DallasGuy75219

The menu on the TV may not be what's actually being served that night. On my Regal B2B last month I had my order figured out in advance one night the first week (Barcelona to Rome), only to get to the table and see they were serving something completely different. But the menu on the TV that day was served one night the next week (Rome to Athens).

Most mass market ships are built with a single galley to service multiple MDRs. That's why, for example, you (as a passenger) can't cross the ship front to back on the deck with the lower level dining room on most Carnival ships; the galley is in the middle of the two MDRs. Different menus would defeat the purpose of the common galley, or at least complicate its operation.

Apparently you have difficulty with reading comprehension. I said "I didn't call out your INFO specifically." And nowhere in this post did OP frame the question in the context of a cruise involving Canada, which would have at least allowed others to realize that your response might not be applicable to their situation. Done and put on ignore.

Used to be lox on the buffet at breakfast too😪

Not the $25 in chips they initially give you; those are promotional chips that can only be played. But the payout if you win with those chips is with regular chips that you can cash out.

1. I didn't call out your info specifically. I gave examples of specific differences depending on debarkation port, ports on the itinerary, and length of cruise that precludes an overly implified, one-size-fits post to be accurate in all situations. It's not rude to warn people that the advice in here may nor be accurate and/or applicable in their situation. Case in point... 2. ... your post is a perfect example of why I posted what I did.

Menu is the same in both. Not much difference with one being more preferable, with the possible exception of feeling more vibrations in the aft dining room. But note you generally don't have a choice in which one you go to. For assigned time dining you're assigned to the same table in one or the other for the whole cruise. Anytime dining is only in one dining room, usually the lower level of the forward dining room.

In theory.... but when I've asked the contract check-in employees post-restart they had no idea. It's a question I kinda expected them to be able to answer because pre-COVID they would say you could go directly to your room because you're Platinum/Diamond.

This would be my last choice. You'll likely get someone who's trying to interpret the same guidance we are and whose answer is just a guess.

I do too (so don't bring me a full basket of bread when I'm at dinner at a table for one), but personally I don't have an issue not eating something because I truly don't like it or it's just mediocre (vs. I ordered more than I could possibly eat in the first place).

I'd say no, which probably why they specifically call out the testing requirement for full Panama Canal transits. But you have 2 months after the new policy takes effect to confirm with someone's actual experience. I have a similar itinerary planned in January and if the new rules are still in place by then do not plan on getting tested unless someone specifically reports they couldn't board without being tested.

I don't know. I didn't like the mac and cheese when it was on the original brunch menu (I thought it was in more of a white/ alfredo sauce than a cheese sauce) so never ordered it again. Certainly didn't think it was worth filling up on when I could save that room for dessert instead. Just offering a suggestion. Order it and try it, and if you don't like it don't it eat.

Then why post about waiting to get your order delivered until day 2? SMH

Or call to order from room service on embarkation day once the ship is in international waters and is no longer charging sales tax. Except out of New Orleans where you'll still be paying state sales tax unti roughly midnight when the ship reaches the Gulf from the mouth of the Mississippi River.

With so many people having Cheers or Drinks On Us, saying they don't have or can't get Crown is just a way to get people to trade down to cheaper liquor if the distributor(s) won't negotiate lower prices... reducing expenses against the fixed revenue those programs without the optics of raising the Cheers price and/or lowering the maximum drink price under Cheers.

OP probably has casino offers.

Weren't the chips really thick though, almost like they had fried tortillas that weren't meant to make chips with? I can remember not caring for the chips when what's now Guy's was a generic grill. But I did like the cheese dip (calling it queso is giving it a bit too much credit) with the fries from the grill.

Order the mac and cheese off the kids' menu and a side of bacon?

The kind of test(s) accepted, whether the testing time is measured in hours or days, and how many hours/days before embarkation you can get tested vary by your port of embarkation, the ports on your itinerary, and your vaccination status (unvaccinated, fully vaccinated, or up-to-date). People are oversimplifying on these boards and giving one-size-fits-all advice that is not correct in every situation. Please stop posting the requirements for your cruise and your particular situation as if it's the Gospel truth. Yes you're trying to be helpful but it's not so helpful when your advice is wrong for other people's situations and they get denied boarding for not having the correct test and/or having been tested too soon before embarkation.

When Carnival used to give $5 match play coupons for buying the $10ish cocktails, I'd save all mine up until the last day and bet $5 and a match play coupon on both red and black or even and odd or high and low. People looked at me like I was crazy but it almost guaranteed turning each coupon into $2.50 (unless 0 or 00 came up). In this case I would have put $25 on opposite bets on different spins to at least guarantee walking away with some cash (redeemable chips). But the $100 wasn't your cash to begin with so nothing lost.

I was on Freedom in February. I'm inclined to say they paid my Diamond play and FunPlay for slots in cash, but I could be remembering wrong. I need to take pictures on my next cruises to show the difference in card readers that I'm talking about.

Reminds me of the lightweights who order a fishbowl because it's half price then need help stumbling back to their room😀

Whether it's $25 in lieu of the BOGO tournament entry or free FunPlay included with a casino offer, the cage only pays out promotional credit in cash if they can't avoid it. Generally they'll ask if you play tables or slots. If tables, you'll usually get promotional chips that can't be cashed in. So you're forced to play with those chips, but any winnings are paid out in regular redeemable chips. If you say you play slots, the ships with the newer LCD touch-screen card readers on the slots can support a separate promotional slot bank. Same concept as the FunPlay chips... you can only gamble (not cash in) with the credits in that bank but any winnings cash be cashed out to your regular cash slot bank and then cashed out with the cashier. On ships with the older card readers with physical push buttons, they can't support a separate promotional bank so if you say you play slots the cage will pay out promotional play in cash. That's why some people get promotional play in cash, others get promotional chips, and others get promotional slot credit.

Probably folks who took lots of bargain cruises post-restart when the cruiselines were practically giving cabins away, to get people onboard and when new cruisers were too cautious to take their first cruise. I don't blame them; I did it my on Royal to go from barely Diamond to Diamond Plus in 4 cruises. Expect another devaluation of cruise days/elite status post-restart... a decrease in benefits, increase in the number of days to reach elite tiers, and/or a new tier. IMO most likely a new tier between Gold and Platinum at 75 days (Titanium? lol), then Platinum becomes something in the 125-150 day range. Existing Platinums who don't meet the new threshold may be grandfathered in or may get bumped down to the new tier like some Golds got bumped down to Red after the last change.

CC is not letting me post screenshots, but the ship tracker at https://www.vesselfinder.com is showing Radiance is still enroute to dock at Ensenada at 6:30 local time Sunday morning, which would indicate it never made port since it's now 8:00 pm Sunday evening there. Based on the actual path over almost the last 24 hours they stayed off the coast of Mexico and turned back north towards LA about 2:00 am Sunday morning and are slowly cruising back to LA.