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I think they were just trying to be helpful. You owed the money due to their mistake but better to handle it while on the phone than to risk your reservation getting cancelled because you now owe a balance you didn't pay. Modern computer systems are great at automating a lot but sometimes it can be detrimental to the customer, especially once the people who set up the system initially have moved on and their replacements have no idea how it all works.

Most of us somehow survived childhood boredom. If it was a mistake, it was a mistake, but you won't know that until it's done. Are you willing to lose the $1K? Otherwise, go and make it a fun trip for your family. Celebrity is more sedate than NCL. Knowing that now, you can plan for it.

Love your photos. Oftentimes people post their food shots and people scream "looks delicious!" and I don't see it. Yours actually make the food look good, or at least real-to-life (I saw a sketchy baked potato). I will say that HAL's food almost always looks a lot better to me than comparable lines, and your photos really capture that.

Luminae is carved out of the main dining room space, deck 4. Michael's Club is the Retreat lounge space on non-Revolutionized ships.

Facebook. It's not forbidden to say it. Not sure why people think otherwise. CC just doesn't want you to steer people from here to roll calls on FB is all (don't join a roll call and tell people to join them on your FB roll call). It's in the guidelines.

If you're on a cruise that has the same itinerary, you can look that up and get a good idea, e.g., if the one this week is going to be the same as the one you're on. Or if you post which one you're going on, people can generally give advice as to what days will be Chic Night. Most often on sea days and never the last night.

If everyone has to sign a slip, it slows down the service because the bartenders have to print a slip and then wait for people to sign. I can see why it would be annoying if it was being done at every (or most) bars, especially the busy ones. Part of the all-inclusive appeal is that you can just order without thinking about it, including waiting for a receipt to sign. X has had a longtime problem with some bartenders charging multiple drinks to a single card whether they belong to that package or not. This was probably meant to address that. Hard to get real analytics if the front line people are doing whatever they want and skewing the results. I think the answer could be in having drink ordering done via the app, but I don't know that RCCL has the technical know-how to dream that big.

When Luminae was first announced, they said it would be open every day for lunch but did a retreat (!) on that before it was rolled out. Quite a brouhaha about it then. Luminae has not been open at lunch on port days (except embarkation), from the beginning.

I might agree on Persian Garden, though I think they are very similar products so not sure what Celebrity's would have over HAL's. I would not say Celebrity's food is "far superior" than HAL. That may have been true at one time but Celebrity's food standards have slipped a great deal from when that was true. I find them more similar than different and have had some terrific meals on HAL. I too would vote for Glacier Bay and HAL as the itinerary unless you plan to do this route regularly. If it's a one-and-done (which I think it is, though I know many who would disagree), I would choose to see Glacier Bay.

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The ships can be cool in the evening, too, so that should be a consideration. I often find them cold, even. I wear shorts all the time at home but feel more comfortable in long pants (or jeans) in the evenings on the ships.

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Mind if I ask where you're taking that class? I'm in your area and looking for a gift idea for someone.