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You will get 3 bags for the cabin. Need to be turned in at least 3 days before the end of the cruise. There is a laundry room on every deck with cabins except for deck 12. And yes, there will be less demand for the laundry room while the ship is in port. No need to sit in the laundry room unless you want to, but make sure you know how long before your load ends and be back a few minute before it ends. There are different times for different settings.

Check the Oceania board. It's been reported there for weeks. Surprised your TA wasn't aware of it.

We need more information here. What ship are you on and what category?

Yes, this is one of the little oddities I've noticed also on the website. The pre paid gratuity is not an option to pick on the Olife. Or am I misunderstanding what you're saying?

Nope, it's been cancelled to some undisclosed time in 2024. This just went up to $30 per person per day. Yes, they are apples to oranges. The A category is the same exact size as the regular veranda. The PH is much larger, has a walk in closet, comes with Butler service, you can order from the Specialty restaurants every day for dining in your suite, depending on cruise length you get more Specialty reservations, and you get to book them earlier. Your room is ready earlier on embarkation day. I'm sure I forgot something. The only benefit to the A category is that it's less money. It does have a few benefits over the B category, but not enough for me to pay extra for.

Well, yes and no. Engine room workers are a different pay structure than waiters and room stewards.

I'll agree with this.

I've always done this on the multi segment cruises I've been on. I usually wait until at least after the Captain's Party to upgrade, and sometimes later depending on the port or other things, like possibly going to La Reserve on the 3rd or 4th day.

Do you really think that the crew gets no grats from the majority of the passengers that have over 10 cruises? There would be a rebellion by the crew. I would say on any given cruise there are more passengers with over 10 than less. I personally am not privy to the internal workings of how they pay their workers, but considering the many long term employees I've seen that are in the group that would receive tips I'd say they are satisfied.

Huge difference between World Cup and college football championship, and I couldn't care less about the WC.

I guess that changed.

The odd thing is they have had a system that has worked fine for years. I don't understand why it's messing up now.

The site they are posting on is a US site, what ship the poster is on and where it's at I'm not sure.

You said B2 above, not B4. That's what the question was about.

I was checking out the posts on the other place today and this person posted a picture of Currents with the Drink Packages in it. It definitely showed the price for the Prestige package at $69.95. So yes, it's going up.

Gary, as another poster mentioned, and you might know this, since you are in a PH you get 3 bags of laundry included. You can also order any of the specialty restaurants in your room during service hours. You'll also get a bottle of sparkling wine on embarkation. I believe the Watermelon and Duck Salad is Red Ginger. On embarkation day you may or may not get extra reservations beyond your guaranteed ones that you will probably already have booked. It all depends on availability. But the first night is generally a good time to get an extra reservation, not just in Polo but in any of the Specialties. Here's one of my pet peeves. If you like scrambled eggs, which I do, you need to ask for them to be made fresh with cracked eggs. Even then in the GDR you may or may not get them that way. In the Terrace you can get them at the omelette station, otherwise it's that watery mush cruise lines try to pass off for scrambled eggs. Try the lasagna in Toscana, when it's right it's wonderful. I have to second the almond croissants, they are not available everyday, but they are delicious. When we are having breakfast in GDR we always ask what the special pastry is. They also have an egg special each day. If you have a special soda you like have your TA request they have it in your frig. For years I've had people ask me where I found the Diet Dr Pepper.

Heard anything new on this?

Sounds about average, just ask Pinot.

I also saw someone post on the site every one seems to use that the price of the drink package costs them $30 per person to upgrade on board. But I think they're confused. The reason being is they thought the basic package is $29.95. I see so much misinformation and confusion on that site that it makes my head want to explode. FWIW, the FAQ's still show the daily grats as $16 per person per day. I'm sure they'll get it caught up.

That would not be good.

How's your sense of direction? Venice is a confounding place for walking around unless you pay close attention.

Don't look now but La Reserve has increased to $180 per guest for 2 lower menus and to $474 for the Dom Perignon Glad I booked last week for the La Cuisine Bourgeoise at $114 each. Wonder what's next? I'm betting drink packages. Celebrity just has a huge increase on theirs. Pardon me if this has already been posted. Didn't see it elsewhere.

The GDR has started having nightly Souffles for dessert, or at least they did in Sept on Regatta. You can go there for dessert without having dinner there. Generally the second night of the cruise is the Captain's Welcome party. There are free drinks for around 3 hours in Martinis, Horizons and the Casino bar during this time. Watch for details in the Currents. You can find menus for the current day on the TV. The areas on deck 14 on the starboard and port sides just above Waves bar area/either side of the elevators, are nice places to relax out of the sun.

Definitely different cards for the upper suites. Card is the room level, not Oceania Club level. Pretty sure your Club Level is not on the card.

Exactly.