MaryCS62

You're quite welcome!! If she is truly nervous, I would stick with the MDR unless a specialty restaurant can set her mind at ease.  Only issue is that on port days, MDR is usually closed at lunch time, so we have done Windjammer, & DD asks someone for the head chef to help her pick (or cook her something fresh), unless there is a specific gluten free section (which can still be contaminated if other passengers are not careful, so getting something fresh might be best)

Oldest DD developed Celiac at age 15 - she's almost 26 now, so we've been dealing with this for a while. She's gone on 2 cruises, and had no problems with any kind of cross contamination.  DH took a ship's tour, and they brought them to the kitchens & showed them the allergy prep area - completely separate from the rest of the kitchen.  She will say it's a gluten allergy if people don't understand celiac, so that they take it seriously.   Unfortunately, the longer she is gluten free, the worse the consequences are for accidental ingestion - her body really doesn't tolerate it well, severe stomach upset, brain fog, etc for a few days after.  That being said, while she found the MDR safe, & got special help in Windjammer (buffet) some people are concerned about the specialty restaurants, as they do not have separate prep areas.  We did Chops and Giovanni's on Adventure without an issue for her, but she is careful to order simple items, ones that are less likely to be contaminated.  MDR waiters gave her the next days menu each night, & she told them what she wanted. Even if it wasn't labeled gluten free, most of the time it could be prepared that way. Exceptions were things like ravioli or lasagna, which did not have gluten free options. Sometimes, she got a baked potato instead of whatever the other potato option was if it had gluten in it.  She never had as many options as the rest of us, but she never went hungry.

Oldest DD developed Celiac at age 15 - she's almost 26 now, so we've been dealing with this for a while. She's gone on 2 cruises, and had no problems with any kind of cross contamination.  DH took a ship's tour, and they brought them to the kitchens & showed them the allergy prep area - completely separate from the rest of the kitchen.  She will say it's a gluten allergy if people don't understand celiac, so that they take it seriously.   Unfortunately, the longer she is gluten free, the worse the consequences are for accidental ingestion - her body really doesn't tolerate it well, severe stomach upset, brain fog, etc for a few days after.  That being said, while she found the MDR safe, & got special help in Windjammer (buffet) some people are concerned about the specialty restaurants, as they do not have separate prep areas.  We did Chops and Giovanni's on Adventure without an issue for her, but she is careful to order simple items, ones that are less likely to be contaminated.  MDR waiters gave her the next days menu each night, & she told them what she wanted. Even if it wasn't labeled gluten free, most of the time it could be prepared that way. Exceptions were things like ravioli or lasagna, which did not have gluten free options. Sometimes, she got a baked potato instead of whatever the other potato option was if it had gluten in it.  She never had as many options as the rest of us, but she never went hungry.

Regardless of what a RCCL phone agent tells you, 5:30 is traditional dining.  You don’t have to make any further reservations because that locks you into 5:30 dining each night.  You can also get late traditional dining at 8:00 each night.  As neither of those options work for me, I have my TA set up My Time Dining.  I then go into my cruise planner and select 6:30ish for every night.  I show up and am seated at the same table within 10 minutes of arrival. I could also select a different time for every night if I choose.  You cannot do that with traditional dining, if you miss your 5:30 time slot, you go to the back of the line behind people with NO reservations and can face a lengthy wait for a table.

I think the only two ways room service are included are with a Grand Suite or higher on any class of ship. Here you can get complimentary room service from the room service menu and the MDR menu,
In the Star Class suites on Oasis and Quantum class ships you can get room service from the above as well as ALL restaurants and food service places on board (from what the blogs show)

We have these (or something similar) in different colors so we know whose is whose -- and will be using them. I usually have a folder with the set sail passes & the passports all together, as well as printouts from anything we pre-purchased - just will add the negative tests (stapled to the set sail passes & held inside each case seems like a good idea) & we'll be good to go! Can't wait for August!!
 

