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It’s interesting that they’re saying one of the reasons is that you need to be able to hear all public safety announcements on the ship well many people have noise canceling headphones that can actually block out those announcements. I use his headphones on the cruise when the crew conduct safety drills as I can’t handle the sound of the alarm carnivals are very high-pitched.

The PVSA is what prevents one way sailings from being offered from Seattle. Quantum Class has the 270 lounge at the back of the ship and they also have the North Star observation pod. Only issue is “The Bridge” in Vancouver .  That can be solved with the new berth they are talking about that will accommodate ships that can’t fit under it.  

Newer machines may have the chute that catches money for the house.  Older machines ( branded grand casino and six sided ) don’t have this feature and still drop coins like crazy.. radiance class has this kind of machine.  Once I had a bartender get annoyed with me for collecting quarters out of it. I watched from a distance the next day and found that he was taking them. He managed to stay in the casino bar for more than one cruise. (they usually rotate the bartenders around to different bars from Cruise to cruise .)

Just off Brilliance usually first few days are posted beginning of the week before.  Rest of shows usually confirmed a few days before . Production shows were Center Stage and Now and Forever. Both pretty good shows

I am D+ and they deliver fruit baskets multiple times during a cruise.  

Here is a list of all muster stations for Brilliance .  Yes. This is posted in a guest corridor  (deck 7 all the way forward dor 

Regular balcony. Last year I did a b2b on Mariner where both legs in a balcony was cheaper then a junior suite for one leg

Captain Jeffery is on Radiance now 

Does the current cruise director do love and marriage game show.  I don’t happen to see it on the last few sailings and o am on the ship in September and it is one of my favorite shows to watch

Only show on Wonder that was removed was tap factory it was removed early this year.

Just on Wonder. And had RED the night club experience They will have it right after Crazy Quest. If you go to both they will start the music and lights right after quest and  then stop it a min later and clear the venue and then let people back in after scanning seapass for age verification.  Whole process took 10 min .  They could have saved the hassle by scanning the seapass for quest as they are both 18 and above 

The onboard activities will be available.  When the ship is in its second port of call they may have a crew drill. Some crew will have to attend to it and if you are out on deck the alarms are the loudest I heard ( like 10 sports airhorns going off all at once).  Best part of port days, however, is that there might not be a much of a line for activities like the slides. 

Mariner along with the other voyager class and the freedom class ships has about 10 small grey horns that sound like sport air horns scattered around the ship on the upper decks.  They only sound when the emergency alarms sound.  There is a switch on the bridge that allows for these horns to be turned off or the main ships horn to be sounded aswell.  Not all ships with them use them . The pa tones bells and buzzers thru out the ship will sound regardless if the horns are on or not

Brain Leavitt Has now taken over on Brilliance 

Sounds like John Blair is on for 1 more week at least as I just heard his voice after the emergency signal during the safety briefing and his Neil Diamond show is scheduled 

Royal night menu is only offer on 7 nights or longer. Also means no baked Alaska. On the six night cruise, I’m on mariner on one at the moment.  Menus in order are

Welcome Aboard

A taste of France

A taste of the Carribean

A taste of the USA

A taste of Italy 

Welcome to Bon Voyage 

I noticed on CruiseMapper that Brilliance is still in English bay. How will that effect the itineraries? Heard alpha called as she was pulling away

I was recently on Radiance and saw City of Dreams. It’s a good show. In fact, they are performing all 3 of the production shows every cruise now you will also get to see piano. Man and tango Buenos Aires 

Just got off Radiance with my best friend and we were able to have 3 baked Alaska’s. That is our favorite dessert. Sometimes I saw other people order to appetizers. 

In Canada, the rule for cruise ships is that they can only have one bar open on each deck for example, Schooner Bar on the radiance could be open but the ones in the Safari club, casino, champagne bar,and the pub would have to remain closed. The remaining bars would open shortly after departure.

The form is sent and has to be done 3 days in advance of sailing 

Hopefully Captain Marek will put on his usual rendition of Bon Jovi it’s my life and we are the world on the last night of the cruise. I heard him last year and boarding Radiance in 6 days with a friend 

If it is a surprise drill for the crew they will cal Oscar Oscar Oscar port/ starboard side  and then add this is a drill for crew only.  I have experienced a drill where the emergency signal went off without a announcement that it was a drill and saw lots of passengers grabbing life jackets and heading to muster stations 

They are crew stairs.  In a emergency passengers can use them to get to thier muster station 

The best way to check in and account for all passengers is to preform an actual muster of the ship.  Holland America had a passenger throw a life ring in the water once and that’s what they did.  They sounded the 7 short 1 long signal and had everyone go to thier muster station where attendance was taken..