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Our family votes for Giovanni's but we would take Jamie's over Chops. We did Giovanni's on Allure and Jamie's on Anthem. My husband who cruises more than the rest of us has done both on other ships.

Water Park tickets for our January 4th cruise on Grandeur are currently 29.99. Maybe because of the cold weather?

I know different ships do different things for this so I was wondering if anyone has done the cupcake class on the Grandeur. I'm thinking I might take my youngest to do it as a special treat.

We ended up paying $199 for thrill park cabana for our family of 5 for January on Grandeur. That worked out well for us as we like to cabanas for a place out of the sun.

There is a button on the cruise planner to link your cruises so you can reserve for both. We usually have two cabins because we are a family of 5. Use the "Link a missing cruise" button.

Linda I would say that depends. You will have a certain area to line up for the rental car shuttle and depending on how many people are a head of you it may work to send hubby on the shuttle alone to get the rental car but if you are first or second in line just go with him. I say this so he isn't fighting to get back in to pick you up through traffic and where he picks you up will be different than where someone gets the rental shuttle.

We use them all the time.

You can bring all the cigarettes on the ship that you want, no limit. Most ships have at least two places to smoke. Most having smoking in the casino and on the pool deck. Some of the ships have another small smoking area. Look at the past cruise compasses on here for your ship and they list where on each ship you can smoke. Don't forget an extra lighter.

You can bring a vape. Use it in smoking areas only. Must carry it on. No they do not sell them on the ships.

We rent a car for the day for the luggage and for us to explore. There is a Budget rental car downtown Miami that picks up at the pier and we return the car to the airport. If the kids are with us we do a hotel room for the day so the kids can chill out and watch tv or swim. If just hubby and I we will shop or find a casino. There are a couple of websites that offer hotel day rooms. Some are better than others as far as cost and what you get meaning a room verses just general hotel access and use of pool.

Thanks Matt My kids love anything Royal which scares me a little.

I see on the Symphony the shopping is more spread out with one shop on Deck 8. Can someone tell me what shops are on the Symphony? Hubby and I are going for Thanksgiving and I want to buy some Royal bling for the kids stockings as they love to cruise and aren't going with us this trip.

I wish you would send this to the Today Show or post it on their Facebook page. I used to really enjoy the Today Show but now it just makes me sick because they are making ratings off of this and they are totally wrong.

Allure of the Seas

Last week on Anthem my daughter's milk spoiled by the next day in the cooler. I should have done what I did on the Empress and added a bucket of ice inside the cooler/fridge but forgot. They were supposed to have a medical fridge for it because it is mixed with her medication but instead we got a gallon of distilled water, lol. We worked it out without asking for assistance. Wasn't worth it for a short cruise.