island lady

This is the game show..."Who can spot the fake"? 😉

I am just thrilled not to have the testing requirements any longer. What a PIA those were!! Plus the stress of possible "false positives". Ugh...

Indeed. We don't use lanyards, and I don't carry a purse, so both of ours go in and out of our pockets. No biggee though...my current replaced one should make it to PC...I think. 😉

Ours has always peeled with the new (cheap) card set up since restart on all ships. Bucky has taped his with clear package tape (which kept it from peeling), and I have replaced mine already.

Bucky is using his clear tape to keep his sea pass card from peeling. I already had to replace mine for this TA. Still works when it peels, but staff can't read it for using vouchers....hmmm...maybe I should let it peel? 😉

Oh yeah, that's obvious. 😉

One of the reasons we think alike. 😄 Your bro is playing games on his Kindle right now as we "enjoy" the rocking and rolling of open seas (Thanks a lot Nicole). 😉

IMHO...I think the check in time assignments are going to go away soon. Just like the testing requirements. Slowly getting back to Pre Covid set up again. Including very full ships.

Sorry...got Wonder on the brain. 😉 Bouncing around in the squally seas right now on the way home. Wish Laura was here. Coffee machine in the SL is broken this morning, and I can't fix it. The DL is out of milk in one machine, and the other is broken. Ughh...

They never looked at your set sail pass?

Oh, OK...sorry. I guess I got confused when you said "it did not really matter". 😉 I am a rule follower as well, and will get annoyed at times by the "self entitled, rules don't apply to me" types. Seems to be too many of them in the last few years. Sigh... 😞

OMG...too funny. Yes, my lady's duct tape is of course...pink! Have used it on various things this cruise already. Works to hold the "boil and fry" bag together as well. 😉

Yup...all pax from all levels...everyone is different. There are nice people, and not so nice...in all levels. It is not unique to any one level. Labeling a whole C&A level, simply from a bad exchange from a member from that group, is not fair and unrealistic. Our goal: Avoid the not so nice, and cherish the nice ones. We had our wonderfully kind and helpful mentors as well...Gary and Mary...you know who you are. See you in a couple of weeks. 🤗

Indeed....though I do remember a conversation about flights and a suitcase. 😄 Don't forget your duck tape Dave!! Sorry couldn't resist...you may now start your flame thrower. 🤣 Miss you two! 🙂 Cheers my friend! 🥂

Yup, Bucky never wears his pin, except to Pinnacle events. I wear mine to annoy people. 😄 😄 Seem to be getting that job done! 😉

I don't care how I am perceived....I am just enjoying the perks. My favorite perk, unlimited WIFI on all ships, especially the little ships (which I don't believe have the program included if you are in a suite on those). 🤗 Loving the drink vouchers as well...perfect! Happy Hour is any hour, at any bar. Actually get a laugh out of the "stink eye" I get from some suites guests when I walk through the SL and CK with my "most expensive piece of jewelry" displayed. They of course have no idea that I also sail in suites. 😉

Question is...under the old system, with now older Pinnacles....how many are still active?

So it is simply OK for everyone to totally ignore assigned check in times. Hmmm....why then ....does RCI still insist on having you pick a check in time then?

Just around the corner for me right now. 😉

LOL...and we went to Music Hall to spend time with the bored wait staff in the Pinnacle area. 😉 Laura became quite good at fixing the coffee machine. 😄

On Pinnacle heavy cruises...they DO have another venue for a lounge for Pinnacles. It has been the Music Hall (Dazzles location on other Oasis class ships) for over 3 weeks now here on Wonder. Bar service is great, and the happy tiser selection is far better than the SL. 😉 Have been on ships (EX earlier this year) that had a Pinnacle lounge set up, when there was only 11 of us. No one ever went in there, poor attendant was bored and there was a lot of happy tiser waste. We stopped in there to say hello, but preferred using our vouchers in various other areas, mostly the VCL. On the following week with just 10 of us...they finally shut it down. RCI doing a good job to open up that lounge, but now realize it needs to just be opened when it is a Pinnacle heavy cruise.

What is an inside cabin?

Exactly this ^. I think Wonder is doing a great job with the juggling act of this Wonder TA C&A heavy cruise. And it is not just Pinnacles that are in large supply...it's all tiers. More than half the ship are C&A members. Simply typical and expected on a TA.

Were those Pinnies at the bar also in a suite?

Nope...wrong. We are currently on Wonder. She will make her very first appearance in PC this coming Sunday to replace Harmony on the western/eastern 7 night runs. Wonder sailed briefly from Port Everglades (Ft. Lauderdale) before doing her Med itinerary this last summer.