Marc - Yikes, if the ship has run out of tequila, how is everyone getting their margaritas??!! Have the Latin cocktail lovers had to switch to mojitos and caipirinhas?? That's tough on the bartenders, as both of those drinks are a lot more work to make (requiring muddling) than are margaritas. Just pray that the ship doesn't run out of white rum and cachaca. If that happens, there are still Pisco sours as an option, assuming that the ship doesn't run out of pisco... Oh, the humanity...

As to the foc'sle screw-up (oh, how tempted I was to make that phrase alliterative), did any others of the at least 25 G-P-T pax show up for the non-event? Were any of the hotel staff there to serve coffee and rolls? It does sound like a major disconnect between the Hotel Dept. and the Deck/Safety crew. It would have been cool if they'd allowed you to help play out the docking lines, no??

We've read that Mariner may be changing Latitudes from the Asian fusion theme to a steak-house theme. Any indication of that on Voyager?

Cheers, Fred (desperately wishing he was on B2B with all of you)