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Our neighbors have a couple of them. They don’t rap though. Just bark. I don’t know anything about their taste in vodka.

Checking in at the muster station involves scanning your medallion. That’s it. Muster stations are inside, located in bars and restaurants for the most part. Watching the video on your phone, you can be anywhere. Pool. Bar. Gym.

It’s even better when you order two at a time. I’ve had it as an appetizer and the size is okay. Mrs BV ordered it as an entree and even with her small appetite, it wasn’t adequate. But still delicious.

Because everything with a celebrity’s name on it is better. 🙄

We’ve sailed Princess twice now and not seen more than a handful of children. There will be at least 2 on Enchanted in June because I’m bringing them. On topic, still no mention of a cruise ship stabbing in the news.

I remember that on older Royal Caribbean ships. I think they’ve all been retired at this point.

I understand your frustration regarding vague error messages. But you called and were actually given a correct answer! Do you know how rare that is? I don’t think it’s unreasonable for Princess to require a credit card that is valid as of the date you will be dining. I don’t consider that “jumping through hoops”. And it’s not the app (for once). It’s the line’s policy.

The Travel Scouts is a YouTube channel that regularly posts the top 10 cruising stories of the day/week. They avoid the amateur shock video and often let you know what rumors are not just rumors. Good place for breaking news. I haven’t seen this stabbing story there yet. Starting to think I won’t.

I’ll be watching for the story on YouTube.

With Argentina headed in that direction. That would make 12.

It wasn’t me. I’ve never handed any crew member a $100 bill as part or all of a tip.

I’ve never seen the blue one. Special order or something new?

Done on day 2 of a 7 day cruise. My credit card companies send me a notification the instant my card is used. I have disputed charges successfully in the past. I read everything I sign and lots of documents that don’t require a signature either. No offense to the parents in the other post, but I have confidence that I could not be swindled as easily. If this happened to every customer at Princess future cruise desks across the line, it would stop pretty quickly. Some customers may appear to be easy marks and become victims.

7:30 am in the Vista lounge on my upcoming Enchanted sailing. Every morning.

The crew accepts them. And smiles.

I wonder if Princess is missing out on profit from first run movies. They can be expensive. Theaters make their money on concessions.

I saw Don’s video this morning. He is one of the more reliable vloggers.

Shall I assume this is one of the many functions that don’t appear until after I board? I’d rather buy in the app than at the desk. Thanks for the info.

I bought my current FCDs onboard Sapphire in September. The nice lady would like to have sold me more but I was able to hand her my credit card and was on my way in less than 10 minutes.

Thanks for the heads up. I will be visiting the future cruise desk in a couple weeks on Enchanted. But all I intend to purchase and all I will purchase is FCDs. They can jabber all they want, but to no effect. People can tell when I’m getting impatient. So far, it’s been a pretty quick transaction.

Princess has taken me to a few places where once I left the port, it was clear I was in a third world country. And it would be wise not to wander around those places with a pocket full of cash.

Until you get so drunk that you fall overboard and your family sues the cruise line for allowing you to drink more than 15 alcoholic beverages in a day.

Well, let me correct that. It’s only when I’m flying home. I buy something local to take back and share with friends (if I’m feeling generous). In March, it was six cans of Naked Pig from Back 40 Brewing in Gadsden, AL. In September, it was a mixed 6 pack of Alaskan beers picked up at the liquor store by the port in Ketchikan. I lost one of those - a dry Irish stout - on the trip home. Fortunately the ziplock stayed intact. My favorite beer is local to FLL. Last Snow from Funky Buddha is a toasted coconut coffee Porter. But it’s seasonal and hard to come by. I will stop in on my way home from Port Everglades in June and hope they have some in stock. But no flight needed. Just a longish drive.

Inconvenient, yes. But I travel with beer in checked luggage almost every time I fly. I do put each can in a ziplock bag but have only had one burst in >25 years.

On Sapphire in September, there was a live instructor 3/7 mornings. I don’t think he was paid and he did ask participants to mention him in their surveys. I’m thinking he hoped to turn it into an official gig at some point.