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  1. Repos like the one this year typically only happen at the front or back end of the season (usually in conjunction with the seasonal TA). It is pretty rare for continual repos during the season (other than Radiance class in Alaska for example)
  2. In the case of the C&A drink perks, you don't get a $ amount, you get "a drink" credit (4 in your case). Other perks, like Voom, you do get a $ amount as credit.
  3. The process can change on the same ship in the same port, so even if someone has done it, your experience may differ. Assume the process is like other US port B2B and you'll get all the details in your cabin a couple of days before the end of the first cruise.
  4. Very unlikely any pre-cruise balance would transfer to ship OBC.
  5. You won't know that until on board, even if someone tells you it's available today.
  6. Usually there's no price adjustment when port fees change.
  7. That's mainly a US port thing and certainly doesn't apply when interporting.
  8. While there may be some of that on the ship, it may not show in the planner pre-cruise.
  9. The "sales" are rarely fleet wide blanket deals - usually ship/date dependent. You'll have to check for your sailing.
  10. Welcome to CC. In the MDR you can mention that to the wait staff and they should accommodate. It might be harder in other venues.
  11. Yes, things are added (and sometimes removed) as you get closer to sailing.
  12. The Bahamas will postpone cruise head tax hikes until January, instead of this July, according to local reports. Deputy Prime Minister/Tourism Minister Chester Cooper on Thursday told Bahamas media including Eyewitness News of the delayed implementation. Follows cruise industry talks The six-month reprieve follows Cooper's meeting with the cruise industry in Miami and conversations between the government and the Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association. The $18 head tax is going up to $23 for each cruiser leaving The Bahamas via Nassau and Freeport and to $25 for those who leave by sea from a private island without visiting another port in the country. Government fees are passed along to cruisers Government taxes and fees are typically passed along to passengers separately from the cruise fare. So lines would have to absorb the added costs for cruises already sold. And lines need time to adjust the amounts of government taxes and fees in their customer communications. 'This kind of increase is significant and The Bahamas should have done a better job communicating its plans,' a source told Seatrade Cruise News. Plus: New environmental and tourism development levies In addition, The Bahamas plans a new $2 per person tourism enhancement levy applying to passengers arriving in or leaving The Bahamas, by ship or air, starting in January. Also new is a $5 tourism environmental levy for arriving or departing cruisers. Caution on competitiveness/marketability 'The Bahamas needs to be careful in how it increases costs,' the industry source said. 'They have to look at this from a competitive standpoint. Adding all these fees on top of the ticket price compared to other vacation options starts to add up and impacts the marketability.' Neither Cooper's office, the FCCA nor major cruise operators responded to earlier questions about a delay in the hikes. Bahamas cruise head tax hikes delayed until January (seatrade-cruise.com)
  13. You can look at the current sailing (not yours) in the app and assume the activities will be very similar on your sailing.
  14. No, the only multi-night packages are 3 and 5 with the 5 only offered on the longer sailings.
  15. You should be able to see more granular info on the phone which shows you data use by app and see which app is the cell data hog.
  16. A 5 night dining package is usually offered on longer (10?+ nights) cruises.
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