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HeWhoWaits

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  1. More importantly, how does your significant other respond?
  2. My wife did a 3-4-3 B2B2B on Freedom last June (with different family member co-cruisers each leg). She didn't report any difference in the fellow passenger experience for the pair of 3 night weekends vs. the 4 night weekday. The food was repetitive, but since she doesn't venture far from her standard comfort zone that wasn't an issue.
  3. With the possible exception of the specific rum, every bar on every ship should be able to make this drink.
  4. Unless the OBC is more than the cost of one of whatever package you're looking to purchase, it doesn't matter which person it is "assigned" to. The OBC for both people can be applied against the purchase for one person on the reservation.
  5. We have documents authorizing us to obtain medical care for our grandchildren, regardless of travel situations. For traveling outside of your country of residence, it is always advisable to have specific permission for the trip in question. The Royal Caribbean form is a good example, but not the only version that will be accepted.
  6. More per night, yes. But the overall cost is lower and most people don't look at the per unit price when shopping, just the total.
  7. That middle time will be filled up in nothing flat when booking opens by those who opt for fixed dining and like to eat at a reasonable time (that would be us - 5:00 is way too early and 8:00 is way too late).
  8. Reminds me of a trip years ago (before cruising became the go-to) at an all-inclusive resort in Cozumel. My sister-in-law kept asking the housekeeper for "extra" towels and the housekeeper dutifully replaced the towels (no doubt confused as to why this crazy American wanted the towels changed when those towels were perfectly clean). A quick conversation between me and the housekeeper en español eliminated the confusion and got her the additional towels.
  9. You seem to have a handle on the matter. Sounds like you'll want to avoid this travel agent in the future. You don't need such stress interfering with your cruise vacation.
  10. Welcome to the advent of interior staterooms for $500 per person per night, if you got your way.
  11. I've passed along cash to these folks on more than a few occasions, especially when I see the same crew member repeatedly. Best reaction I ever got was when I handed the guy washing the pool deck at 5:00 a.m. a $5 bill.
  12. Imagine tendering to embark and disembark! Early check-in no longer preferred. It's a MUST.
  13. Other than changing some bigger bills to ones for on-the-fly tipping purposes, we default to asking the concierge first. If the concierce CAN'T help, they can usually get you a faster response than waiting in line at Guest Services.
  14. Even if the only change is opting to pre-pay gratuities if it wasn't included at the time of booking.
  15. That's what was so nice about docking downtown on our recent Celebrity cruise. Access to the local vendors just outside the pier area.
  16. The staterooms will be assigned by the system, not by any potentially vindictive individuals. You will get what's available when the assignment is made. No experiential basis for this assumption, but it seems likely that the earliest guarantee bookings at the highest room type are assigned first and it cascades down through the final guarantee booking at that level, followed by progressively lower categories/later bookings.
  17. All this talk about something between D+ and Pin got me thinking. Maybe what's needed is a level ABOVE Pinnacle. Call it the Super Mario.
  18. Seems likely. That's how my wife handles her boarding passes for the airlines. Still wants that paper in hand for SetSail pass (maybe because it's easier to hand that to the bartenders than to show them a phone prior to having the physical SeaPass).
  19. We've never previously used a travel agent for booking (I know - sacrilege), but for a recent trip with five other couples on Celebrity the person who originated the process (usually my wife, not this time) booked everything through Online Vacation Center. We were very pleased with what they did for us.
  20. They only care if you're enjoying your cruise and hopefully that is due in part to be ing satisfied with the service they are providing.
  21. This is an example of why my wife insists on having a printed copy of everything just in case.
  22. Kids most certainly DO show. The system has the information regarding age and that is included on the confirmation, just like it does for all of the adults on the reservation.
  23. Four? Six? Pfft. On Valentine's Day, there were NINE ships in Cozumel- including both Wonder OTS and Mariner OTS (albeit at three different docking locations). Fortunately for us, Celebrity Reflection was one of the two docked downtown (plus another that arrived for an overnight stay after Norwegian Prima departed).
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