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What's that in the upper left corner of the cake?

As I said, if comps are what you are after then only play on one card. But please don't take up two chairs at one machine. They are so close you block out playing on the machine next to yours. Very rude.

We have cruised on casino offers since before covid. We both have our own cruise "entertainment" allowance. I spend almost all of mine in the casino while my wife likes to shop on shore. The result is I get the better offers. If getting offers is the only goal you will be better to do all the gambling on one card. But that would involve one person sitting around while the other gambles which is not something we are willing to do. But I have to say, gambling for offers is not something we consider wise. There are no "free" casino cruises; you pay for them with your gambling losses. Sure, there are those who say they gamble very little and get great offers, just as there are those who say they were picked up by aliens and anally probed. If you enjoy gambling and would do it with or without comps then the comps are great. But gambling for comps is not cost effective in our opinion.

It is just me and my wife but on the Hub app they split the cruise cash between us and we just leave it that way because it is irrelevant. In the end the cruise cash all goes to the one credit card and the cruise cash pays the first bills that would go to that credit card no matter whose sign and sail card was used. So, the cruise cash balance shown on a particular sail and sign card doesn't really mean anything when all the sail and sign cards close out to one credit card. The gratuities will also all go to that one credit card.

It depends... It says you are from the UK. That covers a lot. If you are born and raised in Scotland you may find no one understands what the heck you are saying.

I guess that explains Freeport... 😇 J/K

We stopped getting off in Jamaica pre-covid, but back then, at least, there was some security on at least some Carnival based excursions. Apparently many of them had a plain clothes cop on board. We didn't realize that until one tour when the cop was late and the bus stopped at the police station to pick him up. Look for single black guys wearing more clothes than most (to cover the pistol) or an extra, over dressed, tour guide who doesn't do anything. From what the other folks on the tours said it was fairly widely known.

My wife explained to me that it was dumb to know what what you are supposed to be going for. All you need to know is how to pick your bet and where to push the button. If you do it for a while and don't win anything then go to another machine. She says knowing what you are going for just makes you miserable. You sit there hoping and hoping, being very disappointed when it is so close... She says just sit there and push the button while you talk to people. I also love the old machines but she might be right. If I had the line above or below the pay line I would be a billionaire and being so close all the time is a bit of a drag...

Here's a sample: https://greekcitytimes.com/2022/06/02/mykonos-bar-american-tourists/ https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/worldnews/22587245/sunbed-scam-at-greek-bar-mykonos-dk-oyster/

They pretty much couldn't go to any places if they avoided places like Nassau. We feel Nassau is one of the safer places unless you seek out the slums. I've lived in New Orleans (and my wife was born and raised there) and we have walked extensively around Nassau; we were last there a couple of months ago. We feel much safer in Nassau than in New Orleans. It is easy to stay in the "good" areas in Nassau. In New Orleans the "bad" areas are interlaced with the good areas. Short stroll for the bad guys with easy egress. Now Jamaica? That place is a sewer with isolated private areas with private security where you are quite safe. Having been a number of times on tours to the safe places, and been there done that, we no longer get off the ship there. The only port where we don't understand why Carnival goes there is Jamaica.

First though that came to mind was "insane asylum." Inmates hanging out in the common room.

Lisbon pics and info please; pretty please? I don't want the fun to stop.

I'm really enjoying tagging along with you guys. Thanks!

Eight years? Then you are a brave soul. Respect!

You naughty boy! I see you only have 69 posts so you haven't learned yet. Don't take the flaying of your flesh that is to come personally; it is a rite of passage designed to teach you the "correct" opinions to have in this forum. 🤐😁 But I appreciate your observations just as I appreciate the observations of those who love the big ships. (Personally I prefer smaller ships.) Different points of view paint a more complete picture.

My sons had a teacher named Mrs. Butt in elementary school. Word was her husband's name was Harry.

Give it a few minutes for the water pumps to get pressure back up then push that button a few times like priming a lawnmower.

I know you met some furries on a previous cruise, but it seems you found it more interesting than I thought.

I don't know the answer to the OP's question, but I don't think that link provides clear information. At the end of the first section it says: "On occasion, U.S. Permanent Residents may be asked to surrender their Permanent Resident Card and/or passport at time of check-in. This document will be returned upon completion of the immigration inspection at the time of debarkation." So they may take your Permanent Resident Card and Passport and keep it until completion of immigration inspection at the end of the cruise. Then they say, "Guests are required to carry a valid Permanent Resident Card (also known as ARC or Green Card), that includes a photo I.D." Then later they say, "Cruises that Visit Martinique and Bermuda Visiting Martinique: To go ashore, guests must carry a valid Permanent Resident Card and a valid, unexpired passport from their country of citizenship. Bermuda Cruises: For the entire cruise, guests must carry a valid Permanent Resident Card and a valid, unexpired passport from their country of citizenship." It is kind of hard to carry the Permanent Resident Card and Passport when they have taken those things away from you for the duration of the cruise. Hopefully someone who has actually been in the OP's situation will provide some guidance.

So, just an average guy?

Yep! Naturalization and dual citizenship are different things though at times related. I have dual citizenship with no naturalization involved and at one time had three potential citizenships. I was born in Venezuela and they consider native born persons to be citizens no matter what. Then my father was British and my mother American. And then there are countries where you can buy citizenship: https://www.businessinsider.com/countries-buy-citizenship-golden-passport-countries-list-2022-8?op=1

WAY over my head. All I know about beer is you are supposed to pull the tab...

Yeah, when they get around to it the engineers can get it done. Problem is they don't often get around to it. One of my sons was deployed to Al-Tanf in Syria about a year ago. He's a doctor and the doctrine calls for medical areas to be air-conditioned so he had AC. But the rest of the guys got to look at the piles of AC equipment, that had been sitting from before the deployment of the Yankees they replaced, waiting for the engineers to get around to it. But this was a Louisiana National Guard deployment and a lot of them do HVAC work. They got it done and everyone had AC PDQ. Cajuns ain't waiting 15 months for the engineers.

Things are always changing, but in the past the waiters, bartenders, stewards etc. we asked always said they go directly to that person.

It's a secret; need to know basis.