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5 cocktails and 3 sodas, you’ve paid for it. More than that, and it’s bonus.

I’m pretty sure the internet always has accurate info. Here’s a picture of the Magic last night. Seems OK to me.

Queue the post complaining about the hassle of getting back from Aruba after getting off a cruise ship.

On most cruises I’ve been on, someone has organized a bar crawl. They can be a lot of fun. It’s a good way to meet people on the cruise and worst case, it’s not your thing and you can stop the crawling anytime.

Hey, is there a way I can avoid the long line of people at guest services who are removing their tips because they want to tip more than the standard gratuity and not at all because they want to save money? Also, I don’t know what Carnival does with the auto gratuities. I mean, I don’t know what really happens to the tips I hand out. But rest assured, it’s a lot more than the standard gratuities. Believe me.

Nassau was a stay on the ship port before so it really is now. Maybe walk around the port area with the new changes.

We had that once. But we didn’t select it on other Celebration cruises since we didn’t board until 10:45. Sitting around waiting is not my idea of fun

Maybe. Unless I’m sick enough to go to the doctor, I wouldn’t even know I had Covid. Just another virus at this point.

I agree with this. We have gone on many spring break cruises and I don’t think the crowds are than other cruises. Of course, the worst behavior I’ve seen on cruises is from adults, so I don’t really worry about kids.

Yeah, pig and anchor is great food, good atmosphere. I think the ribs and something else is extra but I never get that.

My answer was assuming they meant bought at a port once sailing started. Agree on embarkation that you just take them to the cabin.

Lucky you. Security at whatever port you bought the alcohol was napping on the job.

On our last two B2Bs, it was on the last day of the second cruise.

If it’s the one for anywhere on the ship, it’s basically the same as cheers. So yeah, dining room, coffee, etc. Not sure what places it doesn’t apply to on the first day other than Texas. You can use it in Florida for sure.

We have been on Mardi Gras Havana as well as the Horizon. It’s true the Havana is better on the Horizon (or Vista class ships) but we liked having an area to lay out and easy bar access on the MG without having to worry it’s too crowded. For the same price, we would go Havana every time over an ocean view room. Not close for us. And I get it’s all subjective. We just spend almost no time in our cabin.

@sid_9169 love your commentary. And shirts. Great stuff. I’ll be on the May Horizon cruise you’re on. I’m not a huge Alchemy guy but if I’m there and it gets busy, I’ll save my seat for you. I can’t lose money at the crap table sitting at the alchemy bar…..we live in Gainesville, GA and you picked a great time for this cruise. Safe travels

There won’t be. Just wondering if they will spilt us up into 2 tables or 4 type of thing.

Hey All, We have 16 going on the Horizon this May. 6:00 dining was booked so we all have YTD. We will waitlist for 6:00 and check with the Matre D when we board, but I wanted to see if anyone had experience with a large group with YTD. I know we won’t be able to sit at a single table, but do they split us up into tables of 4? And does a large group take a long time to sit? We will check in as soon as possible (5:30 or whatever it is). Basically, I’m looking for opinions on how hard I should try and get us 6:00 set time vs sticking with YTD.

Well, I suppose it depends on any mobility issues. If you have none, it’s a short walk to me. Couple of minutes maybe?

I do like some ships more than others but the ship itself is never the reason I cruise. feel for you if it makes that much of a difference. Maybe try a higher end cruise line?

Anyone been on the Liberty recently and know when they typically start boarding? It’s been a while since I’ve been out of Port Canaveral. And I totally get it depends on previous disembarkation. Just looking for typical.

I’m going to pick a random time and say….10:30?

I think printed them at first but never needed them so we stopped

This is an unpopular opinion but this is why I always book myself. I had an issue where a PVP messed up a simple thing and wouldn’t correct it. There is nothing a PvP can do that I can’t. But they can mess things up for sure.

We go into airplane mode at sail away. And yes, bring your charger.