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You're one of the few people I know who didn't have chickenpox. I had them at age 6 and my DH was prob about 6-7. Heck, my sons who are 40 and 38 had them when they were 7 and 4. 7 year old brought them home from first grade. My oldest son had shingles in his senior year of college (stress induced trying to get everything done on time) yet no Dr will give him the vaccine as he's "too young". My other DIL has health issues so her Dr gave it to her when she was 35.

We were on EN to Bermuda a couple of years ago and at about 440 points we were #3 onboard. There were only two Pinnacles on that sailing so we got recognized as D+ and being #3 point wise. We're on Vision to Bermuda in Aug and who knows lol.

I thought new Pinns were recognized on the cruise they go over. I know they don't get the benefits til the next cruise. We're with friends (who are already Pinn) on our Nov Wonder cruise when we go over and were hoping they'd be there for the recognition.

We're definitely happy about the free internet as we currently share our free 48 hours each. It'll be nice to have Chops for breakfast. We used to enjoy the D breakfast on Grandeur in the MDR, but that's no more.

Exactly what I said in post #6.

Ah, the diamond event. Wine freely poured. And bar snacks. We were on EX for our first couple of D events and it was help up in the glass enclosed card room off the VCL (like a greenhouse when the sun was out) We currently have 667 points and will hit 700 in Nov. I thought I'd be 80 before we got there, but we're 64 and 66.

I got Shringrix when I was about 58 and I'm now 64. From what I've read, there may be a booster as new data comes out as the protection lasts 7-10 years. I haven't seen anything that says you can't get the vaccine again later. I reacted to both shots with lethargy and a sore arm. I felt like I had the flu for 24 hours with each shot.

The video is very concerning. I haven't seen the staff captains' name posted so I'm not sure who it is.

You don't actually hit a status until the cruise is completed anyway. The only exception is Pinnacle, but then you're only recognized on the cruise you go over it. Emerald is basically a place holder. We were scheduled to go D on our next cruise at the same time they adjusted how they do points and added Emerald. We then were "Emerald" for that one cruise.

There is a thread on a Harmony page with video. The video is disturbing. Several people onboard and ashore confirmed the emergency stop and an ambulance before the video was posted.

This is true. There is a post on a Harmony page discussing it and it has video.

True. Just ask any university/college. My youngest went to a small one in Pennsylvania and I knew a volunteer fireman from there. They had numerous calls for fires from lint as college students aren't very good at cleaning out lint traps. How good do you think cruisers clean them out if they think it's "not their job"? As D+ we each get one bag of free laundry, but it's just underwear, socks,t-shorts and pjs which is fine. But, before we got any free laundry, we just packed what we needed and occasionally washed a few items in the sink. Not a big deal.

We're back on Wonder in Nov, but we have Mason Jar for boarding day. We were on in Jan for a b2b and never got into Solarium Bistro due to it being used for kosher meals for Yeshiva (both weeks of our b2b). Hope to use it in Nov. Personally, I think it stinks that we didn't have any access in Jan without any notice, but whatever. We like it for breakfast on sea days when we hang out in the solarium.

Agreed. I've said the same thing. Our Vision b2b a couple of weeks ago, we never received a notice or had the link available. They didn't even ask us anything at the port and that's why I think it's about dunzo.

That info is in your cruise documents that were issued about 30 days out.