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This is very interesting. Just some fun info. I'm sailing my first cruise ever in December. I just got the bid email today. I think my move up odds (C1 to Aqua) would be slim to none. I have no status. 😞 LOL

Thanks everyone. So much to learn! I had no idea we could access our room before 1pm. Good to know

We're cruising on the Summit in a month! Very excited. I have a few questions about the drink package. We purchased the AI package. Pre-paid all our gratuities. When we order a drink, using the package, I read we will be paying an automatic gratuity. Does that go along with the pre=paid? Or will each and every drink be charged 20%? Will that percentage be billed to our room? And on embarkation day are bars open when you get onboard? Or do we have to wait a bit. If we opt to swim, where do we change since our room won't be ready. (We have a 10:30 embarkation time). We're staying consierge, when is that lunch? Is it the day we sail or another day? So confused!

We decided on the Summit. We did the AI so I won't worry about tips. Thanks everyone!

We’ll be taking our first cruise in forever (our very first cruise was aboard the now defunct, Big Red Boat). We just booked the Summit for a December cruise. Thinking about consierge room. Since were booking rather late the cost isn’t bad. I do have a few questions about the “adding tip” prior to sailing. So when we do that do we just not tip bartenders, stewards etc? Are there envelopes at the end? Or does our tip pre-pay cover it all? Sorry if this has been asked but I didn’t find my answer elsewhere. Thanks