Hey yall the Halloween thing is official! I got an email from Carnival today :-)  It says they will have a night called Frightfully Fun with costume contests and special desserts and such! So def pack your costumes! Ahhh I think I'm going crazy with the amount of things I need to get done between now and next Sunday!

Thanks for info..sounds like you and Husband are going to have a great time..yes there is lots to do between now and Oct.18..

been checking norfolks 10 day weather forcast .. right now says 63 and partly cloudy .. well hope that temp goes up close to 75 but as lng as its not raining . we have to get our dry cleaning for the dress up nights .. and well then put every thing in to the suitcases .. the holloween party should be fun . our costumes are ready . what are yall dressing up as .. realy cant wait to  get to the room 1st time we have had a balcony .. carnival called last week and asked if we wanted to goto a suit .. i told them thats ok we will stay where we are ..wife baught a few of the germinx spray pens for us to carry .. dont wantto get sick .. i have my coin from last years cruis to put in the slot machine  this is the most hardest week to pay attention at work to busy thinking about getting on the ship and having fun

Yea I hear ya about the getting sick thing! I'm packing a pump of hand sanitizer to keep in our room and a travel size one to carry around in my bag everywhere we go! I do not wanna get sick when I'm supposed to be on vacation! Although, I've been feeling kinda cruddy the last few days with these crazy temp changes and my allergies are really kicking my butt! So many things to do this week...gotta get the kids up and at school as usual and still clean the entire house for my inlaws to stay and keep the kids during the cruise...laundry...pack....at least I will have something to do everyday to make cruise time come faster :-)  I think I said a few posts ago but hubby and I are dressing up as Sookie Stackhouse and either Bill or Eric (my hubby would prob pass better as Eric since he's tall with lighter hair than Bill) from the show True Blood on HBO which is based off the Southern Vampire Mysteries written by Charlaine Harris.  What are you all gonna dress up as? I don't think our costumes are elaborate enough to win any contests but it will still be fun to pretend to be someone else for a day :-) This time next weekend I will be freaking out! HAHA!

We just got a call from Carnival offering to upgrade our cabin to a balcony for $100 per person. We were booked on the Main deck with an oceaview. We decided to go for the upgrade and will be on the Empress deck. I have never had a room with a balcony. How is it? Are there chairs on the balcony? Is there any privacy or can you see directly into the neighboring balconies?

The only drawback I can find is the room we orginally had was located in the middle of the ship and our new room is awfully close to the rear of the boat.

Five more days to go!

Terri

Hi everyone,

We will also be sailing on the Triumph out of Norfolk Oct 18th. This is our first cruise and we are really excited. We are celebrating our 11th wedding anniversary and hubbys birthday (Oct 24th).

We are from Colonial Heights (outside of Richmond). We have a balcony room and have booked the Stingray Adventure. We were thinking of doing the Sedgeway tour but have not made a final decision.

Since we booked through AAA under a group booking I am not sure if we qualify for a credit if the price dropped, but I guess it would not hurt to ask.

See you on board!

hello tim an rhonda  welcome aboard  .. wife and i are in dinwiddie .. happy 11th  and a happy birthday  .. dont for get that there will be a costume party ..we use to book through AAA ..  this will be our 1st time with a balcony and we are at the backof the ship .. what time do yall plan on leaving to head to norfolk ..?  just hoping for no rain on sunday

6 days to go

lnm6170 - we are dropping the dogs off at the dogsitter around 9am then heading to VA Beach. Our daughter (who lives there) will bring us to the pier and drop us off.

Sunday forcast as of right now is a high of 52. It might be a little chilly!! 

We are not going to do the Halloween costume thing. There just was not enough time to get something together.

Since this is our first time - once we get checked in will we be able to take our carry on bags to the room and drop them?

yes once you check in you can goto your room .. we will be taking our fur kid ( dog ) lol to puppy camp as wife calls it ..thats great that she can drop you off there .. that is chilly  im just hoping that it will not be rainning ...( a few rolls of tp and you can be a mummy ) ...

JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS NOW

hello and welcome back  hope everyone had a great cruise . we had a great time .. and loved our balcony  there is no going back to a window room now wife says . i know on the way home we tried to call our pvp and see about booking oct 17th 2010 glory out of norfolk .. there were more people dressed in costumes then i thought would be  wish there would have been more we even went to dinner dressed in costume .