jelayne

The corkage fee only applies to bottles brought on board if you do not have the Classic or Premium beverage package. Any bottles you buy from the ship do not have a corkage fee.

We tip extra to our cabin attendant, dining wait staff, butler and sommlier if they have provided service we consider more than the standard. For the sommlier that could be recommending wines to pair with our food, for the cabin attendant getting us ice daily or handling mutlitple laundry packages, or regularly seeing me coming down the hall with hands full and rushing to open the cabin door. The wait staff may make good recommendations on what to order or what to avoid at dinner, remembering you want a glass of just ice every evening and bring it without you asking every time. We tip the bartenders at the bars we frequent regularly if they have provided good service and remembered our favorite drinks. We give these tips at the end of the cruise, generally I put the $ in an envelope with a Thank You note. We tip the bartenders at the bars we frequent regularly if they have provided good service, remembered our favorite drinks, etc. generally we give these tips at the end as well. The only folks we tip before the end are the restroom attendants, if we stop at the same restroom say on the way to dinner we will give the attendant a couple of $ every few days.

We have a number friends who gamble frequently and with a fair amount played on cruises. Most times cruises are casino comped. They do specialty restaurants, get massages, mani/pedi and buy wines by the bottle but no ship excursions. The cruise line loves them because they are spending in the high profit areas.

Pre pandemic they did offer wine packages of 3, 5, 7 bottles. I have not seen them offer since cruising restarted.

Just off the Edge, the cabanas face the walkway they have large planters with shrubs placed at the end of them to provide privacy from those walking past. They do provide privacy but restrict the view to the water. Across the walkway from the cabanas is an open area with large chairs and a good view to the ocean. Most days the cabanas were vacant but the large chairs were in use, seems they are available to anyone and further block the view. After seeing the cabanas again with the planters and chairs, I would say the cabanas are not a good option to view Alaska.

Even when the bar menus appear they only list a few of the drinks available from the bars, generally they list just the specialty drinks from that bar. They don’t list things like gin & tonic, Bloody Mary, margarita, pina colada, etc yet you can most of these and more at every bar. The key to the Classic vs Premium package is the brand of alcohol use to make the drink. if the drink can be made with the brands of liquor on the Classic package it is covered by that package. Here is a recent list of liquors on the packages

Every cruise we have booked and the ones we just completed have had some decent discounts on the Premium package (25-30%) and some flash sales it has been heavily (35-45%) discounted. Wines are limited if you stick to the printed wine list. If you have a knowledgeable sommelier they can recommend some wines that aren’t on the list. Just got off 27 nights and only had wine with a upcharge 2 nights.

$17 unless you want one made with a vodka or gin above the premium package. On the premium package you have: Vodkas- grey goose, Ketel 1, Belvedere, Critic, Chopin & Tito’s. Gins - Tangueray 10, Hendricks, Bombay Sapphire, Gunpowder or Plymouth.

Did you log into his account? The same happen on a previous cruise. When I logged into DHs account his was there.

We are just off B2B 200+ so not included in CC lunch . Also the number of B2B changing cabins was too much for attendants to handle so we had to totally pack up everything, including hanging items.

Yes, served sit down lunch is in the MDR (only 1 of the 4 are open for lunch on the Edge. Luminae is also open for lunch on sea days for suite guests. You are correct my post should have specified that no dining room is open for lunch on port days,

I look at it this way if I book Concierge I get lunch in the MDR on day 1. Everyday my dinning for breakfast, lunch and dinner is the MDR. If I book Aqua I don’t get lunch in the MDR on day 1 but I do have Blu as my assigned dining room for breakfast & dinner everyday and the MDR for lunch if I chose to go. We prefer Blu to the MDR for service, atmosphere and quality.

Hmmm. Seems we have moved from the loss of the military discount when booking suites using the Zenith cruise only rate to the solo supplement😂

Agree, the fun of a new ship is exploring, being surprised and going Oh WOW‼️ Enjoy your cruise.

Ruth, I was so happy to be able to upgrade after final payment with the Cruise Only Z rate ($1600 less than regular). This was just a few days before we left that I didn’t look at the invoice. I just looked and the Military discount was no longer there. I booked with a TA and the reservation number did not change.