AnnaDarel

Based on the list above, if you want an easy, forgiving red, stick with pinot noir.

If you want adventure, try a malbec. But they can be hit or miss.

White wine-wise, we tend to drink a lot of Kendall Jackson Chardonnay. Sweet, friendly. Don't confuse it with the Kendall Jackson Cabrenet.

The Caymus 25th anniversary was around $49 at the time I was drinking it.

Looks like it's gone up a bit: https://www.wine-searcher.com/find/caymus+forty+annvrs+cab+sauv+napa+valley+county+north+coast+california+usa

I even drank some on my last cruise at Portofino for not too much extra. Maybe $75?

I'll be bringing my own wine because I'm snooty af, but the RC wine list isn't as terrible as it could be.

Love the review! It's wonderful to read about someone who ate in the WJ so much. I feel like I spend more time there than most people.

Thumbs up! I even read your rambling salmon drama.

Late to the party but at Domino's those surveys were a joke. "LOL Darel you got all 1s and 'fantastic service'" Didn't affect my minimum wage job or job security. I attribute that to excellent management that knew they had the best store in the county. Fear-focused employees make me sad.

So a solo balcony is $1163 and a double balcony is $1726?

So the solo is 133% more. That seems pretty reasonable to me. If you're talking about BOGOHP, then 133% is still less than 150%.

I think it's cheaper on Norwegian though, so go there?

Choosing between the Maple Leafs and the 'Canes, man, you have my sympathies.

/Caps fan.

Can't wait!

Celine, if you are brown, you should be worried enough to be prepared, but not worried enough to freak out. You probably won't get blocked at the border but you may be delayed for questioning. Even my white-as-snow Australian friend got questioned for 10 hours at Customs once, about 6 years ago.

Plan your travel accordingly.

Canadians visit the US more than 40 million times per year. I don't know if thousands have problems or if hundreds of thousands have problems, but you don't want to be late for your cruise.

Chrome will occasionally freeze up for me, and I'll switch to Firefox, which isn't better. Eh. Next time I'll try the spoon trick. :D

I just wrap my wine bottles in clothes in my checked luggage. Have flown internationally and never worried about it.

This is great! I'm targeting Enchantment for my next cruise so this is inspiring. Did you see any solo diners in Chops?

Looking at this list, RCL wines seem to go for about 5x the price of wholesale.

Chateau d'Esclans, Rose, "Whispering Angel" 2015 ~ 17.55, as low as 11.19, so I'm going to assume that it costs about $10 wholesale.

On Royal Caribbean, $55.

With Deluxe Drink Package (40% off): $33.

IMHO, $33 is a perfectly reasonable price to pay for this, given a standard US-based restaurant markup of 3x.

I paid ~ $55 to drink this exact wine in a tourist trap in Aruba in November 2016 (citation-ish), where similarly everything's imported and marked up.

With drink package: Perfectly reasonable.

Without drink package: *Wince*

It's hard to find a current wine list, and I question the RCBlog, even though it says updated 2017. If anyone has a shot of a current wine list, I can do more math.

Here to offer the perspective of a wine snob (aka dupe) who'll spend $40-80 on the everyday dinner wines on a cruise and $100+ for the special occasions and who's been reasonably happy with RCI's wine list, corporate though it is. :eek:

The idea that poor Blackjack players affect the odds is a gambler's fallacy. I cause a lot of trouble when I want to make daring bets for funsies. Mostly I play the math, though, and cheer or console my fellow comrades whatever decisions they make.