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    Walt Disney Studios Tour

    Considering doing it next month! Would you consider the parking lot to be safe to leave our car with luggages in it? While I wouldn't want to do this is Los Angeles, I'm struggling to get info about how much our designated parking area is “safe”. We are told to park in the Buena Vista Parking Lot.
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    Any idea why no sale of alcohol on the ship while in Chania?

    We're talking about Disney right. They have no clue and it's probably easier for them to blame local authorities.
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    Any idea why no sale of alcohol on the ship while in Chania?

    Yes, DW had a port adventure while I stayed on the ship and “wine was flowing at lunch”.
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    Any idea why no sale of alcohol on the ship while in Chania?

    Interesting. For reference our port of call was yesterday (June 18) and it was a Sunday. We are on a B2B though our first cruise did not stop in Chania. The next one (departing June 20th) gets to Chania next Sunday, interesting to see reports, if any! (not telling my wife about this post or...
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    Palo Brinch - do you tip and if so how much?

    Not going into a tipping discussion, but maybe the cooler hasn't come here by itself, and the crew you bought it from “magically moved it” from storage to deck. Maybe, also, they are on a tipping position, and, essentially, well, your tips is how they make money at the end. Feel free to reach...
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    NCL to return to E Muster Drills April 1

    That is correct. As a fact this policy was actively being enforced by Disney. I mentioned it before, once I was checking alone and had trouble with the app, so I manually checked-in with the crew member at the station, and specifically said not to worry my wife will come later. They immediately...
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    Palo Brinch - do you tip and if so how much?

    You'll never know what a lie or not. In upscale restaurants you typically tip your server, and they in turn tip their runners. So it would make sense if there were some kind of sharing at Palo's.
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    Any idea why no sale of alcohol on the ship while in Chania?

    Supposedly because of port regulations. Interesting because the Crete Island is where most all-inclusive cheap hotels are, and this is still part of Greece? There must be a reason however a Google search did not help me find out which. Interested if anyone has a clue!
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    Palo Brinch - do you tip and if so how much?

    Ha, another threads about gratuities. We usually tip 20% everytime, so we add the missing 2% on diner, and add the missing 20% on brunch. Why is that so DCL has not yet added auto-gratuity for the brunch? I struggle to understand this and would welcome any relevant hint.
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    NCL to return to E Muster Drills April 1

    Once again this is beside the point of this thread. Disney cares about safety as much as every other lines, and as cruisers we are safe on DCL as much as on every other lines. Not sure why your point of view focus here whereas this thread is about the experience.
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    NCL to return to E Muster Drills April 1

    For clarity I was not and am not attacking Disney. I know people around here are pretty quick to jump in, but that's beside my point. This is industry practice. Disney does what they are told they need do. Their business if selling cruises not ensure their safety. Regulations do. As such as...
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    NCL to return to E Muster Drills April 1

    As much as probably every cruisers I'd prefer to sail with an e-muster. Maybe with an improved procedure, where you check-in at multiple places along your route (stateroom/stair/muster station). But all they want is that if there's an emergency they don't have liability. Like “look we enforced...
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    Le Havre excursion advice

    I do not know Le Havre specifically but as a French guy, I would recommend you take extra caution regarding your transportation options especially if you're going on your own — even if on a tour that is not Disney. Le Havre is primarily a cargo port, by no means intended to located near tourist...
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    Never have I ever...

    “Never am I been refreshing the Disney Cruise Line website a few times a day until I finally got a spot for the Chocolate & Liquor Tasing.” Edit: yes those things do really work. I managed to get a reservations for 12+ tastings last cruise (lost track), before the prices increase, and I was...
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    Updated Magic Concierge Rooms?

    That's for sentences like this that I subscribed on this board! Just out of curiosity, where are you used to put your wine that is missing on the new staterooms?
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    Magic 6/23 ship in poor conditon (a short report)

    Maybe it's worth to consider that very few liners operate ship that old with expensive fares. There's surely a “tipping point” after which Disney might still inject all the money they have and it's no longer worth it. As it's a non-issue for guest I wouldn't mark it as relevant from a...
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    Updated Magic Concierge Rooms?

    Did they just fixed the bathtube to be a shower, or is it true for all concierge rooms?
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    Back to back in the Med aboard the Dream, required to disembark/reembark?

    OP here, bumping my thread. Received a letter in our stateroom today asking that we have to disembark at Rome. Feeling kind of annoyed (and slightly offended) they are lying this is due to local regulations, I would have prefer they stated out clearly they wanted us out (of course, their ship...
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    DCL app broken?

    Interesting. Must be something else related to localization. And, also interesting Disney still doesn't give a damn about their international guests, as it's now broken for months.
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    Masks?

    Just FYI this is probably not a Spanish thing. We as Europeans are always amazed as to the elevators etiquette is so different across the Atlantic, up to a point we have a joke that US people don't know a clue about elevators and learn when they see one. A guest randomly saying “hello everyone”...
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