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I will advocate (again, as usual) for the individual accounts.  Dan and I do not play well together so to keep our sanity (and relationship) we each have our own account.  Yes, it costs more...but I really like having the flexibility to change devices without having to worry about kicking him off.  I do understand the "logoff" concept....I just don't do it well. Very soon (October) I will no longer have to worry about this and I CANNOT WAIT !  Pinnacle, here we come !  Everyone with their OWN complimentary Voom account !

I have actually been climbing the stairs in my house repeatedly after reading @Neesa’s blog. I call it “training” for the elevator problem on Wonder 😆

It would be odd for a Floridian living in Central Florida to think tne drive is picturesque.   Maybe they will be in the Orlando area for the theme parks and have planned a cruised after that.  
At any rate the best option maybe be a car rental.  
Many area residents drive down the day before and pay for a hotel in South Florida.  
Uber looks to be around $225 off hours, maybe more mid-day.  

 

Congratulations YES!!!! So happy for you. Please just look at my CLS pictures, it's like you were there. Better to ask for forgiveness then permission.....now this party is starting; Woopee!!!
Justin, honey...ummmm I treated YOU to an amazing anniversary present on top of Star wars......it's a Star cabin!

OMG!!! It happened!

On my last cruise my wife complained that the toilet seat was often wet.
The culprit is still at large. 
 
No on board credit asked for. 

My wife and I boarded Mariner Friday for our very first cruise and it has been wonderful so far. I followed all of Matt and fellow bloggers advice so far. Got the earliest checkin time. We flew in two days early. We took a Lyft to the port and arrived 40 mins prior to our embarkation time. There was a short line but not bad. Sailed through security to some chairs we sat in until time to board
 
We entered the ship right at our muster station so that was super quick!  Went to the stand by the orange dune buggy and made all of our dinner reservations. Got 6p for dinner at specialty restaurants every night!!  
 
only negative is our shore excursion tomorrow got canceled. Not a huge deal though. 
 
This is awesome!!  My wife and I are thinking this is the life. 
 
Thank you all for your advice!!!  Thanks Matt especially for all of your time and efforts. It really helped us out!

Perhaps this contact list information will be helpful.  If you provide more details, many of us on this forum may be able to provide more guidance.

Update for all: After we escalated to higher ups via Housekeeping (this incident is House Keeping’s problem as it was in their possession). @CruiseGusthanks for the advice here. This morning they were able to locate the bag after watching all the security cameras and have confirmed the bag was delivered to someone else’s room. The bag was found in their room with our staterooms bag tag attached. 
 
It’s now a security incident so they need to talk to the folks in that stateroom and I should receive my bag in the next hour. 
 
Thanks @Xaa for the sympathy and the luck. 
 
@TessFromFlorida Thank you for confirming that you did receive the letter. It was found on a higher deck. I have family staying on as well and they never received a letter so the folks who have the bag may not have gotten it. 
 
Really appreciated everyone’s replies to this as this was not a fun experience lol

We are on Serenade right now.  I had forgotten how beautiful and graceful these ships are.  I didn’t realize the smooth ride was a function of the gas turbine engines.  Interesting.  Thanks for that tidbit, @bobroo.

Thanks all for your input.  I have certainly learned something for any future bookings.  In the mean time for this cruise I shall stick to my original ocean view staterooms and be happy to do so 😊 

@Xaa I read that post twice, wow! I am humbled by the high praise. I sometimes feel the ugly emotions for sure, but tell myself to temper them as when I'm sour it ruins it for my family. Cabash feels bad when I'm upset, I don't want him to. 
I like to cut the grass, I push the mower just under a quarter acre. For me it provides a meditation like no other. I review my blessings and give thanks for my breath, for my heart pumping, for waking up in the morning. Cabash gets to do the pool duties and spray for bugs (we have big ones in Florida!, lol) 
I announced this morning from hence forth he will be addressed as our household Genie, that gave my kiddo a chuckