GoHuskies!

IMO you shouldn't miss the Skagway White Pass Railroad trip. It is fascinating and beautiful--and the conductors give you some great information. Like the fall of a single huge rock that fell on, I can't recall but I think it was about 50 workers building the railroad. They are of course entombed under the rock, which the railroad goes around today.

And they post thousands of times on CC , and who knows elsewhere, leaving their identities all over the Internet.

That's not the same as being exposed to unwelcome "visits" through having your physical location seen and tracked via the Medallion. I think I might lose mine.

Sometimes missing a port turns out to be the best choice. On our Med cruise on the NCL Jade we missed Athens because of political demonstrations there at the time. As an old architecture student this was of particular interest to me; however, I have a lot of resources available to me about Athens, though it would have been great to experience it in person. Instead, the captain decided to stop at Crete, at the port city of Heraklion. What a great choice it turned out to be! The waterfront and very interesting town was a great walking tour direct from the ship. I am grateful for the captain's decision to change ports.

We travel using a stand up roller carry on each. I can put six bottles in a backpack and put the backpack on the top of the standing roller carry on. I then use bungee cords to strap it to the extended handle. Works well and there is easy access to the wine at security.

 

That said: I've since bought one of these:

 

http://www.wineenthusiast.com/personalized-weekend-wine-bag.asp

 

Haven't used it yet but I think it will work better than the backpack.

 

The wineenthusiast has several other options.

This would be a good accessory too.

:p

What usually happens is...

Option 1 is complimentary.

Option 2 (which is usually "better") is not complimentary.

 

Person wants option 2 but doesn't want to pay extra so....NCL is "nickel and diming" by giving people a choice.

 

 

Complimentary water vs (pay extra for it) bottled water.

Complimentary restaurant vs (pay extra for it) specialty restaurants

Complimentary adult-only area vs (pay extra for it) adult-only area

Complimentary ice-cream/dessert in the buffet vs (pay extra for it) dessert in a bake shop/gelato spot.

etc.

Oh please, NCL--nickel and dime me! Much preferable to $29ing me!

Trevor Fountain is from Scotland. Spoilt is proper in British English. Way to go all ugly American. ;)

Oh heck. As long as we have to correct others' diction (and my fat-fingering on the keyboard), may I point out that the term "speciality restaurants" should be "specialty restaurants." I admit that speciality is more common in British usage, but even they discriminate between the two.

I very much doubt NCL would do anything to interfere with parental responsibilities. A waiter might come over and offer something for the little ones but nothing more. As adults, we have the ability to make choices, ask to be moved or decide to leave if you're that offended by the noise, however, I will say, I've been more offended by adults talking loud, swearing, being offensive to the waiters, than any child who is likely tired and/or hungry.

 

I think most parents do a great job when travelling with young families.

Hear, hear. How many disruptive-child incident have we seen, as compared with disruptive-adult incidents? In my experience the incidence of obnoxious adults far outweighs those of children. And I certainly agree that nearly all parents do an excellent job traveling with children.

As an old sailor, I still have to get my sea legs just about every time I go to sea, since it's not as often as I'd like. I've found that Bonine does the job for me, and I only take it on the day I will need it according to what I see building in the sea. It even worked fine taking it a couple of hours before heading to a Murder Mystery game at tables with the ship moving pretty well. Otherwise I would have been in trouble.

I cancelled mine too after finding out the food makes you sick. And, it gets worse. Since it was next week, they kept all money. What kind of crap is that?

 

 

 

LOL!

Yeah, me too! I found out that the food made me gain weight! :p

I take warfarin vitamin k is bad for warfarin. The green leafy stuff high high high in vit.k

Far be it from me to give any medical advice, but I can at least make a suggestion about which you might ask your doctor. I have a feeling that the Vitamin K vs Warfarin (Coumadin) controversy may be similar to the one about grapefruit vs cholesterol medications. You know--don't eat grapefruit if you take statins because they interfere with the meds. Turns out that it is upside down--eating grapefruit actually enhances the efficacy of statins.

However, what I have found about broccoli is this:

You still can have foods that have vitamin K, but you must keep the amount you eat about the same from week to week. If you want broccoli or other greens, you still can have them. For example, you might want to have about a ½ cup © two times each week. Consistency is the important thing, not the amount, so the vitamin K in your blood stays about the same.

This from "Nutrition 411". And by the way, their list of veggies Very High on vitamin K, a list of 14 vegetables, does not include broccoli; broccoli is listed in a secondary list termed High, not Very High. This is just informational--follow your doctor's advice, of course.

Cannot eat broccoli.

 

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Well, there ya go! I love broccoli. My theory is if you put enough mayonnaise on it, it's all good.

;p

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Ho-ley cow!

Talk about violating Wheaton's Law--

Please, don't be a dick! Knock off this childish badinage.

There are some on this thread who are having an adult discussion.

As a server at a dim sum place once tried to warn my father, they are the feet . . . of the chicken. (He knew exactly what he was ordering, and enjoyed them thoroughly.)

 

IMO, if you've ever eaten chicken skin, you've pretty much gotten the taste of chicken feet. They can be good, depending on how they're prepared (what kind of sauce, etc.), but usually I don't find it worth the effort of eating around all those tiny bones.

