Ampurp85

I actually went to cosmetology school, so I cut my brother's hair (as well as do my own), he goes over it with a straight razor after. No straight razors for this girl. My brother can sew, with or without a sewing machine: I can barely close a hole or thread a needle, hem is Mandarin to me . How long does the drive usually take? Is the hotel you are staying at close to the port?

I love a bowtie on a doggy. I have to say I admire how resourceful you are: you teach, bake, dance, cut hair, sew and then all the regular things we mortals do like cook and clean . I am with you on "fluff" books for cruises. I always try to find some short stories because that way I don't have to be too invested and can people watch. I gave up on the Wheel of Time years ago and recently Stephen King's Fairy tale because they were just dragging. I was always so sleepy after about a chapter. Hopefully the drive down is smooth and uneventful.

I feel for the OP but blaming Royal is a tad much. It sounds like whatever company the credits are from are at fault. Also, not a common opinion but so is the OP. At no point did they seem to verify anything. If I was spending money on something, I am making sure all my ducks are in a row. Yes, Royal's IT sucks but the onus was on the OP to verify things like name spellings and credits.

Not every bed can be split, some rooms, particularly suites have beds that cannot be split.

Theoretically that should work but with Royal you never know. YMMV but they had a list on my last couple of sailings and they checked off the room. I recall somebody doing this and was checked off as used even though they didn't use all the credit. Now they could have each used $10 instead of like you are asking, but they were denied the credit.

Then it might be better to get the 3N package, if CK is the main draw. I only say this as it might be financially better. I also would imagine that they would prepare all your meals sans salt. Flavors might differ as they substitute and sub out ingredients.

I think this is me, I feel seen .

I don't know what to expect but.........why get the UDP if you plan to eat most of your meals in the CK?

I recall reading that if you get caught smoking, they remove you. It's in the policy that smoking is only allowed in destinated areas and therefore you are breaking the cruise contract and subject to being removed or banned from the cruise line.

The people (not all) in the WJ are often a special breed. I will never forget that kid sucking that sausage and putting it back, the mom seeing but not telling the staff.

I am doing my first Alaskan cruise this Sept on Quantum. I too normally cruise regular. We are in Interior VB and have excursions planned for 3/4 ports. So, I am looking forward to this blog.

I saw that story about the ammo and was like wow. But 12 years seems excessive.

I was able to do the same with my previously booked Icon sailing. I am hoping to do Icon in 2026 with my annual prime cruise. Hopefully 2yrs will be enough

I booked a S2S using mine and my brothers. Me: Symphony of the Seas Jan 12-19, 2025 Him: Oasis of the Seas Jan 19-25, 2025 Also, thanks to the blog I found out you can do GTY for Freeplay. It was $25 for Interiors, $50 for balcony, $100 for JS and $200 for GS or higher.

I thought it would be fun to see what cruise people chose for their annual prime reward.