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  1. I cruised during the envelope days as well; however; I do not believe the current system fixes the shortcomings of the old system.
  2. Exactly Royal did not settle the Wiegand suit (and that happened on the ship); they certainly wouldn’t settle this.
  3. Well, Oasis has docked; I hope they don’t lose the ship!
  4. No, you can get 4 bottles per day at a discount if you choose to.
  5. Hence the ever expanding scope of the pool of workers in the “tip pool”
  6. Answering questions at Captain’s call is hardly effecting cruising
  7. But this is a cruise blog. Nothing happening that effects cruising.
  8. Because there is NO situation in Haiti
  9. I thought I had read somewhere that when the new dock was built, the ability to tender was eliminated. Don’t ask me where I read it or if I am even remembering correctly.
  10. Wow, 2 whole hours in the early morning on a Wednesday and no one rushed to respond!!
  11. Not my problem. I am not opting out of PAYING anyone. I am opting out of providing a pre set gratuity before I have received services. Don’t sign a contract if you aren’t happy with the terms.
  12. Exactly right, Royal can run their operations any way they wish. Their procedures permit me to remove my automatic gratuity; o am simply respecting their business model
  13. I know exactly how poor the country is; I have done several medical missions there, one of them following the last big earthquake. It doesn’t change the fact that there is very little of value for revolutionaries in Labadee to justify the trek.
  14. and what are they going to steal in Labadee? What is the profiteering motive to overtake the peninsula?
  15. You aren’t seeing it right; both parties will pay $81.99 per day. The posted price is already the discounted rate PER PERSON
  16. Large numbers of Haitians come across the Texas Mexico border everyday.
  17. Excellently articulated. Side note: interesting AMA on Reddit addressing some of these tip distribution questions.
  18. Terrorizing the city for years and have yet to make it to Labadee. I don’t think there’s much chance that’s going to change
  19. Thank god for US travel insurance.
  20. And those crew members that are doing very well will tell you, without exception, they much prefer cash tips over the prepaid shell game.
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