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The I'm free to do what I want song by Pitbull is not the same song from the older I want to break free ad. I want to break free is originally by Queen. I don't know if the version in the ad is a remake or if dead men who sing no songs can indeed sell rights to songs.

With regards to tipping, a daily service charge will be automatically applied to each person's account every day of the cruise (unless you pre pay it). Also, any services you buy like drinks, spa, or specialty dining will have a 20% gratuity automatically applied. The daily fee covers room stewards, dining staff and behind the scenes staff. You are free to tip extra if you want, and can do so in cash or when buying a service by adding any additional amount to the receipt you will be signing. The daily charge does not cover Haven butlers or concierge and does not cover camp counselors.

Dead men sing no songs.

It's a check in time, not embarkation time actually. In Brooklyn, they do not pay attention to what has been assigned. Your assigned time will also probably randomly change between now and your cruise.

It has to do with the timing of Easter and Passover. Most schools had Thursday and Friday before easter off and then have Passover week off.

So many views, yet no replies...I'll tell you why no one has answered. It's because no one wants to tell you that they really hope you won't even consider bringing your guitar (bag pipes, accordion, kazoo, violin.....and certainly not your child's recorder even though the music teacher says they have to practice) because as talented as you probably are, no one wants to hear you play. If you play on your balcony, your neighbors will be disturbed. And even though it's acoustic, the cabin walls are still thin, so again, your neighbors will be disturbed. There really is no place for you to play it, so it's advisable that you leave it at home.

I was on Meraviglia in September in an angled balcony cabin that could easily accommodate a lounge. When I asked the room stewardess it was like no one had ever asked such a thing. Her supervisor told her to tell us to ask at guest services. The person manning the desk was also flummoxed by my request and had to ask an officer. We were told no due to there being a "safety issue" with the lounge hitting the glass. I guess Aurea and YC lounges behave better, or maybe those upper scale balconies are entitled to better glass? The table and regular balcony chairs certainly have more of a chance flying around and hitting the glass than a low profile lounge. So it makes no sense. But in your case since you are in a regular class cabin, I wouldn't count on getting a lounge. My plan for our next MSC cruise is to get one of those foldable camping lounges to bring with me.

Since mid winter break which happens during presidents week is only three weeks before the second cruise in your btb, the odds of spring break for school age kids being that week are quite slim, especially since the spring holidays are in April. As others have said, college spring break is another story. But since NCL doesn't allow under 21 to travel without parents or guardians, the odds of a cruise being a college spring break booze debacle are slim unless there are a bunch of masters and doctorate level students on board. And obviously they can't afford a cruise or the drink package gratuities since they are paying for their higher education lol.

Spring break is horrible on any cruise line with kids. It doesn't compare to Thanksgiving. To take a week long cruise around turkey day, the kiddos have to be pulled from school for at least 3 days. Less parents book at that time. Also turkey day is more of an extended family eating traditional food type holiday, again meaning less kids than spring break.

Hash browns, cookies and now this...oh the humanity.

The lounges above the OP's cabin are bolted to the floor. The tiny teak tables are not going to be heard through their ceiling. If you looked at the deck plans, you would see the spot their cabin is, is pretty far away from the therapy pool. I have never seen staff use rolling carts in the relaxation area to collect towels as the collection bins are near the exit area. Few people leave a towel on the lounges....certainly not often enough to require rolling bins to be used. Besides if those theoretical bins were annoying enough to people in rooms below, don't you think they would be annoying as heck to the actual lounge area users? It's nice that crew gets to use the spa at times. Thanks for passing that info on.

When I said possibly planning to be more generous, I meant by tipping who they wanted personally. Sorry you did not understand what I was implying.

It doesn't matter what "most" people do. But more importantly how on earth can you propose to know that most people tip more? Has there been some exit survey that only you know about? Tipping is a personal choice, and to try to bully people to go along with what you choose to do by saying "most" do, is just wrong.

What's shameful is you have already decided the OP is removing or lowering the service fee and not doing so because they are planning possibly to be more generous. You have decided the OP is this terrible person when their plan may be to tip much more generously to the people they want to tip. Shameful is judging someone based on your preconceived notions.

Don't just do something. Sit there. Forced relaxation is a wonderful thing.