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Perfect! Thanks for the info!!

My family are cruising together with 3 minors. 2 of the minors are travelling with only their mom because their dad can't go for work reason/currently outside of the country. 1 minor is booked with their mom and the mom's adult sister. The other minor is booked with the grandparents room/reservation. Does the grandparents still need to bring a notarized consent form to travel with the minor even though their mom is travelling with them? And does the dad need to sign the consent even though Mom is present?

It's not offered on cruises leaving from the USA due to customs rules.

I don't see the stay a while option on mine Symphony Newark in May 31st - June 7th

Than I type…..you did it again.

If you could have booked with points, why use Celebrity? Plus you fare is added to your cruise balance.

I prefer to fly into FLL over MIA even when sailing out of MIA. The longest it has taken has been about an hour on a Sun/Mon. I take Lyft and an XL should fit all of you and luggage with ease.

@GregD Yes RUB are a casino comp thing, they (the powers that be for RU) don't see what you paid as far as casino comps go. They just know they can possibly earn money on your room.

I am super late to this party. The freeloaders have been keeping me so busy I have not been on the blogs for weeks now. This is the perfect time for me to read this blog. @TheBoss518 and I just booked Indy for August. We actually got a casino comp for the cruise. This is our first "free" cruise (we of course paid to upgrade to a suite gty) I feel pretty lucky because the last time we were in the casino was two years ago. I ran the Facebook page for that sailing and ran a slot pull. depite not spending any more money there, we still get offers and this was the first one we have been able to do. We are excited because we are leaving the freeloaders home with the grand parents for this one. I do have a question for all you casino pros. When you book a casino comp, do you get the opportunity for royal up bids? We did a suite gty rate because we would be perfectly fine in a jr suite since there aren't big differences in suite benefits moving to a GS. I don't feel like paying an extra 1k per person to book into a GS directly. There are so many rooms open still so fingers crossed we get a magical room assignment by default. I just found out that this cruise is also a Gaming and Anime convention cruise so I cant wait to see all the kids in their cosplay This should make for a fun blog when we go!

@steverk I sailed out of there about 18 months ago and people were being turned away for showing up early. Those people were making a huge scene which is how I know this! LOL I got the Key for my next cruise out of San Juan in December to ensure this doesn’t happen to me. Key was only $1 per day more than internet, so it was a no-brainer. There are a few others on this forum who have had/seen very similar instances at San Juan.

Ft Lauderdale to MIA isn't too far, in a perfect world 30 mins. The problem is MIA traffic, and it is notorious. What time are you coming in? What day of the week? Anything around rush hour and it could be 90 minutes to make that journey. Urber, Lyft, Taxi. I think your issue will be you are 4 ppl with a lot of luggage. You might need a large Uber. I am actually headed to FLL in about 10 hours.... We are a party of 5 so we plan to take 2 separate taxis to our hotel. Now way for us to fit in one with all our stuff.

I had to check out Fish & Ships again for quality control. This room is handy for running up/down one flight and grabbing some..or some soft serve..or hitting up WJ for a to-go plate. The chicken fingers were different this time. The fish they were frying fresh in small batches. It tasted less bland this time too..maybe because it was fresh. Of course I had dinner 3 hours later. I'm at a 2-top in a row of other 2-tops so I have neighbors to pretend to ignore. No great people watching to share. Now I'm in WJ for second dinner I needed vegetables because the MDR doesn't know what those are. They are frying donuts up fresh tonight... Those mugs are labeled as sugar donut with chocolate milk..because everyone likes their milk to sit under a heat lamp.

We do but I’m not sure you have to. The room attendant knows what your new room number is so it’s probably not truly necessary…but yes, we do.

We will make it work We will make it work You may not believe it, but I really am an easy going and a nice person! And you as well!

Wether you believe it or not. I genuinely wanted to understand what you were saying/hoping to accomplish. I hope it works/worked out. Glad you stuck around. Apparently, given the amount of time you have spent here this week, you see we and our advice (and opinions) have value after all. Lots to learn from folks with first hand experience. Have good evening.

Everyone likes what they like for whatever reason. I spend too much time on higher decks and try to take the stairs when possible so something like deck 10 on Oasis class is my sweet spot... can walk up to the pool deck or down to the promenade without dying or at least pulling a hammy. My wife's a teacher. With a couple exceptions, all we do is sail with tons of kids even though we don't have any. I'm used to it. We're easy to please too. Kids don't get in the way of our routine much. EDIT: BTW, I'm not even sure how those other posts were meant.

Thanks, I will take a look!

We are happy with a lower deck (and you will be happy if we are on a lower deck) because....kids! No need to wait for an elevator when leaving to or arriving from a port!

I wouldn't expect to see dividends in the near or medium term (less than 5 years). I even have doubts if it will ever pay dividends again. They still have over $20B of debt on the books. Even after a blockbuster year last year, they only retired about $2B of that long term debt. In fact their long term debt actually GREW the last quarter (which I assume was mostly from Icon so not really too worrisome). Now companies will (and should) carry at least some debt, but Royal was consistently between $7-8B in long term debt pre-shutdown. Their debt to equity ratio was usually less than 1 (closer to 2/3) and is now about 4. This isn't even including all the new long term debt they will keep accruing for revenue generating things like new Icon-class ships, potential restarting of delayed amplifications, and new beach clubs. All that new debt is probably good debt as the long term ROI should be pretty significant for those items as we're seeing today from things like Coco Cay and Icon. However short to medium term means there is a TON more uses for any available free cash flow (investments to grow or repayment of debt to more normal levels) before a dividend payment would even begin to be considered. TLDR; no dividends anytime soon or maybe ever again

That would be awesome. We sailed Liberty last Oct and loved her. It was a fun, fun cruise but the shop is showing her age. She just needs love and attention. We sail very again this October, and then May 2025 so it would be interesting to see her transformation between those two cruise if it happens. We sail her again late September 2025 also.

We are flying in and out of fort Lauderdale but our cruise is out of Miami port. So we are looking for suggestion on transportations to and from the airport. There will be 4 of us, we have our 2 grandsons. Also how much time should we allow for traveling from the port to Ft. Lauderdale airport. It would be on a Friday.

Liberty is definitely showing some major wear and tear compared to other ships in the fleet. They don't necessarily need a full amp with new venues since it already has the water-slides but it could REALLY use some new furniture and paint. I mean the dining room still has the original green chairs and oval tables on the top 2 levels!

My wife, Nina, and I will be joining the Serenade OTS for the Venice (Ravenna) to Rome segment. Look forward to running into you on the Serenade soon.

Starting Roll Call for the Anthem of the Seas TransPacific from Honolulu to Sydney Oct 13-31st 2025

We always tag ours just in case!