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  1. Then you're misusing the word 'demographic'. But I suspect in reality you're being a bit disingenuous above, because you also said this: "Agree that demographics plays a major role in these activities." What specifically plays a role? Because if you're going to pretend you didn't mean any particular subset of people, then your assertion is basically: more people floss their teeth in public these days because of the growing public tooth-flossing demographic.
  2. Panama Canal water levels at historic lows, restrictions to remain
  3. 2-3 days before sailing max. It was a nice surprise because I didn’t even remember bidding.
  4. I loved my cheeky corner suite on deck 8. It was about ten seconds to walk to the smaller aft elevator, to go up to the galley or whatever. I did get some noise that at first I thought was club or party noise, but by night two I noticed it was always the exact same tempo and it made me wonder if I was hearing engine noise. (Didn’t mind—as a light sleeper I always bring good earplugs and a travel white noise machine that I can set on the pillow next to me. That combo means I can sleep through almost anything.)
  5. Not gonna lie, I saw the rumors on this thread and booked a cruise I had been considering for next March on SL, in case there’s an unexpected loss of room inventory for the first few months of 2024.
  6. I'd love to see photos of the non-logo merchandise. A lot of the logo merch is stuff I saw week before last, before the shutdown. (There are new items, too, to be fair.)
  7. A friend is regretting not buying some pieces she saw, and we can't for the life of us figure out who the designer was. I've watched a bunch of walkthrough videos and looked at images and no one ever goes into the store far enough. 🙂 The stuff we're looking for was on the opposite and far end of the counter that is briefly shown here: (Time stamp about 09:00-09:06 if this doesn't take you right to it.) It was silver and spiky and looked like something elves would wear in LOTR. 🙂 It's not Vivienne Westwood or one of the Bvlgari sub-brands. It was still on the ship as of May 2023. Thanks!
  8. And now the Coral shop is gone too. 🙂 (I’ve definitely bought RayBans onboard before, but I can’t remember if it was Scarlet or Valiant.)
  9. Everything is still empty except one store that has items boxed up to be shipped elsewhere (to other lines’ ships). Booze store is empty. MAC is closed and about half the merch left has been boxed up. Logo stores closed. Have sailor loot and nothing to spend it on. I tried to buy a bottle of bubbles at sip to take back to my room, but they said they’d have to open it first. I probably wouldn’t have wasted one of my MNVV deposits on this sailing if I’d known. (I like using the loot to buy silly stuff I wouldn’t buy otherwise.)
  10. Doesn’t the other party need to have their own app login/VV account? It seemed that way when I sailed with my spouse.
  11. Everything is empty and locked up. Bare shelves. MAC has some stock but seems to be closed. There are a few things in the “logo” stores (also closed— but it’s night one and maybe they open later). Even the vinyl is gone. I’ve heard they’re changing retail partners so I assume they won’t go without retail shopping forever (I was surprised that even the liquor store was shut down/gutted), but this is a heads up for people who like to shop onboard or have Loot to spend.
  12. I remember when I started cruising in 2015, I already felt like I had missed the 'golden era' of cruising by a mile. (Midnight feasts, lobster, better food, free room service, champagne sail-away, fewer lines, etc.) I guess now I get to be someone who is grateful to have gotten to sail during the days of 2 x a day room servicing. I fall into the category of people who keep the room tidy, and I get all my personal stuff out of the way when I know a cleaning is due, but I absolutely love coming back to a room where someone has made the bed, vacuumed a bit (I have short but thick hair and it gets everywhere when I blowdry it), and given me fresh towels and washcloths. Coming back to the room at night after dinner/drinks/entertainment and taking a shower in a nice clean room with clean towels is such a relaxing thing to me that I can just picture it and feel some of that relaxation. Needless to say, I've done way too much housework in my time on this planet.
  13. Can confirm that I essentially just walked out of the port on May 26th. No customs stop.
  14. Hope this doesn't bring in the more obnoxious segment of the party crowd.
  15. That explains why I was able to grab a cheeky corner suite that suddenly appeared about two weeks before sailing on my last cruise (about a month ago now).
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