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coasterking
Getting on ship: I have a cpap machine and take 5 different pills. I put all of that in my cpap case and run them thru customs, no problem. Getting off ship. We eat breakfast in main dining room and then go back to cabin to get our luggage(we each take a suitcase, so we carry it off). We are Platinum and get an early off benefit, BUT we dont use that as every one is packed in a room like sardines, griping, etc. So we get off by muster station, smooth. Being in a hurry spoils the trip. Customs has a facial recognition feature and they process you of real fast getting off. Been on 26 cruises and we have had no problem getting on or off ship, just be happy, not in a hurry, enjoy the experience. We just laugh at the in a hurriers and the gripers, patience is a virture. We eat in the main dining room for evening meal SOMETIMES, depending on what is on menu. We love steakhouse, a free bottle of wine on first day cruising and it is casual dress. We are"introverts" so we like to eat alone, not putting up with strangers B. S.. When we cannot get a table for 2 we eat on lido. Breakfast in main dining room is great for eating alone as they seat you at a table for 2. Lunch is mainly on lido, hamburgers, lunch buffet, mdr is closed for lunch. We are on vacation, so we do not dress up. They have an elegant night where you are supposed to dress up, we eat on lido deck, always casual for us. Another thing we dont do is use the pools. We have not seen anybody get out of the pool to pee, lots of "P" in the "ools". I had a lifeguard show me the pool filters at the rec center he worked at.NASTY, all sorts of hairs and poo from kids in those filters. No ship pools for us.
Miracle is a great Spirit class ship, we spent 14 days on Miracle going thru the Panama canal and had a blast. Hope you have a great cruise.
Great stuff CK....sounds alot like we try to do....unfortunately, ships are, IMHO. less passenger friendly as time goes on, more geared towards turning you upside down and catching all your $$ as it falls out.. Could be my imagination...one word of caution. We would have loved to leave our suitcases in the cabin and wander down to breakfast in the MDR, then go back and get them. Some folks obviously did just that. But certain elevators are closed for debarkation. .Believe that may be only on certain ships... She can't navigate stairs...at least not several flights of them. So when we leave our cabin on debarkation morning, there's no going back. There's many many suitcases stacked up near the entrance to the MDR or near folks tables. I know its not proper, but no one has ever said anything. FWIW, the MDR isn't crowded at all on debark morning. I suspect lots of folks do without any kind of breakfast..trying to get to wherever they left their cars, or the airport. Thnaks again. Great post.