Discovering my onboard account pushed under the door was certainly a surprise... 
It still happens onboard Queen Mary , my first time it came as a bit of a surprise.now its just second nature to see it under the door.
Mindyou last year l was up at the crack of dawn on Christmas Eve , it was so early the bills hadnt been delivered and the only humans l saw were the front desk agent and the bell boy at the ships entrance. And Queen Mary was full .
(off topic)
That was also the time, for some unknow reason l had allowed a lot of extra time to get to the airport, and my uber driver assured me she would be there at the appointed time, it came, l gave her a quick call, to be told "lm here", l said "flash your lights i dont see you", she replied "my lights are on, im outside the office ".."I said Office, what office, lm beside the ship" , she said "the ship !" l said "Yes the one you dropped me at yesterday." after some laughing l asked her, "be honest with me shall l just get an uber from here, or will you make it down in time". l could hear her engine already running, she said "No im on my way , expect me soon." so l spoke to the bell boy l knew it would be at least 40 mins ,as time wore on a car appeared, l gave it no thought as theres no way she could have driven that distance so quickly. The car stops at my side and she appears , lm momentarily lost for words , thinking how in gods name has she done that trip so quickly, l do it every year and know roughly how long it takes.
We still had time to exchange Christmas gifts, stop for a coffee for her and a fast paced drive to LA Aiprort, and arrive before 6am for a early morning flight to Vegas , and l still had plenty of tiem to spare
This year, flying out of Long Beach airport will be a change rather than the utter madness of LAX .
Mercifully there are no towel animals on Queen Mary Nor yet in Las Vegas. Now a pillow surprise is another matter, they are always fun. no matter where you are.
