Snotarni

It did not... I think we've never seen the Balloon actually fly The winds at 100ft were a little too high for safety requirements. The attendant did tell us that although we signed up for a specific time, they'll honor your reservation no matter what time you show up (would've been nice to know since we left the ship early to get there, and missed the call (into our room) that canceled the Balloon ride.. ) Also, he mentioned that the best chance for the Balloon to fly is during the Late Spring/Early Summer timeframe.. May/June/July. We're shooting for May now!!

Saw that!! Bought that!!

Oh, and the Windjammer is open for dinner!

Concur with that report. 3300 and apparently only 1000 “veteran” cruisers. Lots of “first-timers”. Which is great!

Thanks... we're booked for 9am so maybe we have a shot!

We have the same thing, we're headed up for our tests in about 15 minutes... and I wholeheartedly agree... we are very lucky... hopefully the rapid test availability will spread more OR, better yet, we won't need to do them anymore... soon

Does anyone have any idea of what the "batting average" (number of times it's gone / number of times it's sold) is for the Hot Air Balloon ride at Coco Cay? It seems like every time we've been to Coco Cay in the last couple years, it's been grounded. We're going on Saturday (10/9) and have it booked... weather not looking too good.

I thought about doing one from Freedom as well (10/8), but now (it seems) that more people are going on the YASBC's than will actually read a live blog, so, I guess it makes no sense to do one.

3 Days to Go!! Rapid Test tomorrow; flights on Thursday; Drink Package initiation at 12:15p on Friday!!

Thanks for the review! We go this week (10/8) and we're expecting nothing less than excellence from the Crew of the FOTS!

We're hearing that our upcoming Freedom sailing (10/8 - 10/11) is going to be over 3000... makes sense for a 3-night weekend jaunt.

I saw a person have several Lobster Tails... and every one of them looked delicious!!

Which week was switched?? We’re 12/5 and 12/12 and haven’t received anything…. Yet?

Add: 22 January 2022 Independence of the Seas

We just booked this! Prices were great for a quick weekend "jaunt" to Coco Cay!!!

We just checked aboard Mariner and we were told they stopped tracelets as of today. "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." ― Ferris Bueller (and wonder where the tracelets are!) - Snotarni

We just got our email... all good to go. Looks like they were in process of sending them out yesterday and today...

I think we'll break that! (if we get a note) ?

Thanks... we booked through a TA; also checking with Royal now to make sure our email address is correct.

Hmmmm what if I'm 3 days before the cruise, and haven't heard from anyone... ?

Test done; NEGATIVE... we fly on Thursday!

4 days to go! Good Luck on the tests!! ?

I have the Bixax’s just in case, but hoping nothing changes. We’re going on Mariner this Friday and we have Antigen tests scheduled for Tuesday am. ?

Cool. I’d heard (read?) that Suite Guests could board an hour before their Check-in time. Want sure that was happening or not.

Okay…. All fixed. Thanks RC. ?