duquephart

I get told to just go to the machine.

"You get whatever comes out of the machine."

Anything to say about Engebret Cafe?

You: Will we still be tested upon boarding the ship? Geraldo: Thank you for your patience Ben. As of today we are no longer requiring tests either prior to departure or onboard. You: Nothing at all? Geraldo: Unless someone shows symptoms or the ships personnel determine that someone needs to be tested, or a passenger requests a test, no.

Am I seeing things? Are we down to just the test when boarding?

Ceremony of the Keys?

Yes. But how many do you need?

So ----- pre-flight test only? The one they sometimes don't ask for?

20% more room as well. For lack of anything important to do I worked up a spreadsheet on the minimum changes of underwear/socks required given the ease of "free" laundry. Guess I need a life!

I'm especially looking forward to the extra TV. In the "lower class" cabins you have to either sit/lie on the bed or get a crook in your neck while catching up on port talks, lectures, etc. Laundry is nice. Whether the extra perks are worth the extra cost is a another matter.

We always tried to figure a "best part last" approach. Judgement call.

Or gelato.

The test before first flight should go away as well. Too much to hope for?

Indeed! Even woke the wife up. She knew I was going to be a less than happy camper. Great news!

Whoa!

We also qualify for more than "One complimentary scoop of gelato."

Our "room ashore" in Vancouver was a hard concrete floor in the cruise terminal for the better part of an hour. Nowhere to sit, just stand and wait in a particular (green?) with zero amenities. Didn't dare go to the bathroom ("bus will be here any moment") even if we knew where it was. Lots of disgruntled folks and "Tellus" caught hell later. If they knew the busses were screwed up why not let us wait aboard in the atrium?

What a Viking agent says and $7.50 will get you a cup of coffee pretty much anywhere.

Viking has got to be getting the message.

Well ----- we are super-dooper purple ribbon with yellow dots and fancy orange fringe cruisers ----- and we like the jr suite on Viking just fine.

Like I said ---------------------

Want vitamin C? Two words: Mai Tai!

The pom-pom wavers here (and there are many) are going to wave their pom-poms no matter what.

And in the room you booked!

That would be a welcome deal for us (leaving a week from Sunday). Now ---- kill the daily testing!