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as cine cited, it does happen. companies are allowed to "fire" customers for whatever reasons they like. credit card disputes are expensive and annoying for companies to deal with, so some companies will just stop doing business with a customer that does this. some are more notorious than others (ticketmaster for one, challenge a transaction and say goodbye to being able to buy tickets again), but it happens.

lol i did a double take to check that your live wasn't on groundhog day because i've certainly heard this before!! hopefully this means they're actually doing something, although i wonder if the "tokens" will be lost in the past...

this happens on every voyage i've been on. the crew always swings by at like 5:59 for "last call" to top you off, and they'll frequently offer additional glasses if they still have a bottle open that they need to kick.

fairly certain they note at point of sale that bar tab is non refundable if not used. they are definitely transparent about it in all of their FAQs/marketing material about it. you're likely not going to get much help from amex on this. ETA: it looks like there was a processing error and it went through multiple times. why did you wait until you were onboard to try to fix that? i would have been on that as soon as i saw multiple charges clear.

as someone else above noted, shops close ~11pm and casino may be open a bit later; HOWEVER (big however!), if something happens that requires the ship to speed up to Miami early, everything will close earlier than that. i've seen people fuming that they couldn't use their loot because there was a medical emergency and the ship got out of international waters several hours earlier than expected. don't procrastinate too much 🙂

if you're buying drinks in lieu of paying the $7 fee, yes. if just the fee, no. pro tip - a shot of espresso was $3. even if you don't drink it, it's cheaper than paying the fee!

this may be a controversial opinion here, but every time i've gotten the seafood tower, i've been unimpressed (i get them for free as a perk, so i'm not just paying over and over again and expecting a different result - they're there, they're free, and i'm going to pick on them if they're on the table). the lobster has been rubbery and waterlogged, and the shrimp have frequently been meh. i grew up in new england, so i know seafood, and this briney, waterlogged ick was not good.

they're free from bars, but not all bars have them

samesies - VV's caribbean ports kind of blow to begin with, so for warm weather vacations, we're just planning land based vacations where we actually want to go. maybe we'd consider another voyage in europe, but getting from LA to barcelona or athens is a giant pain too!

I'm miffed they turned the ramen station into an express breakfast station!! I dearly missed my morning ramen on the last voyage! It seems like a waste to only have all those ingredients for just one meal a day.

it's a "mattress pad" but not a topper like most people think of. its basically a piece of batting between 2 sheets vs. a foam/egg carton pad

i don't eat mussels/oysters - i asked for shrimp/lobster only, expecting them to just take out what i didn't want, but they subbed in a ton of shrimp and extra lobster!

i wouldn't bank on this though - by the letter of their terms, they don't need to give you a cash refund. it's supposed to just turn into sailor loot for use onboard. i also experienced something similar. i had an excursion that i booked before boarding and cancelled while onboard, then i used that loot to purchase another excursion that was subsequently cancelled. it looked like we weren't going to blow through that refunded sailor loot, so i asked sailor services if they could do anything because the last excursion was technically a VV cancellation. without skipping a beat, they asked if i wanted to close out my folio that night and just get a refund on my card (but wouldn't be able to make any charges for the rest of the night/disembarkation morning) or they could give me a cash USD refund. while in both of our cases, we did get refunds, it seems like it may be a YMMV experience.

lol this guy is an absolute clown. i would take anything he says with a ROCK of salt, not a grain. he's gotten a ton of free cruises via casino comps and complains about literally everything. i had the misfortune of being in his presence on one or two of my voyages, and it seems like he actively seeks out issues. controversy = clicks, after all! yes, that voyage in the video was one of the most crowded to-date, but i didn't run into most of the issues he "reported."

on a B2B as megas, i think we saved up our actual laundry to just do once per leg, but we DEFINITELY took advantage of pressing/dry cleaning every day. don't worry about bringing wrinkle free clothes or wrinkle release spray!