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Sadly I know someone going on her first cruise and has already received advice from someone on how to remove the tips and she will. The person who told her has claimed to be on 20+ cruises and never tips. They just give a few people a couple of bucks at the end. 
I have a larger family also and all the tips sting but if I cannot afford them, I can't afford the cruise. 

Sadly I know someone going on her first cruise and has already received advice from someone on how to remove the tips and she will. The person who told her has claimed to be on 20+ cruises and never tips. They just give a few people a couple of bucks at the end. 
I have a larger family also and all the tips sting but if I cannot afford them, I can't afford the cruise. 

Sadly I know someone going on her first cruise and has already received advice from someone on how to remove the tips and she will. The person who told her has claimed to be on 20+ cruises and never tips. They just give a few people a couple of bucks at the end. 
I have a larger family also and all the tips sting but if I cannot afford them, I can't afford the cruise. 

Sadly I know someone going on her first cruise and has already received advice from someone on how to remove the tips and she will. The person who told her has claimed to be on 20+ cruises and never tips. They just give a few people a couple of bucks at the end. 
I have a larger family also and all the tips sting but if I cannot afford them, I can't afford the cruise. 

Sadly I know someone going on her first cruise and has already received advice from someone on how to remove the tips and she will. The person who told her has claimed to be on 20+ cruises and never tips. They just give a few people a couple of bucks at the end. 
I have a larger family also and all the tips sting but if I cannot afford them, I can't afford the cruise. 

Sadly I know someone going on her first cruise and has already received advice from someone on how to remove the tips and she will. The person who told her has claimed to be on 20+ cruises and never tips. They just give a few people a couple of bucks at the end. 
I have a larger family also and all the tips sting but if I cannot afford them, I can't afford the cruise. 

Sadly I know someone going on her first cruise and has already received advice from someone on how to remove the tips and she will. The person who told her has claimed to be on 20+ cruises and never tips. They just give a few people a couple of bucks at the end. 
I have a larger family also and all the tips sting but if I cannot afford them, I can't afford the cruise. 

No engine noise or vibrations.  It was a really good size balcony.  We loved watching the ship leaving ports.

Most policies allow you to cancel if your travel partner needs to cancel.  In that case you all would have to cancel to get your insurance to pay.  I would keep calling the insurance company though to find out if a government mandate isn't covered.  I see this as more a government mandate than an employer issue.  A lot of the policies these days do cover work issues. 

Another vote for credit card because they put daily holds on the card which can stay for a few days.  Don't tie up your checking account.  We set up our bills to pay while we are gone so I wouldn't want hold on my checking account.  Also, false charges and fraud are easier to fix on a credit card.

Vanilla extract DOES have alcohol in it. Just bought 32 oz from Spice House. Double Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla.

Just be careful and read the label and hope it is accurate.   It should have vanilla bean extracts and 35% alcohol and that is all.  It should not have coumarin.  Here is an article about Mexican vanilla and coumarin.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/vanilla-iced/
Bring ziplock bags to make sure it doesn't leak on its way home.

Thank you this was extremely helpful.  We need a group to be able to communicate on the Navigator next week.

What is there to see or do in Nassau?
The only thing I recall doing there the one time I got off the ship was a “tour” of Atlantis followed by a drive around the island in a van we hired locally.
This is me on Nassau days... (on the subsequent cruises)

Show of hands ... who want this?

 

Im from scotland we call 40 degrees with wind swirling round you outside " SUMMER" 
Also I dont smoke inside my house, be it sun, rain or snow i go outside, it comes down to having respect for non smokers which includes my wife. 
 
However respect should work both ways, if im in a designated smoking area outside no one has the right to complain or make comments to me about the smoke or smell

Comando in the MDR! Who's in?