Matt

I haven't heard anything yet but guess we'll have to wait and see. Typically, Royal doesn't make an announcement when something like that gets phased out (if it's true).

Forget calling. What happens when you go to the Cruise Planner site and check your purchase history? What do you see actually booked there?

Anytime you can use a built-in day off (Labor Day or Memorial Day), it makes pulling the kids out of school an extra day more palatable. Definitely pull them when they're younger. There's less catch-up before middle school. After that, they come back to an avalanche of work.

You can always ask at Adventure Ocean. Worst they'll tell you is no. But as you said, leave them alone in the room for a bit and then you can excuse yourself to go check them in quickly once it's 7pm

The Canadian part is 25% extra

Hmm, I just tried it out on a random thread in the live blog and it brought me to the top

That's working as designed. When you click "next unread topic", it will take you to the next thread that has unread replies, but it starts at the point you stopped reading previously. Meaning, if you click it and there's a brand new thread that has started and you haven't seen any of it, you'll go to the top. But if there's an existing thread, you'll skip the jokes @smokeybandit made that you already skipped past yesterday, and go straight to the new replies.

And yet soooo many people rely on it

I'd recommend staying in Manhattan, preferably somewhere in midtown (between 23rd st and 55th street, east or west side doesnt matter). Don't book hotels in New Jersey, Brooklyn, or Queens. It'll save you barely any money and the inconvenience of getting back and forth will be a royal pain. We're staying at the EVEN Hotel New York - Midtown East (‌221 East 44th Street) for a staycation visit later this summer. To get to the airport, plan on Uber. Once again, the easiest option.

In my experience, Ubers won't take kids if they don't have a car seat. Taxis were far less worried and usually didnt care. YMMV

Welcome to the message boards. Some taxis and nearly any private car won't take a kid without a car seat and very, very few carry them. Unfortunately, we brought our own car seat from home. We carried it in a backpack carrier like this one and it was the best we could do. Once our kids got a little older, the inflatable car seats worked quite well.

From a different article

Interesting that there are so many changes. Now I'm curious what the common thread is among them all

It's supposed to be about the same as any port. Disembarkation begins around 7am or so, depending on a few factors. If traffic is really bad (and it usually is), uber can be a long delay. Taxis are simple I had a terrible time a couple months ago, but it was a combination of a few factors that may or may not impact your visit

There's no question it will be priced like any new ship.