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We don’t bother with casual dining, specialty dining or mega-desserts. Room service might be once per cruise. We buy the Plus package for drinks, internet, crew appreciation, lots of bottled water and a couple specialty coffees a day. Not many of our drinks are over $10. It saves us money. But there is nothing we lack. I don’t want to pay more for more that we wouldn’t use.

All that is coming in the future. It’s called the Karen Package. No price announced yet.

Those who have been pining for the days of all inclusive cruising should be pleased. This is a move in that direction. I was planning on booking Plus after embarkation for our April trip. I think it might be wise to go ahead and book it now. I smell a Plus price increase coming.

I assume the toothbrushes were clumsily dropped by cabin attendants who were merely rinsing those belonging to their least favorite passengers.

I have 10’s and 25’s. The 25’s will hold binoculars and heavier items. Sometimes I can accomplish the same with two 10’s. I think heavier is better.

10 years ago Grand Princess was 16 years old. If Princess had to get rid of every ship before it reaches the age of 16, that’s half their fleet. Cruising would get pretty expensive that way. Ships go to dry dock periodically and come back in better shape. You may have sailed through “the perfect storm” of delayed maintenance issues, of which you listed two. I’m not canceling my April cruise on Grand up the US west coast. Of course, a/c will not be as critical then and there. I hate reading about bad cruise experiences due to equipment breakdowns but I know they happen. So far, not to us and I prefer the older ships. If Princess gets rid of them all, I will follow them and sail the line that purchases them, at least until they turn down the volume in the Piazza on the new ones.

If it’s a trend, I’m disappointed. We experienced the high decibels on Enchanted in June but Sapphire was quiet as a mouse in September last year. Our next cruise is Grand in April. If it’s noisy in the piazza, I’m switching to HAL.

I don’t eat sweets. But my go-to late night snack is a tuna salad croissant from the IC. In the morning, I always look for wedges of fresh grapefruit.

I feel like I’ve just finished a good book. And the sequel hasn’t been written yet. Very much looking forward to the next one.

What did he want? I would probably slip him a note under the door telling him to go away and stay away unless the ship catches fire.

Does it count as three drinks on the plus tally board?

After 3 pics in a row, I thought maybe you had found the 69p shop. Which I don’t suppose is a real thing.

I do love a dry Irish stout but am not partial to Guinness. However I can drink Black and Tan after Black and Tan. I’m sure an Irishman sees that as an abomination, but I like what I like.

You can get help with connecting to intranet at Guest Services. You may also find someone at the Internet cafe who can help.

Driving on narrow roads is different than being driven on narrow roads. I might have lost a side mirror on a Wales rental car. But what a place to see castles! I see mustard again!

I’d have bought one of each of those jars of mustard. I once met a woman who had a separate fridge for mustard. She had over 80 varieties on hand. I’m not that weird.

You’ll have to smuggle it on in a vodka bottle.

We used to own a Buick Century. It was clearly not meant to last 100 years.

I’m so pleased that this isn’t coming to an end. I have enjoyed every post. I wish you would receive a commission for every Princess cruise booked by your NCL followers.

And a counterfeit passport.

Our next cruise in April is LA to Vancouver on Grand Princess. Not as convenient for us Floridians as Port Canaveral or Port Everglades. But Mrs BV is demanding a cooler cruise that the last one (Enchanted Western Caribbean in June).

How do you manage to cruise anonymously?

The shuttle driver will help you transfer luggage from the shuttle to the porters. If that’s an issue that is driving your decision.

Every hour at sea is happy hour. But there is no discount on drinks.

There can be a disconnect between the app and reality. Mine arrived while the app was still telling me it was too late to order them.