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Texas Tillie

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  1. It seems this is a case that shows that everyone should use a travel agent. These kinds of questions are ones where they can get the answer and can keep escalating to higher authorities until they know they have the correct answer. There is no reason to not use a travel agent and this shows there are times when a good travel agent is valuable. Patty P.S. And, yes, Tracie means any extra gratuities. Those are optional and at the guest's discretion.
  2. Is Allen almost up to McKinney or closer to Denton? I go back to Dallas in the 60s when Spring Valley and Coit Road were considered far out! 🤪 Think it would be good to make it to at least The Woodlands, in the northern part of the Houston metro area, if you are coming down I 45. Anything south of The Woodlands would be even better for the next day.
  3. You live there, it might not be as easy for tourists
  4. You posted this on the luxury board. The price you want to pay is much below what a luxury cruise costs. Most luxury cruises start at around $500/day/person. Suggest you repost on this board https://boards.cruisecritic.com/forum/69-ask-a-cruise-question/ Good luck and happy cruising.
  5. Wonder what we are to take from Crystal not participating?
  6. I have to assume that all the cruise lines new to Galveston or having announced they will be there in the future have looked into everything and found the positives to far out weight the negatives. They wouldn't be sending their largest, newest ships if they were unsure of the business prospects. I'd say the biggest issue isn't "infrastructure" in the Houston/Galveston area but the lack of diversity in ports available to mass market lines wanting to offer 7 day or shorter cruises.
  7. On Symphony, only 76 out of 303 cabins or 25% are the old "cabins" and not suites. So, if a travel writer is given an Aquamarine or higher, they will write about the majority of accommodations on the ship.
  8. The horror!!🙃 I enjoy vistaman's posts even if his standards are "higher" than about 99% of all luxury cruisers.
  9. Lenox does (or at least did) make a china pattern named Tuxedo. Back in the 1960s it was very popular.
  10. Often, it's not a conspiracy, just stupidity!
  11. I'm going to guess that all is ok as looking at his history here there is often a 2 to 3 day gap between his posts. Patty
  12. It is an issue, but if the car rental agencies made money in Galveston, I think they would be there.
  13. I posted the same thought (with fewer details) on the Crystal Society Facebook page and had a response from Cristina Levis (or an underling posting under her name) that those points aren't the case, but nothing about what is the case!! Patty
  14. They have already said that a new casino will be smaller than the old casino and not in the location of the old casino. Patty
  15. There's no way they could be considering eliminating gratuities from what's included. They aren't that stupid, are they?? 😏🙃😄
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