My wife and I along with two other couples went to our first dim sum restaurant in Seattle (wonderful!) back in the 1970s. Seeing all these small dishes of great Chinese food, many with hidden contents, made us feel adventurous so as they were offered, we just kept saying yes. So it was this, then that, then "chicken feet" and before we knew it we had ordered them. Only a couple of us tried them, and I had no qualms but also did not find much in the way of either volume to eat or flavor. Did not dislike them but saw no reason to repeat.

Got a chuckle out of this. Love blood sausage, not haggis, gizzards or chiltlins, but have never had the gizzards deep fried. Might change my mind. Love liver also. Hot but beautiful right now in Tucson, agreed?

Hot, yes, and beautiful, yes. Down here the heat brings on the greenery, just the opposite of our former state, Washington.

It seems that just about anything deep fried--not greasy but nicely done--is delicious. Years ago we had an employee who came off his night shift at Col. Sanders with two big buckets of chicken--on full of gizzards, the other full of livers. Both those buckets were emptied in a half hour! People, including me, just devoured the gizzards and livers.

Or as Tony Bourdain calls them "The Nasty Bits" :)

 

Srpilo

I think of haggis and {{shudder}}. Maybe to use as a rugby football.

And chitlins--chitterlings--their one saving grace is they fit on a kabob.

But (and here is where my own ox is gored): I have aways been partial to gizzards. Mmm--deep fried, still tender, better than bacon! Just remember to remove the crop! And so endeth the paean to offal as food, having wandered off into the weeds.

Neither - I'd prefer you stayed on-topic for what the thread is about. No denying that you had a cough, but that's not what we're discussing here.

Two points:

1. Oooo--a topic policeman. Do you shop all the threads to make sure they are on topic?

2. Besides, it seems to me this is part of the topic--reasons why there may be a delay boarding.

Removed the entire Universe Lounge to add cabins for 200+ passengers.

Did not add an International Cafe

Removed upper deck viewing areas

Did not add extra dining sq. footage to handle the additional passengers

Eliminated a 360 degree promenade.

Moved the fitness center to an interior location on deck 5 aft.

Split the youth center into two parts

Don't forget that they moved Horizon Court (the buffet) to an all-inside spot forward where you cannot eat outside. This to me is the most egregious of their bad planning.

I have to agree with you! Why on earth do people want 2 entrees after having starters and presumably a dessert?

Seems like sheer gluttony but obviously this is a British view on the situation...

 

We have often watched open mouthed as people order 5 or 6 lobster - that just seems like greed. No wonder there is so much obesity on board, and no wonder some cruise ships no longer serve lobster. If Princess really are limiting the number of entrees any one person can order then at least it will reduce waste and cut costs.

 

If anyone leaves the dinner table hungry they can always go to the buffet or order a nice big fatty burger and fries from room service. ;) :confused:

A whole lotta judging going on here.

Well, although we actually pack the suitcases the day before we leave, my DW starts getting things out to pack weeks ahead, maybe a month. Then I cruise through and stuff the bags.

Although we don't have to fly this time, our packing is a little complicated on this trip. We live south of Tucson, AZ, and we are driving first to San Jose to visit our daughter and family. Pack for that visit. Then drive to San Pedro and the cruise. Pack for that. Drive home, with a stop in the San Berdoo area. Not much packing for that, but still I don't want to drag all the luggage into the motel.

Somewhere earlier on a Princess thread someone asked whether the Princess ships docked bow-in or bow-out at the cruise center at San Pedro. The point, I think, was to determine whether a starboard cabin could see people on the pier as they leave.

Here is a video from 2014 showing a ship bow-in (portside docking). Don't know whether this is a standard procedure or if it changes.

https://www.videoblocks.com/video/huge-cruise-ship-leaving-port-of-los-angeles-time-lapse-15sec-vcui9cs5likp7i32u/

I didn't mean to hijack this thread to make it about kids in the fitness center. I was just making the point that when we think rules are being violated we can inform the staff but frequently they won't do anything. Also, the Princess website says "Guest must be over 18 years of age to indulge in any body treatments and at least 16 years of age to utilize the fitness facilities." So no, the 8 year old does not have just as much right to be using the equipment as I do.

http://www.princess.com/ships-and-experience/onboard-experience/wellness/spa-faq-pop-up.html

 

Also, these were not teens. I would estimate their ages as 8-12. The boy on the elliptical could barely stay balanced on it. I have taken my kids on 11 Princess cruises so far and they will be on their 12th in March. They started when they were 4 and 8 and will be 17 and 21 next March. So I am definitely not against kids on Princess. But my kids followed the rules for the fitness center (and the other rules as well).

Thank you. You're right. We generally use the fitness center on board ship but I'm not so sure we will on the Island Princess, since it has been isolated to a windowless (and feels like airless) spot on the 6th deck.

Sorry--too crude.

If you mention spotted dick to a crew member, you might get sent to either deck 14 (Horizon Court) or deck 4 (Medical Center).

And what is wrong with olive loaf?

 

MMM--freshly sliced olive loaf as soon as I get it home. Can't resist a couple of slices all by themselves.

 

I know what spotted dick is and it might be good or bad just like fruit cake.

 

:D:D:D

YMMV

For several English dishes you may not be aware of, read the Aubrey/Maturin novels by Patrick O'Brian. the novel (and movie) "Master and Commander" was condensed from that series. Admittedly the originals take some getting used to because of the jumps in time that grate on the reader, but it's worth it.

Are these supposed to be American dishes? What part of the country?

 

What are scrapple and chitterlings? I'm going to look that up.

The good thing about chitterlings--chitlins--is that they fit on a kebab. ;p