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Algebralovr

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  1. Definitely Blanton's. And yes, they do still have a sign up calling it The Blanton's Store. I can't drink it, even a couple of sips of wine causes me to have a reaction, but a friend loves it.
  2. Sadly, my oncologist told me no more alcohol. So we didn’t bother. We just buy what the friend who watches our house for us wanted. 🙂
  3. The best answer is "maybe". We were on a cruise in December and stopped in St. Maarten. We stopped at the Gulmohar's for a specific bourbon a couple of friends wanted. We brought back 3 bottles. I went through security with the bottles in a bag and and my seapass card in my hand. I had a suite, so the distinctive silver card. The security officer told me to place the bottles in my suitcase in my room and not to drink them on board. "Great!" I replied, "These are for people at home. I'll pack them right away." Your mileage may vary.
  4. I thought I read they were going to only clean once a day, but would still be doing the turndown at night, unlike Royal. Unless in a suite, then they still clean/freshen twice a day.
  5. A closed loop cruise out of Florida, going to Mexico, Bahamas and Cayman Islands is completely fine on a passport with even one month of validity left. I would save your cash, and just use your passport as is, then renew when you get back. We have done exactly what you are looking to do. We had passports that expired in May, and had a February cruise. Realized they were getting ready to expire. Since it was a FL closed loop cruise, we just needed ANY valid passport OR birth certificate+Photo ID. We used the existing passports then renewed when we got home. Closed loop US cruises and visits to Canada just need any valid passport. Heck. We took daughter on a May 31 flight to Canada for a cruise out of Vancouver with a passport that expired in August. Didn’t have sufficient time to renew before the cruise, she came home and renewed after it.
  6. Connie will be in Tampa, so no retreat lounge. They do have a shorter dedicated line, rather than the line everyone else is in. We were on her in February.
  7. That sounds like poorly trained staff. https://www.celebritycruises.com/content/dam/celebrity/new-images/Captain-Clubs-Benefits-Brochure_3.24.23_V7.pdf Shows it as a benefit and this seems to be the most recent version.
  8. I've used the Rodeway Inn FLL a number of times. dayroomstay.com They have a pool, bar that does a decent burger for lunch. If you are disembarking at Port Everglades, their room cost includes the shuttle from Port Everglades to hotel, then hotel to airport. They have some coin op washers. Once, I did a bunch of our dirty laundry in them so that I made decent use of the time, and didn't have to haul home dirty laundry.
  9. Sadly, if you booked as a single, rather than TBD, it means they re-price and go with the current promotion rather than what you originally booked with. When they are requiring a 100% single supplement, you are better off listing a second person as TBD and that will let you add a second person later on. Otherwise, you just tell them you are not bringing a second and they should refund the taxes/fees on the 2nd person and not charge the onboard gratuities for the second.
  10. I was on Solstice in October of 2022, Reflection of November of 2022, then Emerald Princess over the Christmas holidays, then Constellation in February of 2023. The Emerald Princess was the only ship we sailed on that never seemed as clean. We noticed that the bathrooms by the buffet, aft, were not cleaned nearly as frequently as the similarly placed ones on the Celebrity ships, and the carpet in the aft area of the buffet was not vacuumed sufficiently. Also, the bases of the tables were not clean. So for cleaning? Celebrity absolutely won. Our thoughts of the International Cafe? Their fancy tea isn’t. I wasn’t impressed with their tea.
  11. It isn't good enough, no matter what. It is supposed to filter some, all the indoor air is supposed to filter. They were supposed to have upgraded the filtration as they returned the ships to service after Covid. Either way, it won't be good enough if you are sitting there enjoying playing and some jerk comes up and starts vaping with one of those that creates a cloud of garbage around him the way some do.
  12. I'm with many longtime Celebrity cruisers who are appalled at the current test of allowing vaping in the casino of Equinox and Eclipse. I've emailed the executiveoffice email address, and received an email and call back. I was told by the representative that it was a decision being made by the executive team and the leadership team at Royal Caribbean. I think we all need to remember that Celebrity is a division of Royal Caribbean Group. That is different than Royal Caribbean Cruise Line, it is the parent company of them both. I've sent a second email, with some supporting documentation about why vaping is no more safe to do in the casino, but I think that this may be coming down from the RCG leadership. How many of you are, like me, are shareholders? We bought shares in the company for various reasons. I my case, I like to own a small part of companies I like to do business with. So, now that we have seen they are responding to our complaints by removing the signs saying vaping welcome, but printing in Celebrity Today that people can vape in the casino, it is time to call and email Shareholder Services about the situation. So, if you own shares, please call and/or email RCG Shareholder services about this situation. The lack of smoking/vaping is one of the things that sets Celebrity apart from their most direct competition, Princess and Holland America. It is THE reason we keep coming back in my case.
  13. So true. I drink a couple of cups of tea, then water. But when I was young? Didn’t we all make different choices when we were younger?
  14. By DD always buys AI. She and her hubby (age 29-35) want WiFi, want the beverage package, etc. They upgrade to premium beverage package. She likes the fancy martinis from the martini bar at night. Skips the shows, just hangs at the martini bar. During the daytime, she will drink a number of strawberry daiquiris at the pool. She will have 3-5 fancy coffees a day. She is on vacation and wants to enjoy the vacation. I can’t blame her. She works long hard hours and when she takes a vacation, she enjoys herself. 3-5 coffees ($25), 4-5 frozen drinks ($50), a dozen bottles of water ($50), and 2-4 fancy martinis ($36) and the beverage package has MORE than been paid for.
  15. Thank you so much! I am acquainted with a couple of the Revenue Directors. I can absolutely see them saying, “let’s see what happens if….” Then walking it back after feedback. I know a couple of medical workers (nurses, respiratory techs, etc ) who smoke and they get through their shifts by chewing gum. In one case, LOTS of gum. They have an addiction. They know smoking is bad. They lead stressful lives. Smoking helps in various ways. It is banned on hospital property. Gum is their solution. Maybe the casino hosts can offer sticks of gum to people who have a package of cigarettes or a vape pen in their shirt pocket. 😄
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