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Same here. They said it could take up to two weeks but we saw it in only two days.

This is the most correct answer to almost all questions asked on cruise critic! 🙂

LOL Sorry about that. I get so confused.... 🙂

I guess mine is a CAC card since they had me surrender the old one in 2014 but it's still blue. I guess that's what confused me when you said "Those retiring now no longer get a blue retiree card"

Really? I still have the blue card which was renewed in 2014. Sallie's was just updated this past year when she turned 65 and hers is blue. When did it change and what does CAC stand for?

I guess this is a little off topic, but the thread has kind of morphed into a thread about on-board veteran events. Here's a picture of an event hosted by the captain and the HR Manager in his Navy uniform (retired). Sallie in the middle. This event was close to Memorial day so it was special. We had a WW2 vet (oldest) and a lady Airforce E-3 (youngest) cut the cake. This was on Freedom of the Seas in 2015.

I did the same thing after my first enlistment. Regretted it. I went back in and did 20 years and interestingly, I did it again. I have no uniform from my military days....

Most of the cruises we've been on will have a ship-sponsored veterans gathering. Many times hosted by the captain. Also, watch the bulletin boards as many times there will be scheduled gatherings daily that some of the vets schedule on their own. Sallie and I are both retired Navy and like to attend them.

Have you considered a cruise out of San Juan and flying in a day or two early? The advantage of a San Juan cruise is that it's almost always a nice Southern Caribbean cruise as opposed to a Western or Eastern itinerary which can get monotonous. Also, most of the cruises out of there have only one or two SEA days max! Very port intensive if that interests you. We've taken a couple cruises out of there and really enjoy them. Avoid cruises during school breaks and holidays however if you don't want to cruise with a bunch of kids. Additionally, the cruises from San Jaun seem to be a little less expensive which helps offset the price of flying there. We usually do a B2B out of there to save on transportation costs.

I understand kids doing it but I would hope "Bubba" would have a little more courtesy eeeuuwww 😬

It was actually tongue firmly planted in cheek. Personally, I hated disco back in the 70's so I certainly haven't developed a fondness for it. Although I will say the 70's party was a lot of fun in the beginning. It's getting a little stale for me so I avoid it. They've been doing it for probably 25 years now.

LOL. No bacteria could possibly live in the hot tubs. Whenever I use them, the chlorine bleaches my trunks to almost white!!! No exaggeration!!

I notice the Wonder only has one hot tub in the Solarium. We really like the hot tubs in the Solarium and they are always occupied so I wonder why Wonder eliminated one.

Are you asking about which night is 70's night so you can avoid it?

Favorites in order: Freedom class - Love the promenade Voyager class - Love the promenade (Love the art on Mariner) Oasis Class - Love all the entertainment (hate the Windjammer) Radiance Class - Love all the glass - Dislike the crowded Centrum area Vision Class - Haven't been on one in a long time - getting old. I'd only book if itinerary was right Monarch - Our first cruise but would not cruise that class again Have not cruised on Quantum class yet.

Interesting observation on the Windjammer. We've only cruised on the Oasis (twice) so far and hated the Windjammer. It was always congested and those folks with scooters or wheelchairs had it rough. Very poor design. I hope the Wonder changes that you mentioned will alleviate that. We are cruising on Harmony in December and have already planned to avoid the Windjammer as much as possible.

We took the island tour on St Kitts a few years ago. It was a bus/train ride all around the island. The train ride was on a narrow-gauge track. Very scenic. Double decker train with nice clean bathrooms. They included some drinks on the train as well as some local singers. We would do it again if it is still available. The bus portion of the trip was short and was only to provide transportation to the train. It was OK but the train ride was the highlight.

Woo Hoo!! I knew they would bring back the $1.95 drink of the day!!!

That's a lot of Celebrity T-Shirts from the logo store! How much booze can you buy from the liquor store? Do you need any watches?

I would think the aft would be just as bad as forward. The ship pitches somewhere near the center so both aft and fwd would have longer/stronger movements. (Roll would make very little difference except for maybe inside cabins in the center or very high cabins.) Also as a side note: We don't book aft cabins anymore since one cruise we were on that we could feel the vibration from the screws (propellers for non-sailors). Might have just been that ship with some issues but we didn't want to chance it again.

Agree!

We do the same thing

I've gotten to the point that I don't like to fly anywhere. (I travelled for a living prior to retirement). That limits our travel to Florida ports but we love to cruise for the sake of cruising so itinerary isn't that important anymore. Our favorite ports of call in the Caribbean are the ABC islands, St Maarten and Grand Cayman. Never been to Australia and it was on my bucket list, but I took it off my list when I developed a distain for flying.

And the Seagulls pecking at the bags of corn...LOL

Yep.