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Well, when I Lent, I always get soot.

Disney, huh? The a/c was probably just a cover story. I'd wager it was those damn brooms again.

Devils Tower, of course! (Going waaay back for that pop culture reference. 😉)

@JAGR, the re-re-re-retelling may remind you of Mark Antony's line in Act 3 of Julius Caesar, but I'm reminded of... NIAGARA FALLS!! Sloooowly I turned, and step by step... inch by inch...

Tony Soprano would have approved. 😎

True enough. It is quite contentious on the luxury cruise message boards. They can get especially snippy, when tipping early in a cruise is mentioned. And what, pray tell, do you have against bon mots?? I love bon mots! I've been known to eat a whole box while I'm watching my soaps.

Do you mean friends and family of MSC corporate? Friends and family of non-corporate VIP guests staying in YC themselves? Friends and family of brazen, but non-VIP YCers? All of the above?

Permission to treat the witness as hostile?

Hmmm... After a quick bit of Google-fu, it seems Lanson is not available in the Carribean cruise region. Perhaps Lanson takes the place of Nicolas Feuillatte in the Mediterranean? It would seem odd, having two entry-priced Champagnes by the glass.

Insofar as actual Champagne goes, NF will likely be the least expensive on the entire ship, including the Champagne bar. There will be less expensive "bubblies" that are within package price caps, but they won't be Champagne. There is probably a prosecco and an asti at the two lowest price points.

They want you! They want you! They want you as a new recruit!

@rkacruiser, it's a much better white tent to "serve notice" on NCL for their audacity to white-tent as well. 😁

I have a suggestion... 700 sq. ft. of "Take that, NCL!"

(I've never been on a ship with a craps table, so this observation comes from casinos on terra firma.) A craps table is more labor-intensive than card games. MSC is probably looking to keep casino labor down by avoiding a game that has (at minimum) a dealer AND a stickman AND a boxman. Just my 3 yen.

That makes more sense, really. If YCers are happy with their food, the motivation is somewhat diminished to go to specialty dining. For the rest of the ship, the specialty dining is a bigger step up from buffet and MDR. If passenger budget allows, non-YCers will provide better returns on the free food tour.

So very true.

Happily, for those who wish to refresh their luggage, there are wheeled garment bags with collapsible handles that can be unfolded and hung like a regular garment bag. Very handy for those who are disinclined to shoulder the load. 😃

I use a high capacity garment bag for both our dress-up clothes. I put dry cleaner's bags on each individual hanger AND garment to decrease friction. My tux shoes and two pair of her shoes are in cloth bags and left loose in the bottom of the bag. With odds & ends in the bag's many pockets, that makes my carry-on bag. I simply ask the flight attendant at the door of the plane if I may hang the garment bag in the closet. Works like a charm.

It means the pizza slaps. 🙃 (It's very good pizza.)

Don't menschen it, Morpheus; we're all here for the C.C. team.

Yes, assuredly so.

Here's Cary Grant NOT in Yacht Club...

For our February cruise, I almost packed an ascot for afternoon tea. Maybe for a Mediterranean cruise.