AlohaLivin

I am tall, so nothing is short (all knee length or longer and most midi/long). Most of the dresses that I have a formal wear in that they run smaller than regular wear clothing - I am in a 12 misses now (14 formal most of the time), but have dresses that are 14-14w, 16, 16w, and a few 18 misses. And I will pass on the prairie dress too 😂

These two “repeat cruisers” don’t intend to leave anything behind!

Don’t you watch horror movies enough to know that you’re not supposed to “speak its name”??? 😂 You will bring about all kinds of nasty demons that way 👹

This one looks a lot like a bad casino offer .

Sadly no, not that I have heard. I so wish they would begin the official ones again, roll call participation has dropped so much since the official meet & mingles disappeared. ☹️

Of the years have poked my head in here a few times. I thought it was a wonderful idea to share dresses among women since they can get so expensive and we don’t necessarily wanna wear them more than once or twice. But I have so many clothes now that I really need to pass on to others, as I am sure that others do, and so hope that this forum is still kicking up its hells!

I have two pair, and I love them. I have the square toed flats and the ballerina flats. No, they’re not gonna give you a whole lot of support, that’s a fact, but they look good for a long time and they squished down and don’t get hurt and a suitcase. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

In my experience the best place to get them are on the deep seasonal sales at the end of summer, and at the end of winter, at large department stores like Dillards and Macy’s. But you can also pick up some really amazing deals on eBay if you are super careful (I have gotten some amazing stuff that way), it’s also a place to find very lightly used mother of the brides dresses and prom dresses that will substitute formal dresses

No. I think my parents would both be shocked by this fact, but I actually enjoy dressing up on occasion and we use cruises as those occasions, DH has several tux jackets and often brings one on a cruise (or a jacket/slacks for others). Plus formal dresses aren’t inexpensive, formal night gives me a reason to get extra use from them. Since we each get a free 8 x 10 photo for each cruise, we might as well take advantage of it! * I finally learned how to tie a bowtie this year, so I am up for lease for free on a cruise if someone needs help 😂

That is what we will do also our next visit also, the private tour with Bodden. And WarDamnEagle! 🧡💙

I was referring to Maya Key and also comparing it to Little French Key. I still think cruise lines should do their own checking and not leave it entirely to passengers. That was a general statement FYI not toward one excursion.

It was so sad to see. We don’t do any excursions of animals in captivity if we are aware and with this excursion we felt like we ended up in h@ll. I wish that all the cruise lines would better monitor what they offer to passengers. The conditions are just cruel,

Definitely, not Maya Key - the animals there are not treated well and parts of the beach were honestly disgusting. The positive side is the lunch was very good. We have friends that used to like little French key, but I’ve heard such mixed reviews about it (but have no personal experience there).

Maria Flores is on Adventure and she is super nice and extremely helpful. Loved her.

If you get the right server, you can get them. We actually had the headwaiter on EX sure we had some. But our last sailing on GR everyone claimed it was not possible (including the MDR mgt). So I guess it depends on the server and the ship. But they sure are delicious when you can get them!

Ditto - it has been years since I have seen an offer in the mail or through email even though supposedly the email issue has been corrected for me multiple times. I do see offers on the website, but I’m not bothering trying to “fix” anything again because I don’t think it’s truly fixable.

When I am queen, the first command I will give is to forbid this question. The second command will be to disallow any question involving formal night. 🤣

That was about what I has thought it should be. I thought perhaps the taxi prices there had gone the way of the cabana price is a Cococay! Thanks so much for confirming that (sane) price 😊

That is what I am getting too. And I just had a significant (in my view) loss on Grandeur for this last week - it never went up from the $ put out, only down 🫨 And I am getting only those “ one complementary guest” offers. Sucks.

$60+ for lunch transport is for someone working in illegal trades of some sort 😂 Was just a thought.

To piggy back off this, we were just looking at what to do at Saint Maarten next March since we’ve been so many times we’re looking for new things. Any idea how much the taxi is over to Sunset Grill from the cruise port? We thought we might just pop over for lunch.

That is correct. She will not get vouchers. However, you can use your vouchers to purchase her drinks if you would like. Or use your vouchers for your drinks and purchase drinks for her. Have fun on your cruise!

I will send you some pics 🙂

It is always good to see you! We have had a daughter’s wedding, etc., so I have been MIA. I know what you mean about the Caribbean in August, we are actually on Grandeur this August to the Caribbean and I don’t know what I was thinking. 😂 I tried an ocean view one time and I couldn’t deal. I know I couldn’t deal with an interior. I thought the upgrade was reasonable. But in retirement, I may have to figure out how to do an interior!!!

‘We wanted to upgrade so I had to call. I called the first date was available on the website and after being on hold for an hour was informed that it has suddenly disappeared, and can no longer be booked. I waited two days and luckily was only on hold 10 minutes. We were able to book Wonder for 3/31/24 for a $444 upgrade (given it what is wonder? I was surprised, but definitely satisfied). I do wish RCL would pull it together a bit sooner 😞 Would be great if you booked the same sailing? When do you go?