alfaeric

Will confirm that the Symphony has 2 shows per venue. And the production show Dare to Dream is pretty something.

It’s there, but I wonder if the planners are paying attention. There is supposed to be a self led meeting at 10 in dazzles, but there is also a meet the cast event at 10:15.

Terrible weather last night…. The upper decks were even closed. Oh, well.

You posted “if you are allowed in the SL…”. Doesn’t mention anything about the state room category. And the whole thing was about if the drinks count against your C&A count. Hard to see how it’s not taking about both since it’s about C&A and state room at the same time.

Wish that was true, but as a Pin, our SL and CK drinks count toward the 6. Even in a JS.

For all of us way out in the ocean tonight, remember to look outside tonight to see the Geminids meteor shower. Not sure where we will end up on the Symphony, but we will certainly look. Supposed to be really good with green meteors.

If anything needs to change it’s the perfume and cologne that is worn. It’s so strong, it’s hard to taste food and wine. If you think you smell so bad to lather in smell, take a shower.

Their heads would have already blown up, given what everyone else was wearing.

As long as they are covered, you will be let in. Just got off a ship where I wore shorts twice and nobody noticed.

Second trip on the Liberty, 4 night this time. 15 pinnacles. Make your conclusion. I don’t see a lounge problem fleet wide.

Someone theorized that there were a ton of Pins on short cruises. Very much not this sailing. We will see if anything changes Monday as we stay.

So just got on the Liberty for a 3 night cruise. 13 pinnacle members. Not a typo, thirteen. And we were told this is pretty normal for this itinerary.

How would they have stepped in to prevent a person from climbing? Do they monitor every balcony and can rush in the moment someone starts climbing? Enforcement normally means dumping them off at the next port and banning them from future cruising.

As I see it, IF the kid made it w/o getting hurt, him and his parents would likely be banned from cruising. Thats what has happened for others who were balcony climbing. Sucks for the family that he fell.

Is there a rule that passengers are not allowed to be friends with the crew? Wasn’t aware of that.

It’s always funny to KNOW that people notice and are so bothered by the Pin name tag. Add that to the lanyard, it’s like a game of people who care so much about what I wear. I have had people roll their eyes at me as if they already know 100% because of what I have on. Glad it works so well. lol. instead of how amazing the sunset is, you notice what others have on. It’s your money, I guess.

If they are overspending as much as you think, they will end up struggling to put food on the table. I'm not sure why you are so convinced that so many people are going into *that* much debt for a week vacation. Some, sure. A ship full? Every week? For all cruise lines? No. And they are the same ones who are buying RV's at a really high rate, too? No. I'm still convinced that for a majority of cruisers, even when they are using a CC to pay for it, they have the disposable income over a year to deal with it. Feel free to be a pessimist about people and the economy. But people are spending money in multiple sectors of the economy, and cruise ships are sailing full at really high prices- so high that people are constantly complaining about it. And cruise ships fares are driven more by demand than basic inflation. Demand of a luxury item. Still, if people want to blame anyone for the high fares, it's the people spending that much money on cruises. The cruise lines are just taking advantage of this time period.

It's non zero, sure, but they also won't be paying super premium prices like we are seeing on non premium cruise lines. Previous economic slow downs very much show that. Again, 2009. When you are struggling to put food on the table, it's very unlikely you will be spending $3000/pp for a 7 night cruise.

Just depends on how you see it. Especially remembering when the economy was really bad back in 09 and how cheap cruises were then. So even if they are spending money they don't have, they sure seem to think they will get it soon enough. When you don't have money, you go into debt to survive. When you have it, you go into debt for fun. Forgive me for thinking that spending 2-3x old normal rates to cruise isn't to survive.

Cruises seem to be sailing more full than not, with premium fares. Which tells ME that there are a lot of people out there with disposable income. Far more than we had back in 2009 as we were recovering from the 2008 drop. Seeing really full campgrounds and noting that RV sales are still high (but declining) really tells me the same thing. As well as all of the new reservation requirements just to get into some national parks. Complain all you want about inflation- a lot of people in this economy have a lot of money to spend.

Ship is more full than not? Has happened to us even before COVID.

The true blame if to your fellow cruisers who are willing to pay that kind of money for the cruise. If RCI can charge it, and people are willing to pay it- then they should go for it. They don't cruise for charity's sake. Someday, this post COVID surge will end. I hope. But in the mean time, one has to book as early as possible to get decent deals. The days of last min cheap cruises is over for a while.

Having seen an 80's party on a ship previously, I'm betting you should talk to the Cruise Director about the suggestion. They are the ones who run the entertainment. But I doubt they will change much until the crowds that attend really start to go down. And if the current 80s party results in low crowds, those CD's will tell the others.

Not by much. It was less than $1k addition to move from the 15 day Greenland to the 16 day TA. Very much worth it. And that was comparing our original fare from Feb to the current Jewel fare.

We moved our Greenland cruise from Grandeur to the TA on Jewel to get both Iceland and Greenland. Looking forward to it.