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17 minutes ago, Italy52 said:

We were dropped off in an area near where the busses were located.  It wasn't much of a walk to join the line for embarking passengers.  For your particular case, I would suggest calling Seattle Express and ask how they handle passengers with special needs --- they are a great company and I am sure they are used to answering these types of questions.

Thanks much, we will give them a call tomorrow.  Glad to hear they are a good company to use.  Have a great week

@Ferry_Watcher Where does Seattle Express drop passengers off at pier 91?  I ask given one in our party is in a manual wheelchair so curious how far from terminal.  Thanks in advance.

@Italy52 Where does Seattle Express drop passenger off at pier 91?  We have one individual in a wheelchair (manual, not a scooter) so want to understand how far from terminal.  Thanks in advance.

On 6/1/2022 at 10:50 PM, leen50 said:

Going on a 6 day cruise in 3 weeks. Our recent 7 day had Tea Time. Any idea if a 6 day will have it?

My 6 day Magic May 15th cruise had Tea Time on sea days.  

On 5/28/2022 at 7:38 PM, BND said:

Those were usually offered the last few days of the cruise as an incentive to sell more alcohol.

Correct, normally on Wednesday of a cruise ending Sunday.  Worked great for us and many others

Wish they would regularly have the 10 drink punch cards.  That was perfect in the past.

Magic out of Norfolk, 3 cruises in a row at 100% double occupancy even though staffing is short.

5 hours ago, Sea Raven said:

The only reason that they were boarding all groups at the same time was because the ship arrived empty. It was not a free for all, per se, but I can see why some people would be confused. Today and moving forward, they are disembarking passengers and will follow standard procedures.

The ship leaving Norfolk today, May 21st did not arrive empty.  This is the second trip from Norfolk, but I might have read your post incorrectly.  I just got off the 6 Day May 15th trip and was able to walk off around 8am with my Platinum benefit.  After that group, they had walk off going in order or your muster station, which seemed odd.  As always, the elevators were jammed as was stairwells with people trying to get down to deck 3 with their luggage. To add to the confusion and slow disembarkation was a needed reset to the gangway which halted things for 40 minutes I heard. I hope things run smoother with the next group.  It definitely is always a challenge leaving from Norfolk though and the bigger ship does not help.

47 minutes ago, KmomChicago said:

Forty is the new Twenty from Alchemy 

My favorite....I add a sugar rim to it.

Ditto, fries on our January Mardi Gras trip at Guys were not the same or good.  Agree, it did save me lots of calories.

Appears to depend on ship and week as many numbers jump around.

On Pride a few weeks ago, the D&P gathering had free flowing drinks made to order. Maybe they are doing things differently on smaller ships. Loved the $25 casino dollars (free money).  While different, still received my water, strawberries and cookies easily enough.  We had a QR code in room stating the benefits and also Guest services confirmed everything when asking about something else.  While it does take a little more work, I appreciated being able to request the cookies and strawberries when I wanted vs them delivering on the formal night.  Absolutely agree they can save $ by making it more an effort  for the customer but at least they do not waste items if someone doesn't want them anyway.   Hope you enjoy your weekend.

8 hours ago, GeoHack said:

Could you let me know what step they skipped?

It wasn't a skipped step, but instead the card was upside down on the table, so the drops were added to the incorrect hole and when it was time to insert Q-tip to card, the holes were on top vs bottom, so invalidated test.  If they were monitoring closely, they should have noted that prior to the drops, etc. being added.  Thankfully, we had a spare test and learned a valuable lesson and all turned out fine in the end.

9 hours ago, Saint Greg said:

I got it. You have to remove the part that says “do not open” (smart) to see the exportation date. I guess this means mine expires 12/27.

 

 

Some Lot#s got an extension of 12 months from Manufacture date (1/21/21) in example above, but none of our test's lot# where listed.  Bummer as I was hoping to have one that would work in January.

6 hours ago, eileen11 said:

My husband's proctor skipped one instruction and his test was then invalid.  It was their fault, but nothing we could do about it.

Same happened to us.  

Look on the actual package above LOT number...it will have a hourglass symbol.  This is the expiration date + 3mos.  At least that is my understanding from my previously used test.

Earliest for 10/10 was 12:00-12:30  (Platinum member so did it early)

12 minutes ago, luckyinpa said:

after you put the qtip in the packet. i'm assuming the proctor has to stare at it 15 min. but are you free to go do other fun things for those 15 minutes?

yes

Ordered a 2 pack on a last Monday, received it one day later on Tuesday.  First time I ordered it took 3 days to arrive.

12 hours ago, Steelers0854 said:

There are 1482 passengers onboard this week. I think her max capacity is 2680, so that means we are at about 55%. 
 

there are  plenty of staff walking around the pool decks. They aren’t bothersome but come around regularly a d it’s easy to flag one down. 

So, closer to 70% if you use the double occupancy rate of 2,100 vs max capacity.  A little disappointing it is that high compared to other Cruiselines.  Appreciate the information, have a great cruise

2 minutes ago, crzndeb said:

I don’t cruise until Oct 1 from Seattle, so I hope you are all good with test arrivals. 

Yes, we are cruising 9/12 (already have those tests) but ordered 2 for our mid-October cruise to be safe.  Glad we did now vs waiting until closer to cruise date.  Small things in the big picture...have a great holiday weekend.

1 hour ago, crzndeb said:

I ordered the 2 pack from Optum. I ordered Sat. and it shipped today. 

Mine were supposed to arrive today but stuck in NJ due to Ida.  I have time, but stayed home from work today to make sure someone was here to get them inside.  Oh well, no biggie

13 minutes ago, franncos said:

Is the cruise still on?

Yes, they are departing at 7pm

4 minutes ago, wingatesl said:

She is going to go to the statute of liberty on the way out!

That is always a treat!  Enjoy

42 minutes ago, lovelife said:

29 until I board! 😁

See ya then...can't wait