RoamingRetirees Posted June 20, 2021 #1151 Share Posted June 20, 2021 1 minute ago, LXA350 said: Thanks, hope this will stay. At the end a real upgrade as it offers a much greater selection including cocktails etc. I believe it will. Crowding in the lounge was a problem before. Now, with all the double points they are giving, it will only get worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iamcruzin Posted June 20, 2021 #1152 Share Posted June 20, 2021 38 minutes ago, AF-1 said: Marlboro's are $6.77 in Cincinnati area I think cigarettes carry a high tax here but we do have reservations here out on eastern Long Island where they are supposedly cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BirdTravels Posted June 20, 2021 Author #1153 Share Posted June 20, 2021 34 minutes ago, JCDCA said: How exceptionally bad was the wi-fi? If one needed to work onboard - think email, Microsoft Word documents - how possible would this be? Thanks. Email and [small] MS Word documents should be fine. We sail 3-5 times a year and the WiFi was no worse than most ships. The Bird kept up with photo uploads. We made WiFi telephone calls and FaceTime calls daily. It's satellite WiFi. You're sharing an internet connection with all of your fellow passengers and ship's operations. All of your data has to do a round-trip up 23000 miles to the satellite and back with the inherent latency. For realtime stuff like uploading photos, it will be at the speed of the link. For stuff like web surfing, the ship uses a cache server to provide you with a near-land experience. There were a couple of late nights when service was really slow (maybe ship's operations taking priority for bandwidth or the vloggers). And there was one night when there was a total outage from 11 pm to around 9 am the next morning. If you requested, the Voom manager provided a partial refund for the outage period. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocean Boy Posted June 20, 2021 #1154 Share Posted June 20, 2021 19 minutes ago, RoamingRetirees said: I believe it will. Crowding in the lounge was a problem before. Now, with all the double points they are giving, it will only get worse. No one received any points for 15 months. Double points will mostly just bring us to where we would have been anyway. 10 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoamingRetirees Posted June 20, 2021 #1155 Share Posted June 20, 2021 3 minutes ago, Ocean Boy said: No one received any points for 15 months. Double points will mostly just bring us to where we would have been anyway. OK. It will still create more D, D+ and P, so I believe it will create more crowding and need a solution. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HBE4 Posted June 20, 2021 #1156 Share Posted June 20, 2021 58 minutes ago, AF-1 said: Marlboro's are $6.77 in Cincinnati area 16 minutes ago, Iamcruzin said: I think cigarettes carry a high tax here but we do have reservations here out on eastern Long Island where they are supposedly cheap. New York State tax on cigarettes is $4.35. NYC will add an extra $1.50 or $2.00, I think. So that is $6.50 right there & that does not include Federal tax. Other cities and towns around NY may add their own sin tax, all in an effort to "discourage smoking" and not to "raise revenue". Honest. LOL. The $50 price quoted in the picture a few pages back is for a carton of cigarettes, not a pack. But the cartons are an odd size & I forget how many packs are in a cruise ship carton. But all my smoking friends and family would want me to load up of cartons from the ships store since it was so much cheaper than NY. I don't smoke. Native American reservations are exempt from taxes. I know people that will make a day trip just to buy cigarettes. Then again, I've been known to do the same to visit a good brewery or restaurant. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare FionaMG Posted June 20, 2021 #1157 Share Posted June 20, 2021 I enjoyed your trip report very much @BirdTravels. Thanks for taking the time out of your vacation to do it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iamcruzin Posted June 20, 2021 #1158 Share Posted June 20, 2021 2 minutes ago, HBE4 said: New York State tax on cigarettes is $4.35. NYC will add an extra $1.50 or $2.00, I think. So that is $6.50 right there & that does not include Federal tax. Other cities and towns around NY may add their own sin tax, all in an effort to "discourage smoking" and not to "raise revenue". Honest. LOL. The $50 price quoted in the picture a few pages back is for a carton of cigarettes, not a pack. But the cartons are an odd size & I forget how many packs are in a cruise ship carton. But all my smoking friends and family would want me to load up of cartons from the ships store since it was so much cheaper than NY. I don't smoke. Native American reservations are exempt from taxes. I know people that will make a day trip just to buy cigarettes. Then again, I've been known to do the same to visit a good brewery or restaurant. I think Cigarettes are the only good deal on a cruise ship these days. Liquor prices aren't that great to bother with now that you can't carry them on the plane. The money you save can cost you a lot more in luggage weight. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PTC DAWG Posted June 20, 2021 #1159 Share Posted June 20, 2021 Enjoyed the ride along...thanks Bird.