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Huh ???? I guess your attempt at humor went over our not suntanned heads.

As I posted above #8 this peeling of cards as I was told onboard was a bad batch from one of the suppliers post covid. RCI opted to use them to get rid of them. Pretty sure they've all been used up by now. Our SL concierge replaced my DH's a couple of times.

I forgot to add ROME...We did an amazing private tour with Rome In Limo...very highly recommended by many and so glad we booked with them.

We have several...gold, silver and bronze

All ours last year (2022) were Silver D+ suite cards. Only Harmony (D+ suite) were Blue with SKY on it. And some of ours had trouble with the top peeling off...RCI had a bad batch that affected several ships. I believe they have used all those up by now. Supply chain was a big issue post covid.

Barcelona...Look at the Jazz Hotel for a night or two. Walk the Las Ramblas and stop in at the Mercado. Do the HOHO bus..a great option. Nice..Even though we don't like cruise booked excursion we booked one for this port that went to Nice and Monaco...turned out great. Florence..See if your ship has a DIY shuttle bus that will drop off/pick up at Santa Croce square. This was just amazing for the transportation and time on our own. Pisa...Meh.

Price using Cruise Control (888) 416-8830. Corey the owner arranged our transportation needed for our April 2022 cruise. Worked out just wonderful !! MCO to Home2Suites hotel and cruiseport back to MCO.

We used Cruise Control from MCO to our Home2Suites hotel in Port Canaveral then again from cruiseport back to MCO. Wonderful service. (888) 416-8830

OP stay on ship time for your April 2023 cruise and you'll be fine booking an excursion. These companies know when the ships dock and you'll be in Puerto Vallarta from 8:00am to 6:00pm a very long day for this particular port stop.

Try booking the cruiseline train transfer option. This will need to be done directly with the cruiseline. It will leave directly from the pier (usually around 7:30-8:00am) and will be a 124 mile narrated trip. More than likely your flight will have to be no earlier than 2:30pm from ANC cruise end day to participate. We've done this with RCI and it was an amazing train trip right into ANC for our flight home. Another option is booking with a private bus service. We've done this also when having earlier flights from ANC. Check Alaska Cruise Transfer (ACT) large bus and very comfortable.

I often get RCI gift certificates and choose to apply mine to my final balance. They must be redeemed 10 days before final payment date. To use as OBC they must be redeemed 10 days prior to sail date.

Bering Sea was also a favorite we've done 3 times. The most recent was this past September. Our grandkids age 5 & 8 just loved it...the crew was just amazing and the kids even got invited to sit up in the wheelhouse in the Captains chair.

We opted to pre-pay...worked out well for our private transportation for our extended family of 6. Cruise Control was just amazing !!!

I'll check the menu on my app once onboard....however we don't eat in the MDR.

No Hawaiian shirts seen on our Panama Canal cruise this past October...San Pedro-Tampa. However wear what you want to...no one will care.

True those aren't "sweet" enough.

Very doubtful they will remove a piece of furniture for you. Their response will be "we have no place to put it". Extended family experienced this once on Radiance.

Shouldn't be a problem.

If "suite" is named in the category it's $18.50 pp.

Recently (Sept/Oct) in 1052, 1054 and OS 1058 and no noise issues at all.

On our last 7 cruises we haven't seen them enforce this.

We have the annual GeoBlue Trekker policy. Luckily we haven't had to use it...but feel good knowing it's there if we need to.

We keep passing each other. You have a happy, healthy and safe cruise.

We always purchase the Voom Surf/Stream. Movies on demand are old (to us) and expensive so we would never use this option.