Pooch

Choose any current cruise of the same length and area as yours.  The menus will be the same.

fair callout!! 
we don’t live in FL so we rideshare which makes the shuttle a bit of a non issue for us 💚

Right about here:

lol. I want to swear Miami off too. 

Yeah, not for me.  I hate to be rushed on departure morning so if that’s the only “solid method”, then another reason to swear off Miami cruises.

For us, it isn’t a matter of $$, it comes down to the matter of choice.  We are doing the 10 night package on our Panama Canal cruise b/c when I have the UDP I always feel compelled to stick with the specialty venues.  I recognize that I CAN choose to skip a meal, go to the WJ or the MDR but I don’t…b/c I’ve paid for that specialty meal and dammit, I’m gonna use it !
If we were on a bigger ship, with more specialty dining options, maybe.  But Radiance has so few and the thought of repeating the same ones over and over again for dinners AND lunches ?  It’s just not enough variety.  With the 10 night package we can feel free to make some different choices and, God forbid, actually SKIP a meal every now and then !
In full disclosure, I purchased a couple of individual lunches for this sailing when they were really cheap, so I have, what comes pretty close to the UDP anyway.  I have no idea whether I overspent or not and I don’t intend to calculate it.  Those lunches have been paid for, for months.  I’m sticking’ with what I’ve got.  🤣😂🤣. Food coma is a comfortable emotional place for us !  😂🤣

@WAAAYTOOO Ok well if we could sail with you & Dan again, I’d consider it!!

Same with us on Explorer in March.  9 ships in port.  I’ve sworn off cruises out of Miami.

@WAAAYTOOO Ok well if we could sail with you & Dan again, I’d consider it!!

That looks like the suites lounge at Terminal G.

Same with us on Explorer in March.  9 ships in port.  I’ve sworn off cruises out of Miami.

@JustMeJoe thanks. Done.

i’ve heard rumors that they’re going to share AA with MSC and that couldn’t be worse outcome. 
it’s the farthest down on strip, rideshare drivers straight up ABANDON rides because it was just such cluster. 
my embarkation on MSC in april resulted in a 45 min wait time and three failed drivers before i finally got into a car. 
i am not looking forward to this 🫠🫠🫠

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Yes please before I post something that will get me banned!!!

Yes please before I post something that will get me banned!!!

Yes please before I post something that will get me banned!!!

Not one to complain much, but this one was a doozy.
We booked the named excursion through Royal and from the time we stepped off Symphony, I knew it was going to be bad.  We arrived on the pier and our "meeting" spot was complete chaos.  People from Blue Lagoon running around, lining people up, putting people in wrong lines -- you name it, it happened.
*Cue two hours of standing in the heat with no shade later*
Now that we've wasted two hours on Bahamian Queue Simulator 2025, we finally are finally (over)loaded on to the crappiest catamaran I have ever seen....You would've thought that the hefty law suit and them literally killing a lady from 2023 would have taught them, but nope.  I (an ex-coastie) made it a mission to count everyone on board.  They stuffed over 300 people on this vessel.  Yes, I spent the 20 minute ride over counting.  Max should've been 150-200 at most.
But wait, the fun doesn't stop there!  To relax, I decide to go to the death vessel catamaran's bar and try to purchase a Kalik beer to help ease my nerves (or at least be a tad bit tipsy when fighting for my life when we sink).  That'll be $15, sir.  So I nope right out and go sit next to my family with a scowl on my face.
We finally arrive to our "deluxe" and "exclusive" Blue Lagoon Island and (you guessed it), it was packed.  I am talking nuts to butts.  No chairs, no seats, no umbrellas, everything packed.  These people then have the gall to give us *one* drink voucher and *one* food voucher and tell us where to go.  I go to the bar with my new golden ticket like I'm Charlie heading to the chocolate factory, but way more disappointed.  The bartender looks at me and points at the two options I have.  Delicious ice cold water (tap water) OR powdered lemonade!  Spoiler alert, I drink the lemonade because I'm dehydrated at this point and guess what I have when I get home!  An immigrant from the Island named H. Pylori!  YAY!
I wish this was the end of this grand tour, but alas, it isn't.  The food we were served was akin to that of what I would receive on Riker's Island -- absolutely awful.  Think the saddest hamburger you've ever seen in your life, double it, give it to your enemy, and it's somehow worse.
By now I've already turned on my phone and paid the $10 to let Royal know exactly how I feel about their deluxe offering via email.  During this time, I again attempt to get a mixed drink in hopes of salvaging what little patience I have left of this godforsaken place.  I ask for a margarita on the rocks, no salt.  That'll be $25 please!  I loudly decline and ask how much a simple bottle of water will be.  You're in luck, it's only $10!
By now I *hope* I dehydrate so that they'll be forced to take me back to the beautiful ship with unlimited beverages.  
Finally, the straw that broke the figurative camel's back was when my 16 year old asked me to "follow him" with a grin on his face.  He's a down-to-earth kid, so I knew this was gonna be good.  He directs me to a lovely beach on the north side of the island that is a little more quiet and had 3 lifeguards.  He then proceeds to tell me that the lifeguards asked him to get out of the water because he went in over his knees (it was a calm day).  As we walk toward the beach and near where the lifeguards are sitting, the smell hits me.  That sweet, sweet smell of the Jazz Cabbage (also known as the Devil's Lettuce).  Cheech, Chong, and Snoop were sitting under the only umbrella on the beach, passing a joint at work like it was 4:20 in Denver.
Back to the ship, and the lovely hotel director has already called my room (see email above) and asked to meet me.  He apologized, thanked me for letting him know (I also let him know about the stoners), and immediately used his super duper bat phone to call the excursion desk to refund me. 
Too long, didn't read?:  Avoid anything Blue Lagoon like the plague.
Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk

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@Matt @SpeedNoodles @Lovetocruise2002 @AshleyDillo  time to cut this off --- PLEASE 

I think so. Adventure is a large ship with tons going on.

Definitely 

Well the grands would be 17, 16, 14 & 8 so talk about feeling old!

Would my teenage grandsons have enough to do?

Would my teenage grandsons have enough to do?