FoxboroCruiser

We’re only Platinum, but stick with RC for our every or every other year vacation, hoping that maybe we reach diamond by retirement. If that ever looks like we won’t get those benefits one day, we would immediately start trying NCL and MSC , and others based on price/deal… we love Royal but we deserve to be loved back

Two days to go!

We’re cruising out of Bayonne for the fourth time in mid-June, our first time to Bermuda. We always drive down ( roughly 4 hours) from Massachusetts the day before, just to make the whole experience more relaxed and less stressful. We tend to stay more inland (it’s a lot nicer 30-40 minutes northwest of the port) and find a nice place to go to dinner the night before, and a big breakfast on embarkation morning. Thanks to this who posted about Bermuda! It’s really helpful info! Just hoping the water (onboard and in Bermuda) is warm enough to enjoy.

67 Days to go!

Love Ordinary Adventures! Just wish they cruised more Views and Queues are great, like many vloggers the more you get to know them the better they are. Agree on Ben & David, they’re not what they were when I chose to follow them, and have unfollowed. Even Griff & Alyssa aren’t doing traditional vlogs much anymore, so I find myself watching less. Obviously all vloggers can do what they want, or what they think helps build their channel, but as a viewer I know what I like and gravitate toward or away based on what I am looking for. As you and the OP said, the whole ride is what I’m looking for. There are others like worth trying - MelKaps (member of this community), Hoffman Happy Travels, Cruise with Josh, Life with Favor. We like to watch people who just LOVE to cruise. I want that enthusiasm, and passion. It’s fine to point out something that fails to meet expectations but I watch because I love cruising, so want that experience when I watch videos.

Majesty of the Seas May 1, 1994 for our honeymoon. Miami to Cozumel, Grand Cayman, Jamaica, CoCo Cay.

We've been on Liberty of the Seas before but had never been to Bermuda so booked this! We're really looking forward to it

When it comes to sailing out of Port Liberty, it’s easy to see the weeks impacted by school vacation…by the PRICE! guess which week is April vacation?

Considering it’s $200+ to park at the port for a week, $100 Uber doesn’t sound so bad!

Looks like 50/50 chance of showers both days (CoCo Cay & Nassau). We had boked Hideaway Beach but decided to cancel and put the money into specialty dining... It's a week away, so things could change.

What's your YouTube Chanel called? Always looking for new ones to watch

Only 5 days to go! The weather is starting to look a little sketchy in the Bahamas, but at over a week until we're there may be it will clear up!

Thanks very much! Sometimes timing is everything - like I said, we still really liked CoCo Cay and hope to visit again beyond this next cruise. I bet that if Hideaway Beach was there on our visit in 2022 the experience at Oasis would have been better, because the people on the island would have been more spread out. I'm sure that's part of what they built the new location.

Thanks for the Hideaway Beach info, it's good to hear! We sailed Liberty last year and had heard (mostly youtube videos) that the ship was a bit rundown and in need of a refresh, but we loved it. Sure some little things here or there, but nowhere near what people made it out to be. We'd sail her again anytime!

Comparing PDCC to anywhere else in the Caribbean seems a bit apples to oranges to me, but whatever. I can't speak for any other posters, but nothing I wrote was speculation, it was my experience. Granted I've only been twice (and once was 1994!), so too small of a sample size to assume it is the same experience for everyone. I am sure that's not the case. I bet sometimes it far better and other times far worse. We're early risers and watch more cruise video's than I do TV shows. I really wanted to experience a "swim up" bar having never done that, but was a bit disappointed when we got there and it was 12 people deep and there were zero chairs anywhere near the pool. We were the second ship to arrive. We still had a great time at Co Co Cay, enjoyed it enough to go back again this year. My point was that I just hope that paying for the experience at Hideaway Beach proves worth the spend.