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I appreciate your support and letting me know. I will include my experience in my post-cruise survey (if I receive one) and will also be contacting CCL as well. They need to take a hard look st their policy - in it's present form, it's broken.

Not Vanessa, but wanted to weigh in. My sister used to ask for a sharps container in advance and it would be waiting in the cabin, but now we just ask Cabin Steward on 1st day and get one w/no issues.

I agree. It's also a struggle for those with large suitcases. The guy directing traffic as we got off said "elevator and escalator to the left," but the escalator had a sign and was roped off. I was not able to get a picture of it. A crew member in front of me said it hadn't worked in months.

Sunrise over Port of San Diego as seen from my balcony Bow Cam view Aft Cam view

Yes!! The ship looks good - you are lucky to be back on her. I hope you have as good excursions as we had with you.

I (and many others including the Hotel Gen Mgr & the GS Mgr) have the same opinion of their Service Dog status, ugh Now THIS is a service dog 😊 Not a service dog and not pretending to be one NOT service dogs and terrible imposters

I hope you see lots of whales, looks like a nice day to be on the water. 😊 Oh geez - that would have been after they were talked to and after their trip to Grand Dutch Cafe. 😳

They now have Casual, Dressy and Orange Attire, no Formal, no Gala. Overall, dress code enforcement is pretty lax with some ships being a bit more strict. I saw 2 people turned away from late seating MDR on this trip wearing what has been allowed on other ships. On Dressy nights, you'll see everything from jeans to suits and the very occasional tux (I saw 1 on Eurodamin May) - really so long as you honor the "no holey jeans, no swimwear in the dining room" rule, it's whatever makes you comfortable. The dress is in the top right of the Daily and is on each day of the Navigator.

Thanks for coming along - nice to have someone to talk to when traveling by ones self 😊

Unfortunately, I wasn't able to use it as the doors were locked and they didn't get it stocked until the following cruise, but it's open and ready for you to enjoy!

Sitting at San Diego Airport waiting to go home as I disembarked K'dam this morning. She's in good order with a great crew - you'll be in good hands!! Safe travels - enjoy your cruise!

And for seasonal ports like AK, excursions may not be available as early as other places. They also may post excursions thinking there's a high likelihood of them happening, but as operators lock in their staff, they may get canceled.

Traffic was not bad at all, almost non-existent. Don't know the airport well enough (only my 3rd trip through there) to know if it's always that way or if it's the time of day or being a weekend. The port is soooo close to the airport, that will be an easy taxi ride. I will wrap up soon. Safe travels - enjoy your cruise!

I don't sleep - this is all ChatGPT & AI and I'm a robot😉 I worked such odd hours for so long and start my work day very early as I work across multiple time zones, so I tend to sleep in shifts. I get a few hours in the evening, wake up in the wee hours for a bit then grab another couple hours of 💤😴. It's awful, but it's been that way for years. I get about 5 hours/night. Ugh

Yes, I've called on other cruises to have them picked up. There were none of the "call 92 to have your tray picked up" cards on this or my last several cruises. Nor have any of the room service delivery people said "when you're finished, just call us and we'll come get your tray" which I've also had them do on previous cruises. Maybe the process changed or maybe there was a communication hiccup.🤔 It was just a little odd, but absolutely did not wreck my cruise. I would like to see them once again post the call for pick-up signs or leave cards or in some way notify us so there would be fewer trays in the hallways. Narrow passage ways + extra stuff (dishes, laundry baskets, whatever) = hard to navigate. Off my soapbox now.

Hey @FlorenceItaly now that the cruise has ended (at least mine has, but maybe you stayed on?) how was it for you? Other than the dogs, I had a great time. The PG lunch Barb @zelker arranged was lovely and it was nice meeting you there.

More likely - spoke with John (GS Mgr) last night when we got off in Ensenada. After thanking me for my patience and apologizing (again) for my experience, he said he had finally spoken with them (they'd been avoiding him) and felt they would not be seen again with the dogs in an inappropriate area. But since it's time to get off, seriously, where are the dogs? If they were disembarking them away from other passengers, like they do ill passengers, for example, surely the humans would be with the animals. Head scratcher...

That's exciting - have a great trip!!

Continuing trip of firsts - paid over limit luggage 🧳 fee - ugh! There was no way to consolidate, so I've paid my first "weight penalty" to an airline. This was not a happy first 😪

Where are the dogs this morning? They are not in the bag, at least it didn't look like they were.

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I only see us, but last night in Ensenada there was a Princess ship with us, so not sure.

Glad you were along for the ride. Safe travels - enjoy your cruise!

My group, Brown 1, was called about 15 min early. I got on the shuttle about 810am and now heading to airport at 816am. Finding luggage was easy - it's after facial recognition, which worked smoothly. Escalators were not working, so it was wait for an elevator or take the stairs to get from ship to facial recognition line. That was the longest part. So disembarkation was a snap. My knee would have appreciated an escalator, but if you're prepared, it's fine. Disembark schedule Elevator line Facial recognition line No waiting for CBP agents

740am - Pink 2 & pink 3, T&CD Kristen says your luggage is waiting for you in the terminal if you will kindly go claim it.