not-enough-cruising

EXCELLENT question. Myself, personally, do.not tip them, unless they do something above and beyond their job description. Getting my bag from the sidewalk to the ship is quite literally their job description

I agree with your premise, however, that is easier said than done. How can you manage people that don’t work for or report to you?

However the Porters are not paid rubbish wages, they are paid well above a "living wage" and often receive VERY generous union benefits.

The porters and the cruise lines have no connection or formal relationship (much like many of the people you interact with at the terminal)

$0 per bag, have never had a bag not show in my room

Included for GS and above

No problem with shorts in 150, anytime

renewing is the easiest process, especially with the new online renewal portal

Illegal? why?

I am always game for a new experience

Great thing about the RFID technology is the card never needs removed from the sleeve

It’s called dynamic pricing

Allure does not use RFID cards, hence hole punching is not an issue.

Which is why it goes in a checked bag, always.

I don’t think anyone considers the foil cutter on a corkscrew to meet the definition of “knife”. Royal Caribbean certainly does not

Only 37% of Americans have a passport; that is a fact as published by the US State Department

Rest assured, I won’t; and I will be sure to have plenty of ice.

As far as I am concerned it is still considered part of the minimum service for the stateroom

I will not be tipping for ICE

Just for the sake of a funny story, I can take it one step further. The wife and I have a friend who inherited diamond plus status from her second husband. She went on one cruise and then got a divorce. (Another funny story for another day.) She is now a 14 point diamond plus who shares her ex-husband’s status with her new husband and he has never been on a cruise but will be diamond plus on his first cruise with us in February Herein lies one of the problems with the structure of the status sharing within the program

I can tell you the daisychain effect is in full force, from personal experience with sons-in-law

Regardless the steward will always come around, make sure your luggage has arrived, introduce themselves and ask if there is anything you need.

Usually immediately following the CPB station near the terminal exit. I look forward to gawking at the ridiculousness every cruise.

I just checked, unfortunately no

Heating pads are officially on the naught list; I have seen them on the table post cruise.