Blackjack22

that's awesome!

Aaaaand here we go again.

Shouldn't have complained about the containment thread!

Can CC please make a separate thread folder for Cheers, FTTF and who your PVP is PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I created one and it got deleted. The mods here are jokes!

brilliant!

There was a group of 300 on our last cruise and they all seemed to have YTD

Yes, one person can purchase a wifi plan and share it. The catch is, only one device can be logged in at a time. You access your wifi plan using the Folio number and date of birth of the person who bought it. So for others to share, you let them use your Folio # and DOB. Log out of one device so the other can then log in. Or if someone tries to log in while another person already is, it'll let you log the other person out. So it might take some communication between everyone to prevent logging someone out who isn't expecting it.

Thanks!

Can we share a wifi plan among our family and friends? I'm thinking about getting the wifi plan for the first time since they charged by the minute and wasn't sure how that worked.

Please don't come in here and flame and post spam about how everyone needs to buy his or her own. If I want to share my plan/drinks/etc it's my own business!

just hit up John Heald, I'm sure he'll have some "brilliant" solutions!

This is what the big players do. Sell on the news and take a profit. Not only fuel prices caused the dip. Trade disputes with China are weighing heavily on the market. Some traders will take a profit now, and wait to see if Trump or Xi blinks first.

 

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how do you take a profit when the security is devalued? :confused:

On my second cruise my first husband and I got invited by who we thought were a nice couple for a cabin party. There were about 15 people in their suite comfortably. Unfortunately these people were trying to lure us into swinging *eek*

We obviously need more smoking areas if people are hogging spots in the smoking section! #cigsinside

I completely disagree. To have a stranger sit next to you and blow smoke in your face is unexceptable in any situation. But for someone to insist on doing it to you is bordering on ridiculous. Second hand smoke is much worse than the stuff you inhale and is proven to cause cancer. It’s one thing to have smokers in the area where the breeze blows most of it away, but having someone right next to you, the smoke will be unavoidable. I’ve seen many cruisers laying across love seats taking naps or reading. I’ve never insisted they sit up and share it. They got there first, they’re using it, I keep on moving.

You are bordering on ridiculous with some of these statements unverified by scientific literature. How on earth is second hand smoke "much worse" than the stuff you inhale and where has it ever been proven to cause cancer? Love it when old wives tales get perpetuated as scientific knowledge. Let me guess, you are also a proponent of putting butter on burns and feed a cold, starve a fever. Gimme a break.

I think some of you just look for things to complain about or be offended by. The victim mindset is everywhere in our culture and it is shining through in this thread.

We’ve driven overnight about 8 hours for a cruise. From SC to FL. The biggest issue was I was so tired I wasted a day recovering on the ship.

Used to be our problem too but whoever doesn't sleep in car we cover for and they sleep through muster/sail away!

We do it often, have done longer. Try to be one of first people on. Catch a buzz, take a nap (if you're lucky sleep through muster :) ) wake up for dinner and it's like you've extended your vacation an extra day!

Shame on Carnival

I have had my own Texas Holdem tournaments on two cruises. Had a couple friends with me and would make it known on the facebook group for the cruises dates. We would have 6 to 9 players playing in buffet area in the afternoon or nights. They were small buyins $10 to $30 and we played 5 out of the 7 days of the cruise...

 

Someone in the facebook group had poker chips to bring and we used an app (for poker) for the timer and blinds. No one from Carnival said anything as we kept the money off the table.

 

It was fun and no rake....lol

That's a really good idea, will try it out next time!

Buy Ins are typically $20-$300

 

People who buy in for $20-$50 fund my excursions :)

 

I'm not a turbo tournament type of player so I generally avoid the tournaments.

Those are the ones who drive up rake too! If rake is 10% of a pot and capped at 7 or 10 (can't remember which) then rake is maximized or near max when a person goes all in for $50 and there's a caller.

OMG, they are not rigged, period. This is a 52 card random deck. so you think there are more than 4 aces and kings? Can you imagine the end of the game when everyone shows their hand and there are 5 aces?

That's not at all what I'm saying. These machines use similar software as what most online poker sites used and it is common knowledge since the investigations by the feds following the online poker shutdown that sites programmed their "randomizers" to have more set up hands that encourage people to put money into the pot. I'm not saying there's not a standard deck or people are putting in cheat codes. I'm saying that the hands do not play randomly and people get more premium hands that they will want to bet, raise, call instead of check and fold.

Why on earth would they want to do this? To make people put more money in the pot! Why on earth would that be an objective? Because the game makers and by extension cruise line make their money through rake which is based on how much money is in the pot.

Why do you only see these machines on Indian Reservations and cruiseships? No regulators to tell them they can't do it would be my guess!

The Conquest poker table this April was packed every night. I think the buy in was $20. You can buy more anytime, but not during a game. There is always one jerk at the table with a $500 balance who goes all in every other game. A $20 buy in might last one hand.

I think the electronic machines are rigged for people to have more exciting hands. I've never seen so many Aces vs Kings, set over set, straight vs flush set ups in my life. Maybe the person just kept getting hands!

If a person has a medical condition that says he or she can't drink alcohol, does he or she have to buy cheers if someone else in the cabin has it?

Very interesting article I saw today about Baked Alaska in honour of Pride month.

https://munchies.vice.com/en_us/article/vbqjq4/baked-alaska-is-the-ultimate-gay-food

Bitter and Blanc is the best dessert on the seas.

@Jimbo, when was the last time you had had Baked Alaska? Curious how long it had been off the menu. It was one of those things where we didn't order it every time but started to miss once it wasn't available.

We had it in May and Feb (not April) but hadn't had it since our Xmas 2016 cruise so it had been missing for at least a year I believe. The version in Feb was about average but my May version wasn't cut correctly and it was all strawberry. They fancied that one up though with really good berries. Combine the two months and it would have been perfect!

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The shows rotate but there will be one every night except the night they do the lip sync battle generally. The only time I've seen deviations from that were when they had dangerous ocean conditions that made performance too dangerous or when there was a special entertainment act on board like a magician or comedian who they let have a night in the performance facility.

The Magic had a country show appropriately called "Country Roads" that I'd never seen listed before. I'm not really the country music type but I really enjoyed that show.