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I wish they included auto-gratuities into the fare!

I wish at this point they just included this amount in cruisefare so there wouldn't be a need to declare it every time.

Only Oasis and Quantum. On Voyager class they used to require booking ice shows, bot not anymore.

We had amazing pizza in Rome with mozzarella and fresh tomatoes. But we were on private tour and our guide brought us to "local" pizzeria away from tourist masses. Maybe this was a reason.

I am talking about lounge singers with both companies. I sailed 8 out of 10 times with NCL on Jewel and Star class ships. I have not noticed a difference in quality of entertainers with RCI. They vary on both ships. Also both have performers in theater. Production shows with dancers and singers, individual performers (pianist, singers, ventriloquist, magician). Maybe problems on your sailings were connected to pandemics although in our experience cruises on RCI & Celebrity last and this year (7 in total) were full of entertainment.

Actually we watched production shows on every class of RCI ships, Not necessarily Broadway show, but shows. On Enchantment or Grandeur (the smallest ships of RCI) in Atrium (Centrum there) there was always either life music or dance class or something

We do not normally eat pizza, but on some cruises we eat toppings from it. 🙂

I cannot say everyone hates it, but I see people surprised when I say That I exercise at 6 AM. That I work from time to time. That I love reading internet. We cruise a lot so we cannot put our life on hold during our cruises. I never eat deserts in dining room (just don't have enough space) What I do not like that other people do? I do not like Bingo, I do not participate in games. I do not take ships excursions in many ports.

Labadee is an RCI beach port. You do not need an excursion. It is a set of picturesque beaches and somewhat nice snorkeling.

Vision class too! At least on Enchantment. DL is small, but it is located above VCL so we just take snacks and sit in VCL. Best place for sailaways and just spending some time! On Grandeur we loved it in Pacific lounge in the aft as it has huge windows too.

Exactly. Been on both this year. In St Lucia they did require masks and took temperature (same on Antigua), but this was in March. Cosol Tours are THE BEST. Took it twice and had the best time each.

Also you can take it as soon as day 3 starts. At 12:01 AM on Wednesday.

Policy do not always match. Celebrity and RCI had different masks policies and even test policies... We went on Celebrity cruise in July 2021 without tests and masks.

So you are more interested that other people are vaccinated than they are healthy and cannot pass infection? Interesting point of view. I am vaccinated (to cruise, otherwise I work from home and have very limited contacts with other people), but I have Covid after vaccination (on cruise).

Reading is a key 🙂 Seriously, this was the best trip ever!

It used to be like this in 2000x-2010x... We never expedited and were getting passports in 2-3 weeks.

Probably. We had it on 12 dayer recently.

He could have gained it himself now. With double points last and this year.... it is not that difficult. Of you have IT salary pretty doable in relatively short time. Good for him.

3 Days test is not only from Florida, but for all destinations except for Canada and Bermuda.

No, each person calls separately and takes test.

What do you like about Oasis class? What are you actually using on these ships? This is a real question.

https://usvi.net/information/transportation/ferry-schedules/st-thomas-to-st-john-ferry-schedule/

5-6 appetizers, 5-6 entrees and several desserts do change daily, but not from week to week.

We cruise 5-6 mostly with RCI and I remember menus since 2018(?) by day. Several dishes disappeared. I think they remember it too. 🙂

We now have 5 drinks. We take another drink to cabin. Cognac or another drink that does not go bad.