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    PPPJJ-GCVAB reacted to Sweety in Orchestrating an Intergenerational family vacation on Symphony of the Seas, March 23-31, 2024   
    Don't talk about my homeland beer. It's better with spicy food.
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    PPPJJ-GCVAB reacted to WAAAYTOOO in Orchestrating an Intergenerational family vacation on Symphony of the Seas, March 23-31, 2024   
    I love this story.  When I was a young lady (too young to drink alcohol, for sure), my father told me that anytime I felt like I wanted to drink alcohol, please to come to him, first and that he would let me have whatever I wanted.  Guess what...I never did.
    To this day, I believe that this is the reason that I have no interest in alcohol at all.  I never had that "...sneak around to drink..." fixation.  Obviously, once I was old enough to drink on my own, I did not bother my father with it (LOL) but I just never had the urge to sneak around and drink behind my parents' backs and I still really do not enjoy drinking alcohol.  Sure, I will drink a glass of champagne from time-to-time and maybe even a cocktail, but I SO hate the way I feel the next day when I drink too much that I just don't do it.
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    PPPJJ-GCVAB reacted to SweetPea in Orchestrating an Intergenerational family vacation on Symphony of the Seas, March 23-31, 2024   
    +2 for not showing Red Stripe any love. (Batman hates it also.) Yuck!
    Keep giving your son bad beer @jbrinkm!  He'll never get the taste!
     
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    PPPJJ-GCVAB reacted to RCIfan1912 in Baltimore Bridge collapse   
    Man that must of been scary for the ship crew too. I mean scary and helpless. ☹️ If they lost power they had no way to navigate the ship and no way to avoid. They saw it coming in slow motion. 😭
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    PPPJJ-GCVAB reacted to RCIfan1912 in App Only Check-In   
    Well I believe this is the way its going for all cruises. I'm not sure why but I think its going this way. Now i do it through the app because its super simple. 
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    PPPJJ-GCVAB reacted to JFCruise in App Only Check-In   
    I just checked in for my next cruise. However this time, the check in process was only through the app. I couldn't do it on the RC website as usual. I read that in some select cruises they are doing this.
    I don't really know what they want to accomplish by it, but good grief doing the check in on the app for a party for 4 is horrible. I can't keep a notepad with things to copy-paste for each guest, and you actually have to scroll on all the drop downs instead of being able to type the first few letters and selecting.
    Anyways, I'm done venting I guess. I'll definitely bring this up during the post-cruise survey because I don't see any good reason to not leave the check in process both on the website and the app.
    But hey the passport scanner is kinda cool.
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    PPPJJ-GCVAB reacted to WAAAYTOOO in App Only Check-In   
    I hope they come to their senses and continue to allow check-in online.  I have NEVER successfully checked in via the app.  It's worthless.
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    PPPJJ-GCVAB reacted to markinct in Baltimore Bridge collapse   
    This is tragic. The first video I saw clearly showed the ship losing electrical power twice. But it looked to me like she was already not in the channel. I suspect the cascade of events goes back before the power outages seen on the bridge webcam. 

    It's a nightmare scenario for everyone involved. There will likely be pressure to clear the debris and open the channel as quickly as possible. I hope they don't do that until they've recovered every person possible. Their families deserve that.
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    PPPJJ-GCVAB reacted to SpeedNoodles in Baltimore Bridge collapse   
    I merged these 2 threads.
     
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    PPPJJ-GCVAB reacted to HeWhoWaits in Baltimore Bridge collapse   
    Clearly, the first concern is the tragedy for those who were on the bridge and their families. As others have noted, thankfully this was in the middle of the night and not during busy traffic times.
    The impact on cruise ships/passengers is nothing compared to the disruption that will be caused to commerce. Baltimore is one of the busiest ports on the East Coast of the U.S. and the loss of the Key Bridge to truck traffic along the I-95 corridor will be very impactful.
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    PPPJJ-GCVAB reacted to fireclan in Baltimore Bridge collapse   
    Horrible. Living on Maryland's East Coast, I use(d) that bridge when visiting my sister in Baltimore County. 






