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Jill

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  1. Mid to late October for me, a Floridian, gives that moment of as I ease my way in. But then again, I pretty much prefer bath water temps. If your from up north, you’ll think it’s
  2. @putinbay were there enough sunny spots at Cloud 17? I’ve been hearing awful reviews of The Hideaway so looking for a great spot to get some sun without the boom boom boom of the DJ at Hideaway
  3. Good question! We went ahead and booked at full price for Day 5 so I’m hoping to cancel once onboard and book with UDP. Not sure if I should try that at Empire or use crown concierge
  4. A week or so before your cruise the menus should be loaded in the app for your cruise. You should know before you even board. you can also go into the app and find a sailing on your ship that has your same itinerary. Look at those menus.
  5. It still amazes me how so many parents let their kids wander all over the ship unsupervised. When we cruised with our young girls, they never left our sight. Sexual assault on cruise ships (by crew or passengers) does happen. Now we have to worry about the cabin itself.
  6. We were cancelled at Labadee back in September of 1991 on Song of America when the military overthrew the government
  7. That was a good read. I saved the article to share when I come across posts about how poorly crew is paid. He made a months salary in 2 days.
  8. In your cruise planner on the website, go into to the cruise, click on your initials in upper right corner and from the drop down menu choose order history. Soda package should show up there
  9. You actually go up a flight of stairs, go around near the helipad, then go back down on the other side. So you get steps and flights in one session
  10. ……and not available to book on the app. It’s there on the app but no reserve now button. It’s missing altogether in the planner on website. Am I the only one or is everyone missing it? *we are already booked but wondering if a price drop is coming or something that allows UDP to book?
  11. Definitely St Augustine. It’s such a fun city with excellent restaurants. Not sure if it’ll be available but we’ve stayed here and walked to downtown. We live about 30 minutes from st Aug and go play there often. It won’t let me post the link but here’s the place
  12. Matt posted a pic from this weekend. Nothing started
  13. I really wish they’d sail out of port Canaveral again.
  14. Only icon and utopia sky JS get the full benefits. All the other ships offering it doesn’t include internet which is really weird imo. For us that’s not a huge deal as we get 4 free days so paying for 3 is fine. However, it should be the same across all ships. Good grief just add another couple hundred dollars and just include it.
  15. I got the email also. Here’s my advice if I could bend an ear to the powers that be: There’s a subgroup of RC cruisers who are “seasoned” and comprise the upper tiers. This group is somewhat over the whole “big ship” thing along with St Thomas, St Maarten, Cozumel and Costa Maya (and the other islands that the big girls go to) This group is BEGGING for a new smaller class that visits somewhere other than above. Well…..give us our RC benefits on a Celebrity ship and you won’t have to build a new class. Just transfer us to Celebrity. I’d be happy with that. We have our first celebrity booked to Norwegian fjords in 2025 because the itinerary was way better than Indy but it was hard giving up our 5 free drinks anytime, anywhere. Deep fjords beat alcohol but I shouldn’t have to choose!
  16. Got an email this morning showing Izumi in the park on Utopia. I think oasis 7 is going to blend some icon features like the open promenade (get rid of promenade cabins) and have deck 6 go all the way around Also think Wonder will head to Asia. After all all her Chinese signs are down in the basement
  17. Thanks! Just bought the cup holder thingy This is our favorite Amazon cruise purchase. The big one stays on the dresser and we throw our sea pass, sunglasses etc in that. The small one goes in the safe and holds earrings, watches, rings etc. No more having an earring find its way under the lip or the little piece of carpet.
  18. The icon facebook groups I’m in are FULL of first time cruisers. My April sailing has a ton of them also. I’m hoping that means they don’t know to get an early check in time or book specialty restaurants as soon as you board
  19. I read in an icon facebook group that AO is working with parents who booked ESC. I’d go to AO when you board and let them know you have it booked
  20. We’re in October too and I’m not seeing the immersive experience either but plan to book it. I’m thinking possibly something similar in experience to empire but hopefully not as expensive. We’ve got a sky class suite so was planning to have suite concierge book it the week before. Hopefully that’s a solid plan. I would imagine they hold back spots for suite guests. If not, I’ll be derailed lol
  21. I bit the bullet and booked it for our April cruise. We have the UDP but I don’t want to wait until we board to book for fear of it selling out. My birthday is in April, hubby turns 60 in may and our 35th anniversary is in August so that’s how I justified the price
  22. I read in an icon group that many public bathrooms were out of soap!
  23. Celebrity is owned by Royal and considered their “premium” line. It’s a more “ sophisticated” experience. No waterslides, flow riders etc. Ships are smaller. We booked the fjords for 2025 and I had Indy on hold, for a great price, but opted to go with celebrity apex because the itinerary included Geiranger and Flam, 2 deep fjords. I wouldn’t hesitate to book celebrity in the med simply because the itineraries are better and many celebrity sailings are actually lower in cost than Royal. I’ll miss my 5 free drinks a day (they only offer a couple of hours of happy hours in the evening), but being port intensive, I don’t think I’ll miss it too much
  24. If you want Norway you better go in 2025 because they are putting big restrictions on cruise ships starting in 2026
  25. My check in for Icon is March 6. Alarm will be set for 11:55pm. Passports will be on the kitchen counter. Refresh my memory because I never do the picture. Does it have to be a selfie or can you upload a pic from your library? I think I remember seeing an upload option. If so, we will take pics beforehand in front of blank wall (like you do for passport photos) and I’ll upload those. A selfie at midnight will not be attractive lol
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