Thanks for the inputs. We do know about the smoking policy change re the balconies, but both Joe Doucet and I think we can live with that. Niether Lynn nor Karyn smoke and that's why I've always used our balcony for smoking. On sea days Lynn and I often just sit out on the balcony and read to rest up for dancing at night. Regarding the alternative restaurants, is there an extra service/tipping charge for them? What about wine at dinner? Do you buy it by the glass, or do you buy a bottle and they keep it for you? I can do without it, but Joe and Karyn like wine with dinner. We're already booked, including air and we intend to make final payment early to get the additional $500 plus discount. One interesting thing re air is that we don't have a deviation fee for our 4 day delay in HK if we book it now. We got late seating and a table for 4. We're doing our own hotel reservations, because we can get the hotel we want and at a much lower price than Crystal's. Better hotel too. Nice to know about the pre-reserved section on the website.