Ampurp85

We went in 2019, the Oct before the pandemic and it was a mess. We saw a few abductions and such on the news. We stayed at Harrah's for 2 nights, the Adler hotel for the rest, and I loved the area. Plus, my brother was obsessed with the Harrah's buffet.

I want better offers. I've been getting around 1-2 offers a month since they "fixed" my address. But it's a lot of buy 1 guest get one free for Oasis class ships that aren't of value to me. I have two offers and both are for Utopia and Allure's short sailings in July and August......I don't sail during those months.

Have a safe trip home. Thanks for sharing your wonderful week. It was so cute to see how much more beautiful your family continues to be as time goes on. I mean that from an exterior and interior point. I loved that your daughters still wanted physical books and how they still enjoyed dinners and activities together with their parents despite being teenagers.

Happy cruise day. My brother got Indian food at the WJ everyday. It was his post dinner meal. He went around 6:45 every night before our 8pm or later dinner. It keeps in the room well because you can eat rice and curries cold. One thing I will say that I was on the ship before 10:30 at PC every time I had a 10:30 check in.

I am with you. I've decided it's B2B or S2S from now on. Its not worth it to fly and do 5/7 days. I just start to get relaxed after 4/5 days. I decided my last 7n only sailing is Alaska in September.

They don't allow outside food. I would assume those waffles require some sort of preservation be it fridge or freezer. You won't have access to any of that. No toasters for the public. But there are pancakes everyday.

My brother loves the chicken picatta from GT. Also they have the best minestrone soup. But we sat through Cats on our Oasis sailing. So many people left, as is their right, but it not a good show. 90min is even too long, and I am a cat mama. So I actually love cats but the musical is a mess.

Since its now only once a day service I was told there was no more service on embarkation unless multiple beds needed to be made. I.e there was 3+in a room and berths/sofas needed to be made. My service on my S2S2S wasn't that great either. There was no way they vacuumed on Wonder and it wasn't really clean in general after the 1st day. Question, was your room wide open on embarkation day?

I don't eat bbq sauce on my meat. I love a good dry rub. Maybe that is why I didn't care for Mason Jar because the meat didn't taste seasoned or tender. Unlike Portside, which tasted great without sauce.

Yes, I was actually slightly disappointed in the dinner menu because the ribs and brisket were meh.......not to mention those extremely vinegary greens. The shrimp and grits were also very disappointing. But I could brunch there all day, every day.

I wonder if this is a ship specific thing. I thought it was points specific. I have gotten nice wine, the card and chocolates only on Freedom. But in October and Jan I got a lot of points on Allure/Wonder and received nothing.

There are a lot of restrictions with those types of promo/points. They usually are only available with new booking, being taken in 12months, and less than 30 days old. Basically, none of them can actually be used in conjunction with most Club Royale promotions. For example if you earn a comp, use a money off, etc., you cannot apply them because in the casino mind its two different types of promos.

It should be but nope it is based on their casino year. So, if you make prime in August 2023, you are prime until March 31st of 2025. However, your points will reset before your status expires. Basically, you are prime for the remainder of that year and then for the following year. That following year is how long they give you to make prime again.

You might be a bit hungry, even if you try everything because it is frou frou, so the portions are........not small but also not filling. My brother is a big eater, he tried pretty everything on the menu, and he still needed wings and onion rings from Playmakers and his pre-dinner WJ plates after.

I noticed that on my last couple of sailings, they were trying hard to get people to book specialty restaurants. I plan to rely on this for my shorter sailing when the UDP isn't worth it.

I have to say that Portside does bbq better. Everything else at Mason Jar was good but the brisket left a lot to be desired. Meanwhile I could eat Portside brisket for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Unlimited milkshakes are only available with the DX (deluxe drinking package) or refreshment package. The UDP (unlimited/ultimate dining package) is for specialty restaurants.

They last from casino year to year which is April first to March 31st. During that time, you can drink in the casino for free as long as it is open and get other perks.

I don't understand people who get upset at others for being helpful. Walkie talkies aren't permitted a lot of places, why is this a big deal? I don't really have FB in general but whenever I breeze by people are just mean.

I am currently prime with 9762 points, I won't sail until May and my points will be zero.

I always look under the bed because I use the extra blankets for my yoga. Once they didn't get the luggage until 3am.

Hmmm I always say I am going to pack my yoga mat one of the days I do a longer sailing. But it's the extra thick kind, so I leave it behind and use the extra blankets and sheets stored under the bed. But now you have given me an idea about the balcony when I have one.

I would say this community represents maybe 5% of the cruising world and probably only about 20% of that number is casino players. I don't think the number of people interested/achieving prime has increased, I think the topic is more interesting because of the new way they do comps. An interest in achieving something is not the same as actually achieving it. When I am at the casino more than half the people playing aren't even using their cards. Do I think a casino subsection would be great, yes, but I don't think the volume of casino players has increased dramatically on the boards.........at least in comparisons to the people achieving higher loyalty status.

The 2BR GS will have bedrooms with doors but in most cases, it might come out better financially to do two balconies, interiors or combination of the two. You have to weigh whether the suite perks are worth it to you.

Keep in mind this blog represents a very small number of cruisers. Then remember that an even smaller number of cruisers are casino players. So to find anyone who is a master, let along a however many times master will be almost a zero percent.