DrHemlock

My "laughy-face" response to pinotlover above is partly because of the humorous conversation construction, but also a sardonic response to the entire scenario. As in, "Good luck with that!" 🤣

But $300 (at $150 per person per Jancruz) might do so.

Perhaps to those who cruise in PH and above. A grand is a much lower percentage of their fares than it would be for those in lower categories (assuming they do so because that's what they can afford) for whom it would represent a far more significant penalty. And I know there are frequent posters here who regularly book insides and window cabins, because they say so!

And if the cruise you're canceling was booked while aboard an earlier cruise so the total deposit for two pax came to only $500, how will O extract the extra $500? Attempt to charge it to the c/c you used many moons ago to pay the original deposit? Send a couple of bruisers to ring your doorbell? Inquiring minds....

Are you sure? O's website does not show a Sept. 30 Regatta cruise. Only the 7th, 20th and 27th.

Actually "they" are wrong. The I is silent. But you will hear it both ways. If you don't believe me find a video of FDR (the founder) pronouncing it. While there might be rules of English in play a name is pronounced the way the owner of that name says it is. This has turned fascinating. Every word ending in "ia" that I've ever heard included the sound of both vowels -- including California where I grew up, Australia where I didn't, and Beatlemania which I had in the 60s. So, to paraphrase an old song, "If saying 'ya' is wrong, I don't want to be right."

"They" are correct. "Every one" probably also picks begonAs from their garden and travels to PatagonA for an adventurous vacation.

Unless it's a bald French chef splitting hares for lapin au moutarde.

Not on Vista myself, but AMHuntFerry posted a menu screen shot (apparently) on Saturday with the tomahawk shown as veal. 45 ounces of veal! That's one big calf.

Never having heard of a tomahawk steak, I looked it up: This glorious cut of meat is actually a large ribeye steak that is specifically cut with about 8-12 inches of the rib bone left on it. The bone is “Frenched”, a culinary term that means it is trimmed of fat and meat. The Tomahawk steak is meant to look like the handle of an ax. It’s the same technique that is used on a rack of lamb. The bone is intended to give it the “wow” factor however it also helps insulate the tender meat while it cooks. The Tomahawk steak is extremely tender and buttery, with beautiful marbling. It’s also relatively simple to make! So definitely not roasted prime rib, but apparently a big slice that's been grilled bone-in. Could be worse.

We had the same problem on our Iceland-Greenland cruise last summer. 😎

Occasionally guilty as charged, Your Honor, dependent upon the quantity of lubricant applied to the mental hinges.

Nailed it.

Didn't we already see that scene in "Five Easy Pieces"?

Wow. Well, now that the scales have fallen from my eyes, I can see it working two ways. A cruise line hires influencers to praise the line on its own CC board, while hiring other influencers to undermine competitors on their CC board. The grains of salt are adding up.

Really? Call me naïve but I never suspected that. If true, then I've learned my "something new" for today. You mean some posters are paid cash money by the cruise line or a trade group like ITB for posting? Or do you mean, say, a TA who posts positive reviews, "inside info", etc., in anticipation of future commissions from impressed readers?

Definitely that!

Just google what I wrote but change "teeth" to "comb"....and welcome to my teen-age world!

"Kookie....Kookie! Lend me your teeth." (For those who remember the 50s.)

We've never brought wine aboard for drinking with dinner because (1) we don't want to deal with schlepping it from home or departure port, and (2) because we only drink "medium-end" wines for which the $25 corkage fee raises the cost substantially percentage-wise. Besides, O's wine list is what OBC is for since we always seem to end up with a bunch of it. However, if we did want a bottle of whatever O plans to sell for $2,000 (or even $500) with our dinner -- given that O marks up all wines on their list by 300-400% over retail so those wines would cost, say, $125 to $500 ashore -- then suddenly a $25 corkage fee becomes a teeny-tiny markup and the schlepping begins to seem rather attractive. Or, they'll introduce variable corkage fees scaled to the price charged for the bottle. In which case...never mind!

Especially when served at dining room (not cellar) temperature!

"Well..." as Joe E. Brown said at the end of Some Like It Hot, "...nobody's perfect!"

Rest assured that whoever typed the line onto the website understands it perfectly. Now, it's up to us to intuit the meaning. 🤔

Or "eight quid." Merkins might not understand it, but Brits will.

Nope; have never used or considered using either one. They're just in our pocket for "in case." We don't travel deliberately to a troubled country or area, but circumstances can change quickly even in places considered generally safe. Take Washington, DC, for example....😎