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cvpends

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  • Location
    Castro Valley, California
  • Interests
    travel
  • Favorite Cruise Line(s)
    Princess, Holland America, Celebrity, Carnival
  • Favorite Cruise Destination Or Port of Call
    Mexico and the Caribbean for weather and water. Alaska for adventure and beauty.

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  1. Dining reservations are open, but I don't find a check box to apply my complimentary meals. Where will I find it and what does it look like?
  2. I don't know who they have this week, but Carlos Oscar is my all-time favorite comedian!
  3. We were on this cruise also, and had fabulous fun! In addition to what you said, we also loved the game shows in Explorers and enjoyed the house band, Supersonics.
  4. You won't have troubles with embarkation today, I predict. We were off in 10 minutes and they seem to have their systems down.
  5. P.s. I had a shore excursion with one of the singers yesterday. She said that COVID did sweep through the staff but everyone is healthy again.
  6. On board now. Staff is awesome. Entertainment good fun, Explorers lounge is where it's at! Have a fabulous time!!
  7. Bad traffic on Bay Bridge, so 11:15. I recommend earlier 🙂
  8. We boarded Ruby at around 12:30, dropped off our luggage and were enjoying our lunch at around 1. This said, we had an 11 o'clock check in time, so this was an hour or more late. I am sure that this delay caused further delays down the line. The delay was caused by passengers that didn't disembark in time. The officer said there were a dozen pieces of unclaimed luggage and they had to find the people who belonged to it before letting us on the ship.
  9. The buffet actually became self serve on March 12, and suddenly smoking was allowed in the casino, we didn't have to wear masks when walking to our tables in the dining room, they stopped testing a couple of days in, and more. That was the date when I started shaking my head and thinking "this is a recipe for disaster." I will actually board again tomorrow with my daughter. We will eat in specialty dining every day to avoid crowds (we hope) and either be outdoors or somewhere distant from other people. My daughter is a teacher and surrounded by Covid on a daily basis, and had successfully avoided it, so hopefully her good habits will get her through. I had my second booster upon returning home on the 27th, so hope that will help. My friend just returned from a cruise on Celebrity Silhouette, and came home with Covid. So this problem is certainly not unique to Princess cruise ships, although presumably it is handled better than your experience on other ships. Hope you feel better soon! Claire
  10. After disembarking Ruby on March 27 and getting home to find my husband was positive for Covid-19, I had all kinds of Covid symptoms, from coughing to congestion to headache and difficulty breathing on and on. But once I tested negative several days in a row the symptoms went away. I now wonder if they were psychosomatic because I was so stressed out about him having Covid and worried that I and my family at home might get it. Hopefully, now that your PCR test came back negative, the stress will be relieved and your symptoms will lessen.
  11. If you truly love wine, you will want to take a good look at the wine list and order by the bottle. Most of the best wines on the list are only available by the bottle, and they really are excellent wines. I am not sure who curated their wine selection but whoever did it knew what they were doing. If you can't finish the bottle, the servers will be happy to work it and save it for the next day for you
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