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Thanks for all the info and advice! You've been a huge help :). Jane

Just read somewhere that the quest has popped on a couple ships. Has anyone seen it since covid cancelled it? Hoping it comes back to Harmony before Dec 31! Jane

Ok...I know super subjective question, but what are people's opinions on the Coco cay beach club? I just booked it for $103/per person. We've never been to Coco cay and we are the only ship in that day (Harmony, January 2). However, I have heard the lunches are amazing and the infinity pool looks beautiful. Any trouble getting chairs (by the pool or beach) at the club? And is it easy to get a table at lunch? Also, is it still fun if the weather is cloudy/rainy? Are there covered tables to eat at and wait out weather? I'd really hate to spend $200 and then wish we'd stayed on the boat due to bad weather. If we don't do that, we plan to go to the main pool and then hit a beach. Any trouble getting chairs on the beach after 11 or 12? And which beach do you all like? Thanks for any input! Jane

I need to do that...I forget all the time where to find my answers that I know I've just seen! So I'm happy where I am, but if for example, I hated my spot, would my travel agent be able to see what's available and switch my location? Would she have to wait until the room number technically replaced the "gty" on the boarding pass, or does the info show up for TAs without using the "bar code trick". You may not know, but I'm just curious for future. I've done 2 gty rooms now and both were great. I've never stayed this high before (deck 11) so that will be new anyway! Jane

I got in about 4 minutes after 12 Eastern, but I'm not sure if it was because I changed my phone time from Central or if it just opened up then. Once I was in, I had absolutely no issues at all. Jane

I forgot all about the bar code trick! I have a room number! I will see if my royal up gets accepted but I’m right by the elevator in a good spot! Thanks for the very clear instructions! You made my day! Jane

So we have our set sail pass for check-in on dec 31 Harmony. It still says gty stateroom but now we have a deck (11) and a muster location (B03). Has anyone ever had the deck change on them after seeing it other than for a royal up? Just wondering! Jane

Ok…had trouble with connecting on the app for 4 mins until I changed my phone to the next day. That was probably a fluke but got an 11 am boarding time. Should I show up 15 mins early to check luggage? And is this the earliest time or did I miss a 1030? Jane

This is my plan... Just do it all tomorrow. But I want that early v boarding time ! Jane

I know! We are finally getting close! I'm on Central time so hoping it's up at 11 my time and then I can crash and do the other stuff! Jane

Ok...I know I could hunt this info down but I can get it here quick. I need to check in tonight for my Dec 31 cruise. However, I don't want to put everything in tonight...I just want to grab my time to board and then enter all the other info tomorrow. I don't remember... Can I get my time without doing everything using the app? Or the computer? I know one I have to enter all the info, while the other is just get the time. Thanks everyone!!! Jane

I'm really really really really hoping to get paper copies. Not only do I love pouring over it in bed (yes I could do my tablet but I love the paper!!), but I'm a scrapbooker. It is really helpful for me to have the paper copies to refer to for scheduling and helping organize my pics. Jane

I will second this. the 18 year old will not be allowed in the teen stress or activities. Like wordell said, My older teen didn't really do any of the organized stuff after she found her "group" and met people the first night... The 18 year old could easily hang with them wandering the ship. There is occasionally an 18-20 meet up listed in the cruise compass early in the cruise, but my daughter went and it wasn't well attended. We were on freedom, so maybe an oasis class would be better attended. Jane

The problem is the website doesn't even know if it's updated! I don't have to worry about it since I'm boosted, but what I would do is just take an at home test within 3 days) and take a pic of it... Which is what an unvacc person would need. If you don't need it, and they don't care if you are boosted, then no big deal. But if you do need it, you have it. Jane

My teens were on their first cruise on vision (18, 15 and 12) and they had a blast but that was in 2015. My husband and I and then 16 year old were on a Mediterranean cruise on vision again and also had a blast. If you are going at a time when school is out, I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it... The kids go to the kids clubs, meet other kids and you are golden. However the longer itinerary usually (not always) can mean fewer kids and if you go during school time, then they might not meet as many kids. Vision is definitely an older and more dated ship, but when I went the cruise director was awesome and we were never bored. My girls second cruise was on freedom before the upgrade and they loved the promenade a lot. It was fun and airy, and there were again a ton of teens. However, my kids have still yet to do the flowrider and Rock climbing wall so again, it depends on what your kids are interested in. I personally say if the itinerary is new, go for any ship and a good price allows for more excursion money. If it's a repeat itinerary, then I look harder at what the ship can offer in terms of activities and amenities. Jane

We did a royal one but I don’t remember what it was called. 2019…pre-Covid seems an eternity ago! Jane

Like with everything royal, it just depends. My last couple cruises had a very good deal…maybe $5 a day less…on Black Friday and if I remember correctly, the one before it didn’t. I’m not going to chance my restaurant reservations even if the price is too good to be true, but I’m crossing my fingers for internet and the alcohol drink pkg. jane

I don’t remember what it was called but we went with the royal Caribbean excursion to Delos…it was a small boat to the island, guided tour with headphones, independent museum time and then back. It was a great excursion…didn’t feel the need to go private on this one. Jane

I bought at the 72.99 and really hoping for a Black Friday sale. This was the lowest I’ve seen. Jane

Hope your symptoms stay mild! Jane

Have you been before? Is it walking distance? I don’t think we are getting off the boat in Nassau but if we are, it might be fun to hit a couple breweries! Jane

In curaçao we didn’t do a tour. Walking around for hours was so cool and we loved the architecture and atmosphere. Jane

I’m curious too. I’ve been on vision twice for my first cruise ever and my first euro cruise (and last cruise I was on). I had heard enchantment was very different because of the stretching, but I thought the others were pretty similar…except for the cruise director. Steve Davis and his thriller dance classes was the best cruise director I’ve ever had. I think it’s more important on those small ships to have a really good cruise director…but I digress. Need to go listen to Michael Jackson while I wait for the answer on the ship similarities and differences. Jane

I am tempted to do the water slide pass to get that pool, but I think we will settle for oasis lagoon. Air fare in December is gonna kill us! But I did check and harmony will be the only ship there my day as well. Yeah! Jane

I actually was torn between dec harmony and symphony and while I wanted to go on symphony more, I didn’t like the itinerary order of cococay on the last day vs a sea day. So now I get Nassau day 2 (we won’t even get off the boat and can sleep in) and the coco cay day 3 followed by a sea day! Jane