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+1 on that subject. Have you ever tried to drag those awful 4 wheel bags with the teeny tiny wheels over an uneven surface. Neigh on impossible!!! My wife bought a 4 wheel bag the last time we had to buy a bag. I hate the thing. I have a soft side Eagle Creek bag and although I am probably jinxing the thing by saying it but it has probably lasted us 10 or 15 years. I recently had to get the handled fixed for the big sum of $30 and it is now as good as new. DON

We have done a fair bit of Azamara cruising in the past. I have an all black outfit that I wear on white night. My wife says that I am being totally ridiculous and I agree that am being ridiculous. As far as Halloween is concerned it is a great holiday for the kids. If I went trick or treating with my shot glass do you think that they would fill it at each stop. I might feel differently about Halloween then. DON

It is hard to believe that people actually take these color coded events seriously.. DON

I love the fact that in American baseball they modified the rules because 2 1/2 hour games were too long so they felt that they had to shorten them. In cricket you have 5 day matches and mandated lunch and tea breaks. DON

I might have missed this question so I will ask it - suppose there are bunch of people occupying a table for an extended period playing canasta or mahjong or they have arranged tables for a family get together. What would happen if you complained to the buffet management? Has anyone actually complained. What do you think that management would do. DON

Google. DON

Every night? $30 per day of extra optional tipping. That is ridiculous especially as I assume that you are leaving the automatic gratuity on. DON

Check out this video of 2 kayakers who were SWALLOWED by a whaale - https://videos.marca.com/v/0_6msnveqp-whale-swallows-two-kayakersthen-spits-them-back-out?uetv_pl=0&count=0 DON

I just love your description but what about sticky wickets or is that another sport. Also is there an official time in the rule book for tea breaks or is that at the discretion of the umpire? DON

If you have something that requires a quarantine you should be quarantined. I don't want someone with a communicable disease standing next to me on a cruise. That is just being selfish. DON

If you buy a power extender make sure that it is NOT surge protected or it may be confiscated. DON

The idea of binoculars is a good one. Buying them w/o knowing exactly what they want or need is a bad one. Nobody should buy binoculars for someone else because you don't know exactly what they want or what will be comfortable for them. I have bought 4 or 54 different sets of binocs for different reasons over the years and it has never taken me less than a couple of hours to decide what I need. If you really want to buy them make sure that theu are returnable for any reason. The idea of binoculars is a good one but just do not buy it for them. Take them to a store and buy them for them. Get them a gift certificate for a binoculars WEB site although buying binoculars over the WEB is also a baf idea. Getting a good set of binoculars is not as easy as it sounds. DON

Nothing except for my regular meds. The only thing that I bring is aspirin. For anything else I figure that the medical office will take care of it and my insurance that I pay a lot for will pay for it. I just don't see the point of taking an entire medicine cabinet. DON

If the buffet is really crowded and there are 1 or 2 people at a larger table I will ask if they mind sharing. Most people do not mind. I will add that I have met some interesting people sharing a buffet table. DON

We are going to be doing a tour in Nagasaki that ends up in Glover Garden. Our guide said that it is a 10 minute walk from the Garden to our ship. Google Maps says that it is 1.8 km and 23 minutes. Which one is right? DON

What about the people who have to photograph every course of every meal they eat? Not disruptive but I do find it a bit annoying and certainly strange. DON

8 year olds should not be unsupervised anywhere. What you might have done is flagged down a crew member to tell them that the child with you was lost and could not find his parents or grandmother. This might have gotten his alleged caregiver in trouble - although I doubt it. DON

I have not tried it because I have not needed it but could you do a bunch of screen dumps to PDF files? DON

He is 12 going on 15 or 16. He does love sports. DON

We are taking our grandson with us on an AK cruise and a driving trip. We end up in Anchorage with a flight that takes off at 1:00 AM. Rather than sit around the airport for 5 or 6 hours we are looking for something to do with him in the evening. The best idea that we have come up with is to take him to the movies which is a pretty lame place to spend you last evening in AK at. We will have a car that we planned to turn in earlier but we could turn it in closer to when we have to be back at the airport. Any thoughts would be appreciated. DON

We are going to be in Vancouver for 3 or 4 hours in the afternoon with out 12 year old grandson on the day before we board our ship. Besides the obvious places such as the Science Museum and the Aquarium I am looking for some other ideas of places to take him. Any ideas would be appreciated. DON

Lots of options on Amazon. Just make sure that they are NOT surge protected. DON

One trick that we try to do is to have the last stop sort of close to the cruise port if possible. That means that if you have a bit of a problem you can cut the last stop short. DON

We did a Viking Ocean in the Caribbean. One night they did a surf and turf BBQ in the MDR. The lobsters were not large and I think I had 4 or 5 of them. I only has 2 or 3 turfs. I had a bit too much that night. That was our 1st Viking ocean and we liked it enough to book an aurora cruise for next winter. DON

You left out the 1870's (no typo error) - the Lewis R French