cruiser2101

I have a friend who was in the Navy for many years and says he's been on enough ships. I try to tell him the cruise ships of today are nothing like the ships he was on in the Navy, not even close. It's funny how some people have their minds made up without knowing the facts. Oh well.....more room for the rest of us.

We stay out of the gift/jewelry shops onboard.

 

I don't drink, so our bar bill is half of what it could be.

 

I will admit, however, to being a sucker for pictures (some, not all of them). Then I get home and wonder why I bought them!

 

$429 on our sign & sail card for our cruise three weeks ago, which included $140 in gratuities. I thought that was pretty good...

Wow, $429 was the exact amount on our last sign & sail card too. I guess we must have bought the same things. We always seem to find a few pictures and used our 2 for 1 drink coupons, plus other coupons in our book. We do spend some (cash) in the casino, I'd never put that on my card for fear of a heart attack at the end of the cruise. :eek:

We prefer the early seating, plus it's closer to the time we eat when we're home. Tried the late seating on our first cruise and we were completely miserable at bedtime.

I laugh every time I think about how far we walked one time to get that cheap thing. We all really thought we were going to get something valuable...haha. Mine found it's way to the bottom of my jewelry box. If I had a kid to give it to, I would.