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We're booked on AD for a 6/8/6 b2b2b starting Mar 15 2025 out of PC. We've never been on her, but have been on EX 4 times when she was in NJ years ago and we loved EX.

Someone needs to learn about how cruise ships are built and compartmentalized as well as why Titanic sunk and never actually should have sailed that voyage.

We've received offers when the entire ship is sold out. I tell people who ask this question that they are just covering themselves in case of cancellations. They can move someone up in category and then sell their original cabin for more than it originally went for. It's never about what's available, but always about what might become available.

Just an FYI, The actual quote is "love of money is the root of all evil".

The aide you talked to was incorrect if he said that.

To DOD? How about the State Dept?

Worked great on EN a few weeks ago. I was able to watch you tube videos, uninterrupted, no buffering, etc. We also made two wifi calls, one to our mortgage co as we were in the middle of getting the title co everything for our house that we were selling and had a contract for.

Cruises used to be something that only very well off people did with any regularity or ever. Not to say that someone who is well off couldn't do this, but you're getting a broader spectrum of society cruising now than you used to.

You might also check today's news about him lol.

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My DS and DDIL are planning a trip to Iceland for their 10th anniversary. Just as my DS was going to hit "buy" for the tickets, DDIL told him she couldn't find her passports. She has two (UK and US) but only really travels with her US one. So, she had used them last year on a trip to the UK and had them when she returned. Her mom came over and the three of them turned the house upside down. They did not find them. She applied for a new US one and is now waiting and waiting patiently for it to come in the mail so they can plan their trip. I told her to look in the freezer and anywhere else she wouldn't ever think they could be.

"Reasonable"? What do you consider reasonable? Cruises 30 years ago weren't necessarily cheaper than today. You have to look at today's dollars vs then. I've seen posts by people who cruised in the 80's and 90's and paid as much as today. Yes, they got more, but the cost of everything has gone up, from food to employees. As people demand more things to do on cruise ships and they continue building floating amusement parks with Broadway shows, costs will continue to go up more on those ships. Remember when a vacation was a once a year at most for most families? Heck, when I was growing up, we only took one family vacation that wasn't to visit family in another state and that was to the beach with another family to share costs. I don't think that prices are going to go back to pre-pandemic prices. Everytime people demand lower prices and get them, they then complain about what they're getting (or not getting anymore) for their money.

Not likely, but you can call.

18 months ago, we definitely were sailing. We were on HOTS in early Nov 2021 and cruises had started before that by several months. We've done 8 cruises since restart and food isn't the same, even before the new menus. It's less about "taste" and more about quality slipping, but as we were told suppliers (particularly in FL) who mainly provided product for the cruise lines went out of business during Covid due to lack of business. But, also, the main reason, is just like your cost for groceries have gone up, so have theirs. As is the norm, this has gone off topic a bit.

It was either on Jewel or EN last year that we went out on the balcony and DH hadn't opened the handle all the way and when it shut, it locked. Fortunately, it was during the morning when stewards were still working on rooms and I leaned over and saw our neighbors cabin being cleaned. I got the attention of the steward and she went and found ours and he let us back in . LOL. 36 cruises with balconies and that was the first time that has ever happened to us.

Awful defensive about a simple topic which tells me a lot. You didn't even address the fact you can remove the gratuities if you want to. Are you going to go after anyone else who disagrees with you or did I just hit a sore spot?

The OP apparently isn't happy with RCI at all. I will say this, why post about something that is truly optional? While the majority of us do not remove gratuities and even tip more, the added daily gratuities are not mandatory so why complain about something that is within your control? If you want to be cheap, be cheap, but quit complaining about it on here.

You mean he rinsed it down the drain, which you could have also done.

I just rinse it off and continue my shower.

It's really pushing it to call it "Mexican Night', just like Italian, French, etc. The enchilada is def more like a burrito, def not an enchilada.

Key West is still in Florida last I checked.

They are normally in the desk drawer.

We got the same we have for a long time-3 each on our April EN cruise. We are thrilled lol as we won't drink mineral water. On Jewel last fall we were on the first cruise back out of the US and all they had was mineral water in cans. We left them there and didn't drink them.

I only posted what was said by the concierge because just like the formal night info from onboard, they are really just rumors. That's all. I never said I believed it was 100% accurate.

Half? Half of people will not dress up every night. Those that want formal night want one or two per cruise, not every, single, night. I don't think he's correct in what he thinks he was told. There's no way half of those eating in the MDR want to dress up every night. The D Concierge on EN just told us a couple of weeks ago that they've been told that JS will soon have full suite status. If that comes true, to me, it means that JS will start costing even more. All we can do is wait and see.