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I filled it out...so far my computer has not caught fire. 😮

Indeed...we always tip a buck a drink...even when just asking for a bottle of water. 🙂

Affirmative on the auto tip.

Bucky's Oberon Cab is 15.00 a glass (has been for awhile). He likes that at dinner. Lots of 2.36 charges on our OBC account. 😉

Out of sight...out of mind...but being out of my mind is common anyway. 😄

So many things lost and gone...which started out as a Covid cut back...but is still gone. RCI enjoying cost cutting and hoping pax won't notice I guess. 😞

Sherri...during the Pinnies only lunches in the Solarium Bistro on Wonder TA (due to 210 Pinnacles on board) they had a smaller version of the Tutti Salad bar, but it was serve yourself. Reminded me of how much I missed the old MDR Tutti bar.

Was on Harmony last month. No Tutti Salad bar. Really miss that one. 😞

That's true...impossible to know the difference from reading that. 😉

Sure about that? Thought that was only for full suites and Pinnacles. (As the sign states upon approaching the terminal the last few months).

I prefer the robot (facial recognition) agents...they don't eat much and don't take breaks. 😉

Normally this port, for the last few years...has the facial recognition system. It is usually just 15 minutes from leaving the ship, collecting your luggage, to out the door. They still have that equipment, and was actually hooked up...but opted for the old style live customs agent presentation. Total cluster for sure. Did not matter what tag number you had. We had Suite/Pinnacle walk off..and still cooled our heels on the ship in front of the gangway for over 1/2 hour inside this ship until terminal started to clear a bit. Then...long...long...long line to customs agents once we collected our luggage.

Eh...poop happens. We live here...so no worries about missing flights...but I think many did. We had private shuttle service picking us up...she had to cool her heels outside in the madness for 45 minutes to wait on us. 😞

Tiny terminal there with very limited seating...not surprising they would enforce the times.

Nope...and don't think they will. Ships like Odyssey no longer have them either. But shows like The Book are always sold out...and IMHO...quite good! Think of the cost of those Broadway shows. Much cheaper to use their own crew. DO go see InTense...the Aqua Theater show (much like Fine Line but better), and Voices. Both very good.

Yeah, pretty bad....long snaking lines outside the terminal to check in. Ship still had approx. 2K pax left on it when we were finally able to clear after 9 am. Even with earliest check in at 10:30 those pax were in line already...it was a mad house out there. Yeah....arrive early before your schedule check in time...go right ahead and do it. 😄

Since (supposedly) the ship was coming from Europe...they opted for the old style "present yourself to the customs agent" instead of the extremely quick "facial recognition" process the port has had in place for a few years now. Very...very quick on that new process, terrible on this one. Add to that, they did not separate (as in most customs check) the non US citizens from the US citizens, which slowed it down even worse. The terminal got so backed up inside, they shut progress off the ship down until it cleared a bit several times. Worse disembarkation ever. Ship actually came in extremely early at 4 am to get most of the customs out of the way for all the crew and Coast Guard check.

And brand new for PC.

This is the very first time Wonder is sailing out of PC for her eastern/western run replacing Harmony. Everyone wanted to be on the first sailing from this port on the brand new ship. Totally expected to be packed...and it was. Coming off the ship out of the terminal on Sunday, which was badly delayed due to old style customs check out with presentation to agents...it was just after 9 am when we got out of there. Felt like a salmon swimming upstream, there were so many pax (mostly families) who were crowding the area outside the terminal to board already. Sheeez....way too early people.

Or Odyssey...or Wonder.... 😉 Looking forward to smaller ship B2B Serenade on the 3rd...too much of the "large ladies" lately. 🤪 Will be interesting to get a peek at the cabins we have for WC...perhaps on TAD.

She is probably resting after that total nightmare of disembarkation. 🤕 I did get a nice goodbye hug from her before we entered the craziness trying to leave the ship/get out of the terminal. 🙂

LOL...only if you don't have a sense of humor. Mean???!! Really? Just by wearing a little gold pin? Sheezz... 🥴

The "we have fun" and enjoy life kind of conversations. 😉

Oh no...not that reality thing!! 😵😄 Three weeks...then back to fantasy land with a B2Bb on Serenade out of Tampa. 🙂

Oh I am sure there are shady spots...I just don't need to search them out. 😉