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2wheelin

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  1. It’s Called the limbo. How low can you go…Hope they get banned. But I just want to give my family a nice cruise……….
  2. We don’t know how it is calculated on the bartender side though. They may get credited $1 for individual drinks but only 18% of the daily fee is added to the drink package so it would be a floating amount. Thus no $1.52 or whatever amount left over to wonder about. Thus if the drink package is $80/da, the 18% is $14.40 no matter how many drinks are obtained. Maybe 15 which comes to 7%. The cruise line obviously has a formula to work that out so the bartender gets the credit amount for each drink no matter how much the actual percent of the tip. Not for us to worry about.
  3. No, you pay 18% on the drink package price no matter how many drinks you order. There is a tipping point depending on how much you paid for your package where the “tip” switches from greater than 18% to possibly much less than 18%. Your gratuity amount does not change no matter how many drinks you have. How the cruise line determines a dollar amount for bartenders per drink is irrelevant.
  4. With all these comments I just started to consider this for our March cruise. Please tell me more. Are there better/different free food choices than the buffets? Is the lagoon area good for snorkeling? Pictures look like it is more sheltered by rocks. Will the ocean be too cold in March? Is it an area you can come and go to other beach areas easily if you have friends with kids?
  5. This is the thing that could complicate no show unless daughter 3 was eligible for the same offer.
  6. Knee jerk reaction from some people too lazy to call the cruise line first? Notice they stated have done it several times. Maybe not all cruise line mistakes but too small to contest. Who has that many incidences? Glad you got it resolved quickly and appropriately.
  7. From what I have read on CC, cruise lines handle charge backs differently from most businesses. Will they worry about $50? Probably not. Could you be put on a watch list? Possibly.
  8. Good way to get banned from the cruise line.
  9. Thank you. You worded it so much better than I would have. I also suggest anyone in a scooter or with a stroller make extra “requests” so more space will be allotted. Although I usually defer to a scooter, it is a negative experience when my assigned elevator arrives and a scooter takes up all the space.
  10. Beautiful masks. Have thoroughly enjoyed your posts. You make it all come to life instead of just a list of things you did, ate, and drank. BTW your attack on booze will go much better with a buddy. Way back in the double or triple digit pages I mentioned a new building in town you might like. However it is part of a large medical complex so I hope you never have to come here.
  11. Thank you. I only saw the other media choice and that didn’t work.
  12. What do I need to do to post a photo in a comment?
  13. It’s not the duck. It’s who he can please with it. 😊
  14. They obviously joined because they had a question. Why is that a red flag? He stated he was taking peoples advice from here and gathering the necessary paperwork to pursue. He has nothing more to add until he hears from Carnival. What pot is being stirred? Some people have jobs and/or don’t spend every day on social media.
  15. I’ve cruised quite a bit and would not have known that all cruise lines accept Amex since quite a few places do not—especially outside the US. There are logical red flags-like “you have to pay for this in full with no refund possibility”, and there are red flags that aren’t as logical. You learn them through a bad experience or from sites such as this. It would be nice if people would post “that would have been a red flag for ME since I have had X experience, rather than heap blame by stating that should have been a red flag for anyone.
  16. Have you ever tried chomping on chocolate covered coffee beans? Highly portable and strong.
  17. Memories! My first cruise was on the Carnivale. Tablecloths, crumb scrapers, the whole bit.
  18. Sounds like you’ve not had a broken bone with surgery. The first week to two weeks is rough..She will need to keep it elevated more often than not—not easy flying or standing in lines. It will swell, requiring icing. She can go but it well be very uncomfortable and inconvenient. And she will be on painkillers which as everyone knows do not mix with alcohol. Hope her friends are willing to help her dress and go to the bathroom.
  19. Obviously not asking for the definition of average. Just stating that the calculation for the entire US and all the diverse cost of living areas, is meaningless. You may want to go back to school to learn the difference between average and median which you seem to use interchangeably. It is meaningless to include millionaire salaries in calculations determining what is a living wage for a normal person. And where you live absolutely makes a big difference. I made no claims about age of restaurant workers. That was your bias.
  20. You’ve already been proven wrong about that wage statement—very wrong. I thought you stated they don’t even get enough off hours to sleep but you want them on the internet. Or would there be a internet czar who would make sure they were only using it to talk to family? Bingo! I think crew would be happier if they were given a free massage once a week. Think how achy their muscles must be after catering to all the whims of passengers. It’s appalling the cruise line can’t provide massages—as it wouldn’t cost them anything. They could get them at night when the spa is closed to guests. Can we please start a petition? (Insert Tongue in cheek emoji)
  21. Always make requests in my cruise planner and have never been disappointed. No need for a TA. Just a computer.
  22. With the vast range of salaries, what does an average even mean? Cost of living certainly varies greatly across the US so comparing average US salary to an isolated area is meaningless. And comparing a college student restaurant worker to an aeronautics engineer is also meaningless. Even if you looked at median salaries it would be closer but still meaningless.
  23. And amazingly they both allow you to drink tap water so no concern at all for me.
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