RedIguana

In three weeks we will find out @HUNKY is booked on Carnival..... 🤪

This sounds like a pretty complicated problem. You can give the high school kids a crack at it, but it might be better to just start with the real experts, the junior high and middle schoolers. 😈

No. I complete whatever I can shortly after booking.

It's been that way a few years at least, if not since the restart. RCL group has been doing it that way a few years before covid.

Using the class vs the ship name enables cruisers who have been on that class but not the actual ship to answer general questions pertaining to that class. I was in 7190, so a deck below you, in march. No issues with smoke.

13 nights and under CO is $25 pp/pd. 14 nights and longer it is $15 pp/pd.

The four and five star priority means you have accumulated enough points to be a four or five star. Should those that earned their four or five star sailing in insides not be granted priority because they "paid" a third less than those that earned theirs sailing in balconies?

When did handcuffs become considered weird? Are riding crops considered weird now too?

I think they were skirting the ban for a while by using Chinese processors. I believe the US closed that loophole back in December. So there may be excess stock still around, or another way they are skirting it. I have no clue what the EU or the Mediterranean area have in place, so Russian products may be available there. But my understanding was that a lot of the east coast crab was a product of Norway. I picked up six pounds last month on a grocery store promo at $14.99 lb. Not the giant legs I am used to, but still king.

I would suspect it comes from Norway. The US has banned seafood imports from Russia, including King Crab.

Do they have selective blocking? You know, for those occasions when the wife says "Honey, I've been thinking......" 😈

Reporters, newscasters, photographers have been considered a real job for hundreds of years. Often with crazy hours involved. Sounds like this person had a pretty professional setup, and had been pre-cleared by the cruiseline. Possibly even working for them. Although I am definitely not a fan of "influencers", and would also be upset if they were interrupting my vacation, I would never consider anyone capable of starting, producing, and running their own video production company lazy.

HAL has been behind the curve when it comes to apps and internet use. HAL did not need to create a demand for internet access, it needed to provide it to keep up. RCL had video streaming and WiFi calling capable internet over 5 years ago. Star link does add bandwidth and lowers latency (while reducing costs I assume) compared to OB3, but useable internet capability has been around a while.

Since the advent of anytime dining, of which Club Orange is also part of, I just leave a tip on the table when I leave each night. Usually a five for the 2 of us, although some nights I'll drop a ten, especially if they have had to pay extra attention to us (quick turnaround time so we don't miss an activity, off menu selection, escargot on nights it is not on the menu, etc.). If there is a sommelier or wine/beverage steward that takes care of us for the sailing, I'll tip them out later in the cruise. Same if the Maitre D. or Assistant Maitre D., depending on who was taking care of us. I'll do the same for the specialty restaurants. No worries about missing anyone that way.

A cell blocker would have no effect, as these calls and FaceTime are being made via wifi, not the cell phone radio bands, unless you are jamming the complete spectrum. In which case WiFi and radio would not work for anyone, which you could solve by just not having useable WiFi access points in those areas, which would negate the need of a blocker......

Usually grab a couple glasses on the way back from the evening festivities, if my stainless bottle is empty. On Holland, my go to cab is Decoy, which keeps quite well for a day or 2 in a 17 ounce stainless screw cap water bottle, which is fairly easy to keep stocked. I do wish Holland would not charge corkage for a couple bottles, especially if you have the beverage package, as some other lines do, but Holland is my preferred line at this point in time, so I make do. On Princess your beverage package works for delivery anywhere on the ship, including your room, which you can just order through the app.

The tap water on the ship is produced on the ship, and is bottled water quality.

In your case I would bring a few stainless refillable screw top seal water bottles and just fill them from the buffet area beverage stations. Maybe a 26 oz to have in the cabin and a 17 oz for portability. In the US they can be found online for under $10. Port cities often have them in the souvenir shops, and they are available in the ships store, but obviously cost more. Some will advocate for just using the bathroom tap water, which is perfectly fine, but if I plan on storing water for any length of time in a bottle I prefer to fill it somewhere more sanitary than a bathroom. Plus I can fill one with lemonade or one of the other beverages. I often do this even if I have a beverage package just for in room convenience.

Cabernet pairs very well with chocolate 😍

I was on a 7 night spring cruise on Rotterdam in 2022 with my daughter (then 21), And again in 2024 (age 23) on the, you guessed it, Nieuw Statendam. Both were excellent cruises, the young adults, teens, and children I encountered were very pleasant and well behaved. The only negative passengers I encountered were well over my own 56 years of life experience.

They are not your typical golf cart. Gas powered, 4-6 passenger off road capable, knobby tired, that you can take places cars get stuck. 20 mph speed vs the 12 mile governor on most. Typical first trip from the port is a 7 mile run out to the lighthouse, then maybe the off road run out to fisherman's point. Car rentals are cheaper, but cars are not as good transportation for the terrain as the carts. Lots of hard sand/island rock roads instead of pavement once off the main 2 roads. Just aren't allowed to take them on any of the beaches (cars not allowed either). Hands down the best way to get around the island.

I'll never make pinnacle for the same reason, mostly booking with other lines since 2022. Free drinks do not make up for cuts to service and food quality for those of us who travel in JS and below. I'll be back on RCI early next year for an itinerary I like, hopefully I will be pleasantly surprised by the MDR quality by that point.

The problem arises when I need both cards to go obtain drinks, and my traveling companion is staying in the cabin. Then the folded paper or business card goes in the slot.

It's not. The seventies were just a couple decades ago!