commodoredave

It was a balcony cabin on the QM2 and it happened about 8-10 years ago. Where the light shone through the door, a previous occupant had applied duct tape around the door frame, as we could clearly see the sticky residue left behind. I believe this may be a bigger issue on ships that regularly do ocean crossings where rough weather can be a factor. Needless to say, we’ve never accepted a connecting cabin again on any cruise ahip.

I never went to a M&G for refreshments, it was always to meet people from the Roll Call that I had struck up an online friendship with. After Covid I stopped going to M&Gs and instead just arranged to meet like-minded people for drinks in at a bar or lounge at some point. For us, this works much better.

Not true based on my experience. It also depends on the integrity of the connecting door in terms of proper fit and sound proofing. For example, on one cruise we had with a connecting door we could literally see light coming through the door. Unfortunately, this also meant that we could hear almost everything happening in the next cabin, especially at night.

Agree. In fact, I think cabins above or below noisy areas should be sold at a discounted rate to cabins in other areas.

I doubt it, but if so, just charge the missing robes back to the passenger's account.

This has happened to us several times on different cruise lines, so we now "hide" a bottle if we wish to take it to our hotel if not travelling home. However, on our most recent cruise with Silversea, our room steward removed our bathrobes on the final night. We found that a bit much.

Any word about socks?

Hey Stan. What if I wore a jean jacket on formal night?! 🙂

I used to pack two ties. One to wear, and the other to replace the first one after I spilled gravy on it!

I agree with you, and I say that having just benefited from the status match with Celebrity.

I agree that charcoal grill is much better. I'm okay with cooking my steak on the hot rocks. However, the weather does not always cooperate, thus removing one good option for steak on some nights. Having said that, I have always been able to find good steak in other restaurants.

For our cruise that departed June 18, we were told by Silversea that our luggage tags would be at the pier in NYC. However, when we arrived at the pier, the baggage handler was surprised and did not know what to do with our bags because they had no tags. Luckily, we were able to find a Silversea rep who got us some tags that were applied to our bags. A silly system in my view. Many cruise lines now make the luggage tags available online -- just print them and attach them yourself. Never had a problem with it.

On our recent cruise on the Shadow (June 18-30), the new dress code seemed to work very well. I didn't notice anyone not wearing at least a jacket on formal optional night, at least not in the main bar and dining room. There were some men who wore tuxedos (about a dozen), and maybe another dozen who wore a suit with tie. I don't know how much longer men will choose to bring tuxedos with them on future cruises when so few wear them, but those doing so did not look out of place. And everyone seemed to be happy with their choices.

Things may have changed as we were recently able to order our medallions for delivery to our home in Toronto.

One travel writer in The Telegraph suggested people travel to hotspots like Barcelona, Venice, the English Lake District, etc. outside of the peak summer season when these places are the most crowded. Not an option for parents with kids in school, but it is for others. Personally, we try not to travel anywhere in peak season.