Re: Roll Call for PALM - April 8, 2016 on Mariner
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Yet another CUTE pin!!!
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Re: Roll Call for PALM - April 8, 2016 on Mariner
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Re: Roll Call for PALM - April 8, 2016 on Mariner
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Re: Roll Call for PALM - April 8, 2016 on Mariner
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Excellent!
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Re: Roll Call for PALM - April 8, 2016 on Mariner
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I love the pin! Great work, Ngaire. This cruise, which we booked so long ago, is beginning to feel real now. We fly in on embarkation day, arriving around 11:00, with Regent air. (We usually don't use Regent air, but it made sense for us this time.) Straight to the ship, relax, sail away, and then dinner that first evening at Prime 7 for our 38th anniversary. I'm so eager to get onboard!
Priscilla
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Re: Roll Call for PALM - April 8, 2016 on Mariner
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02/18/16 10:46 AM
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Hi Priscilla: Wonder if you are coming in on the same flight as Ngaire and Ken? Jan's birthday is Thursday the 7th. Decided to fly in on Wednesday and play tourist on Thursday since all of our dealings with Miami have only been the airport. Tim & Penny arrive around 4:30 and we will have dinner together somewhere around the Embassy Suites (airport) we are staying at. Then Friday work are way to the ship around noon Friday.
Jim
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Re: Roll Call for PALM - April 8, 2016 on Mariner
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02/18/16 02:54 PM
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Jim, celebrations all around! Let's celebrate birthdays and anniversaries again onboard.
Maybe we will be on the same flight with Ngaire and Ken. It leaves Dallas at 7:10 a.m. Early early for this morning sloth, but we'll be glad once we are there.
Priscilla
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Re: Roll Call for PALM - April 8, 2016 on Mariner
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02/23/16 12:14 AM
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PALM travel docs disappointment...received ours today, nice pouch with about 6 pieces of paper and two luggage tags. No booklet, excursion descriptions, or anything of the type that we are used to receiving on "doc dance" day. Maybe something was left out? Tim
"Life is dull without a Cruise to look forward to!"
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Re: Roll Call for PALM - April 8, 2016 on Mariner
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02/23/16 09:18 AM
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That's all we got on our January cruise. Don't think they are printing the excursion booklets anymore. There was a print out with a brief description of the tours in our room with the sign up sheets. Of course, we had already printed out the tour descriptions that were emailed to us.
I agree, "docs" are definitely not what they used to be!
Cindy TravelingTexasDuo.com"In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." - Abraham Lincoln
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Re: Roll Call for PALM - April 8, 2016 on Mariner
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Received our documents at 9:00 am this morning. Have not had time to look at them yet.
Jim
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Re: Roll Call for PALM - April 8, 2016 on Mariner
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Add to the ROLL CALL my Daughter Cindy and son inlaw Mark will be on PALM.
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Re: Roll Call for PALM - April 8, 2016 on Mariner
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Re: Roll Call for PALM - April 8, 2016 on Mariner
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Oh how fun to have Cindy and Mark onboard! Welcome and see you soon. Cindy, here's to a toast with compari! Wasn't that the liqueur you couldn't stand, that had us absolutely cracking up one time?
Priscilla
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Re: Roll Call for PALM - April 8, 2016 on Mariner
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03/09/16 08:46 AM
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30 days from today we will be boarding the Seven Seas Mariner. Sure awful quiet on this thread. When is everyone arriving in Miami?
Jim
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Re: Roll Call for PALM - April 8, 2016 on Mariner
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Hey, Jim! I am happy to chime in that Penny and I are tremendously excited about this trip! As you know, we will be arriving early afternoon on the 7th, from Washington DC, and planning to meet up with you and Jan at the hotel. Our departure date from home is coming up scarily fast! Tim
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Re: Roll Call for PALM - April 8, 2016 on Mariner
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03/11/16 01:40 PM
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Jim, we get on the ship March 25 and will be there when you get on. Looking forward to seeing everyone!
Peggy
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Re: Roll Call for PALM - April 8, 2016 on Mariner
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Oh Peggy. Jan and I thought real hard about doing the 25th part before the April 8th but since we had already bought our airline tickets and difficult to change out of Billings we gave up. Looks like a real good cruise to me.
Jim
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Re: Roll Call for PALM - April 8, 2016 on Mariner
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Hi Peggy
We'll be joining you on March 25th, doing a B2B ending on 20th April. Really looking forward to this cruise. Mostly all new ports for us.
See you soon,
Sheila and Ken
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Re: Roll Call for PALM - April 8, 2016 on Mariner
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Sheila and Ken, look forward to seeing you! I was wondering who I could play trivia with on the March 25 segment
Peggy
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Re: Roll Call for PALM - April 8, 2016 on Mariner
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Sheila, Peggy, Ken, Jerry; we are so looking forward to cruising with you. Get the ship in tip top shape. We have a bit of SBC so Jerry don't drink all the blue.
See everyone soon!!!!
