Yes, even Carnival will let you earn “miles” with their Carnival Credit Card. If you’re interested in a Mastercard that will earn you “Sea Miles,” redeemable on your upcoming cruise (or other future cruises, air travel or other vacations), check it out on their Carnival Sea Miles Site or call 1-866-603-7215.
A couple of you have asked this very question, or something similar, like “Cant I just use my birth certificate?” Under the new United States Coast Guard regulations, every passenger is required to show a passport to board our ship this June. If you do not yet have a passport, feel free to start the process anytime, as passport processing takes a long time. If you wait until the last minute they’ll be happy to help, but they’ll charge you hundreds of dollars to “rush” your order. I recommend starting the process about 5-6 months prior to your sail date to avoid any hassles.
Start by contacting your local post office and have them describe in detail what you will need to get your passport to avoid multiple trips. They are very particular! Know that you will need to have a passport picture taken (multiple places can help you with this… drug stores like WalMart and Walgreens, portrait studios, one-hour photo stores like Wolf Camera, etc. You’ll then take these photos to your post office along with your passport application and a check (to pay the passport fee).
Passports are good for 5 or 10 years depending upon the age at which
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Editor’s Note – Regardless of when you booked your Science at Sea cruise with Carnival, you get to take advantage of these price reductions. As the price goes down so does your final payment!
I just received notice from Carnival Corporation that they are suspending the fuel supplement for cruises departing on or after December 17, 2008 (this includes Science at Sea!). All bookings for cruises departing after February 5, 2009 will be adjusted to remove the fuel supplement. This means that you can deduct $63.00 for the 1st and 2nd guest and $28.00 for 3rd and 4th guest in the cabin from your balance due.
Please note that Carnival reserves the right to re-instate the fuel supplement for all guests at up to $9.00 per person per day should the price of light sweet crude oil according to the NYMEX increase above $70.00 per barrel.
Please use this blog link to stay posted on these updates. It’s much easier to get information out to everyone all at once. If, however, you have specific questions about your trip, you’re always welcome to contact me directly at GMacDonald@colorado.aaa.com
Space is filling fast! To date, we have 65 people registered and confirmed with new inquires every day.
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Open Mic is a great opportunity to post any questions you might have… so far. You’ve got the attention of Steve Spangler’s event planning team, our expert travel coordinator from AAA Travel (Gina MacDonald) and our Carnival cruise advisor, Tnle McCloskey.
You’ll find a “Leave a Comment” link in the upper right-hand corner of this post. Click on the link and post your question.
When you tell someone that you’re taking a “science class” over the summer, you’ll probably hear moans and groans… until you tell them that the class (so to speak) is in Alaska and you’re traveling in style aboard the Carnival’s Spirit! On behalf of everyone at Steve Spangler Science, I’m really excited that you made the decision to join our group. Whenever we talk to our travel coordinators at Carnival Cruises or the people planning our excursions, we can’t wait to share the information with you. That’s why we decided to use this forum (our blog) as a way for you to stay connected with us.
Here’s our dilemma… How do we stay in touch with you? We knew that we didn’t want to inundate you with random e-mails or phone calls and traditional snail mail wasn’t even a consideration. But we also didn’t want to set-up an online forum or bulletin board where the threads were cumbersome to follow. Our solution is to post all of the announcements and updated information on this section of our blog – Getting Ready for Science at Sea.
While we’re happy to answer your questions over the phone, I would strongly encourage you to post
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