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Carnival Cruise Lines review: No refunds and no communication

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I was booked on the Magic leaving on 3/14/20. Confirmation 9FNT97. The last communication I have received from Carnival was on 3/14/20 at 10:32 AM by a recorded message that the cruise was cancelled. I was called on Fri 3/13/20 at 6 PM wanting to know if I wanted to upgrade to a suite. I made sure that I asked several times is Carnival cruising out because all the other cruise lines have suspended their cruise. I was told that Carnival was cruising. So I upgrade. I was duped and fooled. Since Carnival management already made a decision to cancel all cruises on 3/11/20. I found this out from passenger that were on the Magic previous that the Capitan of Magic announced that they were the last passenger on Wed 3/11/20. Carnival did not notify me until 12:42 AM in the middle of the night with an e-mail that the cruise was cancelled.
I found out from my son who provided me a text message on 3/13/20 at 8 PM. I did call Carnival and was told Yes everything is cancelled if you want a cruise refund you will have to wait 90 days. I asked about what about the excursions and the money I put on my account I was told I need to get in contact with the fun shop, then was hung up on.
So I have about 5 grand tied up with Carnival and nobody has contacted me on how I might get this money back. Our friends that were going with (9RSF98) us already have there drink package return and excursions money returned. They get e-mails and message but as of today 3/19/20 I have not received a single communication, nothing!
My son has received 3 to 4 e-mails wanting to know if he would like to book a new cruise because they have special rates going right now.
Plus if you call in they don't have the option to be called back later OH they say you do by pressing one but that doesn't work so you are hold for hours.
HEY CARNIVAL some communication would be really nice! I have been with Carnival for 10 years but I will be looking at what other cruise lines are doing for their customers.
I know Carnival didn't start this but the communication is so bad.

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Apr 01, 2020 8:58 am UTC
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Hello,

We are truly sorry to hear that you are not happy with the timing and handling of the situation. As you know, these are unprecedented times and we all are doing the absolute best we can.

As you can imagine the number of refunds we are processing is unprecedented, and our offices remain closed at the direction of local government.

At this time, we are unable to provide a specific time frame but we are working hard to process your refund requests as soon as possible.

We kindly ask that provided link be utilized to expedite your request for a refund or future cruise credit.

As announced, Carnival Cruise Line is extending our pause of North American operations to May 11.

We are working with our guests to address this disruption to their vacation plans and extend our apologies. For our guests' convenience, we have automated the customer service process and urge our guests and travel agent partners to please use the online forms as requested in emails being sent. Our offices in Greater Miami remain closed at the direction of local officials and our ability to handle calls has been severely impacted by the ongoing situation. The web address for customers to make a selection is https://www.carnival.com/request-forms/cancellation-preference-v2.aspx . Please note that requests can only be submitted through this link for sailings impacted by these cancellations.

This decision also has implications for the thousands of our crew members who remain on our ships, and just like they have always taken care of our guests, we are working diligently to continue to take care of them and get them home where possible.

We remain committed to our return to service and will use this time to continue to build additional processes, protocols and resources to protect the health and safety of our guests, crew and the destinations we serve.

We thank our guests for their understanding and look forward to welcoming them on a future Carnival cruise.

Kind Regards,
Shelly
Carnival Cruise Line
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