Matt

You can get cash advances that will be charged against your SeaPass card. There is a fee to doing this but it's generally cheaper than using the ATM onboard.

You definitely could have a pre-paid card and pay off your onboard account as you go. Onboard, SeaPass is the only form of payment accepted so you can't pay directly with your prepaid card or with cash. But you could pay off your bar tab at the end of the cruise with money you saved up for booze.

Thank you to everyone that voted. We didn't win but I really appreciate all the support!

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I would just say you want to bring it back to your stateroom and ask for some glasses to borrow. Shouldn't be a problem , even if you end up somewhere else (if you get my drift) ;)

That's essentially why I never do the drink package. I don't think I can drink enough to make it worthwhile. But that's just me

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If you think there will be a major difference between now and September in currency evaluations, sure you might save money. But like you said, paying in advance allows you to break up the overall cost of the cruise.

Exactly. Buy bottled water at a convenience store before you go to the port. It's very much a "dont ask, dont tell" policy unofficially

Sorry for the confusion. Very little is NOT included in the drinks package. The ultimate package does included bottled water.You may find this page helpful in seeing what is and what is not included: http://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/royal-caribbean-beverage-packages Thank you for listening to the podcast!

Welcome Steve!

Some bars will stay open quite late. In fact, sometimes the hours are simply posted as closing at "late" to allow the staff to gauge when demand ends.

Thank you all for all of your support!

You may bring 2 bottles of wine per stateroom that you carry on with you. The rule is you cannot bring water but honestly if you also carry on the water, most likely you will not have any problems based on everything I've read and seen. There is no limit for any of the unlimited drink packages in terms of how many drinks per day/week/cruise.

Welcome! With the ultimate drink package, you can order pretty much any drink on the menu onboard your ship. There are a few exceptions but otherwise all included. You will go to order a drink and tell the waiter/bartender you have the ultimate drink package. They will swipe your SeaPass card and it will confirm what you told them and you owe nothing more. They will swipe your card for every single drink. You may only order one drink per person on the drink package at a time. I'm not sure what you mean about kids because kids are too young for the alcohol packages :P Yes there is a service to just iron your clothes. It's called having your clothes only pressed. I forget how much exactly it is but just a few dollars per item. Fairly nominal charge and better than wrinkly clothes!

Well said

Unused wine is stored for you and brought to you the next night. In fact, you can drink in main dining room one night and next night have your unused wine brought to a specialty restaurant. You just tell your waiter you have the wine package and they can find your wine based on your stateroom number.

A reminder to vote!

I haven't cruised Carnival so I can't help but Navigator of the Seas, the Royal Caribbean ship that sails from Galveston, is amazing. The refurbishment really added so much to the ship.

If the sea day is after a port day, we try to sleep in a little. That being said, I don't want to miss breakfast so we usually use our daughter as our alarm clock....when she wakes up, so do we :lol: We use sea days to do things on the ship like massages, ice skating, see a show, etc. But in the afternoon we try for putting my daughter in Adventure Ocean so my wife and I can enjoy some time by the pool relaxing. About what time we go to bed, we are terrible about staying up late. We always think we will stay up late but we run around so much in the day that we're wiped by 10pm :D

Hope someone gets a chance to use it!

Welcome Kyle! I've enjoyed your photos that you have sent in for Friday Photos!

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Another reminder to vote!

Yes all staterooms were refurbished. No more "box TVs". They are all flat screens. New bedding and carpeting too.