November 5 - 8, 2010, 3-Night Bahamas Cruise

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Leaving from Miami, Florida and sailing Nassau, Bahamas

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• Air Arrangements
• Passport Requirements
• Shore Excursions
• Crop Schedule
• Insurance
• Packing Lists

Option #1

Book Carnival’s airfare

(in some cases this includes an overnight stay).

If Carnival cannot get you a flight to arrive in time on 11/5/10, the quoted rate will also include an overnight stay in Miami on 11/4/10. Transfers are additional.

Many air cities are available. Call Cruise & Crop for rates. Rates are subject to change.

 

Option #2

Book your own air and arrive on 11/4/10.
Book the pre-cruise hotel & transfers through Carnival.

Call Cruise & Crop for current rates on 1-night pre-hotel options through Carnival. These rates would also include your transfer to the pier (but you’d have to get your own transfer from the airport to the hotel the night before). Hotel stays must be booked before August 27, 2010. After this deadline, hotel packages may not be available.

Hotel currently being offered through Carnival (includes a transfer from the hotel to the pier):
1. JW Marriott $128 pp
2. Hilton Miami Airport $83 pp
3. Hyatt Summerfield Miami Airport $82 pp
4. Courtyard South Beach $112 pp
5. Courtyard Miami Beach $137 pp

You’d also need to purchase a one-way transfer from the pier to the airport for after the cruise.  This is $16 pp to the Miami Airport.

Fort Lauderdale Hotels are also available. Call for current rates.

Hotel rates vary based on how many people are in the cabin. Quoted rates above are based on double occupancy.

Option #3

Book your own air and arrive on 11/5/10.
Book Carnival Transfers

If you book your own flights, flights must arrive at the Miami airport no later than 2:30 p.m. on 11/5/10 and leave no earlier than 11:30 a.m. on 11/8/10.  Round-trip transfers can be purchased for $32 pp. Ft. Lauderdale: flights must arrive by 2:00 p.m. on 11/5/10 and depart after 12:00 p.m. on 11/8/10. Round-trip transfers can be purchased for $60 pp.

NOTE:  You CANNOT book your own air & hotel (to arrive on 11/4/10) and still purchase Carnival transfers.  If you do everything on your own, you’ll have to find your own transportation to and from the pier.  The Miami airport is approx. 25 minutes from the pier. Visit http://www.miamidade.gov/portofmiami/ for a list of Shuttles, Taxies and Rental companies. Cruise & Crop does not operate or control in any respect the services provided by these companies, nor does it guarantee their performance.

Option #4

Drive to the Pier

Parking Fees: $20/day for vehicles up to 20 feet in length, $40/day for vehicles over 20 feet
The total fee for the time the vehicle will be parked is due on entry. They accept cash, Visa, Mastercard, AMEX and Traveler’s Checks issued in U.S. dollars.

Directions From I-95:
Take I-95 north or south to I-395. Follow the directional signs to the Biscayne Boulevard exit. When you get to Biscayne Blvd., make a right. Go to 5th Street which converts to Port Blvd. (landmark: American Airlines Basketball Arena) make a left and go over the Port bridge. Follow directional signs to designated terminal.

Port of Miami
1015 N America Way
Miami, Fl 33132

Miami International Airport 20-30 minutes to the pier
4200 NW 21 St
Miami, Fl 33122

Please Note: The flights and hotels offered by Carnival can sell out. Do not delay in booking this portion of your trip. Call Cruise & Crop/CruiseOne to arrange these details.

ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF USING CRUISE LINE AIR

ADVANTAGES:

• The cost of air travel can be lower when purchased through the cruise line’s air/sea program, because the cruise line can negotiate lower air rates. Since they are subsidizing the cost, you are often able to save a great deal of money.
• Transfers between the airport and pier are generally included at no cost to you. There are also representatives of the cruise line in the baggage claim area to assist you.
• Should inclement weather or unforeseeable circumstances delay your flight, the cruise line will cooperate with the air carrier whenever possible in order for you to make the sailing.

DISADVANTAGES:

• Your routing and airline schedule is arranged by the cruise line and may include connecting flights as deemed necessary by the airline or cruise line. Your routing may include a layover or change of planes, especially with flights to Europe, the Orient, South Pacific, Mexico and/or the opposite coast of the United States. As a general rule, you are scheduled to depart from and return to the same airport.
• Unless you use the cruise line’s pre or post package at a designated hotel, there is an additional fee to change the date or flight itinerary. This is called an air deviation ($75 pp), and you must make your cruise consultant aware of your desire for the change so that necessary adjustments can be made.