HeWhoWaits

The "WOW" sale that just ended was a bit of a bust but check your prices now under the new "Go Leaps Beyond Your Bounds" sale. Price dropped $175 per person for aft-facing JS on Southern Caribbean in July (and another $332 lower price if we were willing to give up the aft-facing). Upgrading from Grand Suite 1BR to Owners Suite 1BR on Southern Carribean in June saved $40 per person for my wife and her friends (with an extra 50% more space).

No cruises since the restart. We never have an issue with being stuck in crowded areas, but many (most?) passengers likely have.

The extra time prior to being able to access the cabins means more time packed into the Windjammer, Schooner Bar, Solarium, etc. (more people close together for a longer period of time between boarding and dispersing to unpack).

Thanks for the update on what the current cleaning/sanitizing protocol is on turnaround day. But does the extra time for fogging really minimize spread when that extra time means more of us close to more of us for longer on day one? Just a thought.

I don't care how early we have to debark - breakfast is a must. If in a hurry, usually WJ or Solarium. If departing later, one last MDR breakfast.

The firmness of the beds onboard is absolute heaven for me. Hotel beds are always too squishy (and don't get me started on the lack of support from their pillows).

We decided to avoid the crush of people and parking traffic (as well as the morning rush hour) in Baltimore for our cruise on Grandeur. We enjoyed a leisurely morning of breakfast in the MDR and then relaxing on our balcony until they kicked us out of the stateroom about 9:30. Walked right off, breezed through customs, and would have been driving away by 10:00 if my wife's fairly distinctive bag WITH extra identifying ribbons hadn't been picked up by someone with a very similar (newer and less beat up) bag. Luckily, the phone number on that bag was a cell and the woman hadn't left the dock area yet and we were able to exchange bags.

We got the standard Cruise Planner cancellation email but did not receive the info you posted. I'm on the line now hearing this exact info - waiting to find out if it's $20 per cabin OBC (which the rep assumed to be the case) or $20 per person who reserved the excursion.

@PurdueFlyeris suggesting that as your response when they contact you again regarding payment. "Email? What email? I never received an email about that. Since I received the tests, I assumed everything was taken care of."

The above may be true for you (and many others) but ANYTHING on my wrist is VERY noticeable. I have not worn a watch in nearly 30 years. When we went to Disney World last year, the "easy" way to do things would have been to wear the wrist band that acts as your room key, access to the parks, and charge account. I kept mine in my pocket and fished it out every time it was needed. I despise events that require a wristband to identify that you're entitled to enter/reenter - give me a physical ticket or stamp the back of my hand in some obnoxious color - anything but a wristband. The only thing I have "willingly" worn on my wrist would be hospital bracelets when I have had surgery, and those come off the second I don't have to have them on.

During last week's price check, the Cas Abao excursion was still available for free. Today it is showing $49 per adult and $39 per child.

On the occasion that our bags were not delivered until late, our party of five adults and two young kids were all in shorts and sweaty shirts (some without collars) in the MDR for dinner the first night. Then again, you'll see that on other nights too.

We have experience as early as the moment you are granted access to your stateroom to not getting any bags until after 9:00 p.m. It's really a crap shoot.

In the past we have taken 7-night Southern Caribbean trips departing from San Juan. This year both the trip my wife is taking in June with friends and our anniversary (35th) trip in July are 8-night Southern Caribbean trips departing from Florida ports.

Except for one full side of the pool deck where the smoke is so thick that even being outside forces those of us who have respiratory ailments (e.g. asthma) to always travel on the other side (and sometimes not be able to comfortably access the soft serve machine). Why penalize those who don't opt to pollute their lungs and those of others?

So a Saturday departure requires a test no earlier than 0:01 UTC on Thursday? That would be 7:01 p.m. Wednesday on the East Coast and even earlier in the evening for those farther west.

Here's a perfect solution, IMO. Remove the mask requirement in vax only venues, but make the casino open to everyone! Solves everything for most of us.

The smoke-free casino (and the reduced odor in nearby venues) almost makes wearing masks palatable. Almost - still don't like wearing the mask.

Your command of the English language is better than that of whoever created the health protocol information you shared with us.

The kits arrived. They are Abbott BinaxNOW kits. Sadly, they are NOT the authorized kits for pre-cruise testing.

Demand and sales didn't change enough for a beach excursion between Monday and today for "15% off" to be $39.99 (full price ~$47.00) and "20% off" to be $42.99 (full price ~$54.00). That's a 15% increase in the ever-fluctuating base price for an excursion that will never be "sold out."

Purchased an excursion for late June on Monday at "15% off." Same excursion is $3 per person higher today at "20% off." Royal math strikes again!

Why did Beethoven get rid of his chickens? All they said was "Bach, Bach, Bach."

A man stumbled home at 3:00 a.m. His wife scolded him "you said you'd be home by 11:45." He calmly replied "No. I said I'd be home by a quarter of twelve."

How do mathematicians scold their children? "If I've told you n times, I've told you n+1 times..."