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Thank you. I appreciate your answers. If you would have said this before your other posting, I would have accepted it without my comments. Happy Cruising & Happy New Year!

The new HH. DOES 2 or 3 nights in a Central Location only apply to the Central Location? The other nights excluding embarkation night and the night of the Sr Officer you can still get HH at the bars? If not, they reduced HH by 3 nights on a 7 day cruise and more on 8 or greater day cruises.

So, what do you pay? Before you could get all: tips, Classic pkg & WiFi. Now, they cut out tips & you only get Classic & WiFi.

We all know. They are On vacation so price doesn't matter. LOL

$84 per day is more than HH. Enjoy rolling!

What are the new Happy Hours, places & frequency? I just viewed a video that stated on 3 to 7 day cruises there are 2 HH nights. On 8 day or more there are 3.

Do ships still match prices? They use to! My experience: ships totally overpriced! I found this on another site. FYI:

What are the additional perks you would get? What is the difference in the cost? Would you use the additional perks? Identify the above and then determine if it is worth the additional cost. Only you can determine that.

Totally agree with you. We were on the Enchanted out of Barcelona and we had Anytime dining. We had the same table for 2 by the window with the same waiter for 22 days. On the other side of that MDR was the Reserve Dining. We walked over there one night to see what the difference was. We could see no difference. Maybe they had one extra item on the menu for that Reserve Dining. However, we never had a problem with any of the food selections without the one extra item. When we walked out of the Reserve Dining we did see a line of people waiting to get in. That was about 6 - 630PM. Even in the morning and lunch time, we saw people waiting to get into the Reserve Dining. JMHO!

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year Happy Holidays Happy Cruising

FYI - Sorry to disagree with that OP. I have been to South America Valparaiso back in 2009. Been to SEA many times. Just got back from the Med, Barcelona. There are many people who cruise who have visited these areas. Yes, have met many of them. Boarding in Barcelona was very easy & fast. Getting off the ship in Barcelona was the worst we had in years. Cruise ship personal were totally confused. Another story. May never happen again.

I already answered your question before I read this.

No seriously, this is not a competition. You stated you cruised on three different cruise lines. So, I was just asking, in a funny way, which cruise lines and how many times have you cruised. If I offended you, Sorry. I was just trying to find out what cruise lines and your experience to make a statement in regards of boarding a ship can be very stressful at times. Many things come into play at each port. The port team is not the cruise lines employees. They are subcontractors. You can go out of a port today and have a great experience and the next cruise can be terrible. Been there and done it. So, it is your choice to answer what lines and number of cruises.

OMG, only 3? How many cruises? SMH

Just read an article that only 31.5 million people cruises in 2023. WOW - that's a bunch! It can't be that bad