Marc
PS Extending for the two weeks before was sure enticing except Arlene will be in Paris. ;)
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Re: Roll Call for PALM - April 8, 2016 on Mariner
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Friday 03/25/16. 14 days from today we will boarding the Seven Seas Mariner.
Jim
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Re: Roll Call for PALM - April 8, 2016 on Mariner
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Friday 03/25/16. 14 days from today we will boarding the Seven Seas Mariner. So, I wonder when the "upsells" will start.
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Re: Roll Call for PALM - April 8, 2016 on Mariner
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Clay was talking about that on Thursday we are expecting that any day now. There is space showing in the PH suites so hopefully some of our group can get an upsell to those great Mariner PH suites.
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Re: Roll Call for PALM - April 8, 2016 on Mariner
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Given that Regent has now pulled PH and Horizon Suites from available inventory to "plan your cruise" online, I guess they are getting ready.
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Re: Roll Call for PALM - April 8, 2016 on Mariner
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Prisoner's Dilemma
While considering the upcoming upsell on PALM, I realized that game theory can come into play on about anything. There is still a lot of inventory for PH and Horizon as well as Cat F, E, and D; however,, they have been selling Cat H, G, and C (Penthouse) guarantees. Who knows, they may have sold 350 cabins (albeit most at Cat H and Cat G prices). For an example, let's imagine that there are 50 PH or Horizon cabins left and that Regent entices 50 guests to pay $2,000 for those cabins; i.e., another $100K in revenue.
Now, look at the possibility that we ALL refuse to pay for an upgrade. Since Regent has sold 350 cabins, they need to fill every cabin. In the end, 50 lucky guests will be upgraded at no cost.
If there are 200 guests for which the offer is made, one out of four would pay zero and the others would get their original cabin. So, what's the better deal, pay $2000 for guaranteed upgrade of pay zero for 25% chance of an upgrade.
It is sort of meaningless as there will always be those that pay, just as in the original prisoner's dilemma problem.
Idle thoughts for today.
Marc
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Re: Roll Call for PALM - April 8, 2016 on Mariner
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Marcie, move us to 976. This is our 8th cruise on Mariner; we have paid for H or H guarantee on seven of those eight, and we still haven't sailed in an H cabin. Someday, I would like to actually be on Deck 7.
See everyone soon!
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Re: Roll Call for PALM - April 8, 2016 on Mariner
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All done Marc. Bet you're getting excited...won't be long now !
Marcie
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Re: Roll Call for PALM - April 8, 2016 on Mariner
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So far so good -- a beautiful day in Aruba! We're getting the ship ready for you -- food is outstanding! See you all soon.
Peggy
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Re: Roll Call for PALM - April 8, 2016 on Mariner
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Thanks for the update Peggy. See you soon!!
Jim
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Re: Roll Call for PALM - April 8, 2016 on Mariner
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I wish I were on the Mariner right now!
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Re: Roll Call for PALM - April 8, 2016 on Mariner
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So do I, Olivia. I could pack in 5 minutes!
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Re: Roll Call for PALM - April 8, 2016 on Mariner
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Well??? They still have cabins available.
Jim
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Re: Roll Call for PALM - April 8, 2016 on Mariner
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Would love to grab one...we are off today for 2 weeks with the grand-kids. Enjoy PALM!
Kathy
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Re: Roll Call for PALM - April 8, 2016 on Mariner
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Olivia, we wish you were on the Mariner now too. Pack your bags and fly down to Miami and join us! Everything has been wonderful so far. We did miss the port of Santa Marta, but nobody really cared (not like missing Saigon in January :-)). The weather is a little cooler than we'd like and it's kind of windy, but we're persevering. Dinner in Prime 7 last night was great--just like every other meal. Up tomorrow: Granada -- after that we have to speak French for a couple days (Guadalupe and Martinique). Life is good.
Peggy
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Re: Roll Call for PALM - April 8, 2016 on Mariner
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Peggy: When did you have your "Muster Drill" when you got on the 25th?
Jim
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Re: Roll Call for PALM - April 8, 2016 on Mariner
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The muster drill was at 5:00 pm--it was windy so we didn't have to go out to the lifeboats . We got our luggage right around 3:00, so we were all unpacked and ready to go. On another topic, we had to anchor in Granada today because another ship had our berth due to mechanical problems -- so we stayed on the ship. Not sure what ship had mech. problems.
Peggy
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Re: Roll Call for PALM - April 8, 2016 on Mariner
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Thank you for the information. See you soon!
Jim
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Re: Roll Call for PALM - April 8, 2016 on Mariner
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I assume everyone will be located around the pool bar when we get on board Friday. Anybody going to be really late and just getting on before we sail at 6:00 pm?
Jim
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Re: Roll Call for PALM - April 8, 2016 on Mariner
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We are staying 7 April at Element Miami International Airport - anyone else staying there with us? If so, do you want to split a taxi to the port?
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Re: Roll Call for PALM - April 8, 2016 on Mariner
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We are at Embassy Suites Miami airport with Tim & Penny Friday night.
Jim
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