NutsAboutGolf

"healthy" is quite subjective, some avoid carbs, others do not. However, I will say if you order a Ceasar salad and a chicken breast with your meal, it's quite filling and you may eat less of your entree

We cruise on Carnival, the most recent was in December. With Carnival you do not need your phone/app, phones can break or be stolen on a ship or while in a port. You did have the ability to walk to the host stand to check in but you may get told 50 minutes and you have no idea how accurate that is. At least with using the phone, it notifies you when your table is ready so you can be anywhere on the ship With X, if they're busy you MAY get a pager (they can run out) but the range of the thing only allows you to go to one bar, I wish they could send a notification to your phone

Thanks. FLL, the port by Rome and Vancouver did not do this but it appears the outcome was the same. Quite the free-for-all cluster once they announced we're ready to board I will add with line cutters that I'm seeing more and random people let line cutters cut them. Got off the Summit earlier this month, and self-carried off with I'd guess 200 others. Watch a guy and his daughter come right up to the door who kept trying to cut people to get off the ship. There was an officer at the door, and many angry people said something like "The back of the line is that way", the line cutter just said "Thank you" to anyone who commented and continued to attempt to wedge into the line at the exit door. Within a minute of arriving, a couple just let him cut, and the officer said/did nothing

Yes...To simplify it, you connect to X's wifi 1 device plan, turn on your wifi hotspot and your mom connects to your wifi hotspot. You can even connect additional devices but the speed is split between them You cannot do this with an iPhone. However, you can with a laptop running Windows or a Mac

Were you in the first wave of people to board? I believe that the premise that people are asking if they have a later boarding time but show up at 10 am, will they be allowed to board with the first wave of people or are they forced to wait until their scheduled boarding time (unlikely)

Have arrived 3 times early enough to need to wait at the terminal, yet was able to board the ship with the first wave of people. Arrived another 3 times after the first wave but no later than noon, and again was let right on. Was never in a suite, and no one checked/asked about your boarding time. During the restart, they were queuing up people outside for a bit but that was more about terminal building Covid capacity limits than enforcing the boarding times as they quickly stopped queueing up people as soon as they were able to

So when you arrived early at 1030, what happened?

I would google your phone model of how to set up a hotspot as the person you quoted has a different model. My WAG (Wild A$$ Guess) is when you go into settings, network, and hotspot. So once you successfully get your phone in hotspot mode, you would log in X's wifi, which would then share the wifi through your hotspot. Then your mom simply connects to your phone's wifi. Your phones will need to somewhat be near each other and it will split the speed between the two of you

I did Phuket on NCL in Jan 2020 and Kona on X this past Sep; both were tender ports. They both were open all night and a big reason why is the crew gets to go off. However, in both cases, during the later hours, the tender boats took a while to arrive and after they arrived you could board but it sat there for a bit before it departed

The ship is moving, so usually you can sit upwind and one mainly only needs to spend time on the first day. There will probably be some exposure to smoke. If one is shy, it's a great opportunity to meet people and could be the lesser of all evils...Like most things, YMMV

Record the noise with your phone if you already haven't. Absolute best case would be to get her one on one and show her the video. Otheriwse, check the app for the Q&A session as that would be the best time to bring it up. Capts usually host some sort of jewelry reveal, but like during disembarkation, I would be very surprised if she gave any kind of satisfactory answer. I would also recommend having a good counter if she replies "oh no, report this to maintenance"

For most, it only takes a couple of days to get used to a new phone if it’s the same brand. If going from a iPhone to non-iPhone or vice versa, that’s different. We personally get a new phone every other year. You only live once, for most (it’s somewhat age specific) you’re on your phone at least an hour a day, and it’s in your hands more than anything else

With completing the safety videos without a phone/tablet, if you do the safety video in the App it's tracked. In my direct experience, if they see it is NOT yet complete, they'll ask something like "Have you had a chance to watch the videos on the stateroom TV?"

The main benefit is a smaller venue and therefore better service; there generally isn't a wait on the E-Class ships. In Blu, you used to be able to order any item MDR but that seems to vary by M'D as some only allow the classics to be ordered. Filet mignon, more Lamb, and more duck should appear on the menu more often. We find the food quality to be the exact same as the MDR but do enjoy the more premium offerings

It's all about $$$, they have to spend more to support iOS 16 and older