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I have yet for them to move my stuff on hangers. Twice was the week my steward was on vacation so someone else had to do it. Last time they told me to pack myself up and they would move mynsuitcase. Not 1 time have they moved my hanging stuff. I've moved me mostly.

I must be the only person here who really hates the hassle of packing up and moving cabins.

I talked to him today about the price and he says he is middle of the road pricing for this lens, he knows some doctors charging 10k, 1k more. Also he has access to a machine during surgery that not all surgeons have access to. It compares your eyes to 1000s of eyes world wide to determine during surgery the exact best fit for your eyes for a better outcome. The machine zooms in and takes a picture and then I hear him 18,1 or whatever, it shows him the exact best lens for each eye lens. I could have easily driven home by myself it was so good immediately. Not every surgeon has access to this kind of high tech machine. My next door neighbors of my parents need cataract surgery and were shocked by the price of the high tech lens so I asked him today more questions. I do think he is excellent. Just the price was omg. The machine sees astigmatism and all that and calculates the best lens. It's all high tech. Hed like to see me in 4 months but I'll be gone ... i hope.

Idk of it's a 3 day or a 4 day, but for a 3 day I wouldn't want to change cabins. 7 days my choice might be it's worth changing. But for 3 days? Probably not.

I posted this early on, from mardi gras forward no more self laundries. Same thing. Imo no one uses them. I never did. A large percentage on carnival get free laundry. Why would I wash my own if I get it free. Same as i posted. When discussing lerks on carnival they say ...but i get free laundry. Now we have someone bemoaning they cant do it on royal either.

Rcl said starting with icon but yet I havent seen any posts it's actually started on icon yet?

Looks like viking priced at 24.00 and up a bit since it opened. Maybe I'm the only one who loves stocks and follows closely idk .. but I was curious.

Yes so priced with solo supplement at current rate.

In order to collect from insurance the person I believe has to cancel which triggers a refare for the other pax. I dont believe they can collect if they just dont show up, but I could be wrong.

Have you tried to erase your number and type it back in. There was a known glitch where points stopped showing. Worked for me.

I had a lazy steward last time on harmony. She never learned anyones names, called every pax, "sunshine". If you wanted something go with a crisp bill in hand. I asked if I could set out on my balcony while she cleaned, she said no, so I left, she never cleaned my cabin, several days. I'm solo and not messy, wasnt a big deal but she made it clear she was after tips. Congrats on breaking even or better so far, though I'm a little lost on your gambling math but seems like you are at least breaking even. Awesome.

Agree "very soon" doesnt mean much to me either after years of speculation.

Starting with the new mardi gras carnival has also removed self serve laundry. So last 3 carnival ships also no laundry. A good portion of us on carnival like on royal have free laundry as a perk. They have it but not free except as a perk, same as royal.

There is a free trolley at coco cay. I saw you took chill island instead of south beach because of distance. Next time I'm taking the trolley and not walking. Agree south beach a long walk in the heat.

For instance harmony has grease as its broadway show. In addition it has columbus the musical. It's a musical show but not a broadway show. In addition there may be a headliner show with a singer or a group. Not a musical but a singing group no acting.

My cousins in Lubbock and I also dont share the same politics. They say they are fringe, not even moderate in their views. We agreed to not discuss politics before I went and still talk but carefully. I didnt ask what they mean by it and they dont tell me. If I can you will too. Just have to agree not to discuss. We tip toe at times like when we talk stocks.

