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TeeRick

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    Worcester, PA
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  • Favorite Cruise Line(s)
    Celebrity and Royal Caribbean
  • Favorite Cruise Destination Or Port of Call
    Anywhere a ship takes me

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  1. I like FLL better to but it can be a problem when a lot of cruise ships return like on Sat or Sun and you have a later flight. Often they will not let you wait at the airport unless it is 3 hours or less before your flight. Due to excessive crowding. Not an issue with Miami generally.
  2. @DaKahuna I know you are aware of this but possibly some others are not. The Retreat Concierges can do everything that you need to be done from Guest Services. With no lines! Except deal with cash. Use them even for Shore Excursions. Dinner Reservations. Onboard Account issues. Setting up personal appointments with Future Cruise reps in the Retreat. etc. Many suite cruisers only use them to walk down and avoid lines. But they are very helpful in many other ways too.
  3. Until fairly recently Celebrity included "perks" Gratuities, WiFi, Premium Bev Package plus OBC if you booked the Retreat/Suite. So yes you can say it was part of the fare. Now just WiFi and Bev included with non premium suites (SS and CS). Even back in those days as now we tipped the Butler at the end of the cruise (as most people here on CC have reported). Amount depended on the level we used them. Same for the Retreat concierge. We would leave "group" tips to be shared by the Team in Luminae and in the Retreat Lounge. You of course can do anything you want tip-wise. We tip extra for excellent service but of course that is a subjective decision by most people.
  4. There is growing momentum in the US Congress for considering a national legalization of marijuana as many states have already enacted. Even if that passes in one form or another, cruising and using in other countries will still be the issue.
  5. Well somebody must be paying these prices! The very expensive suites on most cruise lines are always booked.
  6. Nearly a thousand locations including some in Alabama now too. It is a PA & NJ iconic landmark!
  7. By the 1920s, people were using “baloney” as a slang term, something large and maybe clumsy as in galoot and palooka, and something false: that's pure horse puckey. As for the sausage, both baloney and bologna are accepted spellings. Oscar Mayer was happy to pronounce it bologna. Copyright 2024 Nexstar Media Inc.Sep 19, 2024
  8. Is there some random connection (pardon the pun) between USB chargers and tumblers?
  9. I find that people like me get old and boring, not cruise ships!😉
  10. The smoking casino should be the smaller one and the non-smoking casino the larger one. Royal has it bass ackwards on Oasis class ships.
  11. If Celebrity is mostly adults and Royal is families with kids, how doe that coincide with smoking policies?
  12. Yeah I've read similar things but how do you prove that connection? I've seen plenty of serious gamblers at casinos (land or sea) not smoking. Honestly I've seen a lot of smokers in Royal's casinos playing penny slots vs being at the tables.
  13. There was definitely smoking in the main casino on our recent Symphony cruise. Yes there was also a small separate smoke-free casino as you describe. It seems to me that the large casino should be smoke free and the small separate casino for smokers. Wouldn't that make more sense since the vast majority on ship are non-smokers? Anyway my vote for Royal would be to adopt the Celebrity smoke-free policy. It is time.
  14. Thanks! We will be on Indy (our 3rd time) in spring 2025.
  15. I think they are scheduled for a shut down and maintenance tonight to fix this issue. Thanks for all the great pics and reporting!
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