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AZjohn

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    San Jose, CA
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    Golf, Scuba
  • Favorite Cruise Line(s)
    Everyone so far
  • Favorite Cruise Destination Or Port of Call
    Europe

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  1. Interesting little article regarding US passports. I’m sure other countries histories would be a little different. Though this thread has changed directions, as most threads here on CC do (OP issue had been identified and resolved in a happy ending), I think the more info we share about getting a passport if cruising the better the outcome for those new to cruising. Cheers
  2. lol…. I can’t even remember how many times we have heard this🤣. Dont get me wrong, I have a passport, Global Entry, and verified ID. The problem isn’t me, it’s the other half of the US population that continues to drag their feet (and this includes some state governments). Cheers
  3. Okay, then why not then turn on your hotspot in your laptop to connect cell phone?
  4. If you read enough threads here on CC you will see that trying to get a question answered by a factual response by either calling Princess or doing the chat function is impossible. The people at the call/chat center are extremely inexperienced people in a foreign country who have no idea what they are talking about 90+% of the time. But yet, so many people believe them because they don’t know better. The stories here make it sound like they really just start making up their own answers without actually knowing the truth. I personally have never had to call them because I always use a TA that inexperienced and knows the true facts. Regardless of my little rant, I’m glad you took advantage of the AARP gift cards. They have saved us a lot of $ throughout the years once I read about them on CC. Cheers
  5. To be honest, personally I just like the feeling I get of receiving them. It just mentally makes it official that our cruise is coming up really soon. Its the closest we get now a days to that feeling we use to get many-many years ago when we got this huge package from FedEx with our “official” boarding docs and literature of all the excursions that were available (before you could pre-book them) and a bunch of cruise line swag. For us, it’s just kind of cool to get something physical that starts us getting excited about the upcoming cruise. But, certainly wouldn’t freak out if it didn’t get to us on time. Cheers PS: Wildcats are looking pretty good in the NCAA tournament 😊
  6. You can ask your cabin steward for a kettle. There have been reports here that sometimes they will provide one even for cruises not specifically on Oz or European itineraries. The worst they can say is no but, they likely have some onboard and tend to give suite passengers a little more service. Cheers
  7. There are private companies that can get your passport renewed in 72 hours. What the fees are I don’t know but, businesses I was employed with used them (it was not a matter of life or death someone previously posted) Hope you jump on that Monday OP so you can go on your cruise (sounds really fun way to see the eclipse😊). Cheers
  8. Agree, I was trying to think of a situation that you wanted to use 2 devices at the exact same time (one for the left hand and one for the right) and just can’t think of any scenario needing that. As a solo you can connect 10+ devices in one plan, but just use one at a time. Cheers
  9. Then it has to be true😁🤣
  10. And I’m glad you pointed out they are/use a consolidator. Many have no clue about the pros and cons about consolidators. Cheers
  11. Wa..wa..Waite a minute…WHAT😯?? Lobster Benedict🫨😲 I never heard of this before but just the name alone sounds soooooo good. I got to try this next month (just what I need, a new food addiction 🤣) Cheers
  12. Looking at the Lavazza site, the machine in above pics looks like this model and it would be a specific size capsule that would only fit this espresso machine (not k-cup or Nespresso size):
  13. We have had a similar experience sailing multiple times in every line you listed (except Disney). I could mention both pros and cons for every cruise but, pros have always outweighed the cons on every line. Our experience on Oceania, ships Riviera and Insignia, were really outstanding in many ways. There are (or were) truly port intensive itineraries and that was the number one reason we sailed with them (especially Insignia which is R class that visited ports around the Med a larger ship could never go). But, we all have different taste and budgets for cruising the way we want. Unfortunately for us, Oceanic has really increased their prices but I guess as long as they can fill their ships then they are priced correctly (just not for us anymore ☹️). Cheers
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