LittleJoefromKokomo

There are healthy options everywhere but it takes some motivation to choose them.. my wife ate oatmeal and fruit every morning while I ate egg and bagels. She often choose fish and fresh or roasted vegetables for lunch and dinner and skipping the rice or potatoes while I ate meat and rice, I also love Indian food but tried to eat more chicken and lamb than pork or beef. One of us gained 5 kilo (11 pounds?) and one didn't, guess who did? 😂😂😂

Many people complain about "watered down" drinks and that they don't get their normal buzz but I think that has more to do with the facts that many people eat like they have never seen food before (just look at some people filling a whole plate with bacon, eggs and other fat foods) which is perfect if you want to be able to drink much without getting drunk or getting a hangover but not so if you want to get a buzz. Also many drinks are like a shot of alcohol with 800 calories of sugar, drink 5 of them during 4 hours and you will not feel a buzz due to all the other energy consumed. Water it down with some lightbeer of 4% alcohol and its a recepie for not feeling drunk.. Drink 7% Ipa:s and shots of Jack Daniels instead of frozen drinks at the pool in the sun and don't eat more than normally done at home and I guarantee that most people except those with very high tolerance will be just as drunk as when home... 🤪

As a shareholder I salute you! 😉 Se it this way, YOU have helped RCL stock to rally incredible 114% this year, yesterday it closed at $105.81 😉

Just walk in, it wasn't busy at all when we sailed her (although it was sept -22)

I feel like a highroller compared to you 😉

I know that it makes a basic strategy played game much worse, but don't know how much it would affect a good counter. To make it even worse, the dealer must draw to soft 17 aswell.

They have single deck BlackJack on the Enchantment but they offer the lousy 6/5 , don't know how that would affect the profits if compared to the normal 3/2 odds on Blackjack.

I agree 100% even if the food isn't the same now as when we started cruising 2008 (miss the midnight buffet) we have always found something that we like. Both in Windjammer and MDR. Is it 5* food? No, absolutely not, but it is usually better than what we eat everyday when not cruising.

True, lots of more people becoming higher status with time, but it also works the other way. Some of the top tiers, will fall of as they age into an age where they can't cruise anymore.. Most of those that were in the 70-80 age span in the early 2000s are probably not cruising anymore. It would be interesting to know how much of an increase the higher levels have had over time. (considering more and larger ships also means more passengers)

We never have more than two bags so I usually give a $10 bill and don't think more about it.

Oldest: Majesty of the seas Newest: Anthem of the seas Favourite: Freedom of the seas

I think Emerald and above get a couple of bottles each in the cabin.

I have seen a woman smoking a cigarette while nursing her baby 🥶 (however fortunately not on a cruise ship)

What obesity problem? Big is beautiful 😉 Joking aside, I think most western countries have similar problems, junk food, low quality food and health problems are rising everywhere (in the west)

3 year later, that was quite a bump on this thread 😂

I have never had any problems when buying 2-4 local beers on a stop and bringing them back in my backpack its the booze they really do mind about...

Is that now confirmed that the free drinks are only while actively playing? If so I really hope they will be as bad at enforcing it as they are with the chair hog situation..

For me it took 2 days, funny enough I got the email from them confirming the obc on a saturday.

I am not basing my strategy solely on strangers info from the internet but I find it interesting and helpful to hear what (most) people have to say. At the end of the day I of course make my own decisions, but I need to base it on SOMETHING, be it economy forums, stock charts OR even strangers on different boards (including this one) and thats why I ask to hear what others think.

So for a longtime investor not interested in trading, where do you see RCI stock in say, a year? (Unless WW3 breaks out..) Bought at $37 many years ago, have no plans to sell for another 2-5 years consider buying more, but don't know if the current price is too high.. Should I buy now or wait... OR go for NCL instead...? So many choises.. 😂

Hahaha! You are 110% right. Some people consider it ok for their little angels to run around screaming, jumping in the hottubs and splashing water everywhere, including in other peoples drinks. For them their children are well behaved or at least just "being children" Some adults are not better, some people consider dress shorts and poloshirts to be "well dressed" for formal nights in MDR while other mostly of the top tier in the loyalty program thinks they have the right to skip every line on the ship just beacuse of their status and became upset and complain about "rude" people when questioned...

I am going on the Enchantment in about a month and the cruise ends in Barcelona, I have a flight from Barcelona at 5 pm and am considering prebuying this "excursion" from RCI. But I am wondering whats in it? The information is scarce, mostly something like "marvel at the sculptured figures from the windows of a motorcoach while you pass the surreal creations of architect Gaudi" Lots of superlatives but not much info about whats actually in the sightseeing tour. Have anyone taken it? I took a similar tour a month ago from Southampton while debarking Anthem wich included Stonehenge and airport dropoff and what bothered me there was that it said that the trip would start at 8 am in the theather, fine, the first day on the cruise we got a notice that the time was changed to 7 am... Fine, we went there at 6.40 am and watched all the others drop in until 8 am.. we finally left the ship at about 8.15-8.30 in a very unorganized way. ( I thought that if they say 7 am, well thats when we debark then, not more than an hour later) Sorry for my rant, does anyone know if its worth taking?

Yes, I suffered for the whole CATS show, strangely enough my wife liked it 😂

No, they will take it from you, and give it back on the last evening of the cruise, same with booze. Strangely they never take the 2-4 cans of beer we buy on land. Maybe they think it is soda or maybe they don't care.

I feel offended that I can't dine with my swimshorts on, as long as they are dry. Why not? Shorts as shorts..😜😂