I was in the opposite situation once. The decaf screen was up, and I was quite puzzled. There was a crew member in there setting up for the morning and saw my confusion and taught me how to push a button. I felt educated that morning.
I'm on Adventure next month and look forward to it. Too many people cruise on older ships thinking they'll be brand new, then act surprised when those ships show signs of age from being used 24/7 for the last 20+ years.
RC needs to totally rebrand formal night. Turn it into formal photo night instead. I would imagine most people who dress formally are getting photos, too, so why not just focus on that?
You don't need to be connected on your accounts if you're already both Diamond. That would only be if one side of the relationship is Diamond and the other is a lower tier.
You're right. Their laws, their rules. But could you imagine the uproar if US customs boarded the ship for any stop in the USA and searched everyone's cabins?
You just swipe your seapass card. Games are $1.50-$3.50 or so. Though the arcades tend to be pretty poorly maintained, so don't be surprised if the google games are all broken.
In San Pedro last year, they had people outside the terminal quasi-enforcing check-in times. We were behind one group scrambling to find their passes to show to the agent. So we politely asked the woman if we could go past them since she clearly wasn't prepared. The lady got quite mad that we dare suggest such a thing.