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    PPPJJ-GCVAB reacted to WAYNO in Orchestrating an Intergenerational family vacation on Symphony of the Seas, March 23-31, 2024   
    I just saw this post. This site is so extremely difficult to use on my cell phone when I'm traveling,  I don't  always see everything.  
    Anyway,  I must again echo my dining experience onboard Wonder.  Two meals on the MDR have been world class,  the service has been great, and our dinners have been completed with plenty of time to get out and attend a show.  Our two servers have been truly delightful. 
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    PPPJJ-GCVAB reacted to OCSC Mike in Pearl Cafe: Breakfast   
    Too much to see and do for me, lol. I kinda like boring (and of course Oasis class isn't actually boring). We went back on Indy in 2022 for a 3/4 B2B after almost nothing but Oasis class for several years and had a good time mostly chilling in the Solarium and going to CocoCay (now that could be considered boring although I guess relaxing fits better). The only thing I missed was the extra food venues (think I went to ELF everyday last week except for when were off the ship in St. Martin from like 9-4). I wish it were Freedom that was in PC at the time.
    Wonder is currently my happy place and we have some Utopia B2B's booked which I know I'll enjoy since it's so similar to Wonder. I'm sure we'll try Star at some point (you know I stick to PC); I'll just feel the need to have a plan in advance since it will be new to us. I like stepping onto Oasis class and knowing exactly where everything is, what our routine will be, etc. Others like winging it. Different strokes...
    Enjoy the rest of the cruise and keep the reports coming. You sail a lot more than I do and do lots of shorties but I enjoy your reports as we seem to enjoy some of the same small things (like early AM egg sandwiches, lol) and have some similar opinions.
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    PPPJJ-GCVAB reacted to OCSC Mike in Refreshment package "deal"?   
    Important clarification for sure. Thanks. I just wanted to share the pic since I had just recently taken it. I’m supposed to be in cruise mode, not forum mode, lol.
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    PPPJJ-GCVAB reacted to Ampurp85 in Refreshment package "deal"?   
    And to OP point it didn't show up until day 5 of a 7night sailing, so it cannot be used as a basis. 
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    PPPJJ-GCVAB reacted to SpeedNoodles in Refreshment package "deal"?   
    Only you can determine if a package is worth it to you based on how many sodas/coffees/juices/water you get per day.  I haven't seen the alcohol drink card in a while, but that's just me.
    I enjoy the convenience of a package. I don't like to have to remember how many whatever I still have left per day or per week.  But some people are totally ok with that.
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    PPPJJ-GCVAB reacted to Smokey79 in Royal Railway on Utopia   
    Just wanting to say the only “new” thing I’ve heard is it’ll be 48 seats per meal. That may be public knowledge by this point but I did get that from the Genie last week. No word on pricing yet. 😔
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    PPPJJ-GCVAB reacted to OCSC Mike in Orchestrating an Intergenerational family vacation on Symphony of the Seas, March 23-31, 2024   
    Not quite 80% but I definitely saw more people than usual participating in the theme nights like white or Caribbean as well as getting dressed up for formal night on Wonder last week. My guess was the influx of new cruisers are excited about the themes and/or think most of the ship will participate and feel obligated to do so.
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    PPPJJ-GCVAB reacted to jbrinkm in Orchestrating an Intergenerational family vacation on Symphony of the Seas, March 23-31, 2024   
    I just caught up on @WAYNO's blog and we've also had good dinners this year. IMO, the MDR meals have improved from a year ago! I even enjoyed my tofu "tacos" tonight. No one in my family has had a bad meal yet.
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    PPPJJ-GCVAB reacted to jbrinkm in Orchestrating an Intergenerational family vacation on Symphony of the Seas, March 23-31, 2024   
    I forgot to say the first night - no one was under our bed when we shoved our suitcases under there!
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    PPPJJ-GCVAB reacted to jbrinkm in Orchestrating an Intergenerational family vacation on Symphony of the Seas, March 23-31, 2024   
    Thank you! The other thing is - my husband and I rarely drink so it has only been a handful of times that he's even been in a situation to ask about it. Like maybe 4? Once was in Germany where it is legal, once in Wisconsin where my sister lives and is also legal with parents there, once today (legal?), and then maybe one or two other times? And he's just about to turn 15 and he's the size of an adult. So I know others might feel differently but we are ok with it under those circumstances. Especially because we model extreme moderation.
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    PPPJJ-GCVAB reacted to Geezer Of The Seas in Baltimore Bridge collapse   
    Loss of life, indefinite closure of an important port and budding cruise port.
    Memories of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in 1980.......☹️
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    PPPJJ-GCVAB reacted to RCIfan1912 in Baltimore Bridge collapse   
    Oh wow I saw this morning, but know nothing about the port, was wondering if this were Royal Caribbean coming comes in. 😲 This is one crazy story. What could have happened that this ship, big cargo ship hit the bridge. That's nuts. Feel terrible for anyone caught in this mess. 😭
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    PPPJJ-GCVAB reacted to Atricks in Baltimore Bridge collapse   
    Live feed of the bridge
     
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    PPPJJ-GCVAB reacted to Hoppy2BHere in Baltimore Bridge collapse   
    Yeah… Wow. Have been watching this morning. Yeah, thank god it wasn’t rush hour. 31.5K avg daily traffic..
    Gonna be awhile on that cleanup. There is a Carnival ship based there as well…
    Hearts are with the families.
     
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