HeWhoWaits

Our experience has been that the price we are quoted by Air2Sea matches the lowest price we can see via the airlines' websites or sites like Expedia and Travelocity. If Air2Sea is getting a better price than that from the airlines, Air2Sea is making the difference as a profit. When we still flew in on departure day, the Air2Sea guarantee to get us to the ship was worthwhile. Now that we travel in at least one day early, there is no need to go that route unless we want to hold off on paying for the airfare until we make final payment on the cruise.

I'm not familiar with where the shuttle stops are (when we were in Sitka we took tenders that dropped off right in town), but the Raptor Center is less than 1/2 mile from the Sitka National Historical Park.

Important to note - this is between you and the airline. Air2Sea has no say in the matter.

We had a ABC itinerary that had to replace Bonaire with another stop. Grand Cayman was the replacement, so that's another possible replacement for Labadee if ships still aren't going there on your scheduled trip.

About this, you're not wrong. Royal could make many enhancements to the booking system. Many have been discussed on these forums, including easier access to determine a stateroom's configuration during booking.

No other posters are missing the point. You had an interior cabin, it had Pullmans which according to you didn't meet your needs, you think Royal should have done something to improve your situation. The rest of us are just pointing out why your expectation is misguided.

Then pay for a stateroom that DOES work for your situation or don't cruise, but don't blame Royal Caribbean for your family dynamic (ages) and physical characteristics (height/weight). Your opinion - better choices for families with young children and large adults should be available at lower prices. Reality - what's available is what's available.

Exactly my point - if you want an interior cabin for lower cost, parental convenience doesn't have to be a "thing." We did what worked for us. The OP believes that Royal should provide other options at low cost.

I disagree that there is no way to identify staterooms with a sofa bed. Deck plans show which rooms have a convertable sofa vs. Pullmans. Do your homework before booking. Is it quick and easy during the booking process? No. Is it impossible to get the information in advance? Also no. I would also note that the implications that Royal should not allow a room with Pullmans to be booked with children younger than "permitted" to use a Pullman or that Royal is not "accomodating a family with young children" because of the existence of Pullmans as the lower cost option are both invalid. If you want the cheaper stateroom, the children can use the regular beds and the parents can use the Pullmans. We did exactly this when our youngest child was seven but very small - regular beds were Mom and youngest, Pullmans were Dad and older child.

FTR - the various tastings available for purchase are definitely worth the cost, especially if you buy them in advance. The most unusual tasting was the "Bourbon and Bacon" tasting - it was interesting to hear the others at the tasting conversing about bourbons the way I'm able to speak about wine.

Four decent sized, reasonably high quality pours for free? Absolutely. The sommelier leading the one I attended did an excellent job explaining and helping those in attendance understand the aroma wheel (an underappreciated aspect of enjoying wine). It also didn't hurt that I was at a table set for six that only had four people so I got extra.

Like nowhere near the pool, perhaps?

I don't know for certain about the others, but the Captains Club wine tasting was no charge (reservation still required, though).

Maybe Matt should look into chartering one.

Looks like Apple Maps isn't nearly as up-to-date as Google Maps Earth View.

Or get an early boarding time, go straight to WJ, find a table you like, and reserve the space for the duration of the cruise.

If I wanted chairs by the pool (I never do), I would be one of those available to snag them as soon as the early morning deck cleaning is done. I'm up by 6:00 a.m. every day (earlier if it starts getting light out before that). As I said, if you were using the chair all morning, the staff would know that and not treat you like the "drop their stuff just to reserve a chair" types.

If you're dropping stuff off at 9:00 and not using the chairs until after lunch, that's far more than an hour (chair hog). If you're using the chairs from 9:00 until you leave for lunch, that's a different story and the staff monitoring the chairs (as well as other passengers) would have seen you there throughout the morning (NOT a chair hog).

August 12, 2045 is a Saturday. Don't be confused by the everywhere but the US convention that would make the date seem like December 8, 2045. The graphic has a US-based date.

I'm starting to believe this is a systems-based method to discourage cancelling and re-booking CP purchases at lower prices. If it becomes enough of a hassle, maybe most folks will just keep their purchases at the original purchase price.

Our recent trips into Florida have been facial recognition customs breeze through without needing the actual documents.

I was referencing the accounts created to complain about Royal, not about your potential to use Celebrity again. Having sailed on Celebrity Reflection in February, I can concur with the aspects of Celebrity that are excellent.

Of course, in Greenville the peak was only 79.8% and y'all had 77.9% in New Bern. Best description - an otherwise bright sunny day turned into partly cloudy for about ten minutes.

Had @deep1's post been from a post count of 1 account and about RC, how quickly would we (myself often included) be jumping on the "one and done, just ignore them " responses?

But then there isn't the motion of the ship and the vast expanse of nothingness (our favorite view on board).