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2 hours ago, dmattinson said:

I'm agnostic to the ducks but I truly wish that people who claim them, take them back to their cabin, and then throw them out or leave them behind wouldn't participate.  Waste of resources and stolen joy from someone that could have enjoyed finding them.

About 2 years ago, I found a duck. I took it to see the tag, then put it back because I thought "I'm a grown man, I really don't want this duck".

A few days later my kid found another one and was incredibly happy about it. I should've given him my duck. I'm stupid.

@smokeybandit It doesn't annoy me enough to pick up the phone.

Hi everyone,

Long story short - I had 'linked' a friend's cruise to my own account. But now - I don't want them linked anymore. However I haven't found a place to "remove" their cruise from mine. Is that possible?

Yes - she would get charged the regular amount. I know it sounds unfair, but it's just easier to deal with.

I can't imagine being a waiter in this situation and then having to tell a customer "yeah...um...you didn't pay for that so you can't eat off the regular menu. Also, don't share with her please."

A little anectdote that might help you:

I am not celiac or gluten-free at all. But I was once having breakfast in the MDR and the server came to the table offering bread. She did the regular thing: We have this and that and whatever and gluten free.

Now I, out of sheer curiosity as I have never tried gluten free bread asked for one. The next time she came around with bread I asked her for a regular bread. She was SOOOOO insistent that it was no gluten-free. I think she tried to deny me like 3 times before I was able to explain that I was just curious about the GF bread.

Of course, now that I post about it, it works. Probably just a glitch, but it also glitched yesterday so started to think there was something wrong.

Is it just me, or is the RC login having issues? I have tried to log into the app (it kicked me out) and it stays in the logo spinning. The site does the same thing before giving an error message.

10:00 for May on Ovation here.

The dead givaway that it's not a RC ship is the shower curtain. I sailed on Enchantment a long while ago - it had the regular plastic door, no shower curtain.

6 hours ago, RCIfan1912 said:

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. 

To each their own, but I found checking in on the website to be much simpler. The ability to use a physical keyboard and shortcuts makes a lot of difference to me.

Good to know there will be at least 2 other in the cruise.

Well not really, it looks like the ship is full.

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.

On 3/18/2024 at 5:40 AM, SpeedNoodles said:

June is a long way away, and the final MDR menu/order is often not correct on the app until much closer to sailing.  Also, RC doesn't read these.

I've noticed that the menus in the app represent the current sailing - even if you are looking at your sailing. IIRC, Quantum is currently in Australia, which means no lobster and this will show up in any sailing's menus on the ship.

However - IIRC Alaskan cruises don't offer the "free" lobster in the MDR.

On 3/8/2024 at 2:37 PM, OCSC Mike said:

If you look in the daily planner section, the theme should be listed at 5:00pm each night.

If you click on the "welcome aboard" section just under the picture of the ship when you open the app, each day is listed with various info... including the theme.

I just checked these for my upcoming sailing in May - and neither is there. And even if it were, my point stands. It would be pretty well hidden and most of the passengers would have no idea about it.

4 hours ago, OCSC Mike said:

You can find them in the app.

If they are in the app, they are certainly not easy to find. I just checked any tab I could think of in my upcoming cruise and there was no info on theme nights. I guess I could go to a different sailing on the ship and check - but I'm sure 90% of the guests have no idea about that.

I never understood why they have theme nights but they don't tell you until you are on the ship. If they want to "promote" passengers from dressing up caribbean or all white or 70s or whatever, wouldn't it make more sense to send an email or something at least a couple of weeks before the sail date?

Like, do people usually pack 70s style clothes just in case a disco ball appears?

Opinion #1 - I personally think it's a bit too informal to wear shorts in the MDR. I always wear jeans.

Opinion #2 - lolwhatever do what you want no one cares.

On 3/4/2024 at 12:59 PM, Jolly Ogre said:

You should not be eating that late in the evening unless you are up and doing things until 12 midnight. You done want to eat and then sit the rest of the evening. 

Eating late and then just sitting is what leads to obesity. 

Meh - I usually sleep by 1, 2 am. And late dinner is a thing in my culture and not everyone is obese.

3 hours ago, Fuzzywuzzy said:

Time to re-institute the former maritime tradition of walking the plank.

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4 hours ago, smokeybandit said:

So theoretically if you're really good/lucky, you could get 2500 points from an initial $5.

If you are incredibly lucky, you could get the 2500 points from the free spins from your C&A "rewards".

29 minutes ago, twangster said:

Back when Canada required a COVID app be filled out for every entry this type of itinerary required filling out the app twice as each entry to Canada was unique.  

When a ship stops in Victoria before ending in Seattle the immigration process is performed automatically, at least for US citizens.  Like any cruise ship arriving to a port of call, the ship announces that the ship has been cleared.  At that point everyone is free to leave the ship without being processed or seeing CBSA on land.  Citizens beyond WHTI countries may be handled differently.

Yup. That was my main issue. As a mexican citizen, the rules for entering Canada just changed yesterday. Now because the ship stops in Victoria (even if it departs from Vancouver), I need a visa instead of a simple eTA. With 2 months until I leave, the timing to request for a visa was probably not enough. And I had to make a call today in order to not lose 50% of the total of my 4 person cruise. Sadly for my sanity's sake, I ended up cancelling

1 minute ago, Woody14 said:

yes there will be.

 

Thanks.

And it does count as a completely new entry, right? Assuming I flew to Canada from a foreign country.

I'm trying to figure out something. I am taking a cruise that starts in Vancouver and then goes to Alaska. The last leg of the cruise is in Victoria before ending in Seattle.

Would there be Canadian immigration in Victoria?

4 hours ago, Matt said:

Quoting Mrs. Maisel? I see you are a man of culture.

3 hours ago, HeWhoWaits said:

That middle time will be filled up in nothing flat when booking opens by those who opt for fixed dining and like to eat at a reasonable time (that would be us - 5:00 is way too early and 8:00 is way too late).

I find it funny that people think 8pm is an unreasonable time for dinner, but for me, 8:00 is the absolute earliest I find "ok" to have dinner. Not when the sun is still up.