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I'll be on this sailing! Leaving in the morning and staying at the Embassy Suites on 17th street. I'm beyond excited. This will be our second time on Enchanted, and we'll be on her again in October! In fact, the cabin we're in this time will be the very same one my parents are in come October. 🤣 Bob and I will be racing up to the Sanctuary to reserve a cabana. Not sure for which day but we definitely plan to spend a day up there.

These aren't the prices for the cabanas...this may be the loungers.

I have a container with every cruise card/Medallion I or my husband ever had (minus one that got lost, dangit!) and I know that's very Hoarder-ish of me, but it doesn't take up any room in a drawer, really. My first ever Carnival Sail and Sign card from 1997 is in a scrapbook.

I finally was able to talk to someone and YES! This was the issue! It was one number off and she fixed it online. She said the Medallion itself can be corrected on board. I know it doesn't matter, ultimately, what color the Medallion actually is, but I was worried there was some other issue and I'm glad I found out!

We got our Medallions today! Mine is Gold and my husband’s also should be but it’s Blue. Has this ever happened to anyone? Will they send a new one? I haven’t been able to get anyone from Princess on the phone.

I have no helpful input on the cabin because my claustrophobia requires me to have at least a window, I just wanted to chime in and say you're living my dream! A last-minute 30 day cruise to Tahiti and Hawaii. 😍 I absolutely want to be you someday.

Two weeks was an arbitrary number...I meant there will always be those people who don't pull out their passport until they're packing for the trip (days before) and realize they're way past the window of acceptability (3 months, 6 months, whatever it is) and suddenly need to expedite a renewal. That will happen whether they're valid for 10 years, 12 years, 20 years...

Because people will still wait until two weeks before it expires to renew it, no matter how long it is valid. Procrastinators gonna procrastinate!

We saw SO MUCH wildlife on our 8-hour bus tour of Denali NP. It had snowed the day before and the tour guide says that really brings them out. I still get excited every time I see deer and rabbits and hawks in my own back yard, so I was beside myself with all the moose, bears, dall sheep, etc in the park, and then the reindeer, sled dogs and pups, eagles, and whales during the rest of the trip. I can't wait to go back next year!

We did an Alaska cruisetour with Holland America back in 2017 and it was fantastic. No, the hotels and lodges weren't luxurious by any means, but they weren't disgusting at all. And we spend so little time there that we didn't care. We loved the train. I'm sorry you had a bad experience, but it sounds like your expectations were a little too high. That's the good thing about places like Cruise Critic...you can come here to find out more about your trip and possibly temper those expectations a bit. We have and Alaska cruisetour booked for September 2025 and I can't wait.

Yeesh. I think the ducks are silly, too, but people enjoy them. With the world the way it is, can we let people enjoy things? My mom always talked about "Little Treasures"...little things that seemed insignificant or downright silly to some, but for her, right at that moment, either distracted her from her troubles or made her happy. Let people have their Little Treasures. You never know what kind of day someone is having or how badly they might need a tiny, duck-shaped, sliver of joy and connection right in that moment. That's why I'll leave any ducks I find right where they are...it doesn't bring me joy, so I'll leave it for the person it's meant to find.

I don't love the ducks, and I have zero reason for that. It's just not something I see the point of for myself. I do appreciate that other people find big joy in them, and that part is nice. I like for people to have fun! So rest assured that if I ever see any ducks (funny enough, I've never found one!) I will leave it to be found by someone who will be thrilled by it.

100% agree. I'm always so exhausted after a cruise, it would be very hard to enjoy the land part at the end.

I booked a September 2025 land/cruise package back in January!

Real butter is just fine. Margarine is definitely not "better." Then again, I am firmly planted in the "food has no morals and cannot be classified as good or bad" camp and will stay there forever. All food is food and has nutrients in it. Yes, ALL food.