Brittoni

I think taking various bags of suspicious powders on a vessel sailing to others countries is a grand idea. Seriously you get like 12 non alcoholic bottles in your carry on (check me on that) just pack the protein drinks, or a bag of protein powder and a shaker bottle. In Vegas there is a protein smoothie bar that has alcoholic versions. Makes the gym better. Ensure and vodka may be a new trend? If you are feeling spendy they sell protein boosted shakes in the spa too, on many ships. (Check your ship on that)

This is a great hack, thanks.

We legitimately bought a piece of art at an auction maybe 6 years ago on a rccl cruise. As mentioned above It was pre arranged before we sat down at the auction. We didn't even get the joy of bidding, the sales agent did that. The auction was a sham. We were excited about the purchase, then the story begins. The art dealer was a company called park west. To finish the sale we had to return at the end of the cruise and fill out paperwork. Which was okay but the person from park west was very rude, which was unexpected, but humans are humans and this one was probably tired and overwhelmed. Now the fun... The waiting began, the art work arrived at our house 9 months later. Which in that time I took a new job in a new city. We called park west every couple of months to check on it as we were told on the ship it would arrive in 2 to 3 months, then when the move was happening every i called few weeks, then every day. They could tell us nothing, no idea where it was. Nor stop its shipping. We thought the new owners of the house would have a piece of art show up and hang it in the dining room where we thought it should go. "Honey look, it belongs right here on this wall." Randomly, It arrived the day before the movers did no notification, we literally opened it and sealed it back up put it on a truck. Which we thought was funny. "Look at that beautiful painting, where is the tape?" Then it got lost in the move, which we thought was quite funny, (after it was found) like we were destined to not have this painting. Eventually it hung on the wall in the next house. We moved again, it got lost again, no kidding. Once more it was found. Besides this painting's need to run away It's a stunning piece. I am looking at it now, just to be sure it hasn't escaped. We bought an original, it's striking. Funny thing is, we bought another piece day after the cruise from an art shop in Florida. We had that one reframed by the dealer, packed, shipped to the same house and it arrived in 2 weeks. Both are oil paintings but only the Florida one smelled of oil not the cruise ship one, but by the time it arrived it was getting pretty old i guess. 🤔 We believe the one bought on the ship is real, and we will never sell it, so it is real, darn it! We love it and was worth it in the long run. For no other reason than it makes for a wonderful story of provenance. Although, we have never bought anything from park west again.