Rabbi-Reefer

There's nothing like a partial charter to make you cruise memorable. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXYYSGJKpAY

She showed up 30 minutes late to host karaoke, with zero explanation or apology, and kept asking people to buy her tequila. Our group was not impressed.

We sent back a bad bottle of this last Spring in Sabatini's on another ship. It apparently cooked on board in the heat of the shutdown. We opted for a Rosso di Montepulciano instead, and purchased several bottles at the next port so we wouldn't have to experience that again.

Airlines have been doing this for years. Prices have always been higher for "rich Americans".

Once you open a bottle of wine and expose it to oxygen, it starts to deteriorate.Some older, better wines need to breath, while the average plonk starts to fade quickly. The better option is a wine bottle diaper or protective sleeve like these on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/s?k=wine+diapers+for+travel&crid=E3956BG6GW8G&sprefix=wine+di%2Caps%2C113&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_4_7

You book them on the app. If you book before boarding, you must pay with a credit card, despite how much sailor loot you may have.