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Blulady

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  1. This is great advice. I'm a firm believer in getting your child a passport - it is a gift that will have value for their whole life. Yes, a minor's passport has to be renewed more often, yes it is a bit expensive, etc. It is worth it. Most parents don't think twice about blowing that same amount of money on a couple of video games that they won't even play in a year. There is so much value to having a passport.
  2. Not necessarily, Oasis in May - my son and daughter in law never saw their cabin steward until the afternoon of day 2. Balcony cabin.
  3. This was what I thought of as well! Danny from Harr Travel is 6'6" and he has done tours of every type of cabin.
  4. My 2 cents. We did it once and enjoyed it, but we wouldn't pay to do it again. From what I understand, the 'show' is always the same. The food was subpar, overcooked/chewy lobster. Overcooked steak, rubbery shrimp - you get the idea. Another thing you may wish to consider: there were 2 of us so we were seated with strangers. Some of them were definitely not our cup of tea.
  5. Yes, Oasis class. I was running some numbers trying to decide if we want to put in a bid or not and how much. I wanted to make sure I could factor in the cost we paid for Voom and also the price we paid for the UDP if we could do dinners in CK. Thanks!
  6. I've done some searching, but just want to make sure I truly understand. If we royal up from a JS to GS will we get full access to coastal kitchen (breakfast, lunch, dinner) and the suite lounge? Also, would we get the VOOM included? I've seen where you do NOT get the promotions. Thanks.
  7. Just chiming in with my son and daughter in law's recent embarkation at Cape Liberty. They had a boarding check in time of 10:30. They were a bit early, parked the car and messaged me when they were ordering their first drinks on the ship - at 10:24. They said it was the fastest they have ever boarded.
  8. Too long; Didn't read? If that isn't what you meant, I'll gladly apologize. Normally, I think of you as being incredibly helpful - this, not so much. Why not just scroll on by?
  9. I don't think this is too whiny. It really starts to get old when you are constantly trying to make lemonade out of the lemons you are encountering at every turn. My son and daughter in law were just on the May 7 sailing of Oasis and they felt the decline was quite noticeable. We will be on Oasis in October and we are already planning ways to compensate for the shortcomings - junior suite (2x / day service), UDP - I'm not doing that crappy MDR food, etc. I truly wish they would just give us what we have come to expect and raise the cruise fare. Yes, I will gladly pay more for my vacation - I am anyway. But instead, I am now back dooring the cost to get what I want. I would rather just pay it up front than be nickel and dimed to death.
  10. I've been on two cruises since the restart and I think they are allowing the public areas to be warmer as a cost cutting measure. I found Oasis to be uncomfortably warm (interior, public spaces). I never think the cabins get cool enough so YMMV.
  11. I've never tried one. That is probably how it is going to stay lol
  12. Are the hot dogs at the Doghouse all beef? Or some mystery blend?
  13. Does anyone have any recent feedback on whether or not you can order from Izumi Sushi "to go" at lunch time with the UDP? If the answer is yes, how do you go about doing that? Stop by, order and pick up later? Call the restaurant on the phone and schedule a pick up time? Any info would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
  14. That implies to me that, even though you booked an adult in each room, your plan is for the teens to occupy the room w/o an adult. Your kids might be fantastic, but I would not want to be in a cabin next to teens with no parental supervision. Just my opinion.
  15. I agree with everyone else, get the passport now. Children's passports need to be renewed every 5 years. I view it the same as a bank account - it is just one of those things you can set your child up with that they will carry forward into adulthood.
  16. LOL There were SO many venues that no one could get near. It felt like they took over everything. One of the worst things though was the elevators. Imagine being in that little box with about 6-8 young ladies all wearing too much perfume and all different scents.
  17. Not with a team fan group, but we did sail with huge number of Monat reps (if you aren't familiar, think Avon or MaryKay type). Their group was about 90% young female, and because of that, the few single young men on the cruise were seriously outnumbered. No 'regular' cruisers could get near the pub for the entire sailing. We found it all incredibly annoying - each girl trying to be prettier than the others, many wearing ridiculously high shoes that they couldn't walk in, most too tipsy and constant hair flicking. LOL I now google our sail dates and pray I don't ever board with a large/charter group again.
  18. Thank you very much for taking the time to share your thoughts - I truly appreciate it. For now, this is all hypothetical - my only child is the ripe old age of 33 You and the others have made some incredibly valid points - again, I truly appreciate you taking the time.
  19. Thank you so much for taking the time to share your experience. Does RC have documentation somewhere that shows the different training and vetting that they do? I would feel SO much better about all of this if there was something. Again, thank you very much!
  20. Hi everyone, This has been an ongoing discussion in our family for quite some time. There are no grandbabies yet, but the future is bright Here is the hypothetical: Parents want to take a cruise and the grandparents will keep the kids - let's say they are a 2 year old and 1 year old. The grandparents live out of town and still work so they will be placing the kiddos in a daycare or get a sitter where they live for the daytime hours. Grandparents say, "there's a couple of ads in the paper, we'll just call and see who is open and who is cheapest." To me, that would not be acceptable - a daycare/sitter needs to be interviewed, vetted, background checked, etc., especially with children who are too young to communicate well. So, if you wouldn't just leave child with 'just anybody' on land, why would you on a cruise ship? We don't know any of these people, we haven't checked their references, background, etc. The current discussions about it that we are having are in light of what happened last week on another cruise line with a male crew member hiding in the women's bathroom near the kids' club taking photos in that bathroom. So, to those of you who leave young children in care of crew - are you concerned? and why not? And, are there those of you (like me), who say, "no way would I leave my child with people I don't know"? Thanks in advance for your answers!
  21. Okay, you convinced me to give it one more try!
  22. It isn't just you! I SO wanted to like it, but I find it tasteless, slimy and refer to it as 'gooby' LOL. In my world, gooby = not crispy, slimy, unrendered fat.
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