HtownHolly

We'll be taking a southern Caribbean cruise and getting an ocean view room. It'd be nice to take in the islands from our room before starting the day (and when sailing away). In past cruises elsewhere I seem to remember the docks were almost always on the starboard side. Anyone know if there's a list of which ports dock on which side of the ship?

Oh this is good to know! Does that mean a charge/refund/recharge cycle? I want to make our trip as "easy" as possible, including drink packages (or "refreshment" packages... gotta see what all our options are, I guess), but I'm also a bit of a deal-hunter...

Oh this would be great! We really want to try one of the Oasis class ships, but the airfare on top of cruise costs are kinda scary. Driving an hour down the freeway to Galveston would be way better!

DH just greenlighted our first RC cruise (and 3rd, overall). December 21, 2018 - Navigator of the Seas :) So, should I book at RC or through MEI/here? (and then Air2Sea for the flight to Miami)

OK, so got the greenlight from DH to book it. Woohoo! Better to do that directly through RC or through here/MEI (still trying to figure out what MEI is).

Y'all, I'm excited! We are eyeballing the Southern Caribbean cruise on Navigator, over Christmas, and I'm so glad I found this site! A bit of background for us: we are in Houston (hence my handle) it's me, my husband and 10-year-old daughter. DH and I have been on 2 cruises before (one way back before we were married, on Celebrity in 2001, to Alaska... in fact we were in the air flying back from that when 9/11 happened! eeek!), and then one in March 2003 to the Western Caribbean on Carnival, where my daughter and lots of relatives went along on that cruise, too. We figured out on that second one that we DEFINITELY enjoy cruising, and so now that life has settled down a bit, we want to get back into it (and also thankyew for the nice upcoming bonus at work this year, haha). DH liked what he saw on the RC ships better, so we're looking to go that route. I'll be reading and looking around more for an idea on how to get the best deal we can for at least an ocean view. I saw that a new sale started today, so that's great. I'm ready to pull the trigger on this cruise, and DH just wants to look at it a bit more first. We'll probably move on it pretty soon. Thanks! Love what I see on this site :)