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7 minutes ago, #1packerfan said:

found another article that said the baby weighed only 2.2 lbs so definitely premature.  Congrats to the new mom and hopefully all turns out well.

 

Perez was on the phone with the ship’s doctor all night, guiding the crew on how to turn an adult ventilator into one for a premature baby and how to mix antibiotics and give medicine to the newborn.

Finally, the baby was born, weighing 2.2 pounds.

Thanks.  Good luck to the little one!

3 minutes ago, reallyitsmema said:

 

I searched "Quantum of the Seas lifeboat incident" on another social media site.

I searched the facial social media, and youtube.  Found only the one shown above.  Perhaps it will come later.  I'll search again in a few hours.  Thanks.

36 minutes ago, reallyitsmema said:

 

It is actually right side up.  The other video is twice as long and shows more.  Someone curses in the video, so I am not going to post it here as it might just get deleted.

Can you suggest where we might find this video?

21 minutes ago, island lady said:

How does that work for citizenship of the baby?  

Interesting question.  She was not born in Jamaica, and I have no idea if they have birthright citizenship.  If the mother is American, the baby is a citizen of the US.

1 hour ago, F27TW said:

Maybe it was medical ? 

Doesn't matter. No smoking on balconies.

1 hour ago, ValerieJo said:

While no new menus were on the ship, we were told by the head waiter that the new menus would be implemented fleet wide on January 1. 

We are cruising on Jewel on January 6 and the app still has the old menus.

I was looking at some short 3-4 days out of Canaveral on Independence, normally about $5-600 for a balcony. They want over $900 - the $500 is now for an oceanview.   We'll be saving our money and doing land vacations until they can settle this out.

1 hour ago, UnregisteredUser said:

Same as the upside down pinapple, a discrete symbol for swingers open for contact with likeminded...

That's a new one on me.  🙂

53 minutes ago, molly361 said:

And hence the reason for the upcharge😇

This makes no sense.  We have always had waiters practically beg us to take a second lobster, and if one person at the table says yes, they bring 3-4 and try to give talk someone else into taking one.  

Just a whiteboard magnet, so we can leave notes to our friends and each other.  I usually write a 'Welcome to Cozumel' or 'Enjoy your sea day' on there, and get some fun replies.

The fact that it helps me locate my door a little faster is a side benefit.  🙂

We use old hotel keys. 🙂

6 minutes ago, allyfree said:

We were on Anthem in May and my hubby wasn't thrilled with the lack of/any decent malts although to be fair, there were still a lot of supply issues post-lockdown ... all of which created one very grumpy Scotsman !

Their Scotch selection is abysmal.  I have put it on every evaluation for the past two years.  It seems they have decided that their money is in mass-market well brands, and they simply don't carry any top shelf single malts.  😞

Just got my email and checked my excursions for January - both of them were $45 at their previous 'sale' price but were now $38.  Cancelled and rebooked, saved $36.  🙂

I am so very sorry for your loss.  Be at peace.

17 hours ago, Steeler Nation At Sea said:

 

We did a sail by of CC on the Harmony TA last year with announcements that felt like advertisements.   It was so disappointing that they had shortened our cruise by a day at the very last minute and not given us a stop there instead.  I felt just like Ralphie did when he finally decoded his Little Orphan Annie Secret message to see Be Sure to Drink Your Ovaltine.  "A Crummy Commercial!"  Honors and Benefits indeed.😂

 

If they were already booked up, or there was no staff available, they can't magically make it ready for guests.   😞

CocoCay is not guaranteed. We missed it on the Odyssey last winter because of high seas, to rough to dock.  Because we had no place to go and it was the last day before returning, the captain kept circling and bringing us back. He made announcements for us to please look out and LOOK AT THE DOCKS with the waves breaking over them to make sure we knew he had no choice but to skip the port.  It got to be a running joke, but at least he shut down the whiners.  🙂

We're sailing on Jewel in January to the ABC's, our first time on this ship. Thanks for the tips. We absolutely loved the Serenade.

On 11/14/2022 at 12:53 AM, fenton04 said:

Kind of had my eye out for some cheap fresh lobster.  Pretty hard to get here in the Midwest.  Home of the gooey butter cake and toasted ravioli.

And Ted Drewe's.  Can't leave that out.  

By the way, I found gooey butter cake pastries in a bakery in Berlin, so I guess that's where it came from. 

19 minutes ago, Starry Eyes said:

 

That’s what I’d think as well.  Also I would think over tipping and befriending a bartender might be more likely to garner more generous pours and exceptional service rather than free drinks.

I've been seated at the bar many, many times and have never seen a 'more generous pour'. They measure each drink, even when they are slammed and in a hurry.

39 minutes ago, Merion_Mom said:

they won't be able to coax bartenders into giving them free drinks by offering tips.  QUITE A FEW.

Umm, I didn't know you could do that.  Huh. 🙂

A public social media post by John Heald of Carnival, in response to this question:

9 minutes ago, Diver2014 said:

without their life vest because they didn't know where it was or didn't know how to put it on. 

There are enough life vests at the muster station because they do not want people who are out and about to run back to their cabins to get them.

1 hour ago, craig01020 said:

All this whining about going back to in-person muster drills is just like the poor, entitled office workers who have been working from home, and now complain about going back to the office.

 

Boo friggin' hoo.

Wow. Tell us how you really feel.  🙂

5 minutes ago, chengkp75 said:

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the law still covers most of the ports in Florida (many that don't deal with cruise ships), not just Key West.  And, of course, the major ports were fine with the new law that didn't apply to them, just follow the money.  They didn't "cave", they accepted the exemptions as their "right", as major players, not some podunk little port.

The Legislature at one point this year tried to tailor language to address only Key West’s rules, but fears that would be indefensible in court nearly sunk legislation near the end of Session.

Sen. Jim Boyd, a Bradenton Republican, brought the matter back through an amendment to a transportation bill. The new wording made clear preemption applied to all ports in the state, but only to voter measures, and only those related to maritime commerce.

https://floridapolitics.com/archives/438656-gov-desantis-tanks-key-west-cruise-rules/

6 minutes ago, chengkp75 said:

Just like any municipality within a state, the town of Bar Harbor does receive funding from the state, for specific purposes.  The land where the pier is, and the pier itself are owned by the town.  While not knowing Florida's constitution intimately, I have argued that the bill the legislature passed there is likely not constitutional for a variety of reasons.

That is not a concern of the current administration.  🙂  What surprised me is how quickly the other port authorities caved when they were cut out of the new law.  😞