AshleyDillo

It sounds like effectively the cruise was to be partially paid with an FCC that was issued from AON (travel protection). The FCC was issued with the mis-spelled name. I have no idea how this could have been missed when making the reservation. You would think it would have been given a zero balance invoice if it was unable to be applied because of the name issue.

Newsflash: I did not CocoCay today. Is anyone surprised? I stayed on the ship and worked. When I finally left my cabin I was greeted with another casino instant certificate..oops We are late leaving CocoCay because of a medical emergency but the captain assured us we will still make it back to Miami on time. Saturdays at the Port of Miami are crazy, so that should be fun. I have a late flight home so I can wait out the crush and leisurely make my way to the airport. No plans to do anything to pass the time. I do have a car rental reservation just in case but I most likely will just hang at the airport for hours. Maybe ride TriRail back and forth like an excursion

You can bring the passports. But you can edit the check-in information up to 48 hours before sailing so once they come in just go edit that part.

Bermuda does require a $250/person deposit regardless of length. It's nice of them to let it slide because it was their mistake not catching it (unless you made the booking at NextCruise). I wouldn't trust them not to have IT issues and I'd pony up the full deposit, though

I'm solo too, so not distracted by my immediate party. But again I also get distracted by everything else going on when I am with my immediate party and see everything...maybe it's just us

I get impatient when I'm waiting in lines so I get hyper observant and notice everything

On this episode of Windjammer guests behaving badly... I watched a lady just stand there at the wall next to the condiment pumps and eat her dessert..and then she just left and walked off. This was after I watched another guest taste test stuff as she put it on her plate..just full on picking it off her plate with her hands.

I believe if you're paying in £ they don't add the 18% gratuities so it's a little closer in comparison in total.

Today we are in Nassau. There is Liberty to my left. And Anthem to my right. I feel like the inside of a Royal sandwich.

I did not get off yesterday in Bimini. I could see it from the ship and it didn't look worthwhile to get off. I do not adventure solo so when I'm on a solo trip. If I get off I just walk around the immediate port area if there isn't an excursion that gives a generalized tour of the area with no water activities or beach breaks. If I wasn't solo I would have likely rented a golf cart and explored. It was Caribbean night in the MDR and I still went despite the uninteresting menu. My table neighbors are all nice. My table is a 2-top in a row of other 2-tops so we're all super close like one big table. Fortunately this cruise everyone shows up early and there's less waiting around for ordering and food delivery. Makes the meal go faster.

Oh..I forgot to mention this last cruise but they did kick someone off the ship in Grand Turk and today on the Facebook group we got this explanation.

They can be loose. I see people bringing them on in plastic grocery bags all the time.

Thanks for the reminder that I have to pay for mine by tomorrow Doing Wonder Oct 6-13, 2024

Yes, just make sure that the luggage tags you get match the tag numbers on the departure schedule they will leave with the tags. There will be departure times specific for the excursions listed on that sheet. If you don't get the right luggage tags then speak with Guest Services to make sure they have you down for the departure excursion.

Those one-way rental fees can be a lot!

It's like the one on Mariner if you are familiar. Maybe 50 seats inside and there is an outside section as well. It's located up on Deck 14 so has the Viking Crown views. It also is not a solid wall and there is noise bleed. Now Playing: Children doing Taylor Swift karaoke in the genopop.area.

Nope. That's the drawback of losing Labadee..no included drinks or food.

We had no way to pre-book excursions for the land tour when we did it..now this was 2014, but it's likely they haven't changed. You will be given the available excursion list when you go to the first "orientation" for the land tour.

Suite Lounge must be boring. The Pinns keep infiltrating the Crown Lounge and blinding me with their bling

Yeah I have 2 instant certs for the 800pt threshold and one for 1500 while only showing 1,015 points..so it doesn't quite add up. I won't call til closer to the expiration of the first certificate. Folks on the casino groups say they've been told to give it 30 days. The expiry dates should be proof enough of when they were earned.

They should have an egg drop competition..have them sign up for that. Unfortunately Vision is one of the older ships and doesn't have the fun activities of the newer, larger ships that Royal advertises.

I have some, but I've had 2 sailings..one was split over the new casino year so that may be the one missing points. I didn't think to keep track of how many I earned on those sailings

We are at a full stop and they are out there removing the benches on the helipad. We also went some weird route for our Bimini stop tomorrow

Here's the Crown Lounge snacks since I was up here to grab a coffee..

Wonder if they realize they forgot to turn off the bridge cam...