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When we lived at Lake Tahoe my and the dog's 'beautician' didn't take cards. So every six weeks for me I had to write a check. Weird.

That makes total sense.

Are you talking about five people in one cabin? Just curious.

Well, someone may have to eventually pay for you. We even have an independent biscuit/coffee place that has the sign up "No Cash."

Didn't mention, that was lobster tail, shrimp and a lamb chop all grilled to order. And a tiny bit of salad 🙂

I don't travel for'American' food 🙂 EVen on a cruise ship.

The TC grill is SO good. My husband's fave.

Do you remember the color of his shirt or tie?!?!? 🙂

I actually get annoyed when I see a photo that has a person, whether I know them or not, blocking my view of something I may never see again. If you DO have those pix please don't share on social media. Okay???

At home and traveling that isn't something we use 🙂 Also many, many years ago I played a little game with myself and tried to remember what other people in my office had worn to work the day before. Couldn't do it. So I could, if I wanted, wear the same thing to cruise dining with impunity. And my travel clothes are almost all solid colored, especially shorts and pants and the occasional skirt.

As mentioned, a number of credit cards will give free checked bags. But those cards have high interest rates so really need to be paid off monthly.

If you have to carry on something of this size, you won't be able to lift it into the overhead bin, will you? I ask because Seattle airport had a couple of cyber-attacks in the last few days and they're asking people, if possible, to not try to check bags. It's a very tedious, manual process.

Yes. I read here about people who travel for a month or more with carry on only.

If you're ever in the mood, maybe stroll by and see how they're cooking them. As I've mentioned since we switched to a pizza steel and a high temp it's made a huge difference. I wonder if they're doing something similar. Thanks, sir.

We've been insureds with USAA for over 50 years due to my husband's service in the military. So when we decided to buy trip insurance I went through them. It's not their company but I figure they would only be associated with someone reputable.

I'm guessing ours is steel as that's what it's called 🙂 But it's REALLY heavy and a really large rectangle. SO much better.

Once we started using a pizza STEEL not stone our pizzas have gotten so much better. I've wondered if O is going to use something similar.

You're making me hungry!

I read here on CC about a woman who took 13 pairs of shoes on a 7 day cruise. No joke.

We've done some escorted land trips over the last ten years or so. Whenever we can if there's a "group dinner" scheduled we break away and do our own thing. Mostly the food is pretty ho-hum as the no-no's would complain. But the other thing is trying to serve 20-40 people at the same time just doesn't work. But those breakaways DO work.

So you're from Oceania?

Is AR the same as OC?

I'm sorry. I thought you were referring to the date prior to sailing when you can make your online reservations.

We're really 'into' food and the food on O is terrific but we far prefer to have regional, non-fancy food with locals. Plenty of opportunity for ship food.

I seem to recall that it was Azamara that had a post-dinner event (maybe with music) at Ephesus in Greece.