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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"

For most, it only takes a couple of days to get used to a new phone if it’s the same brand. If going from a iPhone to non-iPhone or vice versa, that’s different. We personally get a new phone every other year. You only live once, for most (it’s somewhat age specific) you’re on your phone at least an hour a day, and it’s in your hands more than anything else

With completing the safety videos without a phone/tablet, if you do the safety video in the App it's tracked. In my direct experience, if they see it is NOT yet complete, they'll ask something like "Have you had a chance to watch the videos on the stateroom TV?"

The main benefit is a smaller venue and therefore better service; there generally isn't a wait on the E-Class ships. In Blu, you used to be able to order any item MDR but that seems to vary by M'D as some only allow the classics to be ordered. Filet mignon, more Lamb, and more duck should appear on the menu more often. We find the food quality to be the exact same as the MDR but do enjoy the more premium offerings

It's all about $$$, they have to spend more to support iOS 16 and older

If it was a data breach, they want your credit card #, would be a very bored hacker if they logged into your account and booked cruises for you

The first link is dead, second link states that 7-Eleven has the most caffeine. Very few who discuss coffee would be buying coffee from convenience stores or gas stations. It's a cheap cup of Joe mostly for construction workers I looked at Starbucks own nutrition info which lists the caffeine and the light does have the most, yet that link is interesting. With Starbucks at least, they're most likely using different coffee beans for their lights and darks Looks like we're both right...The CO2 bubbles attach to the natural oils and fats present in coffee, then rise to the top of the beverage https://urnex.com/blog/what-is-crema-and-what-does-it-say-about-your-espresso#:~:text=The espresso crema is comprised,the top of the beverage.

To oversimplify, as they charge more, they don't do much of anything to improve their product; food being one of the best examples. If there were noticeable product improvements added from time and time (NOT counting the reversing of cutbacks), people might not be as negative. Like it or not, we saw firsthand the real outrage that can erupt from something as minor as X introducing a $2 cookie

Sorry for your loss; I'm sure she wants you to enjoy life and it sounds like you love cruising. I'm going to type the following for ANYONE in the OPs situation who desires to be social, the following is NOT directly addressing the OP - On embarkation day, there's a singles meetup - Try to have as many meals as possible at a shared table at the MDR - Spend some time with the smokers; most smoking sections are outside - Conversation DON'Ts, avoid politics/religion/s3x, talking for straight minutes, or endlessly asking questions without answering your questions - Conversation DOs, while a conversation will generally start with small talk such as where are you from and what do you do for work, those may lead to long conversations but once that's out of the way, a good way to make a connection is to find out what brings a person joy and share what brings you joy. I'm much more likely to remember the "couple who loves tennis" than the "Nurse and Accountant from Ohio, couple"