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Roald Amundsen has armored hull and built like a tank. It can sail through ice field with relatively ease.

Clearly happened. It's all over the news. Waiting for fight video to show up on youtube.

I was on the cruise right before OP. Mask was mandatory in theater and casino from Day 1. Still some people ignored the policy. Handwashing was not enforced at restaurant entrances. Buffet was self served. Some night events at observation lounge were packed with zero social distancing and few masks. By Day 5, fair amount of coughing around. DW tested positive for COVID two days after the cruise. Not trying to be negative but cruisers beware.

Humm...the plot just thickens. https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/24/asia/hong-kong-jumbo-restaurant-sink-investigation-question-intl-hnk/index.html

Bummer. Seems like cruises lines just can't get a break these days.

For Alaska cruise, people tend to spend more time inside the ship due to cooler weather and rain. It may be a factor.

Wearing regular mask may not be enough. My wife and I got off an Alaska cruse last Sunday. DW began feeling unwell starting this Tuesday. Sore throat, slight cough, stuffy nose. She used the blue regular mask during the cruise. I wore mostly N95 every time I stepped outside my cabin. So far, I remain negative and have zero COVID symptom. Stick with N95 mask.

It's called Fun Ship for a reason. Join in on the fun or stay in your cabin. Your choice.

Same here. Got the last one but not this time. Kind of bummed since I have a final payment coming up this Friday.

Before lock down, house wine on US cruises was La Terre from California. Obviously not a premium wine but it is still drinkable if you don't want to pay extra.

Be careful if you book NRD. One time, my cruse price dropped before final payment but a nasty RCCL agent decided to play hardball and refused to price adjust given it was NRD which means I could not cancel and rebook unless I paid a $200 penalty. I waited for a few days and tried again. Luckily this time I got a very resonable agent and she repriced the cruise for me without giving me any hassle.

Not if you picked the shorter of the two lines thinking it would be faster but it actually turned out to be the opposite.

Part of the problems is that some people would order an extra bowl of Mongolian stir fry for whoever he/she was with instead of just for himself/herself. So the wait time suddenly becomes twice as long.

Not to mention they misread the China market which turned out to be less profitable than originally anticipated.

Dang. How come I don't get emails like this?

I concur with the inflation part. Comparing to prices earlier this year, cruise, airfare and hotel room rates have all gone up in 2023 and 2024. I am now holding back and taking a wait and see approach on my future cruise bookings.

Eclipse. Like you said, we will both have a nice cruise move up or no move up.

My low bid also expired this morning. Sailing is for this Sunday. When I checked, there are still 6 cabins available which begs the question. Why would X prefer to sail with those cabins empty than making more money by accepting my bid. Just don't get it.

Mongolia wok

OBC is basically equivalent to free tip for two. Nice but prices are still pretty high for 2023. I am taking a pass.

Love the blue sky in the pictures. You were so lucky to catch such good weather in Alaska.

A totally wise decision on the part of Princess.

Agree. Just like going to old time drive in movies in the bygone era. And it is free.

Nothing to do with mask compliance. It has to do with local government choosing to administer subpar vacinne to its population for political reason.

No COVID to worry about back in those days. Those old buses were like a sweat box on a hot summer day.