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No proof of vaccination needed anymore for cruises out of US Edit: I was too slow

I've had some down time today and was able to read your blog. Thank you for sharing.

Thanks. I was wondering about this.

When you select a check in time, you select a window, such as 1100-1130. That’s the leeway. Yes, I am aware that Suites and people who have purchased the Key have their own rules, and most of the time, their own lines. I’m also aware that some ports don’t enforce the times like others do. Arriving earlier than the assigned time, no matter the justification, just adds to the confusion of Embarkation day. Boarding Voyager in Boston back in October was a disaster because of all the people who disregarded their assigned times.

When you check in online for your cruise, approx 45 days before, you will choose one of the available times to arrive at the terminal.

I can't answer the OBC question, but we've found the best prices by booking early regardless of status. As long as you haven't made final payment, you can reprice the cruise with any Crown and Anchor discount down the road. We try to book cruises we know we want as soon as the itineraries come out. Our October '23 Italy cruise was booked as soon as it came out when we were Platinum (maybe early Emerald). We are Diamond now, but the total price of the cruise (with Diamond balcony discount) has never been lower than when we booked originally.

If you don't have a travel agent, you'll have to call Royal directly.

Edit: Twangster beat me Your cabin can be assigned at any time and can be located anywhere within the category you booked. Final payment has never come into play when we've had GTY cabins assigned. I believe I've read here that people have been able to change their assigned GTY cabin to another available cabin within the same category. This is an important part...for example, all balcony cabins are not the same category. A couple of the differences are cabin capacity and location on the ship. There are probably more. I think that if you have specific needs relating to your cabin location, it would be worth it to change to a cabin of your choosing. That being said, you will pay the current rate for that cabin, not the rate it was back when you booked the GTY.

I always laugh when someone tries a stall door, finds it locked, then knocks.

Well, our connection time in Lisbon has now changed to 8 hours, which is great for any immigration delays. However, our arrival time in Venice is now 1810, which is not so great for getting to Ravenna and checking into our B&B by 1830. We're still thinking over our options and are leaning toward just staying the night in Venice and taking an early train to Ravenna. Either way, we still arrive three day before our cruise departs.

Yup The younger guys at work all drink it in the morning instead of coffee. They got me to try it once. Not a fan.

I reserved a sea day session for $19 but there are complementary sessions on port days. I believe the complementary sessions are the same....reserve once onboard.

I didn't realize the bs over Maine lobster affected Royal Caribbean. Thanks for passing that along in your article.

The sessions in the Cruise Planner are currently $29 each. From my understanding, there are free sessions available that can be reserved once onboard.

It's available to reserve in the Cruise Planner for our upcoming February 4 sailing on Anthem.

Here's a link to Trenitalia's website. Plug in your stations/times and you can see your options. https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html

I was bummed when Cuba no longer was an option, so that's my first answer. My second is I wish more cruises went out of Boston. I understand why they don't, but after cruising from there back in October, the selfish part of me really loved being able to drive to the port the day of our cruise.

We have the one directly above it booked on Explorer out of Italy in October of this year. On our Adventure cruise that’s a lifetime away (March ‘25), we have the one above and to the left booked for the ABC islands. We stay in Interiors a lot, so we’re excited for the aft views.

Exactly. I'm sure I spend some of my entertainment money in ways that some people think is wrong. Hell, there are people we know who think we're wrong for just spending money on a cruise.

And I’d like to combine this with people who walk 3,4,5,++ people abreast in Promenades, hallways, walkways, etc.

This annoys me to no end, cruise ship or not.

I’d check with ATT to see what your plan includes. We have an ATT plan that specifically includes Mexico (and Canada). We’ve used our phones extensively in both countries with no additional charges. Edit: I do remember that 5G was not always available depending where we were. I can’t remember the specific locations, but it happened in both countries.

My wife and I are in our mid-50s. Serenade is one of the ships we really want to go on. I think you’ll have a great time.

We’re flying to Europe in October 2023….BOS-JFK-Lisbon-Venice. We’ve already received four alerts of changes to the schedule. We expect more. We’re currently flying in three days early for this reason. If it continues to look dicey, we’ll go four days early. I wouldn’t trust flying down the east coast of the US the day of a cruise nowadays.