Charles4515

We have posted in the past that Bermuda authorities have drug dogs sniff cruise ships docked in Bermuda. Some have doubted this and some believe a drug dog can’t sniff a small amount of cannabis. A Joy passenger with a small amount in his cabin was detected by a sniffer dog and fined this week. https://www.royalgazette.com/court/news/article/20240419/cruise-passenger-fined-for-cannabis-in-cabin/

Just a reminder that those drug sniffing dogs can detect small amounts and cannabis. Is not legal even if it is legal in your home state. https://www.royalgazette.com/court/news/article/20240419/cruise-passenger-fined-for-cannabis-in-cabin/

I take my Drivers License. Passport Card may make you feel better but that is just an illusion. It is not better than any other government ID in a port.

They really can’t board that open loop itinerary with just a license. Better to ask if the would board with unexpired passports with less than six months left.

Yes that nonsense is another case of new Celebrity lunacy. I have an iPhone, iPad and Mac. On the iPhone, iPad and Mac in settings Mail I changed Privacy Protection to Block all remote content and Hide IP address. That stops it. An additional positive to those settings is that you will be protected from malicious code imbedded in images. The negatives are that if you want to see images you will have to click “load images” in the particular email and those settings will be for all your email not just from Celebrity. The only other alternative I know is not to open Celebrity emails. If you have Android there are possibly similar settings.

You have to go back up the same stairs you went down. There is no other exit.

How do we know the rule book doesn’t allow pets? Perhaps crew who are officers have had pets and they just didn’t publicize it.

Poured from the same bottle as ours so not ginger ale.

That is not something that requires iOS 17. I have had apps that I make purchases in that saved credit cards and default payment or Apple Pay info for years.

I agree that is probably requirements creep. Also I don’t see why the guest wallet feature would require iOS 17 or could not be modified to work with iOS 15 and iOS 16 but maybe it makes the phone work with tap to pay or open doors?

If they don’t have their apps on automatic update, most people do, then it might keep working, for a bit. Eventually it won’t work because what they are really saying when they require iOS 17 is they don’t test their update on earlier versions. As you have noted they most likely outsource the app so they don’t likely don’t want to spend money to pay engineers to support old software or hardware.

I have read that 70% of iPhone users have updated to iOS 17 but that is still a lot being left out. What is really problematic is making a new version that only works on iOS 17. I bunch of apps I use have been updated many times yet would still work on iOS 13 according to their developer notes.

I overlooked that they might have a Canadian BC but just because they have a Canadian passport does not preclude them having a US BC. Or other documents. This all sounds complicated but it should not be since they have a valid US passport. Bermuda does not require 6 months if coming on a cruise and the US has no requirement at all except a valid passport. I personally have used a passport on a Caribbean cruise that had less than six months on it about six years ago because I had a combination of cruises and land trips so I didn’t have a six months window. No one batted an eye or said anything about the expire date.

I don't think a Canadian BC would work. The BC is to prove US citizenship.

Vintage means it can’t get replacement parts. Hardware can’t be repaired. The iPhone 8 Plus can be repaired. Software support has different dates. While it can’t get iOS 17 it still gets some software support. Celebrity has decided not to support earlier than iOS 17. But they could. What was in their last update that requires an iOS 17 feature? According to their release note for the version released a week ago Celebrity added a guest wallet to manage payment methods. It does sound like a major feature addition to their app. I don’t know why that would require iOS 17 but I am not an Apple developer so perhaps it does.