Thank you Dr Cruise for sharing these useful insights and suggestions! I remember on our first cruise over 20 years ago, my wife got lucky and won the jackpot on a slot machine on the first night (> 600 USD)! They took a pic of her and pasted it at the casino entrance. It was good memory. :)
I learned something today. That buying the cruise insurance from the cruise line will only cover the days of the trip and not if you start the trip sooner or if you stay after.👍
Good topics......thank you - our 3/26/22 Celebrity APEX cruise price had included tips, drinks and wifi which was quite reasonable - my husband and I always enjoyed the Art auctioneer presentation and always learned something from them, we had also bough some art pieces over 10 years ago (Mardi Gras dont have the Park West Gallery) - we dont gamble so we dont loose at the slot machines - we still prefer to join the cruise excursions, even its more expensive - dont understand why people carrying case of water, and/or sodas on to the cruise to try to save $20.....why bother!!
Beware of Celebrity's APEX class vessels - unless you are taking their cheapest or most expensive cabins, their basic balcony cabin has literally no balcony but a bigger window to open!
Wow, we got a real player here. It is not easy to do cost comparisons just for different rooms without itinerary. But for sure I will talk about it later
Thank you for the info! I'm so glad that I saw this before booking the cruise. One thing I saw is the prepaid gratuity but I also heard there will be 20% gratuity applied in the items on board as well, and ppl still need to pay for that 20%. So what's the point of the prepaid gratuity here? So confusing.