A: Yes, for your safety, we ask that Guests with children understand the age and height requirements for all the pools on board. Please note that swim diapers are prohibited in all pools but are required as indicated in splash play areas.
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Pools are generally open 8:00am to midnight; hours may vary and are listed in the HUB App. Carnival Cruise Line® is committed to providing a safe and enjoyable environment for all of our guests in all aspects of their cruise experience. This includes pool safety, which we have always taken very seriously.
While you're sailing, there are a few optional services and activities that do require an additional charge, including Port Adventures excursions, spa and salon services, babysitting in our ship's nurseries, onboard photography service, phone calls, video games, alcoholic beverages, and our adults-only dining venues, ...
Many of the beverages served during your cruise are complimentary. However, all alcoholic beverages and certain other drinks will be charged to your stateroom folio. Beverages included at no extra charge: Soft drinks, coffee and tea served during meals.
Cruise lines drain their swimming pools at night to discourage guests from trying to enter the pool when it is closed. Draining the swimming pools each night also allows the cruise lines to replace the water with clean water and a drained swimming pool is safer if the weather is rough.
Diving and jumping is not permitted; you are welcome to swim laps, but each lap will be short, and the pools will likely be crowded at peak hours. A handful of cruise ships also have a secondary pool area at the back of the ship, overlooking the wake, and some have a swim-against-the-current pool for laps.
Crowded PoolsThe pools on the Disney cruise ships can get crowded. If you visit the pools during non-peak hours, it will help with the crowd levels. We like to use the pools in the morning or on port days. That being said, we don't really have an issue with the crowded pools.
You will find that you do not need to bring towels from home, as there are many available poolside, and even at the ready as you step onto Castaway Cay.
As much as we're sure Disney would like to, they don't control the weather. Depending on when and where you sail, you're likely to find that temperatures on cooler weather itineraries average in the 40s-60s during the day – you're unlikely to encounter anything truly frigid during any DCL trip.
The most astonishing of the pools is sure to be Royal Bay, located starboard on deck 15, which will be the largest pool ever at sea, with 40,000 gallons of splashtastic fun.
Even though twice-daily stateroom cleaning has long been the standard in the cruise industry, how often you like your cruise ship stateroom cleaned by your cabin steward is a matter of personal preference. Some cruisers love the pampered feeling of a stateroom that is always clean -- when done by someone else.
When a toilet is flushed on a cruise ship, the sewage travels to the onboard treatment plant. Here the waste is filtered before it enters an aeration chamber. The aeration chamber cleans the waste. It is then sterilized using UV light and released into the ocean when clean enough to do so.
Money makers on the ship are drinks, casino, and shops - they need that income. The costs of staying in port are very high between fees, dock rental and employees who come with that, security, taxes, etc. Many ports don't have enough cruise ship docks to have some come in an stay a few days either.
Yes, but there is an alcohol limit.Let me repeat that: the wine or champagne you can bring MUST be in your carry-on bags. Additionally, any alcohol you bring on the cruise can't be enjoyed in any lounge or public areas. So, you need to plan to drink it in your stateroom or on your balcony.