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  1. Well, it is Holy Week and Lent is concluding. Are you sure they weren't just wearing sackcloth?
  2. You should add this to your cruise gear, Morpheus.
  3. Quelle horreur! Here's something I find amusing: One of the amenities listed for top suites on Regent ships is included laundry and dry-cleaning. However, I don't think I've seen any photographic evidence of passengers possessing enough applicable clothing to make dry-cleaning even worth having. This is probably why Regent doesn't lose much in giving it out as an amenity.
  4. It's the first of two breakfasts served to hobbit passengers.
  5. He did post on another thread approximately 18 hours ago, so there is that.
  6. Better to have cruising Tales of Woe than contemplations on the Tree of Woe. (I can't resist an 80s film reference.)
  7. Well, Queen Elizabeth is currently available for 9, 12, and 21-day Carribean cruise reservations out of Miami (round trip). Sailings begin in October of '25 and conclude in April of '26. Presumably, the Alaska itineraries will follow.
  8. My, but you are the raconteur, Mssr. Morpheus. I think there is a book of cruise tales in need of writing.
  9. Unlikely. Once bitten, twice shy, as it were. Ask the long-term veteran YCers. They will tell you of a time when passengers guzzled the included ultra-premium liquors, hoarded the minibar mini-booze to take home, and generally abused the beverage program. No more really good alcohol included. MSC learned their lesson about passenger alcohol consumption at a lower cruise fare, relative to what other lines offer to their suite passengers. It could be worse. The top suite passengers on some lines receive no drink package and still manage to pay way more than YC.
  10. The Royal Court Theatre on Cunard's Queen Elizabeth has such seating. However, it is not a suite amenity. As I understand it, the boxes are open to all, except on formal nights. On those occasions, they are reserved for a fee.
  11. No, no. I'm talking about the old-school, full-spectrum talent shows of cruising days gone by. Perhaps you experienced this phenomenon in your early years of cruising? Imagine passengers telling jokes, performing card tricks, and making balloon animals. We're actually lucky the Japanese gave the world karaoke. Otherwise, we might still be getting that passenger show and it might include a really bad harmonica player.
  12. Consider yourself lucky. You might have had your cruise enhanced with a far more memorable passenger talent show.
  13. I enjoy opera. I've posted my disappointment regarding MSC dropping the one-off operatic matinees from their cruises. (Dropped from Caribbean cruises, at least.) However, in all honesty, I think I'd rather listen to Yoko Ono than yet another overwrought rendition of "O Mio Babbino Caro." (I'll add "Nessun Dorma" as well.)
  14. This is especially painful. My Fair Lady is one of the few musicals on my drop-the-remote list. "But it can't have been right for your father to pour spirits down her throat like that. It might have killed her." "Not her. Gin was mother's milk to her. Besides, he's poured so much down his own throat, he knew the good of it." Gold. Pure gold.
  15. Ah. Probably referring to one's general state of wellness in relation to fitness for cruise travel.
  16. That game room would be a big plus in my book. I noticed there is a selection of refreshments available as well.
  17. This speaks to my concerns vis-à-vis Regent, Silversea, Crystal, and Seabourn. Cruiselines do what they do with a customer base in mind. If the aforementioned lines are presenting what septuagenarians (and those more senior) see as luxurious cruising, would I, being 15 to 20 years younger, see things in a similar manner?
  18. Seven pairs. Three-shades-of-blue boat shoes. White dress leather sneakers. Burgundy beefroll pennies. Black patent leather cap-toe oxfords. Closed-toe leather huaraches. Water shoes for rocky beaches. (Don't want to be surprised.) Nikes for active port excursions.
  19. Without going too far into the weeds, gout can be aggravated by too much animal protein in general terms. Mollusks and crustaceans can be particularly inflammatory. Organ meat, too, should be eaten only sparingly if at all.
  20. Well, that was just a princess. Now, Cunard only has queens. 😉 I'm very glad Cunard will begin homeporting Queen Elizabeth in North America year-round, starting in '26. Itineraries will be divided between Alaska and the Caribbean. Of course, the transatlantic route will continue with Queen Mary. This is our likely 2026 cruise, a roundtrip transatlantic. We're still debating which season.
  21. Hmm... The advantages of relative youth and speed may prove reason enough to reconsider. Frankly, I've been somewhat disinclined to give Regent a try. Too casual for me. (Full disclosure: We were booked with them once, but called it off when they moved the embarkation port offshore to Barbados.)
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