Sigyn

oh yeah, I'm just being silly. I do that a lot. 🫠

So, what I'm hearing is that I'm not likely to get any special treatment ahead of time. Now I'll know how the pioneers felt.

I'm a woman and I would love to cruise through the Panama Canal.

Our cruise is a month from today. Should we expect to hear from the concierge or butler, or whomever, ahead of time for our sky suite in the retreat for our cruise?

I understand. I was just teasing by mentioning my Coffee mate that I use at home. I used to drink heavy cream in my coffee when I did low carb 25 years ago. It was difficult to find that anywhere, and no one else was doing low carb in those days, so the looks I got when I asked for heavy cream for my coffee in Los Angeles were quite something!

you're welcome 😂

The reviews are always really bad for any ship. I learned to stop reading them last year, for any cruise line, because they're not an accurate reflection of what my own cruise experience will be. The vast majority of people use the reviews to complain, not to compliment.

Now, for my serious answer. I created that user name when my child was a year old and we were planning our first cruise with him. (What a disaster THAT was! Do NOT cruise with a 21 month old.) I don't identity myself solely as my child's mom anymore, like you do when your kid is that tiny and cannot survive without you. So I decided it was time for a name change. I had to go through tons of names before I found one that wasn't taken by the CC folks already. The goddess who is married to Loki seemed appropriate.

This a clear violation of your rights as a consumer. It's an infringement on your constitutional rights. It's outrageous, egregious, preposterous.

I hear they're serving Coffee mate.

yes

@mahdnc I thought you'd want to know I changed my user name for the first time in 14 years. But not my picture. You're not imagining things. 🫠

Reading this at home as I sit and drink my coffee with Coffee mate.

Thanks for posting, Don. I hadn't heard this. I'm waiting until the road is repaired before taking my husband to Denali. I saw it 20+ years ago, to the end of the road, and I think it's definitely worth waiting on the full experience.

it's soooooo windy!!!!

We're watching you!!!! 😂 That's because we were latchkey kids.

You can book a Haven cabin on the Joy that's not in the Courtyard for a couple thousand less than one that is in the courtyard. Perhaps you can do that and change cabins and reach a compromise that saves you some money and still allows your wife access to the Haven amenities and her grandchildren. Edited to say I read other posts afterward that suggested this very thing, with more specific details. Good luck and happy changing!

lol. I just enjoyed my cruise. 🙂 my next cruise was four months later on Harmony of the Seas and I enjoyed that too, altho the food was 3x better on the Prima and I had the specialty dining plan on Harmony and didn't go to the MDR once. But as for comparison, I liked the Prima a bit more than the Harmony. It was prettier and I liked the size of the ship more. I did like Central Park on Harmony tho. It was gorgeous. I'll be on the Celebrity Millennium in July and I bet I like that one, too.

You're the same age as my best friend, and she dresses just like me, so, I know what I know. 🙂

Agreed. Same here. My March trip on Harmony of the Seas was $71.99 pp/day plus the 18% extra. I didn't buy it, just bought my drinks as I went along, and drinks for my teenage son as he wanted them. I paid less than $300 total for our drinks on our cruise doing it that way for the two of us. Much cheaper. I didn't have much at all to drink both because many types of alcohol can give me immediate headaches and I was on a mother-son trip and wanted to be alert and ready for mom action at all times. My husband will be with us on this trip and he is able to drink without side effects like I get, so he'll enjoy the drink package much more than I will. I do love Veuve Clicquot, and it doesn't give me headaches, but I saw that NCL doesn't allow that on the premium drink package any longer, so we definitely won't be upgrading. Makes sense!

This sounds like such an amazing trip. I need to train in order to prepare for it, but it will be well worth the effort! I am getting my scuba certification next month, but clearly there's lots more to do in the Galapagos.

I would look at your invoice and make sure it's correct on that. Mine showed the wrong thing when I went from a veranda to the Retreat (not MoveUp, but paid for myself) and I had to sit on the phone until they corrected it and sent me an updated invoice. It's likely it would have been fine once I was on the ship, but it's always easier to have it corrected beforehand.

I'm just teasing. 🫠

Why oh why would you want to associate with Aqua Class when you're in the Retreat? 🤣

Can someone please correct the spelling in the title of this post? I'm having editor shivers every time I see the word "REDICULOUS" 🤣