As long as you have an adult listed in each room, should be fine.   I know you are allowed to put under 18's in a connecting room with the parents in the other room, but since you are in one & your spouse in the other (officially, according to the paperwork), should be able to bring 2 per stateroom.  
I'm doing something similar on my upcoming cruise.  DH & younger DD want DBP, but I don't & older DD can't (health reasons).  We're in connecting rooms also, so we just switched me & younger DD so that we didn't have to call about getting the refreshment packages with the DBP for just one person in each cabin.  Plus, I may want one or 2 drinks or glasses of wine, which I will pay for, but would not get my money's worth on the bigger package.  Didn't want to say I couldn't drink for health reasons, then get caught drinking. Probably unlikely that I would be, but don't want to mess with the system.

They should be, but it probably won't happen automatically. You probably won't get a genie email, especially if you get notified only a few days prior to boarding.  We would have found this out in January (booked in a Jr Suite, successfully bid on a Grand 2 BR), but unfortunately had to cancel last minute due to a (+) Covid test for one of our party.  Once onboard, hopefully the Genie will help you, or you could go to Customer service. 
And, Good Luck!!!

I do not have to make plans or decisions.  The cruise ship gives me lots of things to do and if I feel like it I do them.  If I do not feel like it I don't.  When doing a vacation on land I am stuck to planning everything and need to stick with the plan.  On a cruise ship I can do anything that I feel like doing.  

Every other post on this thread can be taken as tongue in cheek! Things we may find funny, annoying or just plain stupid but most of us would just laugh them off as its not really anything to do with us how people look or behave.
However your post is probably the one that everyone would stand up and say something given previous tragic events. 

As long as he has documentation that he has 2 cruises booked, he can bring 4 bottles - 2 will be taken away and delivered to his cabin for the 2nd cruise.  Hopefully, they won't notice if there are already some being held for your cabin for the 2nd one.   

I would love to go, but am sadly likely over the weight limit (working on that), and mobility challenged to boot.  However, I do remember a time when oldest DD (now 32) was about 4 yo, and we brought her to Sesame Place, & wanted to go down one of the water slides. Options were single rider in a round tube (which she was too small for), or 2 riders in a figure eight shaped tube (2 holes to sit in). She was in front, and couldn't quite reach all the way around my leg for the hand hold, so she just grabbed my leg.  Well, we go down, all twists & turns, and riding up & down the sides of the tube as you go, when on one of the "up the side" times, the weight differential between us made the inner tube fly out from under us, and we continued through the chute without it.  I grabbed the top of her bathing suit, and held on til we got to the bottom, when she flew away from me & into the pool at the end. 
Keep in mind, DH had gone ahead of us in a single tube, and was waiting at the pool for us to come out, and saw our inner tube come flying out without us.  Then we came out, lifeguards were there, and one of them grabs for me, who is sitting upright in about 3 feet of water, & and of course I'm yelling at him to find my daughter, as she is the one who went under!!  
We all survived, and she was fine afterwards, but I've been a bit leery of really long slides since that time

I would love to go, but am sadly likely over the weight limit (working on that), and mobility challenged to boot.  However, I do remember a time when oldest DD (now 32) was about 4 yo, and we brought her to Sesame Place, & wanted to go down one of the water slides. Options were single rider in a round tube (which she was too small for), or 2 riders in a figure eight shaped tube (2 holes to sit in). She was in front, and couldn't quite reach all the way around my leg for the hand hold, so she just grabbed my leg.  Well, we go down, all twists & turns, and riding up & down the sides of the tube as you go, when on one of the "up the side" times, the weight differential between us made the inner tube fly out from under us, and we continued through the chute without it.  I grabbed the top of her bathing suit, and held on til we got to the bottom, when she flew away from me & into the pool at the end. 
Keep in mind, DH had gone ahead of us in a single tube, and was waiting at the pool for us to come out, and saw our inner tube come flying out without us.  Then we came out, lifeguards were there, and one of them grabs for me, who is sitting upright in about 3 feet of water, & and of course I'm yelling at him to find my daughter, as she is the one who went under!!  
We all survived, and she was fine afterwards, but I've been a bit leery of really long slides since that time

Not a silly question at all !
If the restaurant is open and accepting customers, your UDP will permit you to dine there.

