NutsAboutGolf

"healthy" is quite subjective, some avoid carbs, others do not. However, I will say if you order a Ceasar salad and a chicken breast with your meal, it's quite filling and you may eat less of your entree

We cruise on Carnival, the most recent was in December. With Carnival you do not need your phone/app, phones can break or be stolen on a ship or while in a port. You did have the ability to walk to the host stand to check in but you may get told 50 minutes and you have no idea how accurate that is. At least with using the phone, it notifies you when your table is ready so you can be anywhere on the ship With X, if they're busy you MAY get a pager (they can run out) but the range of the thing only allows you to go to one bar, I wish they could send a notification to your phone

One thing about Capt Kate's cat named Bug is that the breed is hypoallergenic and hairless. Bug is sometimes on the bridge, I would be shocked if any cruise line would allow any pet with hair into a bridge as it's somewhat common for folks to be allergic to dogs and/or cats. We have to remember that most ports have to pick up a pilot who heads to the bridge Also of interest, RCI's Icon of the Seas launched with a 6-month-old puppy named Rover. They titled Rover “Chief Dog Officer, whose job is to bring joy and happiness to her fellow crew and guests onboard”. I'm GUESSING that exclude the bridge but who knows

Maybe that's what he wants us to think; reasonable doubt 🙃

Thanks. FLL, the port by Rome and Vancouver did not do this but it appears the outcome was the same. Quite the free-for-all cluster once they announced we're ready to board I will add with line cutters that I'm seeing more and random people let line cutters cut them. Got off the Summit earlier this month, and self-carried off with I'd guess 200 others. Watch a guy and his daughter come right up to the door who kept trying to cut people to get off the ship. There was an officer at the door, and many angry people said something like "The back of the line is that way", the line cutter just said "Thank you" to anyone who commented and continued to attempt to wedge into the line at the exit door. Within a minute of arriving, a couple just let him cut, and the officer said/did nothing

Yes...To simplify it, you connect to X's wifi 1 device plan, turn on your wifi hotspot and your mom connects to your wifi hotspot. You can even connect additional devices but the speed is split between them You cannot do this with an iPhone. However, you can with a laptop running Windows or a Mac

I've heard and have seen a male captain I won't mention have a champagne flute in their hand at a CC welcome event. While holding doesn't mean drinking, you would imagine he's well aware many will be taking photos so why bother? All risk explaining away why you had a flute in your hand with zero reward

Were you in the first wave of people to board? I believe that the premise that people are asking if they have a later boarding time but show up at 10 am, will they be allowed to board with the first wave of people or are they forced to wait until their scheduled boarding time (unlikely)

She said he comes on and stays with her from time to time. She also said she never drinks alcohol when she's the Capt

Have arrived 3 times early enough to need to wait at the terminal, yet was able to board the ship with the first wave of people. Arrived another 3 times after the first wave but no later than noon, and again was let right on. Was never in a suite, and no one checked/asked about your boarding time. During the restart, they were queuing up people outside for a bit but that was more about terminal building Covid capacity limits than enforcing the boarding times as they quickly stopped queueing up people as soon as they were able to

So when you arrived early at 1030, what happened?

I would google your phone model of how to set up a hotspot as the person you quoted has a different model. My WAG (Wild A$$ Guess) is when you go into settings, network, and hotspot. So once you successfully get your phone in hotspot mode, you would log in X's wifi, which would then share the wifi through your hotspot. Then your mom simply connects to your phone's wifi. Your phones will need to somewhat be near each other and it will split the speed between the two of you

I did Phuket on NCL in Jan 2020 and Kona on X this past Sep; both were tender ports. They both were open all night and a big reason why is the crew gets to go off. However, in both cases, during the later hours, the tender boats took a while to arrive and after they arrived you could board but it sat there for a bit before it departed

The ship is moving, so usually you can sit upwind and one mainly only needs to spend time on the first day. There will probably be some exposure to smoke. If one is shy, it's a great opportunity to meet people and could be the lesser of all evils...Like most things, YMMV

Record the noise with your phone if you already haven't. Absolute best case would be to get her one on one and show her the video. Otheriwse, check the app for the Q&A session as that would be the best time to bring it up. Capts usually host some sort of jewelry reveal, but like during disembarkation, I would be very surprised if she gave any kind of satisfactory answer. I would also recommend having a good counter if she replies "oh no, report this to maintenance"