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I find the one you highlighted to be hilarious, but I’ll leave it at that. Having watched way (way!) too many episodes of Canadian border patrol shows, I know it’s legal to bring ammunition into Canada. But they have exceedingly tight handgun laws and seeing ammunition tends to trigger a massive search to be sure there’s no gun nearby. I know this is an obvious novelty product, but you really don’t want to advertise yourself as a huge 2nd amendment supporter when dealing with Canadian customs/immigration.

Always fun to watch the show and see the differences in cruising then vs now. And to try and figure out which differences were real (ie cruising really was like that) and which were just script conveniences.

Yep and yep.

If I understand correctly, they are basically locking in the current level of cruise passengers. Which pleases neither the NIMBY crowd, nor the unlimited growthers

Well, there’s a problem right there. You frost cake after baking… you don’t bake it with the frosting 🙂

What exactly are we talking about for casual shoes? Princess specifically has a rule against flip flops. I would ban Crocs-with-socks 🙂

We often disagree but n this board. Tipping, dress code, etc. But for once, I think we all can agree: Don’t stab other passengers.

Without extensive lab tests, it’s pretty much impossible to identify the source of “food poisoning” in a single individual. Could have been the hot dogs. Could be something you ate a week ago. Two hours would be an unusually short incubation time - but certainly possible. Heck, it could even be Noro picked up touching a hand rail on ship. No matter the source, it’s extremely unpleasant. Hope you are feeling better.

Definitely illegal. Carnival Corp CEO Josh Weinstein could even end up in jail for enabling this crime. Hopefully you’ll get your money back in a timely fashion.

For both 2023 and 2024 Princess has had very nice fares on some cruises to Alaska for inside cabins sailing solo. Current fares for 2025 are much higher. I’m thinking there’s a chance they will eventually lower them. If they do lower prices, anyone have a guess when they might do so. Note that I’m well aware 2025 is different than 2023 & 2024; that prices may never come down and could even go up; that nobody here can say if and when they will adjust prices, etc. etc. I’m just looking for fun speculation. All answers welcome, Thanks.

Hey, no fair. You aren’t allowed to bring actual facts into a thread like this. Don’t you know how the internet works.

Large ship pro: You are going on an Alaskan cruise Small ship pro: You are going on an Alaskan cruise pretty much any cruise you take is likely to be spectacular. Now, if you want you can look at every possible detail and obsess over picking the “perfect” cruise. But even in that case, large vs small isn’t really the distinction.

Hundreds of thousands of people go on cruises to Alaska each year that don’t visit the National Park. They typically see amazing scenery and have fantastic experiences. There’s another group who are on cruises that do visit the National park but have lousy weather that day. Me? I’d jump on any cruise to Alaska I could. But I’d never tell somebody else how to live their life.

Passport threads are fun, aren’t they? For the younger and newer cruisers out there, this exact discussion has been going on for decades, with the same arguments on each side. Anyway… What would you call the body of water on the northern coast of Panama, if not the Caribbean?

Note that most cabin bathrooms have a “lip” that you can trip over if stumbling to the bathroom in the middle of the night after an evening of drinking. Er, so I’ve heard.

Coulda been worse. She could have left the baby on ship while she went into port.

If you are interested in anti sea sickness drugs, meclizine works great for me.

Other than the time and cost. Which for a family can be pricy if this is there only intended foreign travel. And let’s be realistic, the risk is very low.

Too many people were using this id

Consider it an excursion. A FREE excursion.

Don’t downplay yourself. That was at least four cents worth. Thanks.

Depending upon where else you have stops, weed is legal in Massachusetts and Maine. Fairly easy to find dispensaries with friendly workers. A couple things to keep in mind; you’ll need government Id and American cash to buy. And technically it’s against the law to consume in a public space or at a dispensary. I can’t say about Maine, but you are unlikely to get in any trouble in Massachusetts if you exercise some discretion. .

You can’t leave us hanging like that 🙂 What would you recommend for first timers?

A real cruise back then? Sadly no. Growing up we didn’t have the money for a cruise. But I’d watch the Love Boat and get brochures from a travel agent and dream. I spent so much time looking at deck plans, picking my cabin, thinking of where we would sail and what we would see. Those pretend cruises were wonderful.