Sea Hag

When we were on the Ruby in Spring of 2022, we asked our waiter if he could set this up. He went away, came back, and told us we were all set. He said to show up on time, since the table could disappear on us if we didn't. This was on the first night out - loved the table and liked the waitstaff a lot.

They gave the two of us a large bottle in the Crown Grill, but I wouldn't expect it anywhere else. No extra charge that time.

Deck 7 midship is marked as piazza. It looks to me like that extends up to decks 8 and 9.

I was several cruises in before I found out I could ask for price drops.

That's a question that springs to my mind! If they have one mdr that requires more formal attire, what happens when someone who's way casually dressed turns up for dinner and is told there's going to be a wait for a table in a casual mdr? While tables sit empty in the more formal one? Seems to me like that can happen and that the passenger(s) isn't/aren't going to be happy.

I'd like to know that too, but I've got nothing. We really like club class, but I figure that by the time this ship does a sailing we want to go on (location, ports) plenty of people will be able to tell us.

Cruisedeckplans has the casino on deck 8. Who knows if that's finalized.

This: "The three decks will each have their own personalities, offer different dining experiences and range in levels of formality." is very interesting. Different levels of formality? I wonder how that's going to pan out.

I loved the part that was over the volcano and the lava flowing into the sea! We nearly froze before we got over the volcano. We only had light jackets on, and it was really cold. Loved hanging out the missing door.

The best excursion we've ever done anywhere was the doors off helicopter on Hilo. This company has lots of tours on several islands, but I'd certainly recommend the doors off tour. https://paradisecopters.com/tours/island/hilo-doors-off-lava-and-rainforest-adventure

That wouldn't work well for us, since we don't drink alcohol and it's less expensive for us to just pay for the things that we do want. Plus, we really like trading the mini bar for two coffee packages.

As above, except I prefer the Crown Grill. I like the lamb chops and the salted caramel creme brulee cheesecake. 😃

That's exactly what I do - black and navy in long and capri. LOL. I tried the shorts, but after they were washed they were too short for my lumpy old legs. The crops are longer than I like, so it's always capris and long ones for me.

I pretty much live in Land's End sport knit pants of various lengths. So, anybody on the same cruise as me would definitely see at least one, if they stipulated that I'm a lady.

I haven't actually stayed in one of these, but the premium deluxe balconies on deck 11 aft look very good to me. Large, half-covered balcony. Cabins above and below. These hit all the sweet spots for me, except for the aft location. Oddly, my hubby doesn't like aft cabins.

I think this is very dangerous, and I also think that guy would try to sue the cruiseline if his child fell over while he was doing that.

I was on that sailing, and I really appreciated the efforts put forward on this so we could see the eclipse. I'm booked on the Discovery Princess for the 24 eclipse and am hoping Princess will step up and do likewise.

I wonder why/how it changed. For our sailing of last August, the app clearly picked up the fact that we're elite since I bought the internet package at the discounted rate.

Looks like a good cruise, but I'll probably stick with the Discovery Princess. She's in Mazatlan the eclipse day, so total eclipse there. I've noticed some of the cruiselines have Mexican Riviera cruises before and after the eclipse timeframe. I'm betting there'll be at least one other eclipse cruise in that area. Holland has two, but the prices on theirs are through the moon. Oddly, Princess didn't bump the prices up at all. Think somebody screwed up on that?

Gotcha! I was thinking a total. The partial will be good to see too.

I'm currently booked on the Princess eclipse cruise, but I'm still looking around in case another line comes up with a sailing I like better. I'm confused about your statement that you booked the solar eclipse cruise April 24 on the Harmony. Looking on the RCI website, the Harmony seems to be in the Caribbean in that timeframe. ??

What a horrible thing to happen! But it sounds like he's okay, and that's the main thing. I wish you all the best on getting everything all sorted out.

We don't always do a specialty restaurant, but when we do I like to go on the first night out. The menu in the MDR on the first night hasn't always been very interesting to me.

Wow! I hope you get your cabin back or another cabin that's just as acceptable. I do check our bookings nearly daily. I'm particularly worried about our booking for the total eclipse cruise disappearing into the ozone. I'd hate that.

I like to manage all our travel plans myself. That way, if anything's messed up I know exactly who to blame. I'm sure many people have excellent TAs, but I'm not interested in that. My very excellent CVP handles the things for me that I can't do for myself. She gets me better prices than what's on the website when I ask her to finalize a booking that I put on hold. She cancels cruises for me if I need to do that, and she does that immediately after I send her a simple email requesting it. No need to call the main number and sit on hold. She managed to get me our second choice cabin for the total eclipse cruise, and the way those cabins were selling on elite day that was no mean feat. I very much appreciate this gal!