Dan Curtis

Honduras, not even close, won't go back there.

Well fellow Kentuckian, we noticed that as well a few years ago, I don't have an answer, but the cruise was different, lots of country music and cowboy boots, we enjoyed the cruise out of Galveston.

There in February next year, also thinking of this tour, please let us know if you enjoyed it. Happy cruising.

2 hours ago, wordell1 said:

I would not personally in Roatan.  Cozumel would OK, but I would not drive in interior Mexico unless you know the lay of the land.

Agree, 100 per cent with this.

Wow, so sad, feel for the family, on a cruise, enjoying life, blessing to the family.

For us, it depends on what time our flight leaves, if we have a late flight and in no hurry, we send it the night before, hang on the boat as long as we can and not worry with carrying bags around except for carry on. If we have a early flight and want to get off ship early as possible, we keep our bags, usually one bag a peace with rollers, our next cruise, we have to get back to Orlando, so we will keep our bags. Good luck making your decision. Happy sailing.

7 hours ago, Beth Davis said:

This was our first back and our first without our kids. Just a quick weekend away, ugh. I'm so bummed.

Sorry, hit the wrong button, I get it, we lost our cruise for the 29 th  for the third time, just doing a key west trip instead.

We was very disappointed our cruise on January 29 th on the Jewel was canceled, we was still going, but had concerns about not getting in at ports, waiting three hours here locally for a covid test  and hope you test negative, then keeping a mask on inside all the time, which was no problem if that’s the rules, we was flying into Ft Lauderdale, it’s cold in Cincinnati area, we think we are now going to keep flight, rent a car and spend a few days in Key West, one of our favorite port stops. This was our third cruise that was canceled, we was meeting our cruise friends from Napa Ca. That we met a few years ago on a cruise, plus two other couples, that’s what is so disappointing. Good luck to all the cruisers, we will try again in the fall is our hope.

9 minutes ago, gavin923 said:

Our Symphony Jan 8 sailing was just cancelled. We just landed & got the email while waiting for our bag in MIA

Dang, I feel bad for you all, what a disappointment. Good luck.

We was on the 29 th of this month, this is our third cruise that’s been canceled, already canceled our ride to port and back, now need to work on motel and air, I’m not even going to try and call Royal today, will be a long wait, we are just going to get a refund this time., maybe try in the fall, guess we will be enjoying the cold and snow and the Ohio river views of Cincinnati from Northern Ky. 

I know you are from Cincinnati area, stay in the sun, light snow here and ten degrees tonight, brrrr. 

4 hours ago, Beaker said:

We fly out of Cincinnati on 1/15, leaving on Harmony 1/16.  We also have a park balcony room.  Following.

Seems to a lot of Cincinnati folks cruising.

7 hours ago, iluvwineandtravel said:

Good morning everyone!  We made it to florida and today is cruise day!!  Direct flight from Cincy to Orlando was pretty easy (although completely full!!  We took uber from the airport to our hotel for the night at Cape Crossing Resort and Marina.  Last night we ordered doordash from one of the local restaurants.

Here are my thoughts about the resort here:

-Great setting and location, right on water and at marina,  about 15 minutes from cruise port, about 20 minutes from Cape canaveral.  It took us around 40 minutes to get here from the airport

-This is more of a condo type resort vs a hotel. We are in the main building in one of the rooms they call suites, but there are free standing condo's in here too that may be nice for people looking for multiple rooms, full amenities with washer/dryer, etc.

- Ordering Doordash was convenient  last night and I appreciated having the kitchen with regular plates, silverware, dishwasher, etc.  I underestimated some of the local places being closed on the holiday yesterday so our choices were mostly chains.

- Our room is modern, nice balcony with plush balcony furniture.  Bathroom is nice and bed was very comfortable.  The only negative was that we went to get ice out of the tray in the freezer, the ice tray looked really gross.  I went to the main office, and the guy at the check in counter gave me ice out of the ice machine from the main fridge in the lobby.   We had packed our own bourbon, extra water, and bottle of Cava sparkling wine for the room in our checked luggage.  This worked out well.  The tv is a smart tv.  We connected our amazon prime wirelessly and watched a movie last night so it was a relaxing night in.

- Our check for Harmony was supposed to be at 11:30, but all of the checkins got pushed back 2 hours due to mandated CDC cleaning. We asked for a late check in when we checked in yesterday and will be departing at 1pm.  They charged $10 extra for the late check out, but it seemed worth it to relax at the resort.  the pool looked really nice and welcoming last night and was open until 10.  I will probably go for a swim this morning.

-  Tonight is dinner at CHOPs at 5:30.  We will make the rest of the reservations for our 3 night dining package and our included specialty restaurant as soon as we board!

 

 

 

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Very informative, have an awesome cruise, we fly out of Cincinnati ( Northern Ky ) in three weeks to cruise, calling for 5 inches of snow in Cincinnati Thursday, so good timing.

1 hour ago, karl_nj said:

Perhaps that is what happened to jaygee2729's wife?  83-69=14, so maybe there were two cruises that she took that ended up going to her deceased husbands C&A account but not hers? 

Very possible 

4 minutes ago, WAAAYTOOO said:

Be aware that if you use a debit card to pay for your onboard spending (Sea Pass account) that they will place a “hold” on your checking account for a number of days after you get off the ship.  In general, it is recommended that you NOT use a debit card for your onboard spending but it is allowed.

I have never used a debit card, but don’t they do like the car rentals, they hold something like 500 dollars to cover things, I’m not sure, if you have credit card, just use it, much easier and less confusing. Enjoy your cruise.

This kind of happened to us, in the end, somehow, they had two different accounts for us, they combined them to make them correct, well almost correct, somehow my wife has two more points than me, we have never cruised separately, I didn’t bother with getting it corrected, good luck on getting it straightened out.

So tired of the cdc and unloading on the cruise industry, there is 70,000 fans indoors at a bowl game, no mask seen, but that’s ok..

We use Howard van service, have used him many times, we have cruise scheduled late January, we are flying into Fll and staying in Ft Lauderdale, I have him reserved, 7 of us, 107 dollars from motel to port, he has 9 passenger van and pulls a trailer, nicest guy ever, he will be early, I priced a couple other places, most around 175 dollars, look his reviews up, 5 star, everyone is 5 star. I have his cell number if you want to send me an email on here. 

Has anyone heard of any update on Labadee, just a little over a month until we are scheduled to visit there?

I am not as confident as I was about our late January cruise, we have had two canceled, hoping to actually get to take one as planned, we shall see.

Still no word on our January 29 th cruise, we have excursions already booked.

Those ships are so awesome looking all lit up at night, beautiful pictures.

We have still not received any word about Lapadee, just wish they would make a decision soon, would like to check out some excursions on where ever it is we stop.

2 hours ago, KLA said:

I'm kind of hoping for Coco Cay - we really enjoyed our time there in October! 

Have not been there since the remodel, would enjoy seeing it . I would think by the first week in January, a decision would be made.

Let’s hope it’s someplace else, we did enjoy the segways the last time we was there, I’m still holding out a little hope for Lapadee.