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We've never asked to stock mini fridge, but on every cruise in Sky Suites our butlers have always given us at least one bottle of wine, red or white as we like. And usually we get a second or third bottle as well. We always have the butler take away the awful "sparkling wine" that appears on embarkation day and replace it with a requested wine, usually Decoy cab.

All the S class ships, except as noted above. Sillhoute, have basketball courts. There is ping pong on all of them. He may have to travel the ship to search out the ping pong table, but it is there and usually popular. There is a hamburger grill on the deck just above the pool deck called Mast Grill. We like the burgers and this is no charge. Also, all those ships have great ice cream available every day in the buffet area, and soft serve self serve at the Mast Grill.

I have had 3 claims over several years with AON and was paid promptly each time. One was cancel for any reason. The others were trip delay.

Also on EQ in January and early Feb. for b2b. Absolutly fantastic service in Luminae and food same as usual. Very good. Great butler and cabin attendants. Love Laura, concierge in the Retreat lounge. We've cruised with her before. Great crew on the entire ship. Couldn't ask for a better cruise.

Recently on EQ I noticed that the name "Il Segundo Bacio" has been removed from the coffee bar in the OVC. Coffee in the OVC is available 24/7, tho' the actual bar does have hours, but I believe it opens very early.

How far from Port Everglades is WPB, please?

Galveston is a quaint, lovely little city. Nice place to visit for a day or two. Can't see why anyone would call it a dump. We used to drive there to cruise RCI a lot. Not a pleasant drive, but beats flying to Florida for us. I have very little hope that X will place a ship there.

At most of the bars, not MDR.

Nutsaboutgolf- Not all bars are closed when a ship is in port. On S class ships usually the pool bar, Sunset Bar, Oceanview bar, and Cafe Al Baccio are open during the earlier part of the day. Other bars open at different times as sail away time approaches. Yes, in GC, X has started closing all but one bar during port time.

I remove the foamy topping! Wish I had one RIGNT NOW!

Luminae is $30 pp for dinner. I believe lunch is $20. He would not be allowed in the Retreat.

Posted open gym time was 6 Am on Equinox last month.

We had different menus for each leg of a b2b on Equinox in Jan and early this month, but some dishes were repeated over the entire time, BTW there was definitely no staff shortages in Luminae!

OR, if you've been waiting you can speak up about it.

Nothing new. Has been on Blu menu for years.

So, you got a supervisor, other then Retreat, who allowed a waiter to bring an alcoholic drink when bars were shut down?

Yes to casino. Either slots or table games. We use for roulette.

Rouseau is on the island of Dominica. Not a good port for town, as it is very, very poor and the town there is quite shabby . The island itself is lovely and reminded me of Maui. I also thought St. Vincent was quite nice. We did the botanical garden there as well as an island tour. I would be happier wandering around the port there than at Rouseau

Only the second lobster and the room service charge has changed as of Jan. 1. All other factors you mention have been in place for many years.

You can use this for anything that you purchase on board. It will be non-refundable, so be sure to use it up. It was probably a promotion at the time yuou booked.

To those seeing a price increase, I would be sending an e-mail to LLP's office. This is completely not fair.

Ditto the above re: Pelotons in Jan. on EQ. I use gyms most days. I think this refers only to classes and trainers.

Royal Group signed a 10 year contract with Crown Bay about 2017. So all RCI and X ships dock there now.

I would never cruise without insurance. Have had a couple of claims with Cruise Care that were taken care of promptly. But they were not medical claims. They were cruise delay claims.

I just read a post by someone currently in quarantine on an X ship who tested posiitve. Don't remember which one. Also read a post earlier today of someone who went to medical to get pepto tablets who was also quarantined.