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It's always the area I decide to walk through and I always forget. 🤢

Wait, is there another camp??

As a multi-b2ber…I always treat each cruise as it’s own. As posted above, you never know if the first gets cancelled.
But, I also commend you for being a courteous, respectful person. Wish there were more…🤩

Malt Vinegar 4Life!

I can't pick just one. But top five, I'd say:
Galapagos (with a post-cruise stop at Machu Picchu) Iceland & Greenland Almost crossed this one off in 2020, but Covid... Norwegian fjords Australia/NZ Mediterranean & Greek Isles I'm taking one soon, but I know I'll need to do that a few times at least before I feel like I'll have really done/seen enough to be satisfied

Follow up to my old question about Nicol…he was FABULOUS!!! The most personable genie we have had. He visited us at breakfast in our 2BRATS every morning and shared stories of his childhood, fav foods etc and was sincerely interested in us. He did all the usual genie stuff, but also became a friend in the process. We would love to have him again. 

Looks like that resort may have instituted RCI's $25 per towel policy, too!

Looks like that resort may have instituted RCI's $25 per towel policy, too!

I believe they do have different times.  I don't know how you select the one you want. if you can't change ahead of time, maybe talk to the tour guide at the pier when they hand out the tickets. But i'd try to get that fixed before you cruise. 

Panama Canal and its alternative, rounding Cape Horn. 

@Ampurp85 and @FSUFAN Keep an eye out. There is a big Norway cruise live blog coming.......😉

Australia is my top. I've done most of Europe by land and sea, but a Scandanavian cruise might be number 2.

Antarctica! Currently 5/7 continents done, so once I visit Australia I will definitely be planning my Antartica trip! I'll probably do a small vessel with a company like Gadventures or Intrepid. Just about $8,000! 😅

Oasis Maiden voyage? I was on Oasis in May and I don't believe what i'm reading. We had Cats, We had Aqua 80 show. 

As I've gotten older the red eye has become less appealing.  Like partying too hard it takes too long to recover now.  🙂 

Maybe it was soccer charter cruise?

Hopefully those are just stop-gap while they are waiting on the insulated cups to work their way through the "supply Chain" debacle.  If not, these are insulated cups, they are insulating the cost to themselves (Royal), these look cheap.
I very rarely use the cups anyway.  On our last cruise, we never even took the plastic wrap off of them.  We brought them home and gave them to gkids. The old ones and now these new ones just don't fit into my/our activities.  We don't eat in the Windjammer (except for breakfast one or two times a cruise), only because of the availability of other venues.  The pizza/ice cream (Ovation) (sorry, can't remember the name of it right now) place is a stop of opportunity, we are usually going to or from another activity.  And the same at other locations where the freestyle machines are located, we don't carry the cups around with us.  When I leave my stateroom, I may have a bottle of water or beer in my hand, not an empty cup that I may or may not use.  That's just me/us.  I understand others love the system and it works well for them, especially those with kids.  I do like the Freestyle Machines, though.  I like the mix and match options.  Carrying a cup around just isn't convenient for us.

Too funny!!!
 

Ships with a Playmakers did sign up for additional sports coverage before the shutdown.  That was not an insignificant expense.  It's not clear if they renewed the additional channels since the restart.  
MLB is very protective of their TV rights.  Outside of the US, MLB desires people to purchase their MLB TV packages for streaming.  When a ship leaves US waters it is considered international so when it comes to what will be on a ship it's not an easy answer or easy to forecast even during the playoffs.  If it's important to your husband then streaming the game with a Voom internet package might be an option to use as a plan B but some streaming apps use a phone's GPS to detect where you are so that isn't a foolproof plan B. 
Unfortunately there is no way to state with 100% accuracy that he will be able to watch the games he wants to even if streaming on a cruise.
 

That is unfortunate that you experienced/observed what you did.  We stayed in downtown for a total of 6 days.  We walked nearly everywhere with kids in tow.  I was out and about between 4a, and 8am every morning for my jog and coffee.  Although I noticed some homeless people here and there, no one bothered me or even looked at me. My kids did not feel unsafe.  Whatever mess was left around the night before was cleaned up by the city by 10am, for the most part.  There was some sort of police presence on every street patrolling.  I spoke to a befriended many security guards at Pike and some police officers.  They told me that for the most part, they deal with rowdy and drunk tourists more than anything.
I hope that people understand that any major metropolitan area has homeless and crime.  I also hope that this does not deter people from enjoying what Seattle has to offer.

Agreed, especially since this shortcut shows their system already supports searching by specific date.

The four use any time for whatever you want drink vouchers per day is worth far more than the limited-selection happy hour drinks ever were.

The story was that the eggshell toppers were not able to be adequately cleaned and were unsanitary.  I guess that makes sense.

Here's the link for Royal Amplified ships which is where the "Amplified" verbiage comes from - Cruise Ship Renovations & Refurbishment | Royal Caribbean Cruises
Having done a little research (google is your friend) - Explorer was supposed to be Amplified in 2020.. and obviously that didn't happen due to the pandemic. The did go into dry dock prior to restarting service for maintenance but no upgrades.
Being "Amplified" doesn't mean it's any more or less accessible. Adventure OTS (same class of ship) hasn't been amplified, but it's plenty accessible for all. 

In all seriousness, the OP might consider having a family member or close friend make a call to RC in their presence to see what options they have regarding the sailing. RC's been known to help out folks who suffer from aging issues to smooth things over out of sheer kindness...I mean, it's worth a shot.