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I think the wording is unclear. Are they talking about the basic "change one outlet to 3 or 4 outlets" plug-in? Or just ones that also contain surge protection, like surge protected strips/power cords?

I'm not sure about the roll out, I believe I read that it's generally being offered on the longer cruises first. We recently did a 35 day cruise and there were 3 production shows (much like used to be onboard). 2 male singers, 1 female singer, 3 male and 3 female dancers. Not everyone was in all the productions, and one show was primarily the female singer and all dancers, but one of the male singers did one song. They also brought onboard "local" talent for a few shows.

We were on that cruise they missed. There were many people joining the ship at subsequent ports. There were several people whose luggage missed the ship due to the computer problem. Most of them got their luggage later when it caught up to the ship. There was at least one party whose bags didn't catch up until disembarkation.

Not at all. I suggest you contact Special Services at DCL and let them know of your medical need. It's my understanding that such a condition has often allowed people to be moved to early seating.

We book our cruises based primarily on itinerary. That means whatever cruise line has an itinerary we like, that's the one we use. Departure port doesn't particularly matter.

I believe the HIA package that includes the gratuities is the the Early Booking HIA package. This is only offered in the first 90 days following the release of the itinerary.

Best chance in the sports bar (whatever it's called on the various ships). Slight chance on stateroom TV.

This. On our Panama Canal cruise several years ago, we didn't get into port until 8:00. And all non-US passengers were to present themselves onboard to the immigration/customs people before they would let anyone else debark. You guessed it - they were still waking up some of those people at 10:00. Lots of people missed flights out that morning.

Short answer - yes. Pricing, plus perks are the biggies. Drink package - not that important to us. Inclusive WiFi would be good. Fancy dinner - we can take it or leave it. OBC is very nice.

We've done both. Just depends on where we get the better deal.

I get it, but pretty mildly. Worst one was after one cruise it lasted about a month, but usually only about a week.

We had the same show on the recent Voyage of the Vikings.

If there's a strike that will affect whether the ship will actually be able to dock, and/or receive services there, they could attempt a different port stop (although I would think Barcelona wouldn't be that convenient). Or they could do a sea day. You won't know until you're on the cruise and close to the date of the port stop.

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Yep. We were a bit taken aback with our 70 points for our recent 35 day cruise (with Early Booking HIA package) until I asked here.

Our Mariner numbers are totally different from our Princess numbers. In fact, our Princess numbers are, basicially, the same with "A" and "B" at the end of them.

The maximum number of points you can get with the HIA and/or excursions is equal to the number of days onboard. So, yes.

Non-Catholic here, and I'd would attend services (non-denominational, if available) onboard on occasion. I've attended Catholic services onboard, also. It's my understanding that HAL had the priests onboard for the crew members (many of whom are away from home and religious services for long periods of time), and passengers would ask if they could also attend the services.

Yes. Not the actual cost of the package, but the full amount of value of the components. For example, even if you don't actually drink the full 11/15 drinks a day allowed in the package, you get credit for the cost of those 11/15 drinks.

But, they do, on occasion, have extremely LOUD parties on the Lido deck.

While I don't have a big variety of cruise lines we've done, it seems that there are times on the pool deck that there is some sort of event going on, but not all the time. Other times, just a lot of people, but no real planned activity. Also, some cruise lines have and adult only area that is (mostly) quieter.

Much as I love DCL, I'm firmly in the "longer is better" camp. So, a 4 night wins out over a 3 night.

We did an onboard booking (direct) on our last cruise and were told we had 60 days to transfer to TA, if we wished.

It's really not up to a cruise line to let people know if there are groups onboard.