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    HAL
  • Favorite Cruise Destination Or Port of Call
    Jamaica

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  1. Last year the hubby was asked to change from shorts/sandal to pants/shoes when we got in line. Depends on who's running service, I think. It was not the "dressy" night.
  2. HIA/SB holders, be aware! Embarked yesterday and discovered they have updated the prices on all the drink menus... (A woman who was on for the previous sailing now is paying $1 more for each grapefruit cosmo than last week) Most drinks that were previously $11, are now $11.50 or $12... And if it's not a special listed drink, you'll just be surprised as to the price. My lemon drop came back at $12 and was included in my package on my last sailing. The only positive is that you can pay the difference now instead of for the full drink, but now it feels like getting nickeled and dimed. Still don't appreciate the lack of transparency as I have yet to find a menu that shows the prices for each spirit. Rock Room Menu:
  3. I know they keep espresso in a carafe at bars for the espresso martinis (obviously it's not going to be as good as a fresh shot), so as long as they have the licor 43 they should be able to make it then. I wonder if the Dutch Cafe bar has it as well, that would be convenient. The creamcicle sounds yummy too!
  4. I recently learned about a cocktail called a Carajillo, which is apparently pretty similar to an espresso martini, only made with something called "Licor 43". I couldn't find that spirit listed on any HAL menus online, so wondering if anyone has ordered before and gotten one? How do you like it? Figured having the drink package would be a good time to see if it's a drink I'll enjoy.
  5. Only on certain occasions. The Captain will open it up for scenic cruising sometimes. Otherwise, no.
  6. Got our two 150th anniversary tiles today on NS.
  7. We're on right now, I agree about the hot plates in Lido! Did they make everyone sign receipts for drinks on your sailing too? We have the bev package but still required. They definitely weren't doing that last April and I find it annoying and a waste of paper.
  8. I redid the dummy booking. I see the Crew Appreciation bit now, though the price did still go up, def not 40% off. Was $849 for HIA inside, now $899.
  9. Has anyone booked a BF sailing? I did a dummy booking, but couldn't find anywhere where it showed that the gratuities were included. Looking at the Tropical Caribbean cruise for February. Waited on purpose for those to be included, the previous onboard credit amount for an inside room wouldn't have covered it.
  10. Was on the leg to Barcelona, also loved the Rock Room band. The Billboard pair was ok, but the better of the two (Ivy) got off when we did as her contract was up. Hopefully her replacement is as good. Service was mostly good, but sometimes it was difficult to flag a waiter down for drinks in the pool areas. Food was always great, and most days at lunch there was a Lido station with completely different options for the day: dim sum, Dutch/German meats and sauerkraut, Portuguese charcuterie... Agree on the smoking being annoying- why the smokers area in the casino is located in the main walking path confounds me It was a great crossing!
  11. Waiting in the NS line. It's more organized and less chaos than an hour ago when we arrived, but still crazy. Broward FD stopped by to hand out waters before a crew member showed up with more. Still going to be on today tho!
  12. Thanks for the response. I might just buy a second SD card and we can just swap when the first gets full.
  13. The spot that used to be called "Microsoft studio" on the NS deck plan is just an empty box now. Anyone know what's there? We're hoping to leave our computer at home, but wanted a way to move videos off our GoPro SD card if it fills up. Just looking at options. If we could use a computer to facilitate the move to a larger external drive that would take much less space than a whole laptop.
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