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  1. The night of the first sea day which is most likely the second day aboard having boarded the day before.
  2. We have always ordered a glass of wine at dinner from our table attendants. One can do that whether or not they have a "package". If no package they will ask you to pay for it. Regardless the server will always charge any drink you order to your account which will or not be charged to your folio. Go to dinner, sit down and order your preferred drink from your server first. They will go get it.
  3. Older and experienced cruisers covet the window suits so always expect that they are sold out unless you book when the cruise is first announced or you are lucky and find one just after it was cancelled. They usually are less $$$ than the minis but have the same room.
  4. It could cause problems if you get an immigration officer that is very picky. However the immigration at Port Everglades uses facial recognition and it should not be a problem. In answer to your passport question, you would have to file and pay for a new passport needed only if you meet an immigration officer that is very strict. All the ones that I have had the occasion to present a passport are not that concise.
  5. It means you do not have the medallion primarily because they only mail it to pax in the USA and now Canada. You will get your medallion when you check in. You will leave most likely from #28 but the two terminals are side by side and one can easily walk to the other one. If you are coming by bus on the day of departure they will drop you off at the correct terminal If you are arriving from a hotel, the driver will know which terminal to drop you off. However it is easy because you see the ship behind the terminal. As to arrival you must be there on hour before boarding time to allow the ship to transmit the manifest to the US government. They will lock the doors. We usually arrive by 10:30 or so but then we are elite which is the first to board. In spite of what they may tell you onboard, lunch the day of boarding is in the MDR (usually deck 6) from 12:00 to 1:30 pm. We will be boarding the Regal next Sunday. We have sailed many times out of Galveston every year since we can drive to the port. Happy sailing.
  6. I have seen the ducks on the ship and usually just pass them by. One time I took the duck and kept it until a young family sat near us on the Lido. so I put the duck in a conspicuous space so the little kid could find it and waited. They found it and were so happy. Good use for it.
  7. It is military protocol that the underlings do not leave until the commanding officer leaves. Therefore I am not surprised when the officers do not leave until the captain of the ship leaves.
  8. I have never seen a heated pool on any Princess ship so far. They rely on the sun to heat their pools. I will be watching this thread to see if anyone can offer better response.
  9. That post was not mine. teecee60 is the speaker that is doing the presentation. One of the reasons we will be on the Emerald next month for the TSE and the trip through the PC using the new locks. We did the through PC over a decade ago on the Island through the old locks and it was fantastic.
  10. We have been on the Emerald many times and will be on it again next month. We always get D632 on a cabin next to it so that we are near the aft elevators. Their has never been a problem with noise at any time of day or night. D624 is near where we always book.
  11. We were on an Alaskan cruise up and back to Seattle. We were invited to the cocktail party. More recently we were invited to the luncheon with a little over 300 days but doubt that will happen again for several years. We now have a bead on the 500 day mark.
  12. The other Houston airport is George Bush airport or intercontinental IAH. It is 70 miles from the port. Hobby HOU is 40 miles from the port and is the original airport before they built IAH. With a few exceptions SWA uses HOU while most carriers use IAH. HOU is located in a not-so-nice part of south Houston.
  13. I use a CPAP and bring my own extension cord, outlet expansion device and magnetic hooks that I use on the wall and ceiling to keep the extension cord overhead instead of stringing it across the floor. I hear that there is an outlet behind the bed but it is a European type needing a special plug/converter. The extension cord, outlet expansion device and magnetic hooks I bought from Amazon.
  14. When booking excursions the charge for each individual is charged against that person's OBC or must be paid for by a credit card. Once onboard it cannot be changed. So one should wait until onboard to use an OBC for both.
  15. We also will be with you on the Emerald in April for the TSE and PC transition.
  16. Remember one must disconnect from the internet before another person can login and use it. Internet on the moving ship is nothing like one gets at home. Even the new starlink internet is slow and shared by all the pax on the ship. So if someone is downloading a movie etc they will tie up the response time. When many are using the internet it is even slower than normal. Fastest response I have seen is during dinner time when pax are eating or late at night (midnight+)
  17. The crew works long hours and very hard so I certainly do not consider the daily fee exorbitant and have never reduced the amount. I just consider a part of the fees to cruise. We do give certain crew members (room steward, etc) extra tip at the end of the cruise. Don't cruise if you cannot afford it.
  18. I just checked and it will not let me see my reservations but the planning part is up and let me see available cruises. I worked in IT and what happened caused them to totally or partially shut down the website. They put up the standard sign that the site is being ... However something seriously happened to cause them to shut down in the middle of the day. Having been there and done that believe me management is there breathing down their necks while the IT gurus fix it. Not a good day to be working in IT at Princess right now. Now comes the many meetings to figure out what happened and fix it.
  19. We both love Sabatini's and go there every cruise at least once. Neither of us like red meat so the CG is out as the choices are limited for non-red meat dishes.
  20. One definitely wants a tour in Roatan as Coxen Hole is pretty boring. Due to wind etc Mahogany Bay is iffy at best and many time ships are not able to get in. Not sure what CCL was thinking when they built that port. It really is a nice port and we love going there but often times have to miss it. We like to sail out of Galveston since we can drive to the port and not have to fly.
  21. It has been a few years since we saw the SB on the ship. On that ship they set up a tail gate on tables outside in the pool area with all types of finger food including chicken. The attendants were busy serving drinks from the bar. Go early!
  22. Interesting that the RCL ships have better thrusters and therefore more control of their ships than PCL and CCL have. I have found that PCL tends to be more conservative than the other cruise lines. Hopefully you will make the last two ports. Our cruise on the Ruby last spring missed Mahogany Bay and Costa Maya. The captain managed to get us in early at our last stop, Cozumel, the night before so we stayed in the port over night before returning to Galveston plus they gave us some OBC for missing the ports due to wind.
  23. I just looked at the Ship Tracking map and it shows the Radiance OTS, Mariner OTS and the Disney Magic in Cozumel port. Looking at the Cozumel webcam both of the RCL ships are in fact there.
  24. Two points further about FCD. 1. When you book a cruise while on board a current cruise, you will have the option to buy an FCD to be used on the cruise you are booking. 2. The FCD charge of $100/FCD will be charged immediately to your credit card, normally the one you have on file but can change it at the time without changing the form of payment on the cruise. It will not appear on your folio for this cruise. It is a separate charge. If you are a veteran of a uniformed service (army, air force, navy marine, coast guard) of a US or Canadian armed force, you will be given an OBC equal to the FCD OBC (eg $100 OBC) and they are stackable. You must apply ahead of time by submitting proof to Princess. Once on file and granted, you will not have to do it again until it expires and is automatically added to your booking. Don't forget, free money!
  25. We both always have at least 2 FCD in our bank for future cruises. We always go on 7+ day cruises so we get $50+ FCC to spend on board. That is more than what we could get with the money placed somewhere else. They can be purchased only on board but used later. Great program.
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