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SPECIAL NOTICE FOR ALL EARLY-BIRD-ARRIVING FREEPER CRUISERS !

For those FReeps Ahoy cruisers arriving in Miami on the Friday before the Saturday, May 31 embarkation, we've made arrangements with Wanda, our travel agent, to handle accomodation reservations for us for that Friday night. It's a winner!

It's an Embassy Suites near the airport and not far from the cruise terminal. The package cost is $133.99 plus tax. There's also a good deal for kids as noted on the Embassy website.

The package includes the suite of rooms, free shuttle service (every 20 minutes) from the airport to the Embassy, and free van transportation for freepers and luggage to the Carnival cruise terminal door on Saturday morning.

Embassy Suites are usually suites only, but in this one there's a small restaurant with Spanish/South American cooking and a bar. Other restaurants are nearby, or we can order pizza in and eat together in an informal room in the Embassy itself.

Free cooked-to-order breakfast is included, plus 2 hours complimentary cocktail hour in the early evening. Wow! Sounds like a fun pre-cruise mixer. Bahama Mama has already made her reservation and hopes to see y'all there.

I'm not going into that much more detail here. There's complete info and a pic of the Embassy on its website

http://www.miamiembassy.com/htm/hf.htm

There are a limited number of these package deals for cruisers, so I suggest, nay, I STRONGLY ADVISE that you phone Wanda at 1-800-890-7583 RIGHT AWAY to make your Embassy reservation. Wanda can also make your air reservations for you if you choose. She will coordinate your Miami arrival time with staying at the Embassy. All can be done by credit card. Then, BINGO, you're all set for the cruise with no hassle or worries.

Further info is on the regular cruise thread (link at the top of this thread). It'll be near the end of the current FReeps Ahoy cruise thread. I haven't typed it yet so I don't have a reply number.

Remember, you can still make your cruise cabin reservations with Wanda, also. Our reserved block of cabins and our low, discounted group fare is still in effect.

Any questions, post them here on this Q & A Bahama Mama thread.

Thanks,

Bahama Mama

I just got my reservation in, and am starting to wade through all this stuff. I'll call Wanda tomorrow and get my hotel reservations in, since we had to come in the day before. Luckily we had two free airline vouchers from being bumped from a flight over christmas, so I just redeemed them for this trip. We're almost set, and I CAN'T wait.

Two quick questions,
1) Is there a costume party on this trip? Some cruises have them one night, and I think we could have a GREAT DEAL of fun with this, if we plan ahead.

2) Do you know about the trip insurance offered by the cruise line vs. the one offered by an outside company (via Wanda)? The cuise line one is a little more expensive, but would they be a little more cooperative if something should happen along the way, if it is their own policy??

One additional note. When I went to the airline counter (United) at our local airport to redeem our travel vouchers, she told us to make sure that EACH bag weighed NO MORE than 50 pounds, or there would be an additional $25 charge for each one. She said that this was a new rule. I'm not sure if this is true on all the airlines, but think everyone needs to be aware of this. Well, it might not be a problem, how much does a bathing suit weigh??