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What time the ship is on makes no difference to what local time the ship actually arrives at each port. That schedule doesn’t change as it is only dependent on distance and speed.

I have also done this 20+ times and I asked one of the CDs. That trip we had done 2 time changes to match with PV. The CD explained that it was a decision between he and the captain, what time changes and when to do them. They were trying the double change, but probably weren’t going to keep it, as it was too hard on the crew. As always, your mileage may vary.

The decision to change times is up to the CD and the captain. Some do one change, some do both. You won’t know for sure until it happens. Or doesn’t. Enjoy anyway.

You all should realize that the main reason Carnival offers this is to find out which of their vendors are selling their tours independently. Most of Carnival’s contracts do not allow this and those vendors will be told to stop or lose their Carnival contract. The ones that don’t have it in their current contract will have it in their next one.

I once had dinner at the steakhouse with an entertainment staff member. She had to get permission from the cruise director to do so. The one condition the CD had was that we tip beyond the included amount. That told me all I needed to know about the included tip. I tipped well. Enjoy

Maybe New York is the most self important city in the US.

And then other times they’re extremely quick. What they aren’t, is consistent.

I’ve had to switch tables once for poor dinner partners. My mother and I did a southern Caribbean RCCL cruise out of San Juan Puerto Rico. There was some horrible weather that caused tons of flights to be delayed, including ours. We were supposed to arrive at noon. We got to the ship just in time for dinner. And we had late seating. We were seated at a 4 top with the other 2 seats empty. About 30 minutes later a couple comes in to take the other. They barely greet us and the female starts complaining to her husband that there aren’t as many activities that night as there are at Club Med. And she complained the whole rest of the meal. We finished our meal, I looked at my mother and we immediately went to the desk to see about changing our table. As I approached, the Maitre D turned around saw me and said “Ron, so good to see you again.” Paul, he remembered me from a cruise 2 years before! I remembered him as well and I explained the situation, he gave a quick glance at the seating chart, and said “I’ve got just the table for you. See me tomorrow night”. The next night, we were moved to a large table with a group of retired Southern Bell workers. We laughed and had so much fun at our table, other people were asking to move to it. Thanks Paul!

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Actually, the whole lifeboat will probably pretty quickly turn into a bathroom and place to vomit. AC will depend on the weather. Sorry, I know it’s a serious subject, but I couldn’t resist.

On the other end, suppliers to your local grocery store use ethylene gas to force fruits, especially bananas to ripen. Back when I worked at a grocery store, one of my coworkers accidentally ordered 120 boxes of ungassed bananas for the weekend. The buying public was not pleased. Enjoy

This year, about the same chance as winning tonight’s Powerball jackpot!

Think cooler, not refrigerator. If you need it for something critical, like insulin, contact special needs. enjoy Ron

They may not be unions like you recognize from the US but there are organizations that handle this. @chengkp75 would you care to comment? Most of the information I gave came via you.

This is sort of incorrect. The base amount the cruise lines are paying to the workers hasn’t changed. It can’t change by their contracts with the unions. But that amount is just a fraction of their expected wages. Most of their expected wage comes from “tips” or as it’s now called the daily service charge (DSC). What has changed is how much those workers require to leave their homes for months at a time. Just like a lot of businesses, cruise lines are having trouble staffing their ships. So, again like a lot of businesses, they are finding it necessary to compensate their staff more to fill positions and retain people. So the DSC goes up. Either way, you, the consumer pay for it. Personally, I have no issue with a higher DSC. Inflation is worldwide, and I think the service I get from the employees is well worth it. If I had more money, I might go on one of the lines with all services included, but their overall cost puts them out of my price range. Your mileage may vary. Enjoy

Puerto Rico is having a lot of power problems. They still haven’t recovered from Maria when they got hit again this year. They are experiencing rolling blackouts across large portions of the island. Right now may not be the best time to visit. https://apple.news/AWXIoawPMRC-2w4aNFWae_g

The most precious thing most of these employees have is time. They never have enough time for themselves. Having to take time out of their day to get a gift converted into something they can use negates the value of the gift. Just my thoughts.

For testing at the dock in Vancouver https://bookings.covid-medical.ca/#/customer/conventioncentre Enjoy Ron

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