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You will get your cabin assignment from the porter at the pier Carnival is getting to big and is having to run thier cruiseline like a major company rather than a come on in a stay awhile cruiseline. You can order gifts by using the 800 number the give you. But your docs will come with these cute little gray tags that say gty thats what the porters are looking out for so they can give you new tags with your cabin assignment. I can see a big differance in Carnival 3 years ago and Carnival now. I didnt relize how inpersonable it was getting til I took another NCL cruise a couple of months ago and the guy meeting and greeting as you walked on was welcoming everyone aboard til he saw me and knew by my pin I was a latitudes member and he shook my hand and said welcome home. That made a world of differance. I said all of that to make a point Carnival now has like 66 ships the good ol days are gone they are to the point where they basically take your money send you docs and hope you have a good time and come again. no more of this personal service stuff we were used to. I relized this on my last cruise they spent time with us answering questions, they walked us to our room (Our bottom of the ship inside not a suite) and afterwards a welcome home letter and it said if I had and concerns to please call them. Its not much but it meant the world to us and it was a wake up call that the old Carnival is gone. Not saying I wont sail on them we are going on the Elation in Oct. 04. Its just everyone wants service out of a company thats to big to provide it.

<blockquote data-quote="cash1968" data-source="post: 676394"><p>You will get your cabin assignment from the porter at the pier Carnival is getting to big and is having to run thier cruiseline like a major company rather than a come on in a stay awhile cruiseline. You can order gifts by using the 800 number the give you. But your docs will come with these cute little gray tags that say gty thats what the porters are looking out for so they can give you new tags with your cabin assignment. I can see a big differance in Carnival 3 years ago and Carnival now. I didnt relize how inpersonable it was getting til I took another NCL cruise a couple of months ago and the guy meeting and greeting as you walked on was welcoming everyone aboard til he saw me and knew by my pin I was a latitudes member and he shook my hand and said welcome home. That made a world of differance. I said all of that to make a point Carnival now has like 66 ships the good ol days are gone they are to the point where they basically take your money send you docs and hope you have a good time and come again. no more of this personal service stuff we were used to. I relized this on my last cruise they spent time with us answering questions, they walked us to our room (Our bottom of the ship inside not a suite) and afterwards a welcome home letter and it said if I had and concerns to please call them. Its not much but it meant the world to us and it was a wake up call that the old Carnival is gone. Not saying I wont sail on them we are going on the Elation in Oct. 04. Its just everyone wants service out of a company thats to big to provide it.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="cash1968, post: 676394"] You will get your cabin assignment from the porter at the pier Carnival is getting to big and is having to run thier cruiseline like a major company rather than a come on in a stay awhile cruiseline. You can order gifts by using the 800 number the give you. But your docs will come with these cute little gray tags that say gty thats what the porters are looking out for so they can give you new tags with your cabin assignment. I can see a big differance in Carnival 3 years ago and Carnival now. I didnt relize how inpersonable it was getting til I took another NCL cruise a couple of months ago and the guy meeting and greeting as you walked on was welcoming everyone aboard til he saw me and knew by my pin I was a latitudes member and he shook my hand and said welcome home. That made a world of differance. I said all of that to make a point Carnival now has like 66 ships the good ol days are gone they are to the point where they basically take your money send you docs and hope you have a good time and come again. no more of this personal service stuff we were used to. I relized this on my last cruise they spent time with us answering questions, they walked us to our room (Our bottom of the ship inside not a suite) and afterwards a welcome home letter and it said if I had and concerns to please call them. Its not much but it meant the world to us and it was a wake up call that the old Carnival is gone. Not saying I wont sail on them we are going on the Elation in Oct. 04. Its just everyone wants service out of a company thats to big to provide it. [/QUOTE]