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Post cruise going from the ship to the Vancouver airport are taxi vans available or is Uber XL or Lyft XL a better option? These are the only 3 options for us with 2 people, a scooter and 4 bags and a carry on.

I believe 29 pp.

It certainly wasn't Megan. 😄

You don't count Jeff. You've seen the holy man.

Proof that Saint Greg and Sid are distant relatives.

Quick. Go to the caricature artist, describe Saint Greg from memory, have him do a quick sketch, take a picture for the thread to see. Otherwise, it's just in your head and Jamman's and that does everybody else no good.

Perrier? No where to be found over the past 12 days on the Majestic. San Pellegrino was only found in the MDR during last week's cruise. Not a single bar on board had either over the last 5 days. Good Spirits ran out of cranberry juice yesterday. Many bars out of Coors Light and Woodford Reserve Bourbon as well.

And this was the exact reason I mentioned the Majestic Princess west coast cruise as an option. We're in her right now for 14 days in Alaska and it's been great.

Quick. Find the Pope so he'll forgive you.

Devil's Food Cake won't be a dessert option.

Hogan's Heroes, Dick Van Dyke Show, Munsters, Bewitched, Beverly Hillbillies, McHale's Navy. All started in B&W.

What kind of possible design does a Barista leave on a cappuccino ordered by the Pope? A 😇, pearly gates perhaps?

Certainly better than a bubbly white Russian.

Try the Prima or Viva, upgrade versus the rest of the NCL fleet. Similar to how the Edge Class on Celebrity is an upgrade compared to their older builds.

The newer NCL ships have adult areas both free and pay. Comedy and included various lunch options is where Carnival excels compared to their competition. Their competitors excel in other areas.

The problem with that show was no Opie.

Alex Trebek is smiling from above.

As an alternative there is an 11 night west coast cruise roundtrip out of Seattle on the Majestic Princess also in September of 2024 that is even cheaper than the per day cost of the Carnival Spirit cruise. It makes 5 west coast stops in Victoria BC, Oregon, San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego. Princess also offers their Plus package at 60 dollars per person per day which includes gratuities, WiFi and their drinks package. Food for thought. The Majestic Princess was built in 2017 and is just over 140 K tons, whereas the Carnival Spirit was built in 2001 and is 88.5 K tons. You have to be flexible if you're limited to a single embarkation port and I'd choose the Majestic over the Spirit any day and I've cruised on both.

We are not wine drinkers and we have not reached Elite status so we get no reduced priced or comped drinks and WiFi. Everybody's own consumption level as well as benefits received are of course the determining factor as to whether the Plus package brings value or not. Since we don't keep all of our eggs in the Princess basket, when comparing 60 pp per day for drinks, wifi and gratuities, it's substantially cheaper than what those same things would cost on Celebrity, Royal, NCL, MSC or Carnival. So even though it's not a no brainer for some, it definitely is for us.

If you spent less than 28 per day on reduced price WiFi and a couple of drinks then obviously you're a borderline teetotaler that doesn't drink. There are many people in this situation including a certain poster that takes it to an extreme. But on the other hand, there are many people that like to imbibe while they are in vacation as I can tell first hand on our current 14 days on the Majestic in Alaska. Many of the bars are full all of the time, so obviously there are more cruisers on board that like to imbibe versus those that are teetotalers. There is no right or wrong answer, just that what is considered a no brainer for those that imbibe is not a no brainer for those that are light drinkers. The Plus package worked for us at 40 a day for 14 days last year and our current 14 days. It will work again at 60 per day on our future 42 days that are in the future pipeline in 2024 and 2025.

The port day versus sea day consumption doesn't hold water. If you're back on board at 500 and go to bed at 1100, that's 6 hours to consume a few adult beverages. If you are a light drinker and have one every 90 minutes, that's 4 drinks, which more than covers the cost of plus after factoring in the gratuities and WiFi. Many look at the 15 drink maximum as a goal, when in fact only 3 alcoholic drinks supplemented by coffees, waters and soda covers the package cost after WiFi/grats.

Once again, you're a teetotaler so we should not even be having this back and forth. The Plus package could be 30 bucks and you would not buy it since you don't "drink".

Neopolitan ice cream, (vanilla, chocolate, strawberry) covered with a thin layer of sponge cake and then enrobed in meringue which is blow torched.

On the other hand, why does Carnival Corporation have a drink limit of 15 per day? I can see possibly why because of the sharing aspect that occurs on Carnival, but sharing would be at a minimum on Princess and HAL. There is no limit to drinks within the packages on other lines such as Celebrity, RCI, NCL or MSC. The bottom line is the lines want to make money, so they are not going to offer a drinks package with a 5 or 6 limit, especially since the majority of lines are unlimited. When it comes to excessive drinking, my DH and myself exceed the numbers you quoted while on vacation, but since we are teetotalers at home like I will assume you are 52 weeks a year, it all balances out in the end.

Or looking at it the other way, if you pay for the plus package upfront, you can get an additional discount from your travel agent.