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I just saved a bunch of money....I switched to GEICO!

I knew she was a bot. 
USB-Hub?  Ethernet-Hub? 
Regardless, I knew you were a bot.  Takes one to know one...

Thank you :) found it and now I'm more travel like 

Go to "account settings" and go under "display name".  You can change it there.
FB can be private...ask the bot...lol...I'm there too but you'll have to look pretty hard and be pretty observant 

OMG that is so cute !
Joe, I am right there with ya.  I joined CC MANY years ago and used the absolutely WORST username RFerrington.  What a ditz !  ...now I'm stuck with it.  By the time I joined this site I knew better. Oh well....I don't post that much to that other site anyway.  I'm mostly a lurker there b/c I really dislike so much of the negative and snarky posting that they get over there.  Thank goodness we're more civil over here !!

Oh boy, I better be careful in Sabor or I'll by day 3 I'll pick up my daily lunch Margarita, take two sips, and be wondering why it's dinner time all of a sudden! 
"I believe there are only two kinds of people in this world. Those who can drink tequila, and those who can never hear that word again!!" -- Steve McGrew

Thanks for the responses...  the hard part is if I want to buy her a drink, how can I do it then?   Her card is linked to her own credit card, so if I want to get her a drink on me, then it won't work because of the drink package...   
Well, it is what it is. Hopefully I'll find the right bartender to help me.... anything beats the foot of snow that fell last night!  leaving tomorrow - on board Saturday... I can't wait!
 

Also one thing that I did with Sandra's dress (I did all the packing) was fold it nicely (follow seams for folds ext.) and put it in a vacuum seal bag. make sure it is packed so nothing else creases it or it may get wrinkles but worked well for us and nothing we had was wrinkled. Also for my suite, I again following seams and natural angles folded it and put it at the bottom of my suitcase (often times they flip them on their belly's) and strapped it down so it wouldn't move. All came out perfect.

We spent a couple of years gifting each other with various pieces of Briggs and Riley luggage.  The larger pieces came with removable mini garment bags that fit into the lids of the suitcases.  That was over 10 years ago.  Now they build the garment bag into the suitcase.  Not cheap but it comes with a lifetime guarantee against ANY damage, just pay the shipping to return it to the manufacturer.  I used that guarantee before our cruise earlier this month when a corner of the suitcase blew out on a previous trip .  I discovered it a couple of months before the cruise date.  They turned it around to us in under 3 weeks! 
My tux was immaculate when I unpacked it aboard the Jewel.
 

They abandoned the iPad idea and are instead designating 1 out of every 3 elevators "Express."  On the Express elevators, the elevator buttons have been replaced by card swipes.  They'll cost $1.99 per ride, or you can buy an unlimited package for $10.99 per person per day, plus 18% gratuity.  Suite guests will have access to their very own golden elevator with TV screens that let them watch all the people who have to wait for the regular elevators and laugh at them over the ship's loudspeakers.
I kid . . . I kid . . .
(I actually have no idea what happened to the ipad experiment, but it sounds awful and I hope it fails.)
 

It also depends on the type of debit card. Here in the Cayman Islands, we have been using the visa debits for a very long time. Whereas, in the US they are relatively new. If you a visa debit as a visa card (ie they process it as a credit card) it will have the same holds that they would have put on a credit card and not an overestimation. This is what we have done in the past when using our debit cards at hotels and have never had an issue. I would confirm with your bank, however, to ensure they don't have any fees (I have a Canadian card that charges for this). Also, they hold purchase by purchase from my experience. So I do agree, make sure you have double of what you plan to spend so that you can handle the holds. I am not sure what your spending habits are but at least for onboard 1000 should be enough but don't know about at the stops.

Here is a pic of the latest ice show now playing on Allure. I’m sure you will hear all about the fight tomorrow in the news papers
 

Haven't you heard?  I was made obsolete by a better, human blogger.

I understand, I don't have limitations, other than I'm a big guy, I'm old and all my joints hurt, I've done a mock booking of airfare flying Business/First the whole way from Oklahoma and it will be $7k per person, which is pricey, but my Wife flat refuses to fly that far in Premium economy, she's spoiled, right now this is a one time thing for us, I want to make it special, it will be our 40th anniversary.

Aaaaaaannnnd the conversation came back to Sorrento's.
BOOM goes the dynamite!

On my recent Freedom cruise my wife could kick me out and vise versa we never had to sign out first.

On my recent Freedom cruise my wife could kick me out and vise versa we never had to sign out first.

In a straight run, they are very fast.  I took a video of the dress sculptures from the glass elevator going up from Deck 5 to Deck 12 and it was about 15 seconds to go 7 decks.
The trouble is during the busy times you're never going to get a straight run.  You'll stop at Deck 11, Deck 10, Deck 09 . . .  I did notice that full elevators don't always stop on decks with people waiting to board, so there may be some weight sensors or fancy logic at work to improve traffic management somewhat.

Run your foot over with their scooter rude, elevator already has 20 people in it, but still room for me and my walker/scooter rude. Want me to give up my seat in the theater (That I was 15 minutes early for so I could make sure I got a good seat) so they didn't have to walk any further rude, cut in any line because I'm a senior citizen rude.
Like you said about kids, I love senior citizens, I'm one of them (Yes I have my AARP card), but there comes the point in life that you should just be nice and go with the flow, I told my wife that if I acted like some of these people to make sure and slap me, please...
My point was and still is, get your expectations straight/right and you will have fun/good time on any cruise.

I think its the stairs, I ate so much (including 2 deserts some nights) and I actually lost weight. I am still so confused.

Hubby and I have deal when it came to booking the next cruise. Because I want SC so badly, I have to curb the shopping habit. So what better way to kick one habit with another!  

This itinerary is much better
Day 1 FLL or MIA
Day 2 Sea
Day 3 Honduras
Day 4 Sea
Day 5 Sea
Day 6 Aruba
Day 7 Curacao
Day 8 Greneda
Day 9 Sea
Day 10 Havana overnight
Day 11 Havana
Day 12 FLL or MIA
 

I think they are testing the waters to see how bringing OS elements to the smaller ships will react. They will notice the difference quicker on cheaper shorter trips. In all honesty for us a quick 4 day cruise may be better so we can go for a long weekend and have a great getaway. I also know that when I was on Mariner it never felt crowded or too big (although I preferred freedom), my parents who went on Oasis said after Mariner it felt way too big and it wasn't as fun for them. That being said yes I do want to try both. I like the idea of a more modern ship doing the short routes. I have done an old ship (NCL Star) where it's lacking the fun and you have nothing extra to look forward to. Seeing how they are moving the Freedom around I don't think it's going anywhere different for a long while (we have at least until mid 2020). As Matt said, Royal will not jump the gun unless it really works but at the same time these other itineraries will still need ships and they only have so many OS class ships scheduled. I think Freedom up will be safe for now.

Flowrider or Lava Flow? ;)

@LetsTryThisTech You don't need to work on a ship - if you win the lottery, book a year long cruise!