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  1. 2 hours ago, PhillyLady said:

    Formal has always been defined as tailcoats and evening gowns. On most cruise ships "formal" wear is really semi-formal.

    "Dressing my best" depends on location, cruise line, time of year.  I always "dress up,"  because I have a great cruise line photo collection.

    When I cruise in colder climates, I wear darker, heavier clothes. (Navy sequins)

    In warmer areas, lighter colors and fabrics take the priority (Pink lace).

    On Cunard, Princess, Celebrity, etc. I bring out my loveliest clothes--very elegant, eye-catching long gowns, husband in tuxedo or very nice suit.

    On Carnival, RC, NCL,  I am a bit more casual and trendy in my dress. Husband might just do a sports jacket--I may even wear a short dress.

    Sadly, costly cruise lines like Viking do not promote too much dressing up. Horrors-- I have seen elderly men come to breakfast in their pajamas.

    We never pay any attention to what others wear at dinner- we are enjoying our own experience too much!

    Right on!!🤘

  2. 1 minute ago, Smokey79 said:

    I’ve yet to have a cabin where I couldn’t move the nightstand forward and find an outlet behind it. I guess they do exist but so far my luck has held. 

    Interesting, I would've never looked.  Another option.  Thank you!

  3. 12 minutes ago, SpeedNoodles said:

    I actually bring a small bluetooth speaker and play the sounds through my phone that way. There are free/reasonably priced sleep sound apps available.

    That's what we did last time, minus the speaker.  But...we've since bought 2 small Bluetooth speakers...so that might definitely be an option.  Thanks for the idea!

  4. On 3/15/2023 at 8:50 PM, Jill said:

    I follow Marc Walker (Bing Bong) on Facebook. 
     

    Pool deck is getting all new decking/flooring. She’s been painted and her big “dent” was fixed today. He’s onboard now with the CD staff.  He’s posted quite a few pics 

    Just went and started following him, thank you!  Now that I see his name, and BingBong, I realized he was our first cruise director 😁 on Enchantment back in 2014!

  5. On 3/22/2023 at 9:25 AM, Diesel said:

    I see that Royal Caribbean is doing away with Sky Pad and going to replace the venue with a different activity.  I've never sailed on a ship that had a Sky Pad so never experienced it.  Curious what people thought of Sky Pad.  Was it something people enjoyed doing?  Was it a "Glad I did it but don't need to do it again" activity?  Did it seem like a popular activity with people lining up to do it?

    We did it once on Mariner back in 2019.  We liked it, but didn't love it.  It's sad to see it go, but I understand why.  Fingers crossed they can come up with a good replacement...like using the sphere for motorcycles 😜

  6. Just put a "bid" in, on Mariner, about a month out.  OV balcony now, bid on a GS.  There are at least 10 left...I'll take that as a good sign we'll get one, depending on how many people ahead of us bid on them.

    8-26-19 just got off Mariner today, didn't "win" the bid.  But we were totally fine in our regular balcony cabin.

  7. On 5/29/2019 at 2:45 PM, WAAAYTOOO said:

    Stephanie, we use it as OBC and gamble with it !!

    We take the max amount allowed daily as cash draws against our sea pass account.  We get out bill as high as we can and then pay it off using the RCCL Visa at the end of the cruise.  We take the cash, which we have brought back to our room every night, and pay off the RCCL Visa when we get home.  Since you get double points on RCCL when using the RCCL Visa, we will get an automatic minimum of $400 OBC for our next cruise as the cruise bill will be a minimum of $20K.  The only risk here is that if you lose, you still have to make up the difference to pay off the CC b/c the RCCL Visa has an outrageously high interest rate.  Some people are uncomfortable carrying around that much cash but as long as you are going straight home where you can lock it up, it's not really a problem.  Of course, you are limited to $10K per person coming through Customs so we cannot go beyond $20K in cash.  As long as you know you can pay off the balance then this process works like a charm and it is 100 legal and ethical. Combine that money with the value of paying the actual cruises with the RCCL Visa card and you really accumulate OBC in a hurry !  We generally have between $500-$1000 OBC on every cruise and the best part is it is self perpetuating !  The more you cruise and gamble the more you earn.  ...and if you happen to win on the cruise, it's an even better deal !  That is rarely the case for us, unfortunately.  ?

    I don't gamble...but I totally just took a screenshot of this reply...never know when it'll come in handy.  Thanks!

    P.S.  I mean all that in a good way, it's good advice.

  8. I booked a hotel for part of our honeymoon, but when we got there the nice lady at the desk told me no current booking for us.  Turns out I booked it for two months earlier ?.  There's money gone.  I was so mad that we left and booked a room at a different hotel.  More money gone, lol.  And my original was a wine free booking!  Looking back I wish I would've been drinking some wine so I could pass the blame.

  9. 2 hours ago, monctonguy said:

    If you think that's bad...imagine leaving the sea pass card in your room and getting locked out and trekking down to guest services in your underwear at 2am.....:36_flushed:

     

    Only time  I 'lost" a seapass card.....

     

    I'd take losing a seapass card fully clothed anytime over that again.....:4_joy:

    I'm guessing...you had the drink pkg?...?

  10. On 5/31/2019 at 1:16 PM, mook1525 said:

    Just curious. Is Flowrider THAT popular? I would think more people would prefer water slides over Flowrider so I am more than okay not having a Flowrider if it meant we can get water slide. 

    Plus I think having retractable roof would be fantastic.

    It's a good question.

    Just throwing this out there, not trying to argue, lol.  But...I've heard more complaints about the slides, specifically how slow they are (I haven't experienced them myself...yet), than the flowriders.  I talked to a fellow cruiser on Freedom, and he won't book on a ship if it doesn't have a flowrider.  He brings his own wetsuit in case it's cooler outside.

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