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One more point for consideration. As @Steelers36 so accurately described above, an FCD (Future Cruise Deposit, not to be confused with a Future Cruise Credit - altogether different beasts) is used to make a DEPOSIT on a cruise you are booking. When you use an FCD that you have previously purchased and have in your FCD “bank” as a deposit, you are making a deposit in the amount of exactly $100. Stay with me here…. It’s not unusual when booking a cruise to find a deposit requirement of $800 or more. Without an FCD, you will pay whatever the listed deposit amount is to secure that cruise. But if you have an FCD to use, your deposit amounts is $100 no matter what the listed deposit amount is on the payment page. All this plus it’s easy to get a $100 OBC when you use an FCD. By definition - free money

Very useful information. Thank you!

How much is the educator OBC? Is there a first responders OBC available?

Very useful information. Thank you!

New here. Very useful information. Thank you

New here. Two questions on this subject. 1- Is there somewhere I can go to see a listing of all OBC categories offered by HAL? 2 - Are OBCs stackable?

New here. Love this!!! Thank you for all of your time and effort.

Are you continuing on today’s sailing?

Having done the UBD three times I have but one suggestion. Skip lunch and snacks on your chosen day. OMG it’s a lot of food. 🤢

Have done exactly that and have wound up with 120 diet cokes after the swap(s).

Good point. Plus, our experience has been that calling room service for this particular request does NOT trigger the new $5.00 charge for calling RS on the phone.

“There is no comparison. HAL is far superior. “ We are considering a few trips on HAL so need some help understanding your position on this. On Princess we get free laundry (when we choose to use it) and free laundry tokens if we choose to do our own laundry. I’m having a tough time understanding why “HAL is far superior” to this when they want me to pay $8.50/day for laundry. That’s $119 on a 14 day cruise. Clearly I’m missing something and hoping you can help.

Phones should ALWAYS be in Airplane mode while onboard lest unpleasant surprises befall those who don’t.

Do any of the ships have self service (pax operated) laundry facilities?

Did you book through a TA? If so, contact them and ask them to get involved.

This 👆🏻 100% correct.

Princess does NOT block wifi calling.

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Absolutely agree on purchasing FCDs once on board. Best deal at sea. We always keep at least 6 each “in the bank”.

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I had these confiscated on another cruise line several years ago. Long story short, I grabbed them back and still travel with them. The photo shows my current workaround. Haven’t had a problem since.

Yes it does. A lot. Inside or balcony?

This 👆🏻 We were extra careful to get really good photos before we left home. What was the first thing they did at checkin after scanning our passports, yup, they took new photos of each of us. 🤷🏼‍♂️

Hope so. We’ll see. And I will report back.