HeWhoWaits

Until @Mattreports it, it's just a rumor.

At Starbucks, the change would be for the better.

But is it worth $25 MORE than the $55 extra you already pay vs. the included MDR price?

Another good option.

My preferred approach is to take the pool towel from verifiably unused chairs and return them to the towel station. Scan the towel in on my SeaPass, too - just to be safe if someone in my stateroom forgets to scan one in during the cruise.

Have never experienced this. Maybe it's because over the course of a trip I turn in more towels than I check out. (More than once, I've removed a chair hog towel that's been verifiably unused for several hours and turned it in using my SeaPass).

Luggage delivery on embarkation day. We have experienced not getting our bags until well after dinner (in a suite, no less) and more often than not the bags in front of our stateroom are not ours while our bags are somewhere down the hall. Why bother with luggage tags indicating the exact room if they're not going to organize the luggage using them?

Or maybe knowledge of more than half the states. Most of the US doesn't have to mean most of the people. It could mean most of the land (and I don't have to include Alaska to meet the standard). (Apologies to Matt for continuing the thread drift). The Bahamas is allowing fully vaccinated individuals to enter without testing. At the risk of being political, it appears the Bahamian Government is more progressive than that of the United States.

Personal experience having been in many states during the period referenced. Only one of those states "required" masks outdoors and it wasn't enforced in any significant way. You may live in a jurisdiction that requires masks when you head out of your front door to walk to the mailbox and back, but wearing masks outdoors has never been a "thing" that I have had to deal with, nor have I heard/seen "official" CDC guidance that masks are needed outdoors. Remember, the guidance has always been "when you are unable to maintain six feet of separation from others, wear a mask." It's easy to maintain six feet of separation in most situations outdoors.

Not unlike the annual flu shot. I take the shot to reduce my chances of getting sick. If you don't get the flu shot (free on most insurance plans) and get sick, that's on you.

Most of the country has been NOT wearing masks OUTSIDE all along, with limited exceptions. Masks required to enter stores, restaurants, churches, etc. does not equate to wearing a mask before entering nor does it prevent removal as soon as one exits.

Fixed it for you, Senator.

For one or two cruises, this might be a wash. As soon as you get to three or more trips with flights required, the savings will start to add up.

Thanks for sharing the Proud Papa moment.

I tried growing a beard during quarantine but couldn't pull it off. My wife said "Use a razor. It's more efficient."

It only takes me five minutes to walk to the pub but it takes me half an hour to get home. The difference is staggering.

What does a runner drink when he's in last place? Ketchup.

What's worse than raining cats and dogs? Hailing taxis.

We never stopped having back yard gatherings. It's not difficult to maintain space between individuals outside and the recommendations have always been "wear a mask indoors where the ability to maintain six feet of separation isn't possible." Outdoors AND spaced apart - easy to do. And we've kept on keepin' on.

"The Suite Life of Zack and Cody" did indeed have a spinoff named "The Suite Life on Deck" where a group of kids living onboard thSS Tipton and attending classes at Seven Seas High.

Which is why the CDC shouldn't have any power over the cruise industry. Nursing homes are health care facilities. CDC as a health-related agency would seemingly have some reason to have oversight. Cruises are recreational activities. CDC is not a recreation-related agency and thus should have not authority.

If this is their reasoning, EVERY nursing home in the country should have been shut down because of the original outbreak in Seattle. And NONE of them should be open again.

Only if she's a diver or snorkeling fan. Bonaire it THE place to dive or snorkel among the three.

You did until just now!

@twangsterfailed (did not ignore) By the same measure, @HeWhoWaitsalso failed.