I would not make assumptions that arrangements have been made to leave the ship early without some paperwork in hand. Could wake up to a big surprise or have to change plans on the fly if ports are skipped due to weather, strikes or something else
We are still getting free balcony offers but since we have 7 cruises booked through 2025 we haven’t used one for awhile and we always bump them up to full suites. What we have noticed is the free play that we used to get $600 each we now are getting $250 to $400
Go to the venues themselves as I said we have always been able to get in. It helps to get to know the managers. And we have no issue with late dining even at home we rarely eat before 8:00
Nothing counts against the 15 unless it contains alcohol. We insist that they split every order We have had times when one of us has gone over 15 late evening and we are often in different areas of the casino then which causes an issue
Yep. Sailing on the 14th. It will be our 7th Hawaii cruise. My mother was born and raised on Maui so it will be great to finally get back to that island. We were not able to go there last year
Need my sports scores etc. It’s not just US news but the world news in the age we live in. We will be on the Grand during the Olympics and really want to be able to keep up
We will be on the Ruby next month for 16 days and will see what happens. Two different bartenders on the Crown both encouraged sharing. We saw one group of 4 sharing one board
We have never felt that the $20 per day per person is just more than we can justify especially since almost all our cruises are 2 to 3 weeks. Our regular drinks are all covered by the plus and since we mostly sail on Grand Class ships where there is only Vines and Salty Dog Gastropub (which we really do not care for. I can pay a few extra dollars when I want a glass of wine at Vines
We always wait till at least 12:00 to stay away from the early crush. I have seen lines out the door and down the street early in SF. Especially fun when it rains