HeWhoWaits

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..."

A pun, a play on words, and a limerick walk into a bar. No joke.

What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question? ...

Ordered ours on January 19. Got the email today that they are expected to be delivered to us on Friday - will have been just over three weeks from order to receipt.

Can't speak for conditions in May, but the two time we've been to Skagway (July/August) we did the WP&YRR in the morning. It gives more flexibility to the rest of the day for shopping and sightseeing. One of those visits, I did a second excursion after lunch.

In the past, final payment due date and earliest available check in were on the same timing (90 days). With the current situation of final payment not being due until 30 days prior to cruises through May, are you able to check in online BEFORE making final payment on those cruises?

Why doesn't a STOP (visit) in Vancouver meet the requirement of a visit to a foreign port? If it doesn't, then boarding in Florida, stopping at Coco Cay, and returning to Florida shouldn't count either. Vancouver is just as foreign as Coco Cay. Or does the requirement only apply when a ship departs and arrives at different ports?

Stopping in Vancouver (with or without getting off the ship) meets the requirement. Cruises that depart from a US port and conclude in a US port (same one OR different ones) must make a stop somewhere outside the US. That is all that is required.

As with any B2B, the passenger is disembarking from the ship and checking in again to the same ship. Cruise originating in Hawaii ended in Vancouver. Cruise ending in Seattle departed from Vancouver. No issues with PVSA.

Another thing I found interesting is that the excursion said it is at 1:30 while booking it but it shows up in the calendar at the top of that day indicating "at your leisure." The beach is a good 30 minute drive from the port, so "at your leisure" doesn't make much sense.

Explorer - departing Miami on July 9

The same thing wasn't available on another sailing on another ship with a stop in Curaçao that my wife is taking with friends three weeks earlier.

I have my confirmation email safely stored as a pdf.

I have no idea what those are!

Don't have SeaPass saved either.

Doing my weekly check to see if any Cruise Planner items are less than what we already paid and stumbled across this: A FREE excursion. Checked out and got a message that I only have complimentary items in my cart so no credit card is required. Details page has this note: "Entrance fee, complimentary beach chair, shower access, and a soft drink are included." We may or may not want to go to the beach that afternoon, but you can't beat the price!

Nor EVER saved a luggage tag!

Which is consistent with the previously noted $3.50 price. All it takes to make the soda package worthwhile at $6.99 per day (plus gratuity) is an average of 2 sodas (or other beverages available in the Freestyle machine) per day.