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It depends. Not all discounts are combinable so it varies by state, age and C&A status. TA’s shouldn’t be hard to get in touch with. Consider your options for your next cruise.

Port of call protocols are mostly driven by the country being visited. I understand your frustration but venting your frustration towards Royal Is misguided.

Personal opinion - not likely. But I've been wrong before.

Royal has previously been absolute with the vaccination requirements, i.e. - no leeway or "grandfathering". My expectation is that they will continue with this approach should the vaccination age drop to 5 as a requirement to cruise. For the current 12 year old vaccination requirement: Kids Who Are Turning 12 What if my child is turning 12 years old right before our cruise, or during our cruise, and cannot get vaccinated in time? Any guest that is age 12 or older on boarding day must be fully vaccinated to sail. If your child’s 12th birthday is too close to boarding day to get fully vaccinated, we can move your cruise date to give you more time, or we can cancel your reservation for a full refund. Unfortunately, we cannot make any exceptions, as our port agreements expect that every vaccine-eligible guest onboard is fully vaccinated. If your child is 11 and turns 12 on Day 2 of the cruise or later, you’re in luck. Your 11 year old will be allowed to board the ship on embarkation day as long as they complete all COVID-19 testing requirements for unvaccinated children.

Yes and you can ask the porters at the pier to create one on the spot if you want to. I have the $6 amazon luggage tag holders that I use over and over again but that isn't a requirement.

You got her too? What are the odds we'd get the same check in lady?

I have the "Validating" hourglass for one upcoming cruise but the others show a check. Formality really. I don't expect any issues since the same card has let me board nine cruises so far.

Not sure I’d call 18 knots “poking along”. That may be the best top speed for the sea conditions. Other ships crossed at 8-9 knots during the shutdown.

sea-distances.org Next best route since she can't do the Panama Canal is the Suez at 34 days. While her top speed at sea trials was just over 20 knots they would never sail at top speed for a month straight. In the real world they use 15 knots as the average speed for route planning purposes.

At Port Canaveral they have adjusted the rope matrix outside. There are now a series of queues labelled for various time slots. Those will be opened that will then lead into the rope zig-zag course for entry into the terminal. I arrived 10 minutes after my noon arrival time so I went right into the zig-zag rope course. Still no Suites/Pinnacle queue or entrance at Port Canaveral.

My money is on a Showgirl show like Odyssey.

Indy (Freedom Class) is a stretched version of Mariner (Voyager class). The ships are very similar but with the extra space on with Indy from being longer she has a dedicated Sorrento's for Pizza and a larger and better Playmakers. Indy also has the broadway show "Grease" where as Voyager class do not have broadway shows, just Royal Caribbean original productions. Subtle differences in some venues. Mariner has a Bamboo Room for example. Indy also has the new satellite technology with O3b Voom. Voyager class do not and use the older legacy satellite technology. I've sailed both and I'm on Indy right now. Both are great ships. Both will provide a similar experience overall.

For a long running and comprehensive collection of photos illustrating the progress of Wonder see this thread on that other site: https://boards.cruisecritic.com/topic/2407590-wonder-of-the-seas-blocks-are-in-the-house/

I do annual policies from Allianz. Covers all trips, not just cruises and it's a one time per year fee. Pricing can vary by state since insurance is controlled at the state level in the US. Also you need to buy coverage for what's important to you. Like car, house, health, dental and life insurance there is no one coverage that fits everyone.

I've always declared everything with USCBP because if you don't and get caught once you are red flagged and will be in secondary screening on all future border crossings. However with facial recognition used at many cruise ports now you are never asked if you have anything to declare. TABC is another matter. I don't buy alcohol on cruise from Galveston because of it. Even if transiting through Texes you are supposed to declare it and screw that. I always have cruises booking from Florida so it's just easier not buying booze on Texas cruises.

Royal has a history of this. One example is the Oasis Bar on Enchantment.

As much as I love my pets, past and present, there is something liberating about leaving them safely on land while on vacation. Not sure I’d want to bring them on a vacation by air or sea.

There is also typically a juice available in the Windjammer like lemonade or orange juice at breakfast. Start here: https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/getting-started

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One time it was 3 days later but a couple of weeks is more typical. I think they say 30 days but that seems to be an automatic response to just about everything.

My Indy Christmas cruises are closed for everything but suites. That's new. I suspect when the CSO was extended they had to close many categories to maintain capacity limits. I wouldn't read too much into this change just yet.

And... Majestic Princess touted as restarting from LA restarted from Seattle as their 2021 Alaska ship, then it moved to LA.

I still haven't received the beer @Matt promised me in 2017. I fear it might be a bit stale by now.

Any time I purchased one I was told it was limited to that ship and that cruise only. You've done well if you negotiated something.

Nope. They will have D+ benefits only if that is their level. No one benefits from Pinnacle except people who are Pinnacle.