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Your wish is my command, my friend. 🙂

Condolences to your family, Andrew.

You didn’t! But I would suggest highlighting in red, so they could try it a number of times. 😁

I figure both. Last cruise, I elevated my feet while in the cabin, and that really helped. Phooey on drinking less to make it better. 😁

I like the “some” in that list. 😂

Sounds like our software upgrade “deadline”. Extended…but I’m not complaining. WAY too much to still get done anytime soon. 😕

Should we feel offended that CC thinks we are all zeroes? 😂🤣

Very nice! Ken would be up for that. 😁🍷

We all hope you have a fantastic time! As I slave away at the office, I will be checking in here for the shenanigans! 😁

I figure that the cruise lines are 'testing the waters' to see what people are actually willing to pay for a cruise. If they sell cabins at these highly inflated prices, then all is good to them because the excess can be used to pay down their massive debt from the Covid shutdown. If they can't sell for these prices, they will have to adjust their expectations. It really is, ultimately, up to the consumer. We have one cruise we paid more for than we wanted to, and will watch pricing on it. It was just a trip that we really, really wanted to take. Otherwise, we shop around Celebrity and RCI, and if the prices aren't what we are willing to pay, we figure there are so many other travel choices to explore. And we will spend our dollars on those, if cruise lines are too pricey for us. I'm personally willing to wait them out, see if the pricing moderates, and when we retire, book close to sailing date for discounted rates, if those are available.

I agree. That’s what happens when ‘bean counters’ are put in charge. And I’m an accountant. 😕 When I saw that the CFO (Jason Liberty) was chosen as the CEO, I knew things would be headed this way. They chose him for this very reason. To weather the financial storm ahead. They need someone in charge to slash costs while trying to stay afloat with the massive debt. That said, even if all the debt is eventually covered, I believe the changes will stand to increase profit,

Agree. I will reserve judgement too, but if they look like that, yuck! “Here’s your crystal block with a pic glued to the back. We hope the photo stays on better than the lamination on your cruise card.” 😁

Possibly some are going to junk folders. I get mine every time.

Just a heads up. We got the 35k points/$1000 spend on my husband’s authorized user card, and I got the 17.5k points/$500 spend on my card. We both were able to use, and points for both posted. This is for anyone else who received different offers on different cards, and was wondering if AMEX would honor both. They did for ours.

We eat at 150 CP every time we cruise Oasis class. The cucumber martini is amazing. I have 2. 😁 We have enjoyed everything we have had there.

I agree. Especially since you can check in immediately.

This, but 8 years before, grandfathered in.

I came on CC only to tell you how to break the rules on RCI. 🏆 🙄 Welcome to CC.

Maybe you should take a drive over to the TN mountains sometime and visit the BIGGEST Buc’ees being built so far! (Luling TX location will be a bit bigger when built). It’s opening soon, and I can already taste that brisket sandwich! 😁

Joining the others to enjoy vicariously thru you guys. 😁

On the cruises we have sailed (Celebrity and RCI), about 5-10% of the people masked. We will mask if required.

We have sailed several times since the restart, and had excellent service and food on those cruises. We only occasionally eat in the dining room, but that was our practice before the shutdown. We prefer smaller, less crowded, dining venues. As far as pricing for cruises, we find them to be back like they were before Covid. We typically book very early for a good price, and over time, possibly have a small price decrease that we can call for. That is rare for us. This is the way it was normally. Many don’t seem to remember that.

Thanks, Andrew! Got me thru some of the dreary 7 day workweeks in January. 🙂

No free venues for espresso based coffees. We picked our coffees up at the 270° cafe. We always have shared our card, no problem. Double shots = double punches on the card, so one shot per punch. The last time we sailed, the card was the same price onboard. However we last bought the card prior to Covid, so maybe someone else can answer that more recently.

My coworkers are all friends, but some of them might just call me bad names when I send them vacay pics. 😂