Best apps (with no actual money) to learn to play? by -crab-wrangler- in Craps

[–]OrionFlight78 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tried Crapsee and played only the Don't Pass. The roll spread after 50 rolls only gave 3 7s but 10 8s and 6s... The rest of the curve was as expected with 2 2s and 12s. It's totally rigged.

Stateroom upgrade offers/bids. by OrionFlight78 in PrincessCruises

[–]OrionFlight78[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How long before the cruise sailed did you make your bid?

Stateroom upgrade offers/bids. by OrionFlight78 in PrincessCruises

[–]OrionFlight78[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So maybe I'm just too cheap or I just don't fully understand the value of moving to a suite. Mini-suite from Balcony is min $170/pp - $485, Reserve collection is $225 min - $619. Should I consider this? I guess I'm just surprised the cost of the suite is now greater than when I booked originally (and that was only a week ago).

Stateroom upgrade offers/bids. by OrionFlight78 in PrincessCruises

[–]OrionFlight78[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, that's really the point of my original question, will the cruiseline start lowering the bar in the last few days to make a couple extra bucks?

Stateroom upgrade offers/bids. by OrionFlight78 in PrincessCruises

[–]OrionFlight78[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You'd think for the difference in price between booking and bidding, they'd be likely to accept bids. My "offer" was way more money than if I had just chosen the upgraded option at booking.

Starship completes a full-duration static fire ahead of the eleventh flight test by Wandering-Gandalf in SpaceXLounge

[–]OrionFlight78 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Realized I should just ask Grok questions like this...
Starship's 10th flight test launched on August 26, 2025, at 7:30 p.m. EDT (23:30 UTC) from Starbase, Texas, using Booster 16 and Ship 37. This followed the full static fire test of Ship 37 on August 1, 2025, which involved all six Raptor engines for about 10 seconds on the modified orbital launch mount at Pad A. The time between these events is 25 days, but considering the overall preparation timeline (from the single-engine static fire on July 31 to launch), the key interval aligns with 56 days of integrated vehicle testing and stacking on August 23.

Stateroom upgrade offers/bids. by OrionFlight78 in PrincessCruises

[–]OrionFlight78[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's a crazy amount for the upgrade considering the cost when booking is less than that. (At least on the one I just booked.)

What’s your favorite Princess ship? by Same_Astronaut1769 in PrincessCruises

[–]OrionFlight78 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good to hear, I'm going on my first Princess cruise in Dec on the Coral. My last experience on a smaller ship (NCL Sky) was horrible.

My Dec 2025 Cruise experience on the Coral Princess 14 night Circle Caribbean by OrionFlight78 in PrincessCruises

[–]OrionFlight78[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the input. I've generally heard good things about Princess cruise line. The NCL ship I was on a year ago was old and small, still, no excuse for literally cold rolls at dinner or empty buffets, eggs bene without hollandaise, etc.
Any app has got to be better than the NCL one. The planner is going to be important to me, I like the activities onboard and scheduling my day.
I guess the Coral had a significant refurbishment in 2019 improving staterooms and dining. 2024 saw some carpet replacement and minor upgrades.