Don't Make These 10 Carnival Mistakes (We Did)
🎯 PLANNING YOUR FIRST CARNIVAL CRUISE? See who Carnival fits best, what is generally included, which extras to compare and the decisions to make before booking. 👉 https://www.addyandterry.com/carnival-cruises?utm_id=yt-20260526-sxumcfgh4oa-carnival-cruises&utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=organic-video&utm_campaign=carnival-planning&utm_content=description-top Here are 10 mistakes first-time Carnival cruisers make—and what those mistakes can cost. We kept a running dollar total throughout the video. The final number might surprise you. Addy is a Certified Cruise Counselor through CLIA and a Carnival veteran with more than 16 sailings. These are the things she wishes someone had explained before her first Carnival cruise. CHAPTERS: 00:00 The $642 mistake most first-timers don’t see coming 00:45 Mistake #1: Port arrival time 01:30 Mistake #2: CHEERS package timing 02:30 Mistake #3: Gratuities—the bill you didn’t budget for 03:45 Mistake #4: Shore excursions 04:30 Mistake #5: Embarkation-day lunch 05:15 Mistake #6: The Carnival Hub App 06:15 Mistake #7: Carry-on strategy 07:00 Mistake #8: Elegant Night 08:00 Mistake #9: Spa booking timing 08:45 Mistake #10: Specialty dining pre-booking 09:45 Full dollar total—the reveal Prices, promotions, availability, taxes and fees vary by ship and sailing and can change until your deposit is paid and confirmed. Verify current pricing before booking. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🛳️ WANT HELP PLANNING YOUR CARNIVAL CRUISE? Tell us how you like to travel, what matters most and what you want to spend. We’ll help you find a ship, sailing and cabin that fit your style, pace and budget. 👉 https://www.addyandterry.com/cruise-planning?utm_id=yt-20260526-sxumcfgh4oa-find-my-right-cruise&utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=organic-video&utm_campaign=carnival-planning&utm_content=description-secondary ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📺 NEW HERE? We’re Addy & Terry—a real couple sharing honest cruise reviews, real cost breakdowns and practical advice from more than 70 cruises across 11 cruise lines. Subscribe so you don’t miss the next video: 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@AddyandTerry ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ DISCLOSURE Addy & Terry operate a travel business and may earn commissions on booked travel. We may also earn a commission if you purchase through certain links or tagged products associated with this video. Our recommendations are based on our experience and editorial judgment. #CarnivalCruise #CarnivalCruiseTips #FirstTimeCruiser #CruiseMistakes #AddyAndTerry