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Carnival Online Check-In Process

November 27, 2021November 27, 2021by BillLeave a Comment

YouTube Poster — Bill gives you all the detail on the Carnival online check-in process for his December 2021 sailing on the Carnival Breeze.

I always check in for my cruise as quickly as possible. Even if that check-in happens week before my cruise, it makes me feel like the vacation has started. Traditionally, that has happened many weeks before the cruise actually sailed. Given all of the post-COVID changes, however, Carnival online check-in now happens 14 days before the cruise. There are a couple of key changes since the “before times”– the time before COVID upended our travelling worlds.

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Carnival Dream Free Lunch options

November 25, 2021November 25, 2021by BillLeave a Comment

I wrote before that I was not impressed with the breakfast buffet on the Carnival Dream (text link). Truth be told, I was not particularly impressed with the buffet at any time of day, and I generally preferred the buffet on the Royal Caribbean Liberty of the Seas (opens new tab to a Galveston Cruise Reviews video). However, vacation involves a series of tradeoffs. While I did not enjoy the buffet, on balance the Carnival Dream free lunch options were great. Carnival just sets things up differently. Where Royal had a huge buffet and a couple of other free options, Carnival provided more free options in smaller restaurant spaces.

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Carnival Dream Deck 10 Aft Restaurants and Pools

November 6, 2021by BillLeave a Comment

Pizzeria del Capitano is a free restaurant on Carnival Dream Deck 10 aft.

At Dine Drink Travel, we try to break our reviews into smaller pieces so you can quickly find what you are looking for. In this post, we talk about Carnival Dream Deck 10 aft. Specifically, we look at the pizzeria, small pool area, Seafood Shack, and bar. We have already reviewed the breakfast options on Deck 10, and we will review the main pool area later this month.

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Carnival Fun Shops (Carnival Dream Deck 5)

October 30, 2021October 30, 2021by BillLeave a Comment

A lot of people go shopping on cruises. It is a major part of the cruise line economic model. That also means that shopping is a major part of the space used on cruise ships. The Carnival Fun Shops on Deck 5 are where this shopping happens on the Carnival Dream. In this post, we want to give you a quick overview of the space and what is available. We will also have video and pictures to help you see what is available.

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Carnival Dream Deck 3 (theatre, lobby bar, shore excursions, and guest services)

October 22, 2021October 22, 2021by BillLeave a Comment

The Carnival Dream frequently sails short itineraries out of Galveston. One of the principle passenger decks is Deck 3, which contains the Main Dining Room (MDR), theatre, Lobby Bar, guest services, and a few other spaces. We took a short video to show you what one of the main public spaces on the ship looks like.

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