Matt

You are correct. When you're driving and not under the gun to be somewhere by a certain time, disembarkation is far less stressful.

The Sea sickness app is a neat idea. I wonder how well it actually works

I always show up around 11am for the lunch as well.

Which ship? Most ships other than Oasis/Allure do not allow reservations for shows/entertainment online.

This might be a good blog post... In a nutshell, every passenger gets a number assigned for disembarkation. RC calls numbers over the loud speakers and once they call your number you can get off the ship. You can take your time even after they call your number but your luggage wont be ready until they call it.

Welcome Michael and Kathy!

On Sea days, breakfast and lunch available in MDR. During port days, only breakfast in MDR. All meals always available in Windjammer (buffet). Buffet has set hours but there's only a handful of hours in the day they are not open, usually between meals. There's always somewhere on the ship to get food anytime, including room service (which is free).

Lunch & dinner also has some flavored waters in Windjammer

You can take your time and have breakfast. Once your number is called, you can disembark anytime you want. Once off the ship, you can have a porter assist you with your luggage or do it yourself. Completely up to you. You do have to be off the ship by sometime between 9 and 10am.

Using Royal Caribbean's Cellular at Seas is roaming, no matter where you are from. As someone from Spain, using Cellular at Sea would be like using AT&T in the USA: you're roaming no matter what.

To be clear Adventure DID get upgrades. In fact, every ship (except for Majesty) will or has gotten upgrades. What each ship gets depends on different factors, look no further than the Vision class for examples of which ships got what.

I wouldn't worry at all. We sailed in February and LOVED it. We had terrific service on our cruise. We loved the ship and like Steve, would go back in a heart beat! Our MDR waiter was one of the best I've ever had. I could try digging up his name if you like.

I stayed at the Sheraton in Old San Juan. Great hotel for the money. We had considered El Convento too. We also chose our hotel with the idea we wanted to be able to walk from our hotel to anywhere in old San Juan, which may not be a consideration for you. El Convento has favorable reviews from what I recall.

I flew to SJU from JFK but we waited for the airfare to appear on Southwest/JetBlue. I believe we ended up flying Southwest just for the ability to keep changing prices as needed.

Not anytime soon. Adventure of the Seas' upgrades were part of a fleet-wide program and it should be set for another few years.

Your carry on items go through a metal detector but generally they are more concerned with weapons. Also, these people here are security and not Royal Caribbean security.

Bring it in your carryon and don't say anythng :)

Yes exactly

If you get your stuff pressed it's not too bad price wise. Look for the weekly special where you can fill a laundry bag for like $25. We do it every cruise to save.

Glad it's not just us that don't like to share :D

I never installed their app, it was never that impressive to me. I know with Quantum they are upgrading everything so hoping it will get better soon!

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The 3rd and 4th passengers free is also back, which I think is a better deal if you were planning on having 3 or 4 people in your stateroom. Regardless, you should look at re-pricing any existing cruises to see if this deal benefits you.

Most experts recommend being low and mid ship to minimize sea sickness effects

My wife feels the same way