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Just about any drink can be made virgin and without the alcohol would be covered with the refreshment package. Here is a thread discussing various non alcoholic drinks.

Hi Joe...hope you feel better very soon. Yup, the stewards do work extremely hard. I'm pretty sure you can tell him/her to skip either the morning or evening cleanup/turn down. I'm sure they'd appreciate it.

From here: Debacle .. noun a complete collapse or failure. I prefer to think of it as a sale that was quite successful! ?

Say the folks that have the summer off??..(you know I love teachers..my daughter is a teacher). Not as much getting in the way as forcing you to pay more for the times you can go.

Scoll up about 6 posts...I linked it there. Here it is again for those interested that may have missed it.

That was the case on Symphony in May. The best part of that was when coming back to the ship from an excursion and you could avoid the long lines and just drop the towels in the bin.

Well said (the entire post) and thank you for all you do!

Good for you Jane!! Although you could have just asked a long time ago?? I agree with @Pima1988, BUT if you have never watched the Bionic Bar, seeing it the first time IS an "oh that's cool" moment. To me, the more times I get to say "OH WOW", the better the cruise!!

Nope. They won't get in trouble. Sometimes they even share it with their "team members". Apparantly, they sometimes get help with supplies and garbage disposal and other things from helpers we don't normally see.

Here ya go. Copy the web address. Press and hold the word/words you want to highlight them. Then click the paper clip icon at the top of the reply window (next to the smiley face icon). Press and hold the insert box that appears and then click paste. OR Just paste the address. https://gizmodo.com/enormous-5-500-mile-long-patch-of-atlantic-seaweed-migh-1836131693

Personally I never leave an envelope in the cabin-I want to make sure it goes to right person. Just in case the person that served us all week happens to be out sick or whatever, the cynic in me doesn't think the covering attendant will pass the cash on. I will usually hand it to the steward on the second to last night, giving me another night to do it in case I miss him/her. (Hmmm....interesting---now that I think about it, I've seen them in the hallways, but don't remember ever having a female cabin attendant).

The cabin stewards work SO hard (as do most other employees) and they really do love passengers showing appreciation for them. I felt soooo badly for ours one day on our last cruise because I forgot to take the do not disturb sign off the door. When that happens they have to stay longer as opposed to when they finish all their assigned cabins ASAP. We had been given a bottle of Spumanti (I think from the Key, not sure). When I realized what I had done, I gave him that bottle as a small apology. The way he acted, you'd think he won the lottery. We had prepaid gratuities, but I then increased the extra tip we usually give at the end of the cruise.

We were midship Deck 10 on Symphony, right at the aft elevators. Centered on ship deck wise made it good to walk up or down the stairs to various venues. And absolutely no sound from the elevators.

There is a LOT of good information on this thread from @JLMoran devoted to packing cubes

My suspicion is they will work for cover ups and other light items. Using them on the ceiling will hold better than on the walls. Also, assuming you ordered from Amazon, if you are a Prime member, you may have free returns.

All the walls, doors and even the ceiling in the cabins are metal. The hooks can be used for robes, bags, coverups, swim suits, etc. These are the ones we got and they were great. Just know that the posted weights refer to when they are on the ceiling. They hold less when on the walls, but still work fine. Happy sailing! https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07GVCSGTX/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Thank you @ellcee, appreciate your reply. Will take @twangster.s advice (because he's right) and not post anything further about this on this thread.

Sorry, my friend, and I do not mean to offend anyone, but no matter how many times you blog this from different cruises, it still makes me ask @Matt for an "ewwww" reaction!

Hi Ellcee ..help me out here please, if you can: My adult daughter is looking to go solo. What is worse to me as a worry wart Dad is that she wants to do a road trip. She and our other daughter and a friend travel a lot together. But this plan of hers, truthfully, scares the heck out of me. She is a mature responsible woman. So this problem is mine, not hers. As her contemporary, do you have any words that can make me feel any better? Anyone else, please feel free to chime in.

Yes, that was really good on Symphony also.

In our house, I'm the cruise monster!

@kittysoul The MOST important advice I can give anyone is to take enough medication with you to last a week longer than when you are scheduled to be home. Stuff happens and I've heard many stories about delays, weather, etc. and people being stuck with no meds and no way to get them. I don't take the original bottles, but I do take a picture of them with the date, my name, the med name and the dosage showing. We carry the pills in a case similar to this (but we paid half the price in souvenir shops). It holds 8 days and zippers closed to prevent accidental opening.

@DRLPP, my closest friend had a kidney transplant many years ago. I truly hope the future is as good to you as it was to him. 24 days on a cruise..WOW...I think your problem now is laundry, not meds?

Really busy day and dodging raindrops...sorry for not saying sooner, but REALLY HAPPY FOR YOU GUYS!! Time will pass quickly but to help it along, join us on Adventure in May!!

Those people may still complain even after jumping on the drink plan. No matter what, cruising is still the best vacation value!