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3 hours ago, voljeep said:

https://www.bearcruises.com/about-cbc

Thanks!  I will be on the next leg, I wonder how many will stay on for B2B.......

22 hours ago, Colo Cruiser said:

Currently 400 plus Bears on this cruise. Not possible to find usable seating/space at the aft pool/area during the day.

We have sailed several times when this group has been onboard. Once being on the Emerald with 800 plus.

Excuse my ignorance, but who are the "Bears"?

MissP22:  were you on the 10 day Southern Caribbean and those were served on the 2 last sea days?  I will be on the Crown on the 28th, same itinerary (except Aruba instead of Curacao) - I wonder if they'll do the same....

I was on the Regal a few years ago and they had the same seafood extravaganza at lunch buffet on one of the last sea days - lobster, giant prawns, oysters, etc.  They were quite secretive about it - I saw them setting up large icebeds and asked what it was for and they wouldn't tell me.  The cruise I was on was a repositioning cruise from NY to FL and I believe the Crown cruise mentioned above is a transatlantic.  My theory is that after a repo, they need to refresh their food supply (menu changes for new itinerary?) and had to get rid of whatever was still leftover in storage.  Anyone experience this on a non-repo cruise?

Does Crown Princess really have on demand TV now?  This must be a recent upgrade.

We were on the Septermber 16-23 Western Caribbean on Armonia and the sea day prior to disembarkation, sailing north of Cuba towards Miami, we had a rough day.  The captain said it was due to the remnants of TS Jerry and that he will try to maneuver us to calmer waters but the rocking lasted all day and finally calmed down that evening.  I don't know if it would have been less rocky on a larger ship, but many did get sick.  Our cabin was on top deck in front and I definitely felt it more there so tried to spend the day away from it.  So just hope for good weather.

Just got back from Armonia in cabin 1218 (Aurea Suite) - was concerned about temperature in the cabin after reading all the negative reviews about the AC, but our cabin was perfect temperature for us - we tend to like it slightly on the cool side.

Isasprings, are you American?  Does that mean Americans are also eligible for free bottled water in 

Europe - not just the Brits.  Perhaps everyone should start speaking English at the table

• Are we talking about bottled water or tap water being free or not in the MDR?  I was on a Caribbean cruise and they automatically poured tap water from a pitcher unless you tell them no. I don't think they knew our nationality.....
• BTW, they also had packets of hot chocolate, instant Nescafe and decaf in the Lido buffet;  hot and cold milk, liquid Coffemate dispensers (sweetened Original, Hazelnut, and French Vanilla)

I don't know if all ships carry the same beverages, but on MSC Armonia, they have the typical beverages available for free:  brewed coffee (I personally did not like it), various tea bags for hot tea;  ice tea, lemonade, "flavored sweetened water" (tropical mango and strawberry kiwi) from a beverage dispenser and of course water were available 24 hours.  At breakfast, they add "orange juice" (sometimes OK, most of the time weak sweetened watery) to the dispenser;  whole milk, fat free milk and chocolate milk in 8oz cartons.  In the MDR, they had water, ice tea, hot tea, and coffee available at no charge.  I believe that was pretty much it for free.