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I'm seeing a lot of cruises departing or ending in New York at huge discounts off the brochure price. If you want less crowded on the ship, that might be the way to go. Ex: 10 days in June for $399pp (inside) or 14 days in August on a balcony reduced again to $891. Guessing those ones are not close to full. The Caribbean cruises are not "discounted" nearly so heavily.

We generally prefer to tip people individually so remove the auto-gratuity. Guest services has never asked about it nor shot us a dirty look. Careful not to paint all people who do things differently from you with the same 'cheapskate' brush.

Thanks. Princess is running a similar promotion and it's 3rd & 4th pax free regardless of age. Decided to book there instead.

No, not going to fudge it. Was just wondering if I actually booked it, would it charge the 13 year old as an adult. Guessing so. Too bad - she doesn't take up a lot of space, but I'm not really wanting to spend a full adult price for her.

Your photography is beautiful! You might not get as much out of it as we did :-). They had a few small-sized hands-on events limited to 25 people and taught by one of the portrait photographers (not the annoying dressed liked an idiot ones at the docks). He was young, but knew his craft. One was in the studio all about lighting and another was about motion - for that one we took pics around the ship (few of which turned out well. lol)

When I'm looking at booking and put in 2 adults, 2 kids under 12, it's substantially less expensive than considering a 13 year old as an adult. Anyone know if they actually care about the "kids" ages or if it's just a marketing thing? Have you booked with the KSF promotion and brought teens?

Yes.

If we're in interior, twins pushed against opposite walls - leaves more room for walking around.

We were on one where the enrichment talks were from a retired Canadian Mountie. Really interesting! Next best thing was photography events. Although we're pretty decent photographers, we did learn some things and took some great photos.

We did one awhile back out of San Francisco. Never again. Not enough people had signed up for it, so Princess ran a "local special" discounted for Bay Area folks. Ended up super crowded and full of rude, pushy people determined to get their money's worth by clearing out anything good at the buffet, hogging spaces, and just generally being nasty and entitled. YMMV.

What worked better for us was to put the super strong magnet hooks on the ceiling and then hang swimsuits/gym clothes near the air vent. Dried much faster.

Has anyone ever had GOOD experiences with EZAir? After reading some of the horror stories like this one, I can't imagine ever using them. We generally fly with changeable tickets on our preferred airline. Might cost a little more, but not worth the potential headaches to save a few $.

Use the Brave browser -- then you don't get the popups at all.

We noticed that on our last cruise, every single offer in the International Cafe was either meatless or pork-based. Every one. No chicken, no beef, no turkey. I'm guessing pork prices must've been down, but it was disappointing for what has traditionally been our favorite spot to have only pork -- and only cake or mousse for dessert. Make sure you fill out your questionnaire (and return it within 72 hours) and ask for more non-pork offerings.

It's from 2023. But your point is well taken. I'd assume that NYC is now in the top 10 (no source, just an assumption.)