Vickie Freed stated last week that the new menus were still being tweaked, and would not roll out to the fleet before late to mid February.
It appears this is still a very fluid situation.
Vaccine requirement for a closed loop CONUS cruise will not happen. Mandates in this country are so polarizing that even the government has no appetite to take on the topic.
In the current economic environment that may be way down the line, thank God
With her arrival in Galveston, I have at least 3 more weeks booked under the current configuration
Good luck walking onto a public pier in this country without your union card in hand. Kinda like showing up to drive the trash truck in NYC without having your Teamsters paperwork up to snuff.
EXCELLENT question.
Myself, personally, do.not tip them, unless they do something above and beyond their job description. Getting my bag from the sidewalk to the ship is quite literally their job description