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Onboard Norwegian Gem on a sea day, as we cruised back to New York from the Bahamas , we were watching the Czech Republic get routed by Russia in the 2012 Euro Cup when my husband reminded me it was time for the final bingo session of the sailing the one at which they give away a free Caribbean cruise, he emphasized.
I didn t want to go. Sure, somebody always wins, but it s never us. He still insisted, and besides, we already had raffle tickets. (They came with the instant wins and bingo tickets on which we d already spent some $100.) Wouldn t it be stupid not to be there just in case?
The room was packed; it felt like half the ship was there, hoping to win either the $2,000 bingo jackpot or the free cruise. Even people who wouldn t normally play bingo came, just to get raffle tickets.
We played two rounds of bingo; we didn t even come close to winning. Then it was time for the raffle. A young boy was selected to pick the ticket. The cruise director made the audience promise whoever movies starring tom cruise won the cruise would pay the boy $5 for picking their ticket number. The cruise movies starring tom cruise director and one of his assistants picked him up by his heels, held him over the bathtub-shaped bucket and let him root around for a while. Finally they pulled him out, a small ticket clutched in his fist.
I had known the free cruise was only valid for an inside stateroom, but what I hadn t realized was that the certificate was equivalent to a maximum value of $1,000. (My friend movies starring tom cruise and her sister, who had both accompanied us on the cruise, were staying in an inside cabin, and it cost them more than $1,000.)
As fellow passengers approached us with congratulations, I wanted to show them the fine print. movies starring tom cruise I smiled and said thank you instead. I wondered how many people scrimp and save for trips like this. Would they be able to take advantage of winning this free cruise? The sailing has to be taken within a year of winning movies starring tom cruise it but that doesn t give the winner much time to save up for it.
Back at work Monday, movies starring tom cruise I scrolled through forum posts on Cruise Critic movies starring tom cruise by others who had won free cruises on several cruise lines. The posts were divided. Some said it was super easy to redeem movies starring tom cruise and actually ended up being a great deal. Others said the prices they were quoted (for taxes and fees ) seemed jacked up. I didn t hold much hope for us.
Redeeming our cruise was indeed super easy, and it really was a bargain. Reading deeper into the fine print, I learned that the $1,000 maximum only applies to itineraries other than those found on Caribbean sailings. In other words, the certificate provides a free inside cabin, no matter what the retail cost, only on a seven-day Caribbean sailing. On any other sailing, the certificate is worth $1,000 off the retail price of any cabin.
The only additional cost for booking an inside cabin in the Caribbean (on a seven-day sailing) is the taxes. But the taxes I was quoted were LESS than what I d seen online. For the two of us, taxes came to $284.60. Taking airfare out of the equation, that s pretty movies starring tom cruise affordable for just about anyone.
We ended up booking a New Year s Eve cruise for two in a balcony, on Norwegian Jewel out of New York , for just a tiny bit more than $800. Since we don t have to fly, our only other necessary expenses will be gratuities and parking.
Late last year, we won a free cruise movies starring tom cruise from Harrah s Casino through one of their promotions on NCL. We could take pretty much any cruise on certain ships or itineraries this year, and get a free inside cabin.
Of course movies starring tom cruise we had to pay taxes and port charges, that was expected. But suprisingly there was a charge of $175 per person beyond the taxes and port charges. The costs started adding up pretty quickly. Granted it still ended up costing about 1/3 of what the cruise would have cost if we had booked directly, so it was still a big savings.
My dear husband always enjoys the poker tournaments and will often buy-in a second time just to continue movies starring tom cruise enjoying both the socialization and the competition. Little did we ever believe that he would be the victor with the 1st prize being a free cruise on Royal Caribbean s Allure of the Seas.
As a bit of background, we had already sailed on the Oasist three times and on the Allure once. At the conclusion of our final Oasis class sailing, I had firmly announced that it would be our last on the class. We didn t need to sail again since the ships,not
the ports, became movies starring tom cruise the destinations. We need not experience it again. We were, unlike most people, not pleased with the winning movies starring tom cruise of a free cruise. This in no way is disparaging to Royal Caribbean, however, movies starring tom cruise since the prize was of considerable value and a most honest offering.
The cruise prize was foraccommodations in a more than adequate movies starring tom cruise cabin and included the buy-in to the annual poker tournament. The usual amenities on this largest cruise ship afloat were included of course, though gratuities, movies starring tom cruise taxes, fees, and airfare were not. This was indeed a prize worthy of any victory.
In the end, we gave the prize to our son and daughter-in-law as a Christmas gift since it was also transferable, and they enjoyed every moment of what was indeed a quality free cruise from Royal Caribbean.
My first cruise back in 1997 was a prize for attending a time-share presentation. Of course we did it just for the cruise movies starring tom cruise voucher, and I must say it was well earned after saying NO! for what seemed like hours.
The voucher was filled with terms and conditions, seemingly impossible to meet. You had to pick three different sailing dates within a 12 month period. The kicker was there were blocked out dates you had to work around. We were barely able to even FIND 3 separate dates to submit. You had to call to validate the voucher, then receive a confirmation code by mail that you had to include on your voucher PRIOR to submitting it. This took nearly 2 months to get so our choices were narrowed significantly.
Once the voucher is submitted you are notified by mail which date was chosen for your sailing. You then had 10 days to submit taxes, license and port fees, plus processing fee and a reservation fee or the deal was off.
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