I'm going may 2025 and staying over in rome. Im hearing mixed things like even if the hotel says it has ac it doesnt in may. By law the hotel cant turn on ac until june. 23 days plus 4 or 6 days in rome. Idk. I am worried about pick pockets and hearing stories. I dont speak other languages. Bus system. I've never been let alone by myself. I know I can get a hotel close to most things but I'm still worried my first time. Reading just worries me more. The reason for 4 or 6 days is from what I see flights cost more on friday, 4 days. I can stay 6 days and fly home on a sunday about the same price. My buyers called today out of the blue needing more time. I agreed to only 10 days. Not happy, kinda mad. I called before I made a deposit to move and she lied and said her rate locked and ready. Liar. Calling moving company to see if I can push it back a week. Waiting for call back. Ready for this to be over. She is from Vietnam and she and her co signer both dont seem to understand dates matter. Hes trying to BS me about how it's not unusual a few days late or a automatic extension 30 days. I said no such thing, contacts dont have 30 days extension built in. Hes making stuff up. He acts like hes a expert and doesnt know I know better. I'm really pissed off this morning after all his BS. I've paid to move, no one here and the house will be empty, lawn needs mowing etc.

I agree that the price seems a bit overvalued vs what it used to sell for. More shares, so earnings diluted and no dividend and more debt .. and selling as high as pre covid seems a bit much to me too. I dont see prices continuing up as before either. So next years comps wouldnt be as good as now when prices are compared to covid pricing a year ago. A year ago there were still a lot of left over really low prices which are gone now so year over year looks terrific but many many companies are saying price increases are running into resistance. Stagnation is being mentioned. Right now looks terrific, a year from now doesnt look so good.

The IPO is pricing tonight. Usually prices below what they expect opening trades to be. The lower amount is for people who are buying the IPO before it opens publically. Not what it will actually open at trading tomorrow. Should be above the IPO price. Typically. For instance at etrade I can buy some IPOs not all. Not every brokerage handles all IPOs. It will be interesting to see where trading actually opens. They are saying viking collects money 2 years in advance vs industry average of 6 months though they dont typically sail at full capacity. Pros and cons. 7k vs ncl 3k average etc. Watched on CNBC so I didnt get it all. Odd they would use ncl to compare to. IPOs seem to open around noon or 1 pm my time to watch tomorrow.

Today from what I heard virgin has a IPO, expected in the $42 range. Newly come public. I was laying in bed at the time I heard it was coming today so not sure I got the initial pricing correct, but interesting.

Hi I'm doing voyager to barcelona may 2025. Interesting that it's in the 60s. I've done oasis 3 times so not so interested in the ship as the weather and all that kind of stuff. My first TA. I'm also doing a 2nd leg to rome next may. I don't own many cold weather clothes, so I'll have tee shirts too but can bring a warm hoodie. Sounds like its needed. How cold does it get at night? My TA moved me back from the very front of the ship as he says can be very windy. I have a balcony on the pool deck. Is it windy on the pool deck? How was the azores. I think I'm stopping there too. Any other ports?

Carnival has 2 pay pizza they added to their pizza menu and not even a whimper. Royal acted like the roof fell in. Still the same free choices. Just 2 additional not free.

So in your opinion if someone doesnt like one thing, the food they are wrong to cruise again with royal. I'm not a big fan and been doing more pay restaurants to get around this. Im a very picky eater. I disagree that if someone dosnt think royal has great food they need to stop cruising royal. There are other considerations. .. like no other line gives solos a discount imo. Food isnt the only consideration. No one line is perfect in all aspects. Just my opinion,,there are other things than food to consider before someone says if you arent a fan then you should never cruise royal again. ..again that's why I do more and more pay options. I'm not a fan. And I dont do italian on any line. Ugggh. I dont eat pasta or red sauce. So to you that means quit cruising instead of getting around it.

I think once you get new lens for your eyes they are considered permanent. Ocean boy would know more than me but they couldnt replace my dads later when better lens came out. Finally back on wifi. Been down since middle of the night. Must have been a really bad storm. Street signs and trees on the ground, but without seeing tv I have no idea what went thru. Finally back up. Missed my wifi and tv. Watching the news and seeing houses flooded. I wasnt even aware a big storm coming thru. Finally ... I hate having no tv and white noise.

That's my thinking on cataract surgery. There are constant upgrades to the lens they insert. We did my dads and later the new lens were so much better later on than he got. My surgeon said last 10 to 15 years great advances.