melmar02

I just saw this meme and thought of you. 
 

My kids, now 20 & 22, have been cruising since they were 2 & 4.  You only can bring what fits in your bag.  End of story.  Mom's bag is for mom! 

Can't do it, bot wiring and programming doesn't allow it.

@twangster, I'm starting to feel like I'm in The Matrix and it just glitched with a Deja Vu!
Have (yet another) great trip!

In the words as sung by Britney Spears...  ? Oops, I Did it Again ?
For those who are wondering what is he talking about?  (or thinking I've enjoyed one too many happy hour drinks)  I just finished 14 nights on this little beauty last week.  You can read about that B2B experience here:
https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/boards/index.php?/topic/14213-empress-b2b-14-nights-on-the-biggest-little-ship-july-2019/
Those cruises were great but they were Western Caribbean and this 8 night cruise is Eastern Caribbean including a stop at Tortola in the British Virgin Islands.  Royal hasn't visited the BVI very much in recent years so when I saw the BVI added to the itinerary in the wake of the Cuba cancellations I knew I had to do it.  Icing on my cake comes courtesy of another visit to Perfect Day at CocoCay. 
Itinerary
Miami Perfect Day at CocoCay Sea Day San Juan Tortola St Thomas Sea Day Sea Day Miami Our Perfect Day ends at 2pm so we can make it to San Juan for a 3pm arrival after a day at sea.  We stay until midnight in San Juan so if all goes well I hope to get some evening and night pictures around San Juan.
Sailing in a Junior Suite I have scored one of the most forward deck 9 JS cabins this time.
I love this small ship and her big heart.  It's a good thing I love this ship because this will be my fourth cruise on her.  My Crown and Anchor points haven't been posted yet from my last cruise on her so with the "paint still wet", I'm heading back to the love of my life, or at least the love of my life right now. 
Because I'm flying I don't like taking just one cruise so with a night off the water in between, I'm doing a side-to-side over to Majesty right after this cruise.  A few years ago I started dreaming about a tour of the small ships and this marks another step towards completing that goal.  
I think I set a record this time having packed my suitcase a full two days before the cruise.  Basically I took my cruise clothes from the dryer and put them right back into my suitcase.  
      " You see my problem is this
       I'm dreaming away
       Wishing that heroes, they truly exist
       I cry, watching the days
       Can't you see I'm a fool in so many ways
       But to lose all my senses
       That is just so typically me
       Oh baby, oh "
Okay that doesn't make total sense but it's the only part of the lyrics that somewhat fit so I'm going with it.  

@melmar02 as of right now I do not know the answer to your question, but I’ll ask on board. 

I just saw this meme and thought of you. 
 

This morning we got the email from the concierge explaining all of our perks, her name is Eliana. We emailed her back to make our dining reservations and she was very prompt in her response. 

I appreciate the WJ burgers because they usually have bacon available as part of the fixins'!  Don't have to make it to breakfast hours to get my meat candy fix.

If you are going to continue to sail with Royal Caribbean, then there is nothing but up sides to climbing the ladder.  Status for the sake of status makes no sense but status to enjoy the benefits of status, does.
When they started converting the Concierge lounges to Suites Lounge and kicked the D+ down to the DL they ALMOST lost me but I played their silly game and began cruising nearly exclusively in suites. I guess I showed them !  ?? 

I'm more of a forward person. 
Some ships do shake in the aft depending on ship speed but more importantly when I'm forward I get to where we are going first.  

We only cruise with carry-on size.  Unless we know we're bringing back locally made products - aka adult beverages - which we will have to check.  Then we bring the big ones. 

Just so you have a second data point — did a 5-night Cruise last year, wife and I each used only a carry-on size for our stuff. Checked both with the porters and just used a small backpack to carry around stuff we wanted with us after boarding.

We brought our combo battery operated/plug sound machine and had no issue. Worst case scenario, bring a battery operated one and extra batteries. Or, just load an app on your phone.

I just saw this meme and thought of you. 
 

Thanks for the advice everyone. We're driving so space isn't going to be an issue. I think we will chance it and bring them. 24 days to go!

Oh great! That definitely puts me at ease. Thank you and I hope you guys have a wonderful cruise! 

We're in a 2br grand suite. Videos on YouTube lead me to believe this won't be a problem for us this sailing.

You can also get them from Dollar Tree, if you have one in your area. (6 clips to a pack.)

I knew there was something I forgot to add to my Amazon cart this morning!

This topic has been discussed a bit here of late and I thought I would share my experience today.  As many of you know, I track pricing on my bookings.  Many have asked lately what happens when a cabin is "sold out" and if it would still be eligible for a re-price?  I have had very good luck with this situation in the past.  You can see how I go about doing it here. 
Yesterday I noticed that the current August promo includes KSF up until December 2020.  We have the Villa booked on Harmony with 5 kids on that reservation under the age of 12.  That cabin is obviously "sold out" as there is only one of those on the ship and we have it.  I did a mock booking yesterday morning and checked it against my records and there appeared to be a price drop on the suites overall with the KSF promo.  Later in the day, I emailed my TA and heard back this morning.  Saved an extra $1315 with KSF even with a "sold out" cabin. 
The reason why I am sharing this is not to say that this will always be the case, but it does pay off to check and ask.

I knew there was something I forgot to add to my Amazon cart this morning!

We're spending the day before at Space Center as well. I am interested to hear what you think. 

Whatever the issue, it was fixed, and she sailed out in the early hours of Monday morning. Someone on the 9/1 facebook group was posting about watching it on the Galveston port webcam. 

Towel clips.  I think thieves are less likely to want to spend time messing with clips versus a quick grab and dash towel sneak.