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Which _meals_?

Welllllll.....

Second Breakfast.

Elevenses.

And Nuncheon.

Although the Windjammer buffet does help one muddle through the the thin times.....

On 5/6/2021 at 9:39 PM, clo said:

No ketchup! Deli mustard, pickle relish, cole slaw.

Worthy, although I'll retain my perverted option for ketchup.

Basic hot dog building for me: mayo on the bun, a bed of chopped raw Red or Vidalia onion, a _teeny_ dab or two of mustard (coarse-ground Dijon or horseradish-flavored), some black pepper and maybe a few garlic dill pickle chips.

Heaven.

Thickly applied to my warm toasted bagel, thank you very much!

Are potato pancakes ever a breakfast offering?  Regular pancakes have a small attraction for me, but a pile of crispy spud griddlecakes is heaven to my palate.

On 9/4/2018 at 1:34 PM, TBone2K said:

Resurrecting an old thread is generally bad form unless you are following up on the original question.

The thread is that old but it's been shuffled along regularly with relatively frequent new postings. The original topic is still fresh--and the answers and comments are still on topic, although I think the general tone of responses are not quite what the O.P. intended.

On 7/15/2019 at 9:18 PM, FranMar16 said:

Ditch the Indian food, I want Philippine food.

 

You may have all of my share, and I'll relieve you of all that *nasty* Indian food, okay?

Two--Two Damn Many. 😠 No prospects for a cruise this year, but perhaps 2022 will be our next foray onto the glossy blue seas.

Welcome aboard, matey!  You've just stepped into the biggest pile of cruise advice treasure available. Check out the Departure ports and the Ports of call, as well as the Ask a Cruise Question and right here in First-Time Cruisers.  You will get many opinions and plenty of advice. 

Enjoy your searching, and remember--a lousy day cruising is better than a good day on land!

A real Italian sub/hoagie with crusty Italian rolls, cappicola, salami, _sharp_ provolone, onions, tomatoes, oregano/basil/salt/pepper, lots of olive oil and a teeny bit of vinegar, and maybe some sweet peppers.  No lettuce, no regular ham or other lunch meat. If you get within 1 mile of my hoagie with mayonnaise, you'll be sleepin' wid da fishes, capishe?

On 10/3/2020 at 10:00 AM, Tiger0613 said:

<SNIP>

On my first cruise(6/15/02), I screamed like a little girl when stingrays brushed my leg.  I want to redeem myself in Grand Cayman.

Now that you know  that they are more  like a waterborne kitty than a mountain lion, you'll have a lot more fun interacting.  Enjoy the Hell out of it!  Drag people along to share the experience!

On 2/2/2018 at 11:33 AM, fishywood said:

 

<SNIP>

 

Thus the futility of even attempting to compile a genuinely representative glossary of terms.

Then again, nothing is or truly needs to be, perfect, if it accomplishes the lion's share of the goal.

On 11/20/2016 at 4:29 PM, relic2 said:

Where's the like button??[emoji106][emoji106][emoji106]

 

 

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On 4/6/2016 at 5:44 PM, egjg1971 said:

Newbie no/no~

I would say using a selfie stick hanging over every rail and posing yourself over and over until you get that perfect shot... in line, in the buffet, in the piazza, on the tender, at the coffee bar... you get my drift!

Of course you could make their cruise memorable and photo-bomb as many of their selfies as you can.  Afterward they'll be wondering "who was that old bald fat guy in the hawaiian shirt in the background of so many of our pics???"

On 6/2/2015 at 7:11 AM, FunInThaSun said:

so we arent suppose to wear the life jackets that are in the room?

Only on formal nights if your tux and gown match the color scheme.  ;^D

On 3/30/2010 at 3:02 PM, Habubabu said:

 

Eating every meal and then some!

I feel called out by that!

My first cruise gave me absolutely no problems with seasickness.

Flash forward about 10 years and one night I bent over to pick something up and WHAM!  Instant nausea and inability to balance.  Vestibular Inner ear conditions can hit in a moment; I spent 5 days in-hospital and several months of therapy before I got completely back to normal. 

If you feel you may be subject to seasickness, you MIGHT think of using the therapy exercises to build up your resistance to erratic jarring motions. The exercises are nodding and shaking your head rapidly for a number of repetitions starting out at, say, ten in each direction then increasing the count, moving your eyes rapidly left/right, up/down and diagonally with the same building-up of duration and count.  The therapy is designed to overstimulate your inner ear balance system so that comparatively minor motions wouldn't affect it as much.  The exercises and doses of Meclazine (Bonine)

  help quash the queasiness.

Yes.

In fact, on the homeward leg of our cruise, DW (Dear Wife) and I pounced on some gift shop sales on luggage, one piece of which was a rolling duffle.

If one is into classics, there's Agatha Christie's "Murder on the Nile".

We were looking at Gibbs Cay for an excursion (trip got cancelled) because two of our party are mobility impaired; it would have been great to have them able to interact with the rays without having to clamber down a ladder.

If you will be in Key West between April 20 and April 29, 2019, you will be on hand for the Annual celebration of the Conch Republic. There's too much to discuss here and now, but if you Google "Conch Republic" you will see just how fun-loving the folks of Key West are.

LoveTravelJamaica caught just about everything; if you choose Negril, one of the activities there is Cliff Jumping, if you feel adventurous.:eek:

+1 to Tom.Kitten: that head-rolling technique is used by therapists to help people with inner-ear/vestibular disorders to reacquaint a misbehaving balance system with the new distruptive sensations and misinterpretations of the cochlear system.

Been there, done that.:eek:

One of the meds used in treatment is meclizine (D-Vert) which is usually effective to take the edge off symptoms for equlibrium problems, assuming the problem lasts more than a few days.

I do not know how to spot this.

Then don't worry about it: concentrate on enjoying your own cruise instead of seeking out "virgins" to feel superior to. Let them make their own way, their own fun, and their own mistakes--it makes for a more interesting and memorable cruise.

If there was little Ocean Motion I would feel deprived of the true Cruise experience.:cool:

Our ship on the outbound leg took a left hook to avoid a storm at sea moving toward shore. Even with stabilizers, there was ample ocean motion to make carrying a tray of food in the Windjammer quite an experience. ;)