kangforpres

HI- I recently deleted and re-installed the Navigator app on my Samsung A13, because it wasn't working at all and I have a cruise coming up in 10 days. It works again but I thought it was funny and accurate that it only has a 2 star rating for performance on Google Play. Do those of you with I phones have an easier time with it than us Android Users?

A 2 star rating is really embarrassing for a travel company's app.

-Paul

It's the Eurodam in Seattle on Saturday, June 24.

I'm guessing 11am, but let me know if I'm wrong. 

-Paul

3 minutes ago, Mary229 said:

Ahem, let me let you in to a little secret.  You guys In Massachusetts have your indoor summer temperatures far too cold for hot climate folks.  We smirked at your “energy conservation” and grabbed a sweater and huddled together. 😉. I think you would find that most Saudis would agree. 

Yes it really hot climates, especially in the Tropics, AC should never be set lower than 78. Most HVAC systems aren't designed to handle heatwaves  that have multiple 90+ degree days.

5 minutes ago, CruiserBruce said:

That doesn't sound like an overnight in port. If you were sailing, the casino would open.

Well All I can tell you is I stayed on the ship the entire time at HMC and the casino was open but  but I didn't gamble since by that point in the 22 day Seattle to FLL cruise my gambling budget was long gone. 

The casino staff said they had made arrangements with Bahamian authorities to keep the casino open while visiting. Also Casino staff reported Panama charged a hefty amount to keep the casino open during the roughly 8-10 hour transit (It goes faster now with the 2nd set of locks operating)

8 minutes ago, CruiserBruce said:

@kangforpres states they experienced one. Not sure if it was a unplanned overnight stop or not. I think I heard a charter  did it once.

Yes I am the experienced one. It was a post covid November 2021 cruise as the sail date got closer more Caribbean ports canceled on us, So HAL decided to OVR at HMC. Although since you can't dock at HMC we took in all the tenders by about 10 pm and sailed around little San Salvador and Big San Salvador a few times until about 7 am the next morning. Started tendering at HMC again and then headed to FLL at about 3pm on the 2nd day at HMC to finish the cruise

Ports that currently allow the cruise lines to operate their casinos while the ship is in port include Bermuda and Malta, which require cruise lines to apply for a gaming license. Bermuda has allowed casino operations for licensed ships between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. since 2013. It’s an ideal situation as Bermuda has no land-based casinos, and many cruise ships overnight in port on Bermuda cruises. Malta, which does have land-based casinos, allows ships that have been approved for licenses to open their casinos between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m.  -from TPG

It's usually opens 30 minutes after sailing. And despite cruiser Bruce's emphatic no about a casino being open while in port, there are ports that allow it. We had an Overnight at HMC once and the Casino stayed open the entire time we where hovering around and the tenders where operating. Also on my last transit of the Panama Canal aboard the New Amsterdam the casino was open during the entire transit.

Om my recent Trans-Pacific cruise on Carnival the casino stayed open while in the Tahitian ports. But if you would rather be in a cruise ship casino then visiting Tahiti, you have a serious gambling problem.

Hi- I'm taking my Mom-in-law on the 06-24-23 cruise, I'm wondering if anyone has MDR menus if you have been on board already this season.

Thanks, 

Paul

46 minutes ago, scruffy18 said:

My first short flight is done. Now in Houston with a long layover then a 14.5 hr flight to Auckland then onto Brisbane 😴 

that's quite the gauntlet

Just checked in for my flight from SFO-BNE tonight. Starting to feel like it's gonna happen!

4 hours ago, poolmwv said:

Everyone with Fly2fun is having that problem. They can check in at the pier. There will be no priority boarding. 

I have my own flights, maybe that was why I got to check in

For those who can't check-in try using a different browser. i.e. Edge instead of Chrome

I just checked in and got my boarding pass and arrival appointment time!

We are getting closer!

Yes, even though it's not the point of the thread. If you can gamble on a budget you can get lots of great cruise deals and free hotel rooms in Vegas and Reno, and I assume Atlantic City and other casino destinations and not destroy yourself financially while doing it. 

I'm about to go on a "free" 22 day Carnival Trans-Pacific even though I have never sailed with them before. The wife says if I stick to my budget she will green light future long cruises by myself. (I'm retired, she works)

Will power is the hardest human behavior to manage. whether it's eating, drinking, gambling or accepting free casino cruise offers

HAL cruises are currently higher priced then they ever have been, even for what was traditional a cheaper cruise (7 Day Mexico, RT from SD) is the original point of this thread. 

How do HAL loyalist deal with the price increases for the product which in most CC'ers opinion has lost it's luster over the years do to cost cutting.

-Paul

10 hours ago, mcrcruiser said:

We are more cautious considering the condition of the national debt ,so instead of cruises we are adding more precious metals to our portfolio . Seems to me that is the wise thing to do with escalating prices  for every thing . With 70% of our population living from pay check to pay check what truly does the future hold for our country ?  We came from a generation of savers not spenders .Thus ,we have been through hard times most people have not

Is it up to 70%? Last I heard was 60% but that was before the pandemic, if true it's unsustainable to just have 2 economies in one society

As a Californian who likes the Mexico cruise option I wish HAL offered Californian Resident specials the way some lines offer State resident specials to our friends who live in some South Eastern state that has the 3 busiest cruise terminals

Mcrcruiser you ask the magic financial question that keeps the house of cards upright. Can people afford the payments? Can businesses afford to continue to finance their debt? Can governments keep selling bonds to finance their debt?

In the short term most likely, but in the long term......

Well right now the entire hospitality industry is hoping the golden calf stays fat long enough to recover from the pandemic crash. Will things stabilize if demand goes down? I don't know I think consumer debt is currently at all time highs so it might take a recession for people to stop spending on travel.

Bookings are up, so prices are up. they were giving away cruises with the restart in the last part of 2021 and going into 2022. So this the new reality, airfares and hotels are also up way above the inflation rate.

https://www.cruzely.com/carnival-cruise-tv-channels-full-listing/

NBA playoffs on shipboard TV? I understand they will show what they can at the Sports Bar? TV channel lineup shows no sports networks. It will be the 1st and 2nd rounds during the cruise

I would never go on a cruise thinking "I'm gonna get a lot of remote work done using the ships satellite based WiFi system". Especially a cruise that is covering thousands of miles of open ocean with multiple consecutive sea days. 

But good luck none the less

just bought 3 shore Ex's but couldn't access any wifi packages. I wasn't planning on getting one anyway, I'm just gonna to use my International data for $10 a day when we are in port, (ATT US price) and Hawaii is free.