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BUT, just playing devil's advocate her. Full disclosure, I don't know the answer. The rules, however, for airlines and cruise lines have always been different on many many topics. With air travel, your luggage is handled by airline employees from the moment you check it in at your home airport until the minute it hits the baggage carousel at your destination airport. We do know, it is a FACT that one embarkation the cruise line is not liable for your bags when they are on the pier, they must be transferred to the ship by the Longshoreman union, and then the liability is transferred, this is indisputable. Would it not make sense in reverse? Royal transfers the bags to the Longshoreman, hence transferring liability. Royal employees are not permitted to be in the terminal or luggage claim area in any OFFICIAL capacity. (FACT) How can a cruise line be held responsible doe bag that was not in their care at the time of its disappearance? It is a very interesting delineation of responsibilities.

Where does Royal's liability end? Once the bag makes it off the ship, is it not now the liability of the port? On embarkations day, your luggage is the liability of the port until it is on the ship? If your bag was found in the terminal, as you have been told, it would appear to me that you really have no recourse with Royal.

There are issues between the San Juan Port Authority and the cruise lines surrounding the renovation and future development of the port facilities, until this is resolved, San Juan as an embarkation point has been greatly reduced

Man, I wish we could find some Buffalo Trace around here; seeing a bottle at a liquor store is like spotting a unicorn.

Book a suite; no checking out or checking in of towels.

What they have onboard is dictated by the supply chain, I have seen Crown Royal more recently than I did a year or so ago.

I have seen broadway shows on short sailings multiple times

Mama Mia is the most popular of the Broadway shows being shown on RC; I can not imagine them eliminating it

You will be perfectly fine, no problems whatsoever.

Not a new show, this is the freestyle performance done in addition to the choreographed "Ice Games"

"raised seal" is not a requirement, many agencies no longer issue these, other fraud prevention technologies have taken over

don't forget the twice daily stateroom service

Plus 1

I prefer to book a suite and maintain the twice a day service

I get double points sailing solo a lot

I have embarked form the new terminal multiple times now, I have been parking in the North Lot, right next to the terminal, works great.

Was in Nassau in February, and would estimate about one third of the shops have reopened post Covid, there are LOTS of empty storefronts

I can't remember a week onboard without an ALPHA call or two

@Cactus527 This hack is fascinating!!! thanks for sharing

So, it's working??

liquor and tobacco prices are constant between ships

Yes, your husband should be Diamond, so he gets his 4 drinks (If he isn't officially Dian=mond, call C&A and get his status matched to yours) Diamond drinks are 100% shareable Diamond drinks are a "use it or lose it" proposition, they do not carry over, the count resets everyday at 0500

RC has already had more than a couple IDBs reported; THAT is scary

the old cliché RCI Royally Consistently Inconsistent

Interesting I have gotten 12 X 1 liter bottles of Evian the last 5-6 purchases, including November '22 and February '23 on Allure