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Only drawback to Chichen Itza is that it's a MUCH longer day. But having been to both, if it's the experience that's most important it's no contest.

PARENT'S GLOSSARY OF KID'S KITCHEN TERMS APPETIZING: Anything advertised on TV. BOIL: The point a parent reaches upon hearing the automatic "Yuck" before a food is even tasted. CASSEROLE: Combination of favorite foods that go uneaten because they are mixed together. CHAIR: Spot left vacant by mid-meal bathroom visit. COOKIE (LAST ONE): Item that must be eaten in front of a sibling. CRUST: Part of a sandwich saved for the starving children of China, India, Africa, or Europe (check one). DESSERTS: The reason for eating a meal. EVAPORATE: Magic trick performed by children when it comes time to clear the table or wash dishes. FAT: Microscopic substance detected visually by children on pieces of meat they do not wish to eat. FLOOR: Place for all food not found on lap or chair. FORK: Eating utensil made obsolete by discovery of fingers. FRIED FOODS: Gourmet cooking FROZEN: Condition of children's jaws when Spinach is served. FRUIT: A natural sweet not to be confused with dessert. GERMS: The only thing kids will share freely. KITCHEN: The only room not used when eating crumbly snacks. LEFTOVERS: Commonly described as 'gross'. LIVER: A food that affects genes, creating a hereditary dislike. LOLLIPOP: A snack provided by people who don't have to pay dental bills. MACARONI: Material for a collage. MEASURING CUP: A kitchen utensil that is stored in the sandbox. METRIC: A system of measurement that will be accepted only after forty years wandering in the desert. NAPKIN: Any warm cloth object, such as shirt or pants. NATURAL FOOD: Food eaten with unwashed hands. NUTRITION: Secret war waged by parents using direct commands, camouflage, and constant guard duty. PLATE: A breakable Frisbee. REFRIGERATOR: A very expensive and inefficient room air conditioner when not being used as an art gallery. SALIVA: A medium for blowing bubbles. SODA POP: Shake 'N Spray. TABLE: A place for storing gum. TABLE LEG: Percussion instrument THIRSTY: How your child feels after you've said your final "good night." VEGETABLE: A basic food known to satisfy kid's hunger -- but only by sight. WATER: The cola of underdeveloped countries.

Interesting itinerary for the Voyager 7-night Canada & New England.

Visit the Mount Gay distillery. Beautiful ride up and back in addition to the tour and tasting available.

Almost no walking happens during the tour. 95% of the walking required is getting from the ship to the beginning of the tour and from the end of the tour back to the ship. If you're able to secure a spot on one of the VERY limited carts running people from the ship to the port entry area, you'll be golden.

Exactly this. If you have an early boarding time and plan to go to the Windjammer for lunch upon boarding, the bar in Windjammer is a convenient place to pick it up. Don't stop at the table where they are selling drink packages. They only have tumblers for new purchases.

We check what is listed on the initial invoice after booking online. If we want something different, we make a call to Royal to have it updated. Those who use TAs can discuss the preferences at the time of booking and your TA will be happy to make it right.

There is usually a Freestyle machine right by Sorrento's but only the water, tea, and lemonade (self serve) otherwise.

Did the "card only" establishments just shut down? Or did they take cash, proving that they are capable of doing so?

All other things being equal I would choose the three together with one big balcony.

Your information is correct except for the very first sentence. The comment prior to yours states that the souvenir cup will be needed to get soda at Sorrento's and the Windjammer. That is absolutely correct for Sorrento's. Windjammer is a mixed bag because there is a bar at the entrance to Windjammer where one can get a limited selection of sodas just like at other bars.

I already finished the meal before you made me aware that you don't accept cash. Would you like me to "return" the food?

For food trucks it makes perfect sense. For a brick and mortar retailer it's just a lazy business model, IMO.

And calling it anything "10" proves the University Presidents can't count! note - this phenomenon is not unique to the former Big2-Little8.

Why wasn't the first option to keep the same stateroom on the same date at the same price but sail from Haifa?

I find this phenomenon amusing. The credit card companies charge retailers a "swipe fee" (in the US it's usually $2 or two percent of the purchase amount, whichever is less) on every transaction. So "credit card only" stores are paying out $2 (or more) for every purchase I make. If I buy a pack of gum for $1.29 plus tax using a credit card, the store loses money on the transaction by refusing to accept cash. Makes that $2 bill look pretty good, doesn't it?

She certainly would unless she pulled out a fiver.

And I can expect to receive goods or services based on whatever legal currency I happen to have on my person.

And my comment about legal tender applied to stores/employees in the US. I agree that giving a less common denomination to crew is a bad idea (unless it's an unusually large bill).

I never said you should give the crew $2 bills. And those retailers are breaking Federal law in not accepting the $2 bills.

But here's the difference - I am educated enough to know that a $2 bill is legit and a $3 bill is not. Those who handle money SHOULD know about $2 bills and dollar coins. At the very least, their employers should educate them about their jobs. Reminds me of an old joke (which is surely not culturally sensitive enough for some) - A counterfeiter messed up and instead of printing $10 on the bills they said $18. They went to a remote village in a poor section of Appalachia and asked the first person they came across if they had change for an eighteen dollar bill. The reply was "Sure do. Would you like two nines or three sixes?"

You certainly have a right to that opinion and many probably agree with you. However, I submit that if you're not familiar with US currency, you should not work in a job that requires you to handle that currency. Just because it is less familiar doesn't remove the fact that it says right on the bill "This note is legal tender for all debts public and private." Similarly, it you can't make change accurately without the register telling you exactly what to hand back, you shouldn't handle any money. My not quite seven year old granddaughter knows a $2 bill is spendable and she's o nlyin first grade. She thinks it's funny, but she knows it's real money. That same statement on the money makes me want to go to a restaurant that posts a sign saying "no bill larger than $20 accepted" and partake of their services before handing them a $50 or $100 bill in payment. "Says right here that the note is legal to use for what I owe you so your choice is to accept it or give me my meal for free because I have no other cash and don't carry a credit card." It's especially galling when the change they would have to make is less than $5.

Take advantage of the opportunity to rediscover the quality of the no-upcharge dining options available to you. The money you save can be spent on an extra excursion.

Repositioned from Cyprus to Israel.