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17 hours ago, 80sGal said:

Speaking of South Beach ... is there a reasonably priced hotel you would recommend?  We have a full day and night pre-cruise and usually stay at the airport area for convenience but this next time (December) we want to try a day of exploring around South Beach.   

We stayed here:

https://www.hoteltrouvailmiamibeach.com/

And will be going back in November. Great lil chic hotel. 

Wish you could view the menus for upcoming cruises on the Hub App. Can't find out until next week.

It's gonna be rough without one.

Luckily I think the Fun Times are back to paper.

42 minutes ago, Honolulu Blue said:

Brand Ambassador John Heald posted on his FB page about the updated timeline for the rollout of the new MDR menus.  Here's the timeline:

 

He mentioned in his post that the Luminosa and Splendor are scheduled to get it at the start of 2024.

Thank you, YEESSSSSSS We board Mardi Gras on 8/19!

See ya Saturday!!

Gimme my $12! 🤣

Stockholder benefits have only been denied that I know of for the, You cruise for $200 and we give you the $200 back cruises. Got one scheduled for Nov, not anticipating getting the credit on that one.

Going on a casino offer this weekend and got the credit...the cruise was still $2k plus.

I could do Rat Pack for all meals.

Post Malone, Pink, and Ace of Bass doesn't scream upscale dining to me. 

Wish they would let you see them and the menus ahead of time on the Hub App. With the caveat that it's subject to change.

Great choice, enjoy!

Could possibly have to do with average passenger age?

2 minutes ago, Tom-n-Cheryl said:

 

On the Liberty this weekend, the only time I checked was after my first night. I was in there for almost 3 hours and managed about 900 points (BJ only).

 

Tom

Cool, that makes me happy 😁

I'll post my experience here next week!

12 hours ago, Happygirl58 said:

This is slightly confusing to me because I have the same count down but I can also order stuff, book excursions, speciality restaurant, Etc… but my friend shows the same thing u r showing only that count down clock. 

Mine does too but, I think if they scroll down they'll see more items. 

Mine shows a link to download my documents, we board this weekend though.

19 minutes ago, Tom-n-Cheryl said:

Using the Hub App, you can see your points at the end of the day (I usually look the next morning, not sure at what point they're updated). It will have a breakdown for tables and slots.

 

 

In Jan on the Celebration the only points we showed was slots, zero points from hours and hours of $25 BJ play. Boarding MG this weekend, we'll see if that's still the case. 

Any word on if they've hit the Mardi Gras yet? We board Saturday and were hoping the new menus would be available. 

35 minutes ago, nydney1 said:

It was less than 50 lbs when we left, but it may be a little heavier on the way back.

Just like me!

Sure, I board next Saturday!

Actually I'm looking for some relief. It's been 97-99 degrees in FL with the humidity it's horrid. Cozumel will feel like the mountains @ 90 degrees. 

Never had an issue getting a chair on my mega yacht.

If I was flying in... Miami, Eastern all the way. Spend the night in South Beach, foodie San Juan, Mohagany Bay > Amber Cove. Love the itinerary, especially St Maarten

16 hours ago, kwokpot said:

That's how complementaries work both on land based casinos and cruiseships. My point being people want an easy way to get a 'free' cruise and it's really not that easy if you have a limited budget. As I have said my husband and I have been doing this for years both in land based casinos and cruiseships. To be very frank It's a lot of work and record keeping. We report on our joint tax returns over 6 figures in W2-G income for many years. The amount of record keeping my husband needs to do in order not to have to pay taxes on the total amount of reported winnings is pretty onerous. On our last cruise 2 weeks ago on the Odyssey of the Seas my husband generated 15 W2-G forms for a 7 day Europe cruise!

We never win enough to worry about it...maybe that's how we keep getting offers!!🤣

5 hours ago, CruizinSusan70 said:

I would defer to the latter Tom, after all the mods have a difficult time dealing with the opinions of many on here and have to sometimes place some people in the sin bin.  Gotta give them their due and put a smile on their face if some did squirm a bit.

LOL fresh off a week in the Sin Bin...nice name for it!

As others have said, it's TOTAL COIN IN. Not "I took $300 onboard and got a free cruise!"

You took $300 onboard, won and lost a bit for a few days and left broke. That's a different calculation. You win a couple fat piggies with your $300 and feed it all back, that's why they want you back.

Take $300 in cash and just play table minimum blackjack. See how many offers you get.

Like the mountains of fruit juice I see off to the side that people try to bring on. EVERY DAMN TIME

Hoping by the 19th 😁

4 minutes ago, iamsteph said:

I believe they got rid of this after the pandemic restart. 

Ugh, I'd not be a pleasant ***** for Guest Services to deal with.