Yep, remember the Empress offers well. That year we we were on 3 free sailings of Empress, starting in July soon after it was brought back. Started back too early(In May) & heard the ship had all types of problems, like plumbing, a/c, etc.
For us in July, there were fans all over the casino, as the a/c there wasn't working. But the crew & the service was wonderful, made up for the old ship. They even gave us free wine sometimes at dinner, & every night free soda at dinner. The 2 other offers was because the trips to Cuba were delayed(so still Caribbean), because another ship had brought neurovirus there.
