KenzSailing

Agreed. Have the various contributors to this thread read Ian Toll's trilogy on WWII in the Pacific? Highly recommended.

I'll put my money on some window cabins surviving the transition. On Serenity in fact, I'll SWAG 42 of them.

Actually, we're booked on this same cruise, cleared thru the waitlist. First thing, put down the $500/pp deposit, it is fully refundable and gives you priority over the no-deposit WL(apparently there are two WLs, standard practice in the industry.) We listed in three categories, as others have said, costs no more, increases your odds of clearing. We WLed in July 2022, confirmed a couple weeks ago. Good luck!

Our first RSSC cruise is upcoming(we've cruised before), and I figured I would be in the singular minority applauding this decision. In the unlikely event our cruise went Tango Uniform, a few minutes inconvenience that acclimated all of us as to what to do in a life threatening situation is fine by me. Better safe than...

United? Lemme guess, they still assigned you a middle seat! 😁

Feeling better. OLoPP still on the down slope(send thoughts and Robitussin). Just got an email from our TA about a question regarding our upcoming RSSC cruise. Feel they(RSSC) have dealt with us in a most under-handed fashion. Will have to sleep on this, but wondering if these are people I want to do biz with(please spare the Crystal comments, as some conflate that brand with Genting.) Will update as appropriate.

This was good advice. Day four was yesterday for me and I'm still a double striper. Laurel however, was in the clear, but feeling a little draggy. Tested her again today, and yep, now she's positive. We're double masking, the whole bit. Tough bug, this one. I may be coming around to Vince's perspective about being on the boat and having room and board provided.

Amen to that, the two of us dodging each while masked, me unable to see her sunshine bright smile, pierces my heart. Never knew I was such a softie. Although trays left at the front door would have helped...

So here I am on day four of "Ridin' with Rona." Can't say what I was thinking when I called this mild(must have been the brain fog.) I may put together a post on another thread about OTC meds I've used to address it, but I'll just leave a cursory update here. Around noon today is the first time I haven't felt like hammered scallopine, but I'm still moving mighty slowly. I cannot imagine going thru this on a cruise, confined to cabin, hearing my vacation dollars going down the (pressure operated) drain. Yeah, we may be thru with Rona. Rona ain't thru with us.

Oh, enough.

An anecdote: a few years ago we celebrated my birthday at a rather fancy restaurant in DC. We had a wonderful time, full of laughter, levity and innocence. They left a small stationery card at my place setting(I'm looking at it right now.) It read "Happy Birthday! May this be your best year yet!" It was dated February 15, 2020. Two, maybe three weeks later the bottom fell out of the world.

Well shoot. Going to have to hang the Closed sign on the Chez's front door for a bit, as, after almost three years of run and hide, the evil 'Rona has caught the proprietor. OLoPP remains in the clear. Symptoms are thankfully mild. Congestion, runny nose, mild headache, occasional light chills. Consulted with my doc and he recommends not starting Paxlovid unless my symptoms worsen. Hope to be right as rain in three-four days. Will admit our masking regimen has gotten pretty relaxed, however we are max vaxed and boosted, and glad for that. Heard at the Chez this morning: OLoPP to Chef: "Do you think you have brain fog?" Chef: "No more than usual."

Oh my, that's a rather harsh judgment of that fine product of Prince Edward Island. Our neighbors to the north would like a word. A polite word mind you, but still...

It was sometime in July of '22. We did the $500/pp deposit to improve our chances. Talking to my TA about this last week, she told me her Regent contact said there are "100 names" on the WL. Don't know if that means 50 cabins or 100, but I assume the latter.

Welp, the fishmonger's scallop delivery did not come in. So I'm steaming some mussels tonight. Have never done it, but it doesn't look like it could be any easier. Just wish I had a baguette to accompany.

I have some Celebrity questions. Am I in the right place?

Well hi there. Yeah, I'm hanging up the apron for the holidays. Someone else can do the cooking. We're excited about this cruise, first time we'll be on a holiday cruise spanning both Christmas and New Year's. Should be quite the do.

Small world and exciting development! Interesting development today: my TA contacted me and told me Regent is able to assign us a cabin on deck 9, so no more pool deck concerns. Interesting how Regent keeps finding availability on this WLed cruise. And yes, we'll stay on the WL for a Concierge cabin.

Hello all. We are potential first time Regent cruisers(Crystal refugees.) MY TA contacted me today to tell me that, much to my surprise, we have cleared the waitlist for the Grandeur Panama Canal cruise this December 21. Really excited about this as it spans both Christmas and New Years. Here comes the hitch: I am a late riser(9-9:30ish) and we have been assigned F1 Superior 1018, below what appears to be the Pool Grill area of the pool deck. I've checked the cabin spreadsheets(thank you UUNetBill) for Explorer and Splendor and any remarked on cabins in that area seem to get the expected comments about furniture arrangement noises in the early AM. I'm torn on how to proceed, any guidance anyone would care to provide is appreciated. A separate but related question: I'm working with my TA to understand how the Regent WL works if we decline this cabin. It seems we could stay on the WL, but would move to the back of the line(we've done the $500/pp WL deposit). Does anyone have experience with the specific scenario of declining a WL cabin, but staying on the WL hoping to improve your hand?

Yo @BWIVince, if you've got HBO, I've got a movie recommendation: "The Menu." Call it a biting satire, definitely a black comedy, it's a critical look at class(the social construct, not manners), wealth, but mostly, foodie culture. And wow does it hit its mark(with a sledgehammer, not a rapier.) You'll recognize many of the characters who populate it. I know I did and yes, I may, on occasion, have been one of them. Also, it stars Ralph Fiennes, who's always a fun watch. And, as you're watching, think about this: https://www.bonappetit.com/story/noma-restaurant-closing

Great question. I've been tempted to but have never gotten around to it. However, just today I'm in the home stretch of finally making my big winter batch of french onion soup, and man does the Chez smell good. Also, when looking at the recipe for Prego mushroom soup, it's a little insight into one reason their cuisine was as good as it was. Even buying commercially and in quantity, it's not an inexpensive shopping list. Would have been way easier and cheaper to trim the ingredient list.

Grandpa wasn't named Zeno, by any chance? https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeno's_paradoxes#:~:text=Suppose someone wishes to get,would never actually be reached.

RE itineraries: I just can't believe that neither Patty nor Keith has said that "we're fixin' to find out." I mean, do either of you really live in Texas?

Now, had you added "and there was a very tiny man driving a very tiny zamboni polishing the ice" that would have been an Oh! Canada story for the ages.

Oh that's a memory Dickens would have cribbed, One question: when you refer to Yorkshire Pudding are you referring to the one made with beef tallow?