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boltnut55

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    scrapbooking, reading mysteries
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    Celebrity
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    Alaska

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  1. I'm smiling already; looking forward to reading about your trip even though different itinerary. I don't know if you've already seen or not, but Youtube has several videos on these rooms and specifically on the room I booked, 15501.
  2. Thank you for sharing. I mean we can get our own cookies and fruit, but it's still a nice touch. Oh calling someone to get all the reservations would help. Last time I spent a lot of time online clicking for show and restaurant reservations. I forgot to ask... did you get any free room service delivery? Someone (maybe on a different post) mentioned getting 2 free room service delivery. Thanks again.
  3. I just booked today and was told I'd get priority boarding. Good reminder to check on this though. I got the feeling this would happen after I arrived and be told to go to a hopefully shorter line but have no idea. Did you get the 2 days of free room service? I hate that even though I spoke to NCL that she still gave me incorrect info.
  4. John: Were you on the Joy? I'm hoping this will still happen even though we don't have a butler. ----------------- We booked the SP category this afternoon for a September Canada/NE cruise. The butler is not included in the Joy, although I think we are paying the same gratuities (or maybe the butler doesn't get a cut of that). I used the chat function w/NCL afterwards to find out exactly what came w/it, and this is what she said: concierge services, priority access on and off the ship, room service, over size bath towels, plush bath robes; concierge services will include priority services on and off ship, beauty salon appointments, cocktail appointments, restaurant reservations on board, and private art showings and shore excursions booking. She clarified that there is still a charge for room service, so I don't know what she was referring to as all rooms have room service. If someone can confirm or deny, that'd be great as I had to correct her on some of the other info she provided, mostly about what my butler could do for us, then to find out no butler. I would book it more for the size of the room and what's in the room rather than "services." I'm looking forward to not having one of us stand aside while the other one walks by.
  5. $5 more but larger? OK, that's better than places that are charging more and reducing things. Thanks for the notice. It's good to know ahead of time. We'll be using it so that we can bring half our clothes.
  6. Is that $14.99 for any burger, 1 side, and refillable soda? Thanks.
  7. That last part is what I'd like to avoid, been there, done that. My niece went on VV and loved it. I did ask about the age thing (and we're "only" in our late 50s), but she seem to think it was no big deal and saw people of all ages, so I also feel better after reading this.
  8. Oh no - it's not that hard to make pasta! I've been on a couple of ships where they threw in some specialty dining... I bet that's a way to change behavior so that we'd try and then pay at some point.
  9. I don't know about your particular ship, but most libraries are in an area where there are large glass windows. On the Serenade, it was actually an open space so not enclosed, so it would hopefully discourage any bad activity. The library is also used to play games so not sure whether he needs the quiet or not. My suggestion would be for you guys to look around the ship the first couple of days and locate several places he can work from while you're out. On another ship (another brand), the specialty restaurants were open because sometimes there would be activities there but otherwise quiet but available. You can also check w/Guest Services. I probably wouldn't use conference rooms because that might be in a more isolated area. Sometimes, it can be a table outside like near the pool but to one side where most people don't use or at the back of the ship where people would sit if they can't find a table in the buffet. One thought would be if he needed the bathroom, could he leave his stuff out? I know this is a stereotype, but I'd say it's safe especially for a teen boy. My daughter was quiet, wouldn't speak up or talk to strangers, and very compliant, so I probably wouldn't have done it.
  10. For the Serenade, I think I ordered pasta 2-3 times and each time it was lukewarm, like even after I mixed it all around (sometimes you do that, and the pasta is steaming - nope). However, every steak I ordered was great! That was the best of all the meals.
  11. We got off Serenade last Sunday and were given the choice of morning or evening, although I did try to look sad when he said only one. It's funny because our friends who occupied 2 rooms down the hall both told him they only want once every 2 days😁 I was like, "What?!" We do return to the room mid afternoon and sometimes eat/shower before dinner, so it's mostly about the wet towel on the floor, emptying garbage can, and taking away glassware. It was maybe already day 5 or 6 when I realized i could have asked for 2 floor towels. I'll remember next time.
  12. Wonder if it was occupied by the kids. When my daughter went on those week-long trips to visit DC, etc., she'd tell me how messy her friends had the hotel rooms (clothes on floor, things all over the place).
  13. We got off Serenade last Sunday, so hope you've enjoyed the beautiful ports and that the pretty leaves were still around.
  14. I've removed tips once because we had bad service at the MDR and wanted to give tips specifically to the waitstaff they ended up assigning us to instead. We ended up taking the same amount and giving it to the steward, asst steward, asst waiter, waiter, and maitre'd, so it wasn't to save money but didn't want it to go to the general pot. What we weren't sure of is whether they actually had to return those tips to share w/others, but we heard about that way after we got off the ship. This was maybe 20 years ago, so I don't think they shared tips with back operations people at the time. I don't do it anymore because I've noticed that the waitstaff in the MDR also help out in the buffet (on the ships I've been on), so it's kind of the same thing. I know you're not getting the same service at the buffet (they sometimes walk by our stacked plates, we have to get our own refills).
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