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Thank you!! All good info to have!!! Jane

I blame my stupid auto correct that never figures out what I'm trying to say lol! Jane

and I only need to buy a gazillion lottery tickets and win to afford it!!!!! ? Jane

I do want to add too that i have done chef's table twice and both times it was absolutely amazing. One time we had the drink pkg and i felt a bit guilty spending so much but the food and pairings were incredible. Do it at least once! Jane

We are planning on taking my 16 year old vegetarian on allure in march...hoping we can ask for a pasta dishes. Even the apps don't have a ton of vegetarian options. We did the bogo so it was worth changing. I will try andrea remember to post about our experience! Jane

I was looking at the drink pkg for our 12 day vision greek/med cruise and i just couldn't pay it. We have 4 sea day's and 7 port day's. I hadn't even considered the buy late on the ship idea because I'm so indoctrinated on the buy sale cruise lanner. How late in the cruise do they sell the drink pkg? I'm wondering because our first sea day isn't even until day 5. With florence and Rome day's 3 and 4, we won't even be on the ship at all. I'm also wondering about the drink card...does it show up on European cruises or is it usually just a Caribbean thing? Jane

You are awesome @Bobbieajd!!! Thank you so much for the teen compass!!! That will help with some decisions for sure... Though simply meeting someone to hang will impact too!!! Thanks again! What has been your favorite thing on allure so far? Jane

Yeah...we will make Platinum on our next cruise and I keep telling myself jumping to emerald IS NOT a good reason to book a gazillion cruises in the next year! Diamond is a very very very long way away! Jane

Thanks so much for the sabor menu...we are getting the BOGO and I think this will be night one! Jane

I would love the sabor menu and the teen compass. Enjoyed reading so far... Good to know about the text messages and the poor layout of windjammer! Can't wait to try park Cafe and with the vegetarian 16 year old I am excited about the grilled cheese!!! Thanks so much for checking in! Jane

We loved the dolphin experience in Cozumel and they did talk alot about dolphin care, etc. It seemed humane but I have to say I didn't investigate a ton. Jane

Ok...so i had a grasp on which were the better Downtown hotels, and @Matt helped with that. However when asked my 15 year old said she'd rather spend the pre-cruise day at the beach so i assume we should look at south beach hotels. They all kinda seem great online. Anyone have any personal opinions? Jane

So glad you booked Jane!!! Have a wonderful trip ?. Jane

I could wait but we are going the end of march and I'm assuming it will be packed! If we get a better free seat, then we can just give up the shells and be no worse off than if we used them. Jane

The shade us what concerns me. My husband hates the sun and is all about the shade. I just don't think I can chance the lucking out on free chairs in the shade. Can we have the chairs in adrenaline beach and walk over to Columbus cove to swim? I'm really not having a good grasp on how big labadee is! I will definitely take the point about beach shoes being a must. Jane

I'm seconding this post. Sharla has been amazing. She consistently checks on sales, alerts me to important deadlines and when we had a family emergency and had to race home from Paris, she handled all the airline changes. She gets back to me promptly by email when I have questions. I'm nothing but thrilled! Jane

We loved cruising adventure out of San Juan. It was my husband's first cruise and exploring Sam Juan the couple days before the cruise was amazing. Loved El Morro and old San Juan. We did cruise before the hurricane damage but I would definitely go back and looking forward to having San Juan as a port stop in March on allure. Jane

I wish I'd added my other 2 kids to our Europe trip this summer. We didn't know what their job situations would be and now it looks like they could have come, but we are in the ultra spacious family that we booked a year ago and to change now would be insane. Jane

I got an email today and managed to book for my March allure at $49/day. It saved us about $100 down from $56/day. Somehow 7 days seems ok in the Caribbean but there is just no way I am going to buy for our 12 day Greek/med cruise. We have 4 sea days and I already told my husband that I'm not counting drinks those days! We would likely lose money on him for 12 days and at least 3 days we will be off the ship all day (Rome, Florence and Athens). I know the post cruise bill drill just kill me though. Jane

I got some really great deals on my excursions for the Mediterranean next summer. I didn't look at the drink prices though because 12 days is just too expensive to pre-buy at any price. I wish I had decided we were definitely going on spring break allure though... Because I really would rather not pay $56 a day and I bet there were at least slight deals on that. Jane

I am finding that cruises in my house get booked as soon as I suffer through the first really cold winter spell. Suddenly the need to have warm while in a deck chair becomes more important than the budget!!! I was all set to cancel the 2019 spring break trip and the cold started killing me....I found the plane tickets lol! Jane

Thanks guys! This was hugely helpful @love to cruise and @JLMoran!! And I also just finally figured out how to tag people!!!!!! Yeah!!! Jane

Hi! So my husband and I pre-cruised in san juan and were able to have plenty of time to walk around. We will be in as a cruise stop for the first time after the hurricane damage and with time constraints. We are only there from 7-2, so I'm thinking we only have from 730ish to 1pm (I would have to be back way before sailaway because i panic lol). We want to see el morro and walk around old san juan and maybe eat a quick bite. Is this something we can do on our own without doing a boat tour. They have one, but it's only 2.5 hours, and $49 per person. It would work, but if we are talking a cab right to el morro arriving at 9, an hour at the fort, and then walk to old san juan. Is that walk doable...i know you can walk to cristabel and thats only about 20 mins, but i don't remember where old san juan is in relationship to the fort. I also have no idea where the cruise port is in relationship to el morro and old san juan....are all of these doable by taxi/walking at a reasonable price? I just can't see doing it on our own for 3 people would be as much as $150 (the cost of 3 tours) and we'd have more time. Jane

Dawn...thank you so much! This was hugely helpful. I think i probably will just go ahead and get two but even with that it is way cheaper than the beach bed. I'm excited to book them...i have only had a chance to go to cococay and that got weathered out so we didn't tender! Can't wait...its cold in chicago lol! Thanks again ? Jane

i had no idea about this! Thanks ? Jane