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  1. The night of the first sea day which is most likely the second day aboard having boarded the day before.
  2. We have always ordered a glass of wine at dinner from our table attendants. One can do that whether or not they have a "package". If no package they will ask you to pay for it. Regardless the server will always charge any drink you order to your account which will or not be charged to your folio. Go to dinner, sit down and order your preferred drink from your server first. They will go get it.
  3. Older and experienced cruisers covet the window suits so always expect that they are sold out unless you book when the cruise is first announced or you are lucky and find one just after it was cancelled. They usually are less $$$ than the minis but have the same room.
  4. It could cause problems if you get an immigration officer that is very picky. However the immigration at Port Everglades uses facial recognition and it should not be a problem. In answer to your passport question, you would have to file and pay for a new passport needed only if you meet an immigration officer that is very strict. All the ones that I have had the occasion to present a passport are not that concise.
  5. It means you do not have the medallion primarily because they only mail it to pax in the USA and now Canada. You will get your medallion when you check in. You will leave most likely from #28 but the two terminals are side by side and one can easily walk to the other one. If you are coming by bus on the day of departure they will drop you off at the correct terminal If you are arriving from a hotel, the driver will know which terminal to drop you off. However it is easy because you see the ship behind the terminal. As to arrival you must be there on hour before boarding time to allow the ship to transmit the manifest to the US government. They will lock the doors. We usually arrive by 10:30 or so but then we are elite which is the first to board. In spite of what they may tell you onboard, lunch the day of boarding is in the MDR (usually deck 6) from 12:00 to 1:30 pm. We will be boarding the Regal next Sunday. We have sailed many times out of Galveston every year since we can drive to the port. Happy sailing.
  6. I have seen the ducks on the ship and usually just pass them by. One time I took the duck and kept it until a young family sat near us on the Lido. so I put the duck in a conspicuous space so the little kid could find it and waited. They found it and were so happy. Good use for it.
  7. It is military protocol that the underlings do not leave until the commanding officer leaves. Therefore I am not surprised when the officers do not leave until the captain of the ship leaves.
  8. I have never seen a heated pool on any Princess ship so far. They rely on the sun to heat their pools. I will be watching this thread to see if anyone can offer better response.
  9. That post was not mine. teecee60 is the speaker that is doing the presentation. One of the reasons we will be on the Emerald next month for the TSE and the trip through the PC using the new locks. We did the through PC over a decade ago on the Island through the old locks and it was fantastic.
  10. We have been on the Emerald many times and will be on it again next month. We always get D632 on a cabin next to it so that we are near the aft elevators. Their has never been a problem with noise at any time of day or night. D624 is near where we always book.
  11. We were on an Alaskan cruise up and back to Seattle. We were invited to the cocktail party. More recently we were invited to the luncheon with a little over 300 days but doubt that will happen again for several years. We now have a bead on the 500 day mark.
  12. The other Houston airport is George Bush airport or intercontinental IAH. It is 70 miles from the port. Hobby HOU is 40 miles from the port and is the original airport before they built IAH. With a few exceptions SWA uses HOU while most carriers use IAH. HOU is located in a not-so-nice part of south Houston.
  13. I use a CPAP and bring my own extension cord, outlet expansion device and magnetic hooks that I use on the wall and ceiling to keep the extension cord overhead instead of stringing it across the floor. I hear that there is an outlet behind the bed but it is a European type needing a special plug/converter. The extension cord, outlet expansion device and magnetic hooks I bought from Amazon.
  14. When booking excursions the charge for each individual is charged against that person's OBC or must be paid for by a credit card. Once onboard it cannot be changed. So one should wait until onboard to use an OBC for both.
  15. We also will be with you on the Emerald in April for the TSE and PC transition.
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