We each had our passports, vax cards and hard copies of negative test results & set sail passes in hand.  We breezed through terminal check in, probably less than 15 minutes total including taking our pictures.

Me, too -- drives my DH crazy!! Problem is, by nature I am not a very organized person, so I need those lists to make sure everything is done. I, too, am of the school of - better to have and not need, than to need and not have!

Me, too -- drives my DH crazy!! Problem is, by nature I am not a very organized person, so I need those lists to make sure everything is done. I, too, am of the school of - better to have and not need, than to need and not have!

Me, too -- drives my DH crazy!! Problem is, by nature I am not a very organized person, so I need those lists to make sure everything is done. I, too, am of the school of - better to have and not need, than to need and not have!

I print out everything, including email too!  I would rather have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.  My DH teases me saying that I have lists for my lists - probably a fairly accurate statement.... 

C& A was able to add the points my DH & I earned back in 1988, from our honeymoon cruise -- as long as we could give them documentation. As it happened, I had our receipts (or whatever it was we had that let us on the ship) saved in our honeymoon photo album -- back when you took pics & saved the actual prints like that 🤣🤣🤣

First, regardless of whether its 2022 and everyone has a smart phone, it is a good idea to have paper back ups.  Case in point, we were at a baseball game last week and there were signs everywhere indicating "cashless" venue.  I took cash.  The Stadium was PACKED for the first time in a long time due to a special event.  The Wi-Fi went down.  No food, beverage, or goods vendor could make a transaction.  Technology is NOT FOOL PROOF.  I already ordered food and could not pay.  They held my food.  I offered cash. My family was the only family eating in our row.
Here is your tip of the day:
When printing your Set Sail Pass, if you print in portrait mode, it is three pages and cuts off your actual pass into two pages.  Put the printing preference in landscape mode and print only the third page. Bingo.

When doing a B2B whether solo or otherwise, I always plan to hit a drugstore, liquor store, and maybe even a bank while in port in between both cruises. Chances are strong I'll need to pick up something from a Walgreens/CVS and if they sell wine--bonus! For me this is a planned event it is not "shopping". I will do research where the the closest stores are that have wine, toothpaste, and safety pins I need. I have that address written down and maybe the address of the bank branch that's closest.  Once I get the new sea pass for cruise #2 I go outside a grab a cab or an Uber and give them the address I need. Important: I make them wait for me to return; their meter is running. I can tell you a good story how I got "stuck" in Miami last November getting my eyeglasses repaired and buying wine for the next voyage.
Total honesty: I have never needed to go to a Chase Bank in-between cruises, it is only a fantasy that I would have won so much cash in the casino the week prior that I need to make a deposit. But I like having lots of options...
A way someone who wants to save money on a drink package when doing a B2B might try this. I have never done it, but I'm pretty sure it works just fine. On your first leg go and buy some yourself some bottle(s) of booze. Something you like to drink straight up or w/ water, nothing fancy pants. Be it at a port stop or in Royals little liquor store onboard. Allow them to confiscate it and on the last night of cruise one Royal will send someone around to personally deliver your hooch; the hooch you'll being enjoying during cruise #2. 
 

Thanks so much, MaryCS62! I just ended a call with RCL and they confirmed the same. Does not matter when a booster is given, in the US. 

If you're not sure how accurate the scale in the gym is, weigh yourself & the beginning, so even if it's 10 lbs off from your "home" weight, it should still be internally accurate to itself. So if you gain 5 lb on the cruise, it should show no matter what the starting wt was on either machine
 

Right now, "fully vaccinated", according to Royal is the single J&J shot, or the 2 shot Moderna or Pfizer (for US clients, don't know what the international equivalent is). Since they are eligible for a booster, that means their initial series is more than 2 weeks prior to sailing, so you should be fine.  Hopefully the booster will give them even more protection while you are cruising