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Bhants.

Yes, the Head Waiter / Matre'd is fine, but the Exec Sous Chef's, usually two on a ship are the one's that control the food and ensure's the quality.

Usually the Exec Sous Chef of the Buffet is also responsible for the Specialities as well.

Going either route is fine, but I always find that talking to the actual Chef's gets a better result.

If you see them, speak to them. They are the one's with the big white hats LOL

Bhants.

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that on any cruise line, the best way to deal with any dietary needs whether in the dining room, or the buffet, when you go into the venue, see the Matre'd or even better see the Exec Sous Chef.

There's usually an Exec Sous Chef responsible for the Buffet, and a separate one responsible for the Main Dining room/s.

Request to see them.

I ALWAYS introduce myself to the Exec Sous Chef in the Buffet, and always talk to them on a daily basis. I don't have any dietary needs, but I have helped many people over the years by pointing them to the right people.

Knowing the Exec Sous Chef's always means you get the "Special attention".

Exchange rate has got worse for us.

Now 1.3542 from 1.3505.

That's why we are dropping even though the US is closed.

Bhants.

Correction from me....

I had Carnival, Virgin, MSC, and NCL.

Not Princess/Cunard etc. Unless if they are doing the status match offers like the others.

Virgin is seriously trying to steal customers though. I've heard excellent things, and very negative things about Virgin, so I'm unsure.

The reality is Royal suits my needs, and every 350 points now I get another Suite for free as well as my casino free cruises

Bhants.

Currently nearly every cruise line is offering to status match the other cruise lines.

I receive on a weekly basis offers from all cruise lines giving me top tier statuses because i'm 1400 nights equivalent on Royal. (Double their Pinnacle top Tier)

They are all desperate.!

No US Stock market today.!

It's Labor Day

Bhants.

US Inflation figures are up.

Tariff's are starting to be felt.

More pressure on the Fed to reduce rates.

Also GBP/USD dropped earlier to 1.345, but then reclimbed back to 1.3503, so we ended up with a double whammy.

We closed at $29.54. The US closed at $29.59. That is another 5c gain after our close.

Exchange rate is 1.3509,......BUT.......... As the overall exchange rate has changed again, it's effected all the pricing, so it will be $29.59/1.3509 = £21.90...... which is 6p UP

UK Closed at $29.54

I Actually thought we were going to finish above £22 today

Quiggers

Well done.

I seem to have created a mass exit.!

Damn.............

It's like a race...... Carnival or Wizz........

I love it when Carnival starts to move, it always amazes me how quickly it can jump up......... Of course, it does the same downwards as well.!

It is with great pleasure again that I post..............

We closed at $29.23. The US closed at $29.42. That is another 19c gain after our close.

Exchange rate is 1.35, which would have made the opening gain tomorrow as 14p UP......

BUT.......... As the overall exchange rate has got worse, it's effected all the pricing, so it will be $29.42/1.35 = £21.79...... which is 9p UP

She can mess around with Inheritance gift limits.

She can mess around with Cash ISA limits.

But if she messes with Stock ISA's, she can only change the yearly limits of adds, not the amount that's already in there, and with Pensions, she may be able to adjust the tax free limit of withdrawal from 25% down to 10% or something, but the likelihood of that is slim to none.

She change / increase tax exemption, i.e. today you can out £60k into your pension and save 40% tax, maybe she might change that to only 20%

LOL.

Thanks Young. Unfortunately I am very good at tax... I wouldn't go as far as saying a Tax expert though.

All of the shares in my Dealing Account were purchased all at £5.50 in one go.

As the profit is 300% approx. basically I can only withdraw £4,000 out in one go, i.e. the £3,000 CGT Limit + my initial Cost of £1,000.

Luckily, over the years I have maxed out all of our allowances so this is the only piece not in a tax wrapper.

So assuming over the next 5 years Carnival carries on increasing, It will probably take me 20+ years to take my 2617 shares out within the CGT allowance limits, assuming they stay the same.!

Everything else I owned was always within ISA's or SIPPs, so all gains were always tax free.

Thank you for checking though, it is appreciated, and again just shows what a great board we have here.

Badger.

Well played.

I firmly believe that Carnival will be £25, Wizz will be £20 and IAG will be £4.50 minimum by Christmas.

Wizz will report passenger numbers next week, and should in theory give an update on their grounded planes which should in theory be reducing, so am hoping..... no... praying that it's very positive.

ps... Portfolio........port-foliage is all the plants and weeds you see at the ports just before getting on the ship.! :-)

Badger LOL.... Well done.

You have 74......

I have LOADS..........

PeterH.

Also well done.!

Badger.

Well done.

I have also just sold.!

I'm now just holding 2,617 shares which I can't really sell as the tax man will have a field day, as they were a £5.50 buy in my dealing account.

I have sold all my ISA and SIPP shares and bought absolutely loads and loads and loads of Wizz air.

I'm hoping that with Carnival jumping up and Wizz dropping, that within a couple of weeks the opposite will happen,!

I believe that Carnival will get to £25 this year, but I also believe that Wizz will get to £20. So I'm gambling on the fact that a 20% gain for Carnival will be offset by a 50% gain with Wizz.......... I guess I will see within a week or so.!

We closed at $28.71. The US closed at $29.07. That is another 36c gain after our close.

Exchange rate is 1.3475, which makes the opening gain tomorrow as 26.5p UP......

or.

$29.07 / 1.3475 = £21.57.

............

Again, if we were still in January, it would have been $29.07 / 1.21 = £24.02...!!!!!!!

Micky's "Daddy" founded Carnival and Co-Founded Norwegian.

He's worth $10bn +

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micky_Arison