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Bhants, sounds great. I'm sure that you will have a great time. Where are you going? We are on Arcadia in the Autumn (not been on her before).

I've broken ranks for the first time ever and going on MSC Preziosa for 7 nights on Friday (thus no on board spend)! However it is a cheap as chips £319 deal and we have been upgraded to a premium balcony for free. Let's see how good the competition are.

Wishing each and every one a very happy Christmas. Grace and peace be yours! IWH

Sun, are you back off the sidelines?

Hi Bhants, the AGM was in April. Not entirely sure why this announcement was delayed until now. Maybe to align it with the calender year and only guarantee the continued benefits for 1 year ahead.

Aangus1. It's your lucky day as you will get $250!

OBC share holder benefits have been approved as per this year for 2025! Hope all are happy.

To celebrate the £15 breach I've just booked a month on queen Elizabeth from Miami in January 27. That's 5 in the pipeline!

Transaction documents are not acceptable as they don't prove you still own the shares at the point of applying for the benefit.

You need a document that is dated within 3 months, with your name on it together with the company holding the shares on your behalf.

Ken, have stockpicks specifically said because it's back to back.

Because my understanding is that if the 2 cruises are separate bookings then they are both eligible for the OBC.

It's also possible that they have rejected the second cruise in January because they are not authorising any cruises at the moment that commence after the end of December because CCL have not declared any share holder benefits for 2025 onwards. Announcement due in November.

Personally I'd wait for the announcement and then make a second application.

Take a few minutes to listen to it. It could be our theme tune!

Betterlife, a couple of weeks ago you shouted off personal opinions about the war in the middle east. I suggested that we all keep those to ourselves out of respect for one another. Now you are blaming others 'your western allies ' for supporting it.

So as to avoid ambiguity, please shut up.

Botbot, that price per cabin seems about right and it's about £150 less than direct with Cunard. Personally I think it's a bit steep. I'm sailing mid November for 2 weeks for £1800 per cabin (admittedly it's an inside but I have $600 OBC + $250OBC for shareholders)

It will be too late for you to get any OBC as they insist on 3 weeks before Cruising.

Regards dress code - are you trying to start a war? I don't mind sticking my neck out but I'm not brave enough to suggest jeans and polo in the restaurant during the evening! No problem at lunch.

Hopefully you will get what you want.

PS. Hopefully you are ok with your personal position. Take care.

YoungR, there will always be the odd last minute bargains as it's better to have someone in the cabin than it being empty.

Carnival have an income of circa 43% from spend additional to the cruise fare. They also have an occupancy rate of well over 100%

As it happens the best I could get on that cruise is £189 but I don't fancy isle of Portland in Oct!

Betterlife, I'm not sure what time frame you are looking at when you refer to the 'Ugly Crash' but none the less, each of the 3 stocks based upon yours figures have risen by a similar percentage (circa 20% of their current value). An equal increase in value $ is quite unlikely as cost per share are vastly different.

Regards pumping of Royal - most analysts believe that they are in a much stronger position than their competitors in terms of debt levels , future momentum, value, growth prospects, earning per share, and share holder dividends etc etc. As such market sentiment (which determines the values of stock) is clearly in their favour. In my opinion it's likely to remain that way for some time to come and personally I'm comfortable with that because eventually we will see a turn around for Carnival and a large percentage increase in the share value in percentage terms. (I don't believe we will be worth Royals value in terms of dollars in my life time -beyond that I'm not bothered).

Regards your current valuation of carnival at near $30 minimum - I believe we are some way off that. Perhaps in 2026/27 but not yet. Maybe $20 at year end give or take the typical market fluctuations. AIMHO

Whilst I appreciate that instability in the middle east could have an impact upon Carnival and it's share price, perhaps it might be best if we keep our personal opinions over this extremely complex and terrible situation to ourselves. After all we have little idea as to the ethnicity, cultural backgrounds and faiths and beliefs of others. Just a thought!

Bot, personally I think we are likely to see little improvement in the exchange rate any time soon. If US goes big with 50 bps cut and we hold then we could see a further strengthening of the pound.

Betterlife, you can get your £12.10 to fund your land grab!

Hi Last, we like Arvia having been on her twice plus 1 further booked (also twice on sister ship Iona). It's a large ship but we found it had plenty of space. That said we try to sail outside school holidays. Ship is good for families.

Your ports are quite good IMHO although don't t rave about Tortola or Martinique.

Regards state rooms can't comment as we always go for inside as we're time rich. Insides equals more cruises.

I'm sure that you would have a great time spending Christmas and New Year in the sun!

Queen Anne sounds fab. We're looking forward to our fortnight from 17th November. Unfortunately we are in an inside ( we always have inside and thereby take more cruises than we could otherwise afford). I'm rather envious of a grill suite however. Enjoy!