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Visiting in early August. Thoughts on HOHO bus, boat or both as way see city and get to sites we want to visit? We are there on a Sunday if that makes any difference on what is open or not.

Carnival went exclusive to Pepsi products in January 2020. That is all you will find on any of their ships sadly. My wife and I always each carry one a twelve pack of coke to enjoy on the ship. It’s easy peasy and you can restock in port if you needed.

I was on the Magic for the New Year’s cruise. They did have preset omelet menu out every day, but would make any combination that you asked. They also had mushrooms and spinach available each day too for omelets but ham was the only meat option. Not as bad as feared or “advertised”.

The Legend sails from Dover so make sure you go there and not Southampton.

I’m leaving on my 24th cruise tomorrow and have yet to visit the Bahamas. From the sounds of it, I’m not missing much. No plans to visit there any time soon.

With a regulated state lottery the house advantage is usually 50%. A cruise ship is unregulated so the advantage is unknown, but surely at least 50% and probably much higher. I shake my head a little when I see people playing them and wonder why they would play an unregulated instant lottery with by far the worst odds in the casino. I would never play the scratchers. But, as a shareholder I like that lots of people seem to enjoy playing it and a seemingly a fairly large cash flow to the company. Lastly, to each their own on how they want to spend their gambling/recreation dollars if they enjoy playing them.

I have my shareholder OBC for my cruise at the end of next July already posted in my account for that cruise. I did my cruise this past October, my New Year’s cruise and next summer’s all at the same time in August. So like St. Greg said no reason to wait and do it now.

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I’m too saddened by the omelette change. Will it ruin any of my three booked cruises? No. Will it stop me from booking a future cruise? Possible. One of my favorite things is having a fresh cooked omelette how I want that particular day. I only eat omelettes on vacation so it’s extra special. I stay at Embassy Suites often because they offer made to order omelettes. I only eat egg whites because of a taste issue for me and it was nice to have the variety each day (on a 7 day cruise I would have about 4 omelettes). It does save some prep time of ingredients but cook time for the omelette station on lido is the same. For context, I have been sailing Carnival since 1990 on my Honeymoon and my milestone 25th cruise is next summer. So I been cruising a long time but it isn’t my only mode to vacation. I also own over 1400 shares of Carnival Corp stock so I want to see the company perform well financially.

I always carry one a 12 pack of coke (well usually 2 as one for my wife too.) I do this for a variety of reasons 1) I prefer Coke to Pepsi and can taste the difference (remember how new coke bombed when it was reformulated to taste more like Pepsi) 2) I like the convenience of having it in my cabin (if I’m relaxing on the balcony I don’t need to walk to a bar to get one). 3) I use it as a mixer for the over priced bottle of liquor I bought for my cabin for the same convenience reason 4) It’s easy to bring a Tervis or Yeti mug to carry your beverage all over the ship that you got from your cabin. 5) It’s almost always easy to purchase a 12 pack somewhere near the port 6) It does save a few dollars that I can spend elsewhere (just like all the coupons/special savings at grocery store pays for one of our cruises a year.)

Would I wear pj's in the MDR no but you do you and enjoy yourself. I run a retail store and almost on a daily basis I see people shopping in their pjs. Not just kids either but adults both male and female in pjs and slippers. Decorum has certainly changed over the years, and even though I might judge them slightly silently, I would not let it ruin my enjoyment of my Christmas brunch.

I'll be there next week so I can update when I get back. It will be my third time there so I will be able to compare to previous trips. They have been closing (extended vacation) for the summer past few years, but have been open since the restart of cruises.

I've done this previously in Galveston. Yes, getting a cab is not super fast but if you are patient your wait time will probably be about 30 minutes. They have a designated pick up for taxis at least at Carnival. That is a less waiting time than I found for uber/lyft as even the app says 15 minutes they enviably can't find a driver or the driver accepts a different pick up. I can't remember the fare to the hotels on Seawall but it was competitive on what was offered on the ride share companies.

Ditto for the October 21st sailing on the Valor.

Thanks for the info. I’ll have to check it out on my upcoming cruise on the Valor in two weeks. Always good to add a new venue to my lunch routine, especially when I’m ready for second or third lunch.