KJones

We'll be arriving in Ravenna a day or two before the cruise departs. Any suggestions for hotel(s) for 4 adults? Already inquired at M Club Deluxe B&B and they have no availability.

@heysi1968 Do you know if the free parking applies only if you're staying at the hotel? Or also if you're just there for a few hours?

And if the medical refrigerator isn't there when you get to your stateroom, Guest Services can send one over quickly.

It was just a clarification. The way your sentence was phrased could have been interpreted, by someone who doesn't otherwise know, as implying that purchasing the Key could grant access to CK.

You could try calling to see if you can switch rooms (if they are the same category).

My guesses: There are multiple laundry areas used by the hotel services, I would say maybe on every deck that is primarily staterooms (if not two small ones each deck - one aft / forward). It would be pretty easy to convert one of these into the guest laundry room, without impacting the crew members' own laundry facilities in the crew area. I can't imagine them having crew bring their personal laundry up to the stateroom decks, or sending guests down to the crew decks. I think I recall reading something about switching out crew as normal. They might just arrive/depart from more varied ports. The ship likely has laid out of a schedule of how frequently they need food / water / gas etc and have coordinated with local vendors along the itinerary to have the ship restocked while its docked in the various ports.

What exactly are you concerned about? That you might not make it back to ship in time? Book through RC and you'll be fine. That you might not have very long at the ruins themselves? This is valid- we spent 2hrs max there through the RC excursion out of Cozumel, the vast majority of the excursion is travel time. However, we were still really glad we did it, since we're not sure we would make it back to the Yucatan for a stand-alone vacation.

I second the suggestion to get the travel insurance (in general, regardless of whether you do this excursion). And if you do get it, read the policy to verify if mountain biking is one of the exclusions. It may be considered 'too extreme' for it to be covered (though seems a far cry from being the same as skydiving). Just something to consider!

The Allianz policy I bought through AAA had a line item for missed ports. It looks like up to $100/port, and maximum $300 per policy.

+1 to bringing your own (both shampoo and conditioner)

Are there other things to do at Progresso (I'm unfamiliar with it) or is it known for something? I would opt for it simply because I haven't seen it on many itineraries, while it seems like every 2nd caribbean cruise includes Costa Maya. I second @WAAAYTOOO's suggestion for Chichen Itza - we did it from Cozumel, so if its even closer from Progresso I would take advantage of that.

Looks like the sheet was updated for 1/26/24 so it could be new

As someone who defaults to an interior room, any balcony guarantee room would be fine with me If you did end up with an obstructed view (lifeboats or something), the good thing with Radiance is that there are a good number of public areas that have glass walls for watching the water. We hung out at the outer tables in the solarium or at the Champagne bar.

@CrimsonCruiser I don't have an actual answer for your question, but unless you're booking 6+ rooms, you might be overthinking the complexity. You can link the rooms yourself in the cruise planner once you have the reservation numbers. If everyone knows their C&A number and level, it should be fairly easy to send that to your current TA. I could be overlooking something, so hopefully a TA on the boards here will chime in.

I think there's a discount for onboard photo purchases if you've sailed RC before and have Crown & Anchor status, but it's still probably cheaper to pre-purchase the package if you think you'll be getting at least a handful of photos.