HeWhoWaits

Another benefit of using a TA.

Asian Night at the Windjammer is worth skipping whatever is in the MDR that night unless MDR is serving lamb.

A majority of the individuals doing so most likely purchased the DBP and truly don't know how to control themselves.

There is no such thing as a "normal" (insert room type here). Within the Oceanview staterooms, there are multiple price points.

More likely to be able to be accommodated late when scheduled early than the other way around.

I would love to convince my wife to skip the MDR and just hit the Windjammer every night. Flexibility without reservations is great, especially with differing port departure times.

On a Holland America ship last year, it didn't even require brushing up against the selection panel. All you had to do was be within an inch of it and move.

Mexican ports tend to do this to the extreme. In addition to the officers with dogs, heavily armed police tend to be in evidence.

Not 'Merica. Wacko-fornia

I believe the California law requires that the FULL price be advertised without the fine print that is currently the norm.

The first port south of the Bay Bridge that could handle cruise ships is Norfolk.

At this time, the answer is a resounding "YES!"

I'm sure that "TR" is likely to be something like Triumph or Tradition, but based on the complaints about Icon's pool issues maybe it should be "Travesty of the Seas."

Quadruple bogey

We always ask to see the next evening's menu while we wait for our dessert to be served. If's easier than trying to check via the app and as @WAAAYTOOO says, it allows any wishes to be communicated in advance. For example, if a dish that sounds particularly good to my wife other than the almond crust on something (she is sufficiently allergic that there would likely be a medical evacuation), the inquiry about whether it can be prepared separately without the almond crust. If so, she knows what she's having tomorrow. If it can't, she knows to plan on something else.

This is the issue with nearly all unchecked poor behavior by young children. Kids are not perfect (I sure wasn't, my sons not any more so than I was, my grandkids have their out of control moments). When properly supervised and disciplined, even at my/my kids'/my grandkids' worst the behavior was/is either short-lived or the offending child was/is removed from the situation. When unsupervised and unchecked, even the best behaved children will sometimes go beyond what most adults will tolerate and that's when it becomes a problem.

There is plenty of room to enjoy, but one of two ways to get from one end of the ship to the other requires those with asthma and/or allergies to smoke to walk through the unhealthy air. This now means that HALF of my access traversing the length of the pool deck is severely compromised. Want to call it a "control thing," then I will assert that it is a control of my HEALTH thing. I don't care if others choose to jeopardize their own health, but as soon as their actions negatively impact MINE, it's a no go.

The additional passenger(s) board just like the rest of the new passengers. The reserve a time and go through the line. There is no requirement for the rest of your party to be with them at the time because you will already be onboard.

My wife did a B2B2B last year. First leg with one son and his wife, second leg with other son and the two grandkids, third leg with just the grandkids. Most of the rooms that handle three also have room for four so it was easy to keep the same stateroom. As @Ampurp85 notes, it's less straightforward going from 2 to 3 than it is going from 3 to 4.

That will be the first time sold out, just like the MTD reservations between 6:00 and 7:00 are now.

There are really three dining times - set early time, who knows what time you'll eat even with a reservation, and set late time. Because there are so many people choosing the "but I had a reservation" option they had to space out the two set times. Moving the 8:30 seating later was probably considered an unacceptable option.

When they do it's a bigger problem.

One step later in the process.

Interestingly, this is MUCH closer to the troubles in Port-au-Prince, Haiti than is the "we can't go there for safety reasons" Labadee.

The more jalapeños the better! Would be true in any case, but it guarantees I don't have to share.