Charles4515

No dinner at night? Are you kidding? There are multiple dining venues.

There is a 100% chance your passport will be accepted. There is no chance you would be denied boarding. Of course you should order a birth certificate anyway because you should have it.

Why don’t you show your passport if the facial recognition flags you? Certainly you don’t mean you don’t bring your passport.

It does not sound like the end of the world from a report posted from Apex.

Why was that important? It is a nice touch but it is not important.

That sounds like a good plan.

There is no roaming charge with WiFi calling. Also if you have WiFi on the ship if you have good WiFi you can use WIFi calling. No roaming charges.You only pay for your WiFi package on the ship. The only caveat is not all phones support WiFi calling. What kind of phone do you have?

Probably around $15 one way. That is a very rough estimate. Not more than that. Also taxi rates are probably going up. You won't find any taxis there to return so see if you can arrange a return ride. You could also take the bus.

That was a year ago. That is not recent. It has not been taking eight months to get passports renewed.

Didn’t you bother to read their post? Their Caribbean cruise is in February. Their European cruise isn’t until September. Plenty of time for them to renew.

Yes the same., Every cruise line and airline warns passengers not to leave prescriptions in checked luggage.

They are not a direct AT&T customer. They have Cricket which uses AT&T's network in the US. Unfortunately for OP Cricket does not offer international roaming.

I don't understand why people think that on an itinerary that you can cruise with a birth cetificate that has no expiration, that a valid passport that is not expired would not be allowed. But all the time people are posting to take a birth certificate if they under 6 months on their passport. That is not logical.

Yes there is coverage with AT&T. AT&T has international roaming in Bermuda,. A travel pass is $10 a day. I have done that many times in Bermuda. Cricket and othe MVNO's usually don't have international roaming. Those type of carriers are not good for international travel.

There is complete certainty that they will be ok. For that itinerary all they need is a valid unexpired passport.

I agree with you that poster saying six figures are cherrypicking out a few workers who have a lot of seniority and can hold the best jobs at the best locations. So most woekers proably make under $100,000 and workers starting out may not get 40 hours and make $25,000. However the workers who have the most seniority are probably likely cherrypicking the best jobs, will choose the cruise ship work. So they could be making over $100,000. When someone says longshormen make $600,000 that could be a crane operator. Crane operators in any industry command high wages. So what say about the median is valid. However the longshoremen who handle our bags are not tipped workers. We tip them out of custom. I will continue to do so but none should feel they have to. They are not like airport porters who do need the tips to live on. And if you decide not to tip your baggage is not going to go missing.

People are calling them porters but at the ports the porters are port workers who are handling baggage. They could also be moving cargo. They make much more than $18 an hour because longshoremen are an essential occupation in our economy so the unions can negotiate better wages than other unions like nurses. If the longshoreman go on strike or have work actions it could cost business’s billions.

That is true and these days I prefer Oceania over Celebrity but keep in mind that the line is very quiet and laid back. That suits me these days but it might be a shock to peeps who spend the cruise evenings at big production shows and the casino. Also it is not the cruise line to bring children. Port intensive itineraries are the sweet spot and the smaller ships can do ports Celebrity can’t do.

When a bag goes missing some get paranoid like OP that was because of size of a tip or lack of tip. I don't think those employees are going to do that no matter what they make. The port worker puts the bag on a wagon or in a container. After that how are they going to even remember your bag? I don't know what they make but its not a tipped position. I tip anyone who handles my bag out of custom that's all. It is not necessary. A few bags do go missing but it is because of human error.

Latin America is now included on AT&T if you have an Unlimited Plan. That includes Panama and Columbia. https://www.att.com/plans/unlimited-data-plans/roam-latin-america/

It would not surprise me if they turned the Oceanview dining into a paid option for other than a basic menu.

. I am confused. What am I missing? How do you stiff a bartender on a ship when the tip is automatically added and you can't change it?

Over 60 sailings I have never had that happen.

I had to lug my lugage on and in my room on an Oceania cruise because the Uber driver could not let us off at the right place in Manhattan. So we did not dropp off. They would not let him in at the right place. It was a miserable expereince . I would not do it. We also had hold onto our luggage until the staterooms were ready.

You worry to much. I have been on over 60 cruises and my luggage always arrived at my cabin. I tip $5 per bag to the port porters.. Out of habit because it is customary in the US to tip anyone who picks up bags. In Europe I don't tip when dropping off bags at port cause no one was. On the ship the luugage is taken up elevators and then placed outside cabins. The cabin stewards do it and I don't add a tip for that. It is part of the auto paid gratuity.