to the Bahamas out of Jacksonville.  It's the only time they can go without missing school.

I hope you get a great balcony.  I splurged and got a suite.  I am looking forward to the big balcony!

 Our youngest is starting college. I guess it's our way of dealing with "empty nest syndrome"! Have you already got all your information? I guess I just want to make sure I didn't get taken by my travel agent.

Yes, I have everything.  I went to my documents and printed everything out. It was easy once I fugured it out.  I even printed out extra luggage tags. I also have booked shore excursions for three of the four ports and that information/confirmation was there as well.

Empty nest must be difficult, lol.  My kids are 14 and 10 year old twins.  I still have a while to go.

Me again. Finally got all my documents. My travel agent was holding the full amount back in case of a price drop. I really don't see that happening. So far two of my shore excursions have been cancelled. Sea spi at Grand Cayman and zip line at Roatan. Guess I'll just have to find something else to do.

Did they say why the excursions were cancelled?  I wanted to do the zip line also.

Hey tytanbri, I read on another post someone was killed in March on it. Carnival cancelled it "at their discretion." You can still book it through the company that runs it. Don't know the name but if you Google "Roatan Island" there is a link there. I've heard good and bad things about going this route. Think I might try the Pirates, Birds, and Monkeys tour. At least that is what I was told we ought to try. :-)

I think we will do the same.  I'm not one to take unnecessary chances!

looks like it's still our 2 couples on the boat. should be plenty of room

It's funny you should say that.  I happen to look to see how many rooms were still available and there was plenty.  Maybe the rates will go down and we can get some on board credit.

On another good note, there won't be any line for food if we are the only ones on board!

How do you check to see how many rooms are left? I looked but couldn't figure it out.