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what is a" shop cruise" ?

Well you can tell that to the woman who was recently served with out incident in a Vancouver Restaurant by a robot .She posted that on Cruise Critic .Have you not heard or read about AI . Billions have gone into research with companies like Microsoft .It has been recently discussed on CNBC ,the business channel for stocks ,bonds ie

Labor Shortages = Soon robots will be able to be waiters & cabin attendants . Food Saving = Fruit & Vegetable Pills

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It is really funny about water .We take a sports mug & get the water that the ship distills .This is the same as the bottled water

I always check our cruise prices to see if there were price reductions .as you are aware that if you cancel & rebook you loose the perks ,so the price has to be a lot better to cancel & rebook .Our TA can do it & keep the same cabin for us . On the smaller ships there are not many handicap cabins another reason we booked it early to secure that cabin We will look at this cruise in 6 months from now than periodically ro see ig prices dropped . Better chance of price drops on the Pinnacle class or even the Eurodam class shops because of the many cabin types

If I were the OP I would look for a cruise that just came out or wait for one for HAL to launch . The OP should get a hood TA ,we never miss getting much better prices & or good OBCs from our TA .Additionally ,when we are on a cruise I always buy my FCCs on the ship & look for a new cruise the just came out .You know that is the best way . BTW HAL knew who my TA was & automatically assigned it to them .Then the TA gave us the $600 off HALs price

Cost of Cruises definitely has gone up . Although we have a outside hamdicap cabin we can get to the promenade viewing very easy .The balcony on this ship are suites

I jusr looked at my file folder total with port taxes botton line cost $5638 total - $200 deposit = $5438.00 & that was with the $600 off from the TA ,We also got Club Orange Forgot to say the we bought the $100 each FCC & used that as a deposit .So if you add up the ONV the HAL gives on the on board FCC & within 90says that is how we got the $500 OBC from HAL .Still nor a cheap cruise $201.36 per night each of us .The OBC covers all the gratuities of $434 . We will have some OBC left for Canaletto & Pinnacle for lunch .Our 18 night on Koningsdam Hawaii Jan30 ,2024 was a tad less with club Orange than this 15 night cruise

It was a very good deal

In most cases the Travel Agency will give a On board Credit .In the last HAL cruise we booked on board koningsdam, Dec 20, 2022 for the 14 night Solar Eclipse Mexico on Zaandam ,14 night cruise we got $500 OBC from HAL for booking on the ship & that it just came out with in the 90 day period .Then when it went to my TA they gave me $600 off the cruise price that I got on the ship . We booked into a EE handicap cabin The Deposit was just $200 for a cruise that topped $5000

There is a problem with this is that you usually will never get a cabin of your choice or a great location on the ship if you wait until after final payment . Take the OBCs from HAL if booked with in 90days & take the Travel Agent OBC . IMO best ways to save & get your pick of cabin types & locations

If you want more for your money use a good Travel Agency , most of the time they will drop the cost & or give you on board credits . If the On board Credit is totally from the Travel agency & you do not use it you get credit for that amount against your credit card on file .This is the best way to save ,another way to save is book any HAL cruise within 90 days of them listing the cruise & HAL will also give you on board credit .That one from the cruise line you must use it or loose it .so now you have 2 ways to save . CC shows some Travel Agents names advertised for new cruises .you can check them out .you will find the info for Travel Agents on Cruise Critic on the top of the page under the words "DEALS" or "Find A Cruise " .These are at the top of the page where you login

Personally, we don't feel it is worth the money that HAL charges for the Have It All promo with out the PPD Gratuities included . In Fact they could take out the Excursion Part & replace it with PPD Gratuities

Yes it does includes bottled waters

Change is in the air . CCL needs more revenue to pay the interest on that huge debt they carry . Interest rates are going up more to bring inflation in line causing more pain for CCL ,RCL & NCHL . In fact any corporation with high debt on their books will suffer . Now how does CCL handle this debt servicing ? They have to raise prices to not only pay the interest but to reduce the debt simultaneously . In addition they need to cut waste & maximize use of their labor force .This is reality because to not do this means BK

you can add RCL huge ships to that list

So what do you do or have done about this issue ? If it bothers people that much speak with the supervisory level or if need be the Hotel Director , should it not be solvable at the lower levels .It could take action to change things unsuitable or problems with behavior .Say nothing & it remains the same & accept it that way . We all have choices

Well meat loaf could be substituted with penne pasta marinara with meat balls & Italian sausage ,Yum !! (they have Italian sausage because pizza has it on it ) .Add a salad with arrugala leaf lettuce , small tomatoes ,black & green olives & a glass of Chianti wine .

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Some one needs to kill this lobster story . If you don't like the size or hungry order some thing with it .Simple fix

Actually the oldest ships modernized for todays way of cruising is the old SS United States ; which, the hull was built to do 40 knot speeds . I believe she was made to be a all suite ship in today s market .she was introduced in the 1950s Here is some info :https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/ss-united-states/index.html

That's the past but the future can be a very different experience . The moving word of these days is : Change

In the CNN business on line news the headlines where about how much trouble going forward corporations carrying high debt would be in .This all makes sense as interest rates keep rising the cruise lines debt that they must service gets higher & higher . This means that they will be in a lot of hurt & how this translates down to the physical products or services will definitely be different than before all this debt & rising interest rates occurred There is no question in my mind that the cruise product is going to change & change considerably , for the cruise lines to have any chance for survival . However ,understaffing would be a death blow in the long term .Prices will continue to rise in line with interest rate increases & even more

Are you serious ? We understand decent value received but we also understand decent value not received ;as most people understand . Since when does any cruise line give you more than you paid to receive ? This is a business not my family members or close friends