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The most obnoxious video ever made....

Arebee has given the answer that works for me. I have tried clearing cookies, cache, and tried using Firefox, Safari, etc.. Nothing worked till I was once told to try clicking top left "file" and then "open new private window". Use this as normal and no problems. I know what I wrote here is for Mac, but have heard same results in Windows.

I will defend your right to smoke, as long as it doesn't infringe on my rights not to inhale second hand smoke. Truth be told, I wouldn't cruise on a ship that allowed karaoke through out the ship! I don't do that either. 

Doing laundry after we get home.   Oh,,,and all the food they force you to eat on a cruise.  Three times a day !  It's worth about a pound a day increase you've got to work off.  

As far as I recall when reading this a while back the crux of the issue is the lack of a true earth ground on a ship.  I used to do electrical work but it's been a while since I read up on this topic so you'll forgive any errors in my summary, but in short, yes, surge supression is a good thing as is ground-fault protection.  The issue is that *some* breakers only stop flow between neutral and hot, allowing a ground-fault to exist (this could happen the other way around as well).  A breaker safe on a ship would cut off all three conductors, hot, neautral, and ground. I put up a post about this a while ago which includes a CG bulletin on the matter (which, as I tried to explain above, I realized I should re-read).
http://www.cruisehabit.com/power-strips-why-theyre-not-allowed-ships-and-how-safely-gain-some-extra-outlets

We also bring an electric clock for the cabin.  Our clock is always gaining time. Not a lot but we adjust it each night and it is still useful.  Thanks for the information on the non consistency of the 60 hz.  We were thinking it was a bad clock.

A few years ago we decided to try an electric clock in our cabin.  Seems it kept losing time.  As much as 30 minutes sometimes.  We ask the IT director why.  He told use that the ships electrical power did not have a constant frequency of 60 hz.  Not sure if that is still the case or not.  We purchased two battery clocks for our bedside instead.  
Rather than a power strip, we purchased a three pronged outlet plug.  That gives us enough plugs.
   

I am taking a USB charger that has 6 slots in it for charge all of our stuff. I may no need all six at once, but if I do then I can...

I have also read these threads on CC and one of them, in particular, is from one of the few sources on CC that I trust and respect.
 
I am an engineer but not an electrical engineer so I can't say that I understand the physics...but if what they are saying is true (and, as I said, in one case I tend to believe them) then you want a multi-plug unit with a circuit breaker mechanism as opposed to a surge protector.  Apparently there is something about a surge protector, on a SHIP, that can cause the unit to overheat and even, in rare cases, catch fire.
 
So...I intend to purchase one of the specific products that this person has recommended.  I haven't yet done my research to try and find them but once I do I will see if I can share that information here.  I have not been too successful with getting links to post to this site...just like I cannot get my "quote" function to work even when trying multiple browsers.  I'm sure it's just me....
 
Bottom line...if spending $25 (or less, apparently) can reduce the risk of fire on a ship...I'm all about it.  If not, I have another multi-plug device.  Big deal.

I have often thought that buffets were counter productive to hand sanitizer when people go in to lunch.  When I'm serving my plate I think of all the people that have already touched that serving spoon.  I bring my own sanitizer for after I sit down to eat.  Yep,,I'm a germophobe.  I don't even like to touch the chair to pull it out and don't even get me started on menu's.    
This got off topic.  Sorry.  

To get to the familiar search box on website, click on "Plan a Cruise" then click on "Search by Destinations".  Scroll down and you will find the search box on the right hand side.  Not sure if this is a recent change or I had just overlooked it.   

Nope, but I can see schedules and fares up to 11 months from today.  Don't need a crystal ball to know airfares and schedules are only going to get worse.  Most I can live with.  

We have been to Bermuda only 1 time and found it really enjoyable and easy to get around.  We took the city bus and used it as a hop on/hop off bus.  Plus we found the people friendly and as a plus, they speak English.  :-)  I don't remember anything specific but you always have beach, snorkeling, fishing, shopping, and so on.  We are looking to book Bermuda again soon also.     The itinerary question is interesting.  We are D+ on Royal and Elite on Celebrity so ship and sometimes even cabin aren't a major concern.  The ship feeds us and gives us a place to sleep.  Example is we just booked a Montreal to Boston on Royal in 2019 because we have never been to Montreal and Quebec.  At this point we are thinking about canceling because airfare is more than we choose to pay.  Also flight scheduling and travel time is horrible.  10 hours travel time with 1 or 2 stops just to get to Canada?!?  We fly only AA for the points.     

I don't always use IE, but when I do,,,I was also having problems.  (That sounds like a TV beer ad)  IE will not let you select which cookies to delete so I just deleted all.  That seemed to fix it for me.