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3 hours ago, Tim B. said:

Clorox Disinfecting Wipes - strong and kills a lot of germies or Clorox Healthcare Bleach Germicidal Wipes

 

This is the way to go Clorox wipes 

On 1/11/2020 at 6:57 PM, WAAAYTOOO said:

Delighted to hear that you made it !  Good luck getting any sleep tonite.

Your experience with the liquor in the cabin is the same as our friends experienced a few years ago - after many denials, they finally agreed, but at an outrageous price.  I find it an interesting policy since you can drink anything on the ship in as great a quantity as you desire, but they refuse to allow a bottle of liquor in your suite.  Perhaps they fear that people will request many bottles of liquor and it will go to waste...

Or you may share the liquor with others , and they give free liquor to others

Chilly temperatures, must be a cold front going through Florida. Hope it doesn't last

8 hours ago, WAAAYTOOO said:

Azamara has this feature, but I have never heard of it on any of the Royal ships.

Holland America also had gentleman for dancing. 

March22 for us . Looking forward toABC islands on FOTS

Thanks for sharing your pre-cruise trip of Miami. Looks like a great time and the food, YUM

Yes, you pay similar to a restaurant 

Following

Do you need reservations for CK for lunch?

I'm exhausted just looking at the itinerary

Love the itinerary, Following

Only caribbean cruises for us

45 minutes ago, Ogalthorpe Haywood said:

Well this further solidifies how scummy Royal has become. The $79 price tag says “all day pass”, maybe it should say all day minus the first 90 minutes you are in port. They really should be ashamed of themselves. 

Kind of reminds me of Disney World, with early access or late access if you stay on property

8 hours ago, RBRSKI said:

I know this may seem like a little stretch, but the self leveling pool tables are amazing.  My kids learned how to play on the Serenade.  I wish they were on other class ships.

I remember them now. would love to see them back instead of the ping pong tables on other ships

Just now, Lovetocruise2002 said:

Assuming that time off is not a factor, I would take 2 cruises in inside cabins per year. More C&A points.

2 cruises are better than 1. Providing i get time off from work. I'm happy with inside room or balcony, Just get me on the ship

Thanks for the review, it was  a very enjoyable read

19 minutes ago, Lovestotravel said:

I just booked.  Got them both for $1300 total (which is still high), but the bonus is that I am able to fly out of my home city, where as all other flights of decent price were requiring us to drive 3 hours to the hub.  So, won't have to leave my car nor pay for gas.  I grabbed them, because I don't think they will decrease. 

Great price. Spring Break is a tought time to fly, cheap airfare is hard to come by

23 hours ago, Lovestotravel said:

We are on FOS and of May, and flights from St. Louis are in the $700 range per person.  So frustrating.  Haven't booked them yet, hoping they come down. 

We monitored flights for almost 12 months from Minneapolis to San Juan. Best price we found was $1200 the highest was 1$800. Neither was a direct flight. Prices only moved 5 - 10 dollars per ticket, but stayed very consistent. Limited options to San Juan for this coming March. 36 days away for us until we board

Glad to hear you have a few more days to relax. Weather should be good for flying and you'll be home for a warm-up next weekend of around 40F. 

1 minute ago, MO & LO on the go! said:

Quick update for getting off the ship...customs and border protection have been overwhelmed apparently so they have stopped people getting off the ship since about 8:00-8:30 this morning.  The ship is still filled with people!  It’s 10:00 and they have only gotten to number 5 for tags.  We are number 21!  Long way to go

wow, I've never experiences anything like this in all our cruises. Hopefully, you don't have a early flight

29 minutes ago, Linda216 said:

@emsff02 and @Srp431 thank you both.  Found tags!  First RC cruise tomorrow!!!! 

Just make photocopies of all the tags you need from your edocs or the porters have extra ones. The porters are very helpful, but also very busy

Everyone needs to have water park passes / tickets to access the area.

12 minutes ago, Linda216 said:

I was considering giving my kids backpacks to the porters on embarkation day.  (Obviously removing any valuables first)  My kids both packed most of their clothes in them and thinking it would be nice to ditch the extra bags to enjoy the ship more  

Is this feasible and a decent idea? or do they mostly want suitcases to stack etc? Lmk if this seems like a good idea or not.  Thx! 

We did this last year and the porters at the Miami airport didn't say anything to us, so I say go ahead and drop them off 

9 minutes ago, SpeedNoodles said:

Yeah, I have no family, and they are far too big to bring to anyone else's house (we need a large yard with a 6' fence to contain them, lol). Kenneling doesn't work well for us for many reasons, one of which is that we feed raw, and kennels aren't equipped to handle that.

We always kennel our dogs, a majority of our friends are cat people, so with 3 terrier dogs (scottish terriers), they don't do well w/ felines, but our kennel has always been good at taking care of the dogs. They get play time, in/out kennel access all day, and daily cuddling time. We pay extra for this, but its worth it to us and we tip the staff, as well at the end of each of our stays.

My son wasn't a fan of the kids program. He's an introvert and had a hard time making friends, since alot of extended families were sailing, so it was difficult for him to join pre-existing groups. He stopped going and just joined us by the pool, etc. . He really enjoyed that more and was less stressed out, since it was a vacation for him as well.