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Hi Nancy do the men have to wear a suit jacket for formal night? By the way you guys looked great loved your dress.

Oh bummer....maybe I will get to cruise with you one of these days!

 

So give me some suggestions for great places to eat seafood in Charleston. We are driving down day before and staying at Residence Inn on Ripley Point Drive. DS's girfriend is a vegetarian but she will eat seafood. So need some good suggestions if you don't mind...thanks!!!

 

Kim

My DH and I were down in Charleston last April and had dinner with friends at The Noisy Oyster http://www.noisyoysterseafood.com/ and it was fantastic a little pricey but well worth it. :)

I ordered one set per payday up until the cruise also. They really cut down on that final bill at the end. (We also pre-paid our tips before we sailed but that's another story altogether). There is a small amount of savings by buying the drink coupons simply because they add the normal 15% gratuity to the cost after the coupon has been deducted. I know...that seems clear as mud right? Let me break it down a bit. I am really horrible with mathematics but I will try.

 

Here is the scenario. Say you wanted to buy at Twilight Zone and the cost for a Twilight Zone is let's say $7.00. Here are the cost breakdowns

 

Without coupon: $7.00 + 15% gratuity= $8.05

 

With coupon: $7.00-$5.75= $1.25 + 15% gratuity= $1.44

 

When we first arrived in our cabin there were slips of paper stating that we had a gift that we will receive in the dining room that night at dinner. When you give the hostess your cabin number at dinner, someone will bring your drink coupons to you a few moments after you get seated.

 

When you order your drinks with them you will simply tell the bartender what you want and give him the drink coupon at that point along with your sail and sign card.

 

I actually have 3 leftover from our last sailing and you are still able to use them for future sailings.

Thank you for the info. And once again thank you for the great reviews & pics.

Hi Nancy, You mentioned on the first page the drink coupons how did that work? I have been ordering 1 of them every pay since we booked our cruise.

Love your reviews. Great job. We have 47 days :D and feel like I know the ship already. Thank you for taking the time to put the review together.

Love your review feel like I know the ship allready. This will be our first cruise and I am so excited. Thank you for a great review:)

Any reviews of Fantasy V9 suite? and any pics?

Thank you so much for posting info and pics you did a great job!!:D

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