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14 days before your cruise, you will get a notification that it’s time to Check-in. Good news, you can do that using the Carnival Cruise Hub App. This is where you can start planning your activities for your various ports of call. The main reason is that once on board if you haven’t purchased a Carnival Cruise WiFi package, you would need to use your Cellular data to download the App. If you have already left the port by this time, this could be very expensive if data roaming charges apply.
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No matter where you go onboard Mardi Gras, you will find a bar and some form of entertainment. Some features are available before your cruise but more functionalities become available once on board your Carnival ship. Carnival’s product team is continually working on new and improved updates to the HUB App.
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Using the chat feature is great for situations like that. Or for keeping in touch with the kids when they are at their activities. I’ve lost count of the number of times my wife has headed up to the pool deck ahead of me. I then completed endless loops of the deck looking for her only to discover she was one deck up from where she said she was. The chat feature is a way for friends to keep in touch while on board. The Hub Chat feature does seem to cause some confusion with both new and experienced cruisers.
Carnival Hub App Chat Feature
You can get the forecast for every day of your cruise. When you receive a message, your smartphone should give you a pop-up notification. If you want to do that, you will need at least the Social Plan Internet package – but check out this amazing little free iMessage hack we discovered.
So I’ll try to address all the questions I am asked about it. Surprise, surprise, it suddenly looks very different as all the onboard features are unlocked. Before your cruise, the App is very limited and is essentially just a portal for their main website. However, it still helps you plan and prepare for your cruise. Just expect to end up back on Carnival’s website and NOT on the App. Once you have successfully downloaded the app to your smartphone, you should see a new App Icon that looks like this.
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When first introduced around 2015, the app was a little bit of a pain to use. Since then, the Carnival Hub App has transitioned into a really useful App to use during your cruise. Free expert cruise tips and news from Cruise Hive! We'll send you the latest cruise updates daily to your inbox.
I scheduled a dinner at the steakhouse (which I highly recommend) for a party of 12. A few minutes after reserving everyone, it pushed a notification to everyone’s app letting them know they have a reservation. You can also see what other people in your party at interested in attending. It a nice app as long as you are connected to their wifi. To be clear you do NOT need to purchase the wifi plan to use this. You simply connect to their on board wifi and it functions with all features.
Before the App was created, all guests would have to appear at their Muster station at a pre-determined time. They would then receive instructions on what to do in case the ship hit an iceberg or some other calamity. You’ll find them all listed under “Packages and Deals”. All options these link back to the main website. So if you want to brag to your friends and family, or make your fellow workmates jealous, then now is the time to share your cruise booking info. I can even set reminders for events and my phone will let me know, so I don’t miss the start of that headliner show.
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Closer to the date of your cruise you will also be able to use it to complete check-in. The Carnival Hub App is an application designed primarily for smartphones. The developer, Carnival Cruise Lines, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below.
Depending on your itinerary your ship may change its time zone and update the Ship Time. Confusingly, this can happen even though the ship hasn’t entered a new time zone. Even if none of your smart devices are showing a change.
If you haven’t booked directly with Carnival, you can use the “Enter with Booking #” login option and then follow the prompts. You do not need to pay for any of the cruise Wifi packages to access the app. The application is optimized to run on smartphones. But it will also run on your Apple iPad or Google Chromebook or Tablet. You should download the CarnivalHub App before your cruise. If I lost my way on board, I would need to find an elevator area to see the Ship’s layout to figure out what deck I needed to be on next.
Here’s a quick list of all the opening and closing times of the key locations on the ship. I constantly forget what deck my favorite bars are on. So this is my favorite feature of the Carnival Hub App. You can even just type part of the name of the venue and it will jump directly to that deck. I get into the habit of checking my phone regularly if we were cruising with friends and we were all using the chat facility. If you have already got a cruise booked, you should see “Countdown to…” followed by the name of your ship and the number of days, hours, and minutes until boarding time.
While Grand Central and the French Quarter will be highlights for many that enjoy a night out, it doesn’t mean that Carnival has forgotten about the rest of Mardi Gras. The cruise line has managed to cram fun into every corner of the vessel. While not as big as Grand Central, the French Quarter is undoubtedly something worth checking out. Deck 7 of Grand Central is the place to be for those that like to place a bet as stretched out from the Atrium to the Mardi Gras theatre is the casino.
Once logged into the Cruise App you will see a menu icon in the top right. Tap this and a menu will appear with a few options. These options will change depending on whether you already have an upcoming cruise booked on not.
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