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I have a weird question. I have owned the stock for many years and always get the OBC.

I am cruising next week with my mom, who won a free cruise from the casino. Is it possible to get the shareholder's credit on this type of a deal?

We just got off the Regal on Sunday, and we had L225. I was hesitant about this cabin because of the 'noise' reviews. Here's my take: We loved being steps away from the pool; Mermaid's Bar, and the Horizon Bistro, Court. This was a nice surprise and so convenient!

The not so good, starting at 6:20 every morning, we could hear some booms, from above. Sounded like they were moving stacks of chairs, putting them down with a bang. Most mornings this woke me up, and I had white noise playing on my phone. White noise doesn't negate the booms from above. Some mornings I fell right back to sleep, and my husband didn't always hear it, but it woke him a few times.

We never heard the severe creaking that someone experienced earlier in this thread, from the same cabin. We had great weather so that is probably why.

I would book another Lido deck cabin, I didn't realize how much I'd love being so close the the pool/horizon court, but it was great! (YMMV!)

Do you remember which night the surf and turf was served in the dining room? Was it Tuesday or Wednesday? We are trying to plan which night to eat at Crown Grill and my husband doesn't want to go the night when they served that in the DR. Thanks so much for posting the Patters so we could see which night has the new show "Magic to do".

We were on this same cruise.

It was Thursday, the 2nd Formal night. It is actually Lobster and Prawns, not a Surf and Turf anymore. There is Beef Wellington on the same menu. They did not offer a 2nd lobster, as they have on many cruises. We had traditional early seating and the waiters seemed to be so overwhelmed. I don't know if they had too many tables or what exactly. But our dinner took 2 hours every night, sometimes after an hour we had only had the appetizer. It was the slowest service I've ever had.

So plan accordingly if there are shows you want to see. For us, most were full by the time we got out of the dining room.

I'm sure it's been mentioned several times, but I was surprised the Elite Canapes no longer have the Chocolate Strawberries as an option. They also no longer give you a shot glass during the wine tasting. Just a couple of observations. On the positive side, the Elite / Suite cocktails in Skywalkers is not limited to the drink on that day's menu, you can order any of the nightly drinks for $5.00. (so a choice of 6, I think).

I hope that makes sense!