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisingpeople Posted June 20, 2021 #1160 Share Posted June 20, 2021 51 minutes ago, HBE4 said: The $50 price quoted in the picture a few pages back is for a carton of cigarettes, not a pack. But the cartons are an odd size & I forget how many packs are in a cruise ship carton. But all my smoking friends and family would want me to load up of cartons from the ships store since it was so much cheaper than NY. I don't smoke. Even the odd sized had 10 packs per carton. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBSteelerfan Posted June 20, 2021 #1161 Share Posted June 20, 2021 BIrd....Thanks for taking us all along on this great "Adventure" !!! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boatseller Posted June 20, 2021 #1162 Share Posted June 20, 2021 On 6/16/2021 at 10:47 AM, canwegonow said: @BirdTravels thank you so much for all of your time and those amazing photos! We will be on the August 14 sailing, and we're a party of 3. I'm wondering how that will be accommodated in the theaters as all the seats seem to be in groups of 2. Are folks seating themselves or being seated by staff in the theaters? Hopefully by the time we sail the rules will have been relaxed, but if not I don't want to make others uncomfortable by sitting "too close" with our group. My party had an odd number heading into the ice show so I...wait for it...sat next to a stranger. Neither of us cared, but if all the seats weren't blocked, there could have been 10 seats between us.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boatseller Posted June 20, 2021 #1163 Share Posted June 20, 2021 5 hours ago, BirdTravels said: You are only provided hard copy results. No email. The medical company asks for a few details (address, phone, email) to create a record for the test. This was one of the loopiest processes ever. Yes, hard copy only to the stateroom. If you try to log in to the portal, it will say No Results, even after receiving the email. And no, you don't have to go to Singapore to pick them up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Lomas Posted June 20, 2021 #1164 Share Posted June 20, 2021 3 hours ago, Iamcruzin said: Liquor prices aren't that great to bother with now that you can't carry them on the plane. The money you save can cost you a lot more in luggage weight. Only people they are good for are the ones who drive to the port. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BirdTravels Posted June 20, 2021 Author #1165 Share Posted June 20, 2021 53 minutes ago, boatseller said: This was one of the loopiest processes ever. Yes, hard copy only to the stateroom. If you try to log in to the portal, it will say No Results, even after receiving the email. And no, you don't have to go to Singapore to pick them up. No loops. I think that it was VERY clear that test results would be delivered to your stateroom only and not electronically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AF-1 Posted June 20, 2021 #1166 Share Posted June 20, 2021 6 hours ago, Ocean Boy said: It is much better on some ships. Adventure is not one of them. Thanks for the update Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckynana Posted June 20, 2021 #1167 Share Posted June 20, 2021 BirdTravels...thank you for taking us along, for taking the time to answer everyone's questions, and for sharing all of your informative and beautiful pictures. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightOne Posted June 21, 2021 #1168 Share Posted June 21, 2021 On 6/20/2021 at 10:53 AM, boatseller said: This was one of the loopiest processes ever. Yes, hard copy only to the stateroom. If you try to log in to the portal, it will say No Results, even after receiving the email. And no, you don't have to go to Singapore to pick them up. You download the Trust One app from your app store and get your results in the app within the hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BirdTravels Posted June 22, 2021 Author #1169 Share Posted June 22, 2021 Main Dining Room Dinners 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cruiselvr04 Posted June 22, 2021 #1170 Share Posted June 22, 2021 Looks good! I’d take about anything other then my cooking for the last 15 months or take out that I still have to wash the dishes for. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BecciBoo Posted June 22, 2021 #1171 Share Posted June 22, 2021 On 6/20/2021 at 7:43 AM, RoamingRetirees said: OK. It will still create more D, D+ and P, so I believe it will create more crowding and need a solution. There is already a solution, the drink coupons to use anywhere. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoamingRetirees Posted June 22, 2021 #1172 Share Posted June 22, 2021 12 minutes ago, BecciBoo said: There is already a solution, the drink coupons to use anywhere. I know. That's why I said I think it (or something similar) may be permanent, not just on Adventure. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo Posted June 22, 2021 #1173 Share Posted June 22, 2021 3 hours ago, BirdTravels said: Main Dining Room Dinners What is the 6th and 8th plate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poocher Posted June 22, 2021 #1174 Share Posted June 22, 2021 And 1 and 2 please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare RCCL Fan Posted June 22, 2021 #1175 Share Posted June 22, 2021 On 6/14/2021 at 4:24 PM, BirdTravels said: The picnic food is a bit better than the hot dogs, hamburgers and BBQ chicken (and tacos) in the main buffets. Can’t decide on an appetizer? Have them all! this kinda replaces the salad bar which is closed due to COVID protocols. And if you want to skip the appetizers and do all the entrees......... (asking for a friend) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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