MaryCS62

DD & I are both on multiple meds, multiple times a day. Hers are absolutely necessary for her seizure disorder, so running out is NOT an option. My DH still likes to tell the story of when we went to California for a 12 day trip years ago. I had a six week supply of her meds, separated into 2 weeks supplies each, in 3 different carry on bags for the plane, along with a fresh prescription for each one. I WAS NOT taking the chance of losing, running out, being stranded, etc. For our last 12 day cruise -- my intention was 1 week in her multi day holder, 2 weeks in bottles (I ask the pharmacy for smaller labeled bottles so I don't have to bring her whole supply) so that I can refill the weekly holder after 7 days. Go to do the refill, & realized for one of her meds, I only had 1 week in the bottle. It got us through the cruise, but I was upset about not having that extra week with me. For myself, I would bring 2 weeks in the med holders, and took pix of my prescription bottles so that I had that as backup. Our next is a 16 day B2B, so I think the bottles will be necessary. All my meds - Rx, OTC, first aid supplies, etc will be in a carryon bag. I never trust them to packed bags

I hope so, I loved that option!!!

DH has had to use the email Michael Bayley approach more than once to get all the FCC's from Covid cancelled cruises fixed up, but is annoyed he had to

Yes -- you reserve for yourself, & have the option of adding anyone whose reservation is linked with yours. For example, my DH & I have one room, & DD's have another, but our reservations are linked, so it is easy to include or exclude them from anything in cruise planner, not just dining

No, only CK at CK. Specialty dining - if you have a package, pick one to go to as soon as you are on board & you can make multiple reservations for any of the specialty restaurants at that one

Several years ago, my Mom turned 80 & wanted to bring us all on a family cruise -- age ranges of the grand kids was 24 (DD - disabled, so hung out with me & DH for the most part), 17 (nephew), almost 17 (other DD) & 14 (other nephew). My almost 17yo went to some of the teen activities, & made some friends to hang with, and as long as she touched base with us, & we knew where she was (and where we could find her if necessary) we let her go, but my 2 nephews weren't interested, & mainly hung out with each other. All depends on the teen & the group on the ship.

Yes, we just did the same thing, & got $50 each, so DH thought maybe it was split between us, but TA said the $50 was from C&A (yay, didn't know we would get that) & the extra $100 would show up later, although of the 4 of us, only 3 had FCC (mine had been used up already) so don't know if I will get it in addition to the other 3. On the plus side, even though I didn't have FCC, they allowed "sharing" so that the entire deposit, including my part of it, was paid for with FCC

Thanks for the hint!

That might be the Junior spa suite. I like the family suite -- comes with the powder room in addition to the full bath with tub. Main reason we like 2 rooms is 4 people, 3 female, so 2 bathrooms is kind of a necessity.

We are working with a TA, but the kicker is that they have to be connecting -- traveling with adult DD's, but one is disabled, with medical issues & we need to be essentially "there" in case of any issues. Can still look, though, you're right!

Should be interesting for us in August. We have done JS & balcony (balcony is our minimum!), and in August, we have adjoining JS for a 9 day. We just decided to pull the trigger & make it a B2B for the next one, which is 7 days, but unfortunately the JS were sold out by then, so we'll be moving to balcony cabins. It will probably not be fun to go to smaller spaces, but on the plus side, the first one will put us at Diamond by the end, so we plan to visit C&A on our last day of the 9 night to get our Diamond privileges for the 7 night one!

My DD was triple vaxxed (3rd dose full Moderna, not the 1/2 dose booster) & still got it at Christmas also (likely from someone in her adult day program who wasn't vaxxed). The thing is, she has Crohn's disease & takes Humira, which is one of the drugs that decreases immune response, so we don't know how effective it was for her. She did have a mild case, for which I am very thankful, and the rest of us either didn't get it, or were subclinical, which means to me the vaccine did its job. Still prevented us from going on our Jan 9 cruise, which really sucked, because she was still positive the day before (antigen, not PCR, which is supposedly less sensitive), but she didn't end up in the hospital, which might have happened had she & the rest of us not been vaxxed.

Not sure if it's the same, but we did CVS for our last cruise -- 4 total, but 2 did Friday morning, 2 did Friday evening (work schedules, etc). Each had to make their own appointment, & you had to make them 1 @ a time

However, if for some reason you needed to use Voom, you can use his code, just not at the same time he is using it.

Yes, it is -- and like it was stated above, it's a loose group of activities that they can join in or not.

If you haven't prepaid gratuities, it can also go to that That being said -- Royal math sucks, we've had a lot of issues with FCC not matching what it should, and my DH has had to call and email several times to fix things

That's the main issue -- getting both of us off & back on if DH & DD leave early. Plus, we can't keep our rooms -- just decided to pull the trigger on the 2nd leg, so will be moving rooms also - same deck, but down the hall a bit. I think I may persuade him that only one of them can leave the ship, otherwise it will be too difficult.

Similar question, except DH & DD are planning on a laundry run in Bayonne (maybe, still haven't decided). Might see if it is cheaper/easier to do a "bag's worth" when they have the special -- just for undies & t shirts though, don't want any of my good clothes going thru that Can they disembark early, leaving me & other DD behind (other DD is in a wheelchair, & I may have a scooter)? If they do, will I be able to get wheelchair assistance for her to another location once we are "released" to return to the ship? Do you actually disembark, or are you allowed to stay on the ship?

We would go to Windjammer the morning before (I guess that option might depend on how many days in a row you are out early) & bring back yogurt, hard boiled eggs, bread/rolls/pastry & store in plastic bags to eat in the room for the next day if we had to be out really early. I know people say the "fridge" is really a cooler, but in an air conditioned room it keeps things cold enough for that. Don't forget napkins, plates & silverware, and make sure you leave it somewhere your room attendant won't think it's something to be cleaned up.

DH or DD would do it for me -- or take my card & their's to the bar to get 2 drinks, 1 each. It shouldn't be an issue

DD is also celiac/gluten free, but we never thought to ask if some desserts could be made specially gf, and while she likes creme brulee, she didn't want it every night. I'm going to send her the link for this so she sees what she might be able to ask for, although we will be on Oasis and not Harmony

Actually, you can check what you paid for it -- after you click on "plan my cruise", you see the blue banner that has your cruise ship & date, then a calendar icon, the shopping cart icon, & a circle with your initials -- click that circle, & one of the options is your order history. For example, for my upcoming oasis cruise, we had already selected the refreshment package because we were supposed to be diamond after our cruise this past January (couldn't take - Covid + daugher) and I can see how much we paid for that package, as well as the Surf & stream packages we already have. Keep in mind the total has to be divided by the number of people, then the number of days, & divided by 1.18 (to account for the 18 % gratuity), & you can figure out how much per person Example -- final price $1000 for 2 people for a 7 day cruise. 500/person/ 7 days = $71.43/person/day = $60.53/person/day prior to gratuities.

You should be able to book 4 devices under 1 name -- yours -- and you will be able to give the code to the persons of your choice. There can be 4 devices that use the same code at one time, so you only need one code, and it allows you to pick one person & during check out, pick the number of devices for that person.

As a NJ resident, I never have to fly, but have had to drive to LaGuardia when my DD, flying from Norfolk, Virginia, had to fly to LaGuardia because her flight to Newark got cancelled, and it is awful going there (& I was going early on a Saturday morning). You would be much better off flying into Newark, and making an 11am flight is certainly doable from there.

I think it is a combination of Royal's policy with the policy of the port involved, so it may depend on how strict your port of call is