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On 12/19/2023 at 5:46 PM, Cory said:

3. would me make at 1250 pm flight?

You'll be fine.  We've self-disembarked in Seattle and have been at home by 9:00.  We live 45 minutes south of SeaTac.

On 8/11/2023 at 10:40 AM, Miyu_mya said:

We're trying not to bring too many luggage but we have a toddler so i don't think it's avoidable. Does anymore know how much space is under the bed? we have plastic shell luggage and i'm worried that it'll be to big to store. 

We're on this one as well.  Live just south of Seattle, so it's an easy hop to the port.

We always keep our suitcases open and slide them under the bed.  Easy, out of the way place to throw your dirty/worn clothes as well!

17 minutes ago, Atlantix2000 said:

I can't imagine removing gratuities for a 2 year old.  I'm quite confident that when my son was that age he generated more trash than me, made greater messes at the dining table, and created a far messier bedroom.  If anything, the gratuities for a 2 year old should be higher!

Some will use any excuse possible to not tip.

Really no need to contact RC...the porters at the port will easily put a tab on your luggage if you don't have one.

On 12/23/2022 at 12:53 PM, tonyfsu21 said:

It doesn’t exist. I wouldn’t go to Labadee if I were you. Royal Caribbean has a habit of putting their customers directly in the line of fire. 

You can sign up for the Jungle Warfare excursion for only $189pp

My wife has the same issue with pretty much any mattress other than our own.  We've started taking this along with us and it has really worked for her:

16 hours ago, mk-ultra said:

Not to sound hoity toity, but I really haven't seen much value in being D, or D+.  If you already prefer suites and sail with a DX booze package... meh.  I'm waiting to see if the 340 point level really reduces the single supplement in practice.  That would be real value.  Big dollars going from 200% to 150%.

As with most things, it's a YMMV situation.

With 5 drinks/day, my wife and I no longer buy the drink package.  Saves us about $1100-1200 on a week cruise.   

To us, that and the D+ BOGO dining that we use twice are the decent money savers.  We'll occasionally use the wash and fold laundry perk but that's not a big deal to us.

I see you've been changed to a later flight but FYI for future reference, with self-disembark we've been sitting at our gate at FLL by 8:00 many times.  

Even if you don't print them out, the porters will make one up and put it on your bag for you.

We've run across him on a couple cruises and my wife (who frequents the smoking section) has talked with him a few times...she says he's been nothing but nice.  He's been very approachable for her....she respects his space and if his laptop is open, he's working and she doesn't bother him.

If you had listed art auctions as one of the choices, you'd probably have a winner 

8 hours ago, CruisingNewb said:

My family has more or less all worked in the service industry at some point in our collective lives.  You would be amazed at how many times we have been stiffed.  

Also, I have traveled to countries where tips are not customary and when we give tips, it makes their day (Most of the times-one instance where a Cab Driver took offense LOL).

My wife runs through our stack of ones giving $2-3 to just about every person she runs across cleaning stair railings and bathrooms and bussing our tables in the WJ.  She's actually had some break into tears.

1 hour ago, CruisingNewb said:

I agree that its more personal that way.

I disagree that it is a good idea.  You would be surprised as to how many people do not tip, refuse to tip, or just don't know they should tip.  Many countries outside of US do not have a customary tipping tradition like we do.  The auto-grat is a decent system (even with apparent flaws) and additional tipping is a great option.

Exactly.  I remember the days of a half-full MDR on the last night because all the cheapskates didn't want to face they waiters and buspersons they were stiffing.

On 7/24/2022 at 7:02 AM, WAAAYTOOO said:

The lack of daily service in hotels is a BIG pet peeve of mine.  I acknowledge that there are supply chain issues which could limit the availability of products but I am highly suspicious of the claimed unprecedented shortage of labor.  Of course I realize that during the plague and immediately afterwards, there were labor shortages but now ?  I believe it is truly more that the hotels are trying to KEEP their labor minimized to save money and use the "pandemic" as an excuse.  The same goes for many other industries. 

One huge labor-related thing that has changed during the pandemic is that many people have realized that they no longer want certain jobs for little money.  If hotels want more people to sign up to clean, they need to pay them more (and raise rates or make less profit....guess which one they'll do?).  They don't want to pay cleaning staff more, so they'll blame a "labor shortage."

Labor shortages are fairly easy to solve.  Many companies just don't want to do the one thing that'll solve them.

I've had envelopes on every cruise as well. 

I think OP is reading WAY to much into this.  There is a huge difference between leaving a blank envelope where you can choose to use it or not and write any crew member's name in there if you so desire, and the cabin steward sitting outside his cabin door on the last night with a cardboard sign saying "Anything will help".

OP, you think you're having a bad cruise?  We had someone post on a group page saying that they personally (NOT someone they heard, they themselves) went to Guest Services on Anthem and wanted a 50% refund because the lifeguards at Coco Cay wouldn't let them swim more than halfway to the ropes.  

Now THAT'S a bad cruise.