Keys Kathy

I guess I am just too lazy to change things. I have a "cruise" drawer, and just pull out the same stuff I had last time. One thing you have to be aware of, is some ships are killing the power when you leave the room, so things are not charging.

I am trying to remember 10 years ago, but I believe there are a few other things that have changed. They no longer have the Acapela Groups, no seaday lunch extravaganza in the MDR, no Captains Club special with all the entertainment and food, and no more Champange on arrival. They have also redesigned the Ocean View cafe on the Millenium Class ships. There haven't been any craft people on for quite awhile either and there are few guest speakers. Heck, we are not even making towel animals or have napkin folding! Oh, and much of the food in the MDR has change, no more JVC meatballs or anything else in the cookbook. Qusine have been replaced with Petit Chef. (It is worth seeing once, but they have upped the price to $60. pp) You want to sign up online for your first nights' specialty restaurant. There is usually a discount unless you are on an Edge class ship. Prices have skyrocketed. We paid $99 for a ships tour a few years back. Now they want $139! To upgrade you drink package from regular to premium used to be $11.80 with the tip, per day. Now it is $18. with tip per person, per day. BUT! You'll still see us on board. The people are the best. The service is the best.

LOL! I have 4 usb ports on my computer and another 3 outlet hub. I take a 3 socket strip without a surge supressor.

one computer, 2 Iphones, 2 kindles and 2 portable chargers.

Our local test picks up months old spores and reports as positive and there is no guarantee you will have the results in 48 hours. You are wearing masks on your cruise? Bummer. They asked up to wear masks on the last day of our transatlantic. At that point, why bother? I bought the ticket, I knew the risks.

Our next cruise is a 5 day, so we don't have to test. We have an 8 day in Feb, but I am hoping testing will be done by then. As a quadruple jabbed, I think testing is a waste of time and money. I got Covid in January after an Equinox cruise with 860 people on it. No problem with our Apex 7 night at the end of January or our trans Atlantic to Amsterdam. Eather you're going to get it or not. Ours ended up being a "Cold"vid. No big deal. My opinion? Another way for the cruiseline to make money selling the tests.