Matt

Sorry you had a bad time on Princess, but glad to have you back in the fold!

Agree, time to get a good travel agent to work for you. As you may be aware, MEI Travel is our travel agent sponsor of this site and they are wonderful. Go to https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com and fill out big yellow form and they will contact you.

My best advice is to book now and re-price up until final payment date if there is a sale

Ovation has an indoor pool for guests of all ages. Most other ships do not, so I wouldn't expect them to change Solarium rules for Ovation in Alaska.

Welcome to the message boards!

Yes, I believe so. The other questions you asked are difficult to answer with any kind of certainty. My parents live in Southern California and based on what they told me and my below-average amatuerish meteorologist observations, I would not hesitate to sail on Navigator today.

If your email uses HTTPS and has a valid certificate, it should be encrypted. Let's put it this way, I check my email on a cruise.

I found him. Meet Craig Setzer

They did get rid of JVF, but they had a job posting shortly thereafter for a new Chief Meteorologist https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/2023/05/23/royal-caribbean-posts-job-opening-new-chief-meteorologist So it's possible they hired one.

That doesn't mean it's okay to take food off the ship. The signs are there to warn you that if you're caught, there are serious consequences. Don't take the fact they don't personally check every person and bag as allowing anything.

It looks like it has been updated. Enjoy all those baby monitors

USD is the way to go

There are lifts in at some pools I've seen. I admit, I haven't paid close enough attention to verify every ship has it, but as an example, it's on Anthem of the Seas main pool because I saw the crew actually using it.

For an 8-night cruise, you're better off prepaying. There's an old thread where @twangster did the math, and only on 3 or 4 (and maybe 5?) night cruises are you better off waiting to book onboard with the Diamond discount

Something to remember about any hurricane is the news media is routinely wrong in forecasts. Storms change path all the time, so don’t assume anything is 100% for what may happen.

As it turns out, it was just a survey question: https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/2023/08/17/fear-not-royal-caribbean-ceo-says-cruise-line-wont-charge-pizza

Definitely not me

We booked this a while ago, just getting around to posting this now. $1,911.38 for 2 in a balcony. Connecting balconies for this cruise

Boarding on New Year’s Day!

Weekend cruise with my family. Anyone else onboard?

The dome remains, but the VR and bungee is gone.

If I can survive meeting @smokeybandit, I can meet anyone!

https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/2023/07/21/lionel-messi-debut-inter-miami-cf-celebrated-royal-caribbean

Thanks! Spring break with the fam, but I know a few other families that also re-booked on this sailing too. So Rhapsody refugees! Hope we get a chance to say hello onboard!

I read this 3 times but still not sure what that means