CuriousByNature

I normally travel solo, so the single supplement is something I have to consider. Unfortunately Norwegian and Celebrity rarely have one that is less than a 100% surcharge. Every so often there's a good deal, so I jump at those.

Have a great time! I like the freestyle aspect of Norwegian, and lived near Vancouver once upon a time...

Which line and departure port for this cruise?

Isn't that a photo of the forum's very own @Joshie lifting weights? Or do my synapses deceive me?

I haven't hired a masseur before, but referring to himself as a 'masseuse' could give me pause. Especially if English is assumed to be his first language.

This must have been very disappointing for you. I'm sorry to hear this happened. My question to him would be whether he thought of you as a friend before he knew there was a service you could potentially provide him for free? Maybe he's young and ignorant, but it sounds like he's lost a good client because he wasn't able to value your time as much as you have repeatedly and consistently valued his. That is not a friendship. He's the one who lost out - especially since very few people can say that Barbra Streisand helped them with their resume.

Are there any in particular you would recommend to the OP, or other newbies?

Any extras?

This forum is a community of people, and obviously, every community has some members that get on other members' nerves. Most people here have never met one another, and it can be hard to judge tone and meaning when reading what someone has written. At least that's what I try to remind myself. There have been members who've made comments on my posts that could be considered 'mean', perhaps. But that's ultimately on them. If that's how they engage people, so be it, and it isn't any skin off my nose. There are some people on the forum who just won't let it go if you happen to disagree with them, and that can get tiresome. We don't always have to be 'right'. And sometimes various viewpoints can all be valid at the same time. It does seem at times that kindness is becoming a lost art. As are forgiveness and empathy.

No, I am.

I really thought this was a photo of John Goodman

It apparently ends with a bang.

Thank you - I feel seen. LOL 😆

THANK YOU! You are awesome! This is much more variety than what I expected to see for MSC. Is this regular dining, or did you do the Yacht Club?

I was just kidding - I know you meant the most recent turn of the century...

But back in 1900 wasn't our dollar still on the gold standard?

If he gave you a facial, I think that would imply he got carried away... lol

Even though it isn't green? A green one would be kind of concerning - maybe a fungal infection...

I hadn't realized there was such a difference between NYC and some of the Canadian cities. My uncle in Vancouver pays about $10K per year in property tax on a house worth around $3.5 million. It works out to about 0.29%. For someone out there in Vancouver to pay $7500 per month, they would need to own a property worth about $33 million.

Wow. I can't imagine paying $7500 for a year's worth of property taxes.

Thanks! Would you mind taking a photo of a menu from the dining room and posting it here? If it isn't too awkward or difficult...

I haven't tried MSC yet - how's the food?

That must have been quite traumatizing for him...

I believe it's supposed to be set in the early 1880s. It was around that time that Mrs. Astor was forced to recognize the 'upstart' Vanderbilts, which the Russell family seems to mirror in the tv show. However, 'The Four Hundred' - the list of the 400 people who constituted 'Society', and based on the number that could fit in Caroline Astor's ballroom - was not compiled until the early 1890s, if I recall correctly. Since the list is already mentioned in the show, the program plays a bit fast and loose with the historical timelines. Also, the marriage of Gladys to the Duke is also set 10 years earlier than it was real life, if Gladys is meant to be analogous with Consuelo Vanderbilt, who married the Duke of Marlborough in the mid 1890s.

A lot of subs are long and hard, and full of seamen.