FoxboroCruiser

This is a very fluid situation that changes by the day (sometimes by the hour). What is true now will change by tomorrow or next week, and change again, and again. All we can do is do our part in avoiding the spread of the virus and get through this one day at a time. There’s still a 48 hour cancellation policy in effect. Things could improve. Patience is the best strategy right now. We sail on Adventure Of The Seas on May 30th (77 days). We could cancel now and book something for later this year or 2021, or wait and see if the 125% offer extends past April, but we really want this cruise so are trying to be patient as keep options open so we make the best possible choices. It’s not easy and not as fun as preparing for a cruise should be but in the words of a local football coach “It is, what it is”.

That feeling when 360+ days is finally down under 100! Adventure Of The Seas to Bermuda

I like the sound of the Embassy Suites since there will be four of us. Myself, sure and two sons (19&22). May be I can book a white that's e effectively cheaper than two standard rooms... Even if not they always have breakfast, a bar, etc. Makes for a nice stay. I've read up on the port garage and it sounds all positive - Easy in, easy out. May be there's cheaper options but $22 a day isn't awful especially for the ease and convenience.

Thanks for the reply! Our youngest son goes to Worcester State ?

We travel to NY a lot, wife’s family is on Long Island. At least 2-3 times a year. We lived there for 5 years before Westchester for 3 and finally home to MA 15 years ago. The drive is hit or miss. Christmas Day we made it in just over three on the way down, but it took over 4 on the way back. I guess we thought the whole vacation might seem less stressful and a little longer if we got to NJ the day before, but we’ll have to consider the savings of not spending the night as well. We’d need two rooms... thanks so much for the reply!

Thank you very much for taking the time to reply! This is really helpful info, much appreciated

Any other recommendations for hotel & parking for Cape Liberty? We are driving down from Massachusetts. We lived in NY for a long time butt on Long Island and Westchester so don't know the Newark area quite as well. I guess we would prefer a hotel that has at least breakfast, and a parking /shuttle solution would be ideal. I'll keep searching through older posts too, but thought it might be worth bumping this thread back up the message board ?

I'm more of a beer and wine guy but my wife loved Citrus Coolers, it was drink of the day a couple of days into the last cruise and she stuck with it for the duration.

The videos are great! Thank you very much for sharing your experience.

@Fuzzywuzzy how did you post the pic so fast? Just had a photo of the machine handy? ;-)

That is the best news I've gotten in a long time! I know that might not make sense to anyone but for my own reasons it's awesome. Thank you so much!

Ok since there's a thread on this, I'll take the opportunity to ask... Can I get Powerade Zero from the Freestyle machines? Is the offering standard from ship to ship? (Those that have them...)

Michelle is the best! She replied to my email while she was ON A CRUISE! I felt awful and to d her it could wait. Always responsive, friendly, and professional.

We went on the Empress in may and LOVED the ship. The crew was fantastic and everything was clean and well maintained. It's small, but there was always something to do. 5 Night voyage went by really fast. We'd sail her again, and might just do a Canada trip ourselves :-)

Our May 2020 Adventure price is higher than last time I checked... Not pulling the trigger until there is a major sale ;-)

We used these from Highwind Travel - they work great! https://highwindtravel.com/

I smoked for 17 years and always promised myself I wouldn't be a hypocrite when it came to banning it. That said, even in the late 90's it was banned in-doors in many places and it's amazing to me that 20 years later that ships still allow it in the casino's. I guess they may know better, but it seems to me that non-smokers that won't subject themselves to it far outnumber smokers so aren't you possibly LOSING casino business by allowing it more than you are gaining by permitting them to smoke in the casino? The Empress casino is smoke free and it didn't seem to be hurting the traffic at all, it was busy in there all the time. The smoking area on the Empress was behind Bolero's and I spent a decent amount of time there, love the aft view, and the smoke was never an issue. You could smell it, but it wasn't difficult to get away from and still enjoy the space/view. I do like a good cigar on occasion, especially on vacation, but am fine doing it outdoors, in-fact I prefer it.

100% legal here is Massachusetts...

Doh! Yes, that among 1-2 other typos...

1994 Majesty of The Seas! 7 Nights - Miami to Cozumel Mexico, Ocho Rios Jamaica, Grand Cayman, ad CoCo Cay. It only took 25 years to go on cruise #2 (Empress June 2019...but will be on #3 (Adventure May2010) less than a year later!

I had both Red Stripe and Bud Light on the Empress last week, both were cans and were the 16oz version, not 12oz.

We spend a couple of days in South Beach before our cruise and was SHOCKED to see numerous young/hip people wearing fanny packs! Apparently they are making some ort of comeback. Guess its true what they say about all things come back in style if you wait long enough!

Great pictures, thanks so much for sharing!

Agreed! I had in on the Empress last week, and it was SPICY! (in a good way)

Having lived with a curtain on the Empress last week, I'm really looking forward to a door on Adventure next year ;-)