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I'm envisioning nonstop chit chat during your TED talk on the train. Maybe it needs to include a "quiz at the end for prizes" so they pay some attention. The prize? Certianly nothing more than keeping the pen you pass out for them to take notes with! They have already gotten enough from you!

Their Facebook page shows they are now open again, but their website still won't let you buy a ticket.

Just to make sure I understand, he did not have a drink package on the previous cruise? Did his card have charging privileges? If there was no drink package, and you did not authorize charges on his card, then it seems the bartender would have been right. We get the refreshment package for our kids and they use it without us with no problem or push back.

I just caught up and WOW is all I can say. jbrinkm is right, you are a saint! I hope you will be able to break away and get some you time during this trip. I checked us in last night and 11:30 was the earliest time for us too (PC). I'll make a note to check back at 30 days.

GT is the code for a 2 bedroom grand suite.

I believe the Hyatt Regency is built so the river flows into their lobby. If you want touristy maybe the Buckhorn museum https://www.buckhornmuseum.com/ Natural Bridge Caverns is just north of SA and they have added additional activities beyond just walking through the caves.

Everywhere you go you will have people with their carry on luggage parked next to a table. That's just all part of embarkation day. We prefer the suite lounge / CK because it is less crowded without the added traffic of people going through the area to get to another location. Certainly less so than any other bar or the Windjammer. I would enjoy lunch in CK and then move to the suite lounge side of the room to clear the table for another guest and relax until rooms are open.

We didn't have that issue the times we sailed Liberty from Galveston. Hopefully that changes when she gets to FLL. Glad your have everything unpacked and out of the way. I like to get that done first too. I can't relax knowing I have chores later!

@Kathleen here is a video I found before our last cruise that walks through the new terminal suite boarding area. Inside the building footage starts about 2 minutes into the video.

Here's the view from one of the 2br gs on 8. I think we were 8714 on this one.

Woohoo! We'll be back on Liberty in a 2br on her first sailing out of Ft Lauderdale. 73 days for us. It is the last suite we have on the books for now - going to try connecting balconies. I look forward to following along.! @GregD I need to go back and read your blog again, we're going to be in 9708 again.

Yes, you can use the vouchers on day one. I order mine just like that - order my drink and say something like "using one of my diamond vouchers please". Enjoy your new benefits!

I received a survey, but all the questions were suite related. The only food questions had to do with how important included specialty dining would be versus other suite amenities such as having genie or exclusive experiences.

March 9, 2025 Explorer

On Liberty in addition to the Promenade, they typically set up on a couple of the open stair cases and in front of the dining rooms. A favorite family photo of ours is on the bridge leading to the Promenade right in front of guest services.

You might check to see if someone has posted a video of your specific cabin on YouTube. Try searching Explorer of the Seas and your cabin number or Explorer of the Seas interior if you just want to see any of them.

Radiance was print only when we sailed her last summer. Allure had the printed pictures in the binder towers, but you could also use the kiosks to select your digital photos.

Make the "island time" emphasison the quotes ... I think any caribbean port counts here.🏝

Our next time in Costa Maya we just want to get off the ship to stretch our legs a bit so we are planning to stay in thevport complex. We've only done the aviary and had drinks at the wrestling bar by the pool. Are there any restaurants in the complex that are particularly good? We're not looking for a particular cuisine; I'm more gathering a list so if the mood strikes us, we'll have some recommendations.

@Jeremy L. perhaps you were repricing as they were canceling the excursion? It was listed for my 10/31 cruise, and now it is also no longer showing up. If I was Royal, I would have pulled them all when they first got notice that the water park would not be open yet too. I'm sure RC doesn't want to take the blame for canceling a bunch of excursions last minute. The water park is completely unresponsive on Facebook, and I'm willing to bet they won't have a firm reopen date until they are purely doing cosmetic work. Contractors here are on their own timeline...add a touch of island time to that and the uncertainty increases exponentially.

That's not the one I use - sorry, I should have said "less drowsy". I use this one which contains meclizine hydrochloride.

I don't have a problem with boat drinks and the non-drowsy dramamine.

I can't sit in the backseat of a car without getting sick. I take 1/2 of a non-drowsy Dramamine every morning of the cruise, and for a couple days after too, and I don't have any issues.

No, we never felt rushed. However, this was during the restart with the ship at only 70% Capacity. @Last Lion our MTD was on the lower of the two decks.

@Ampurp85 we we're MTD on the same deck as traditional, but it was on Radiance so only 2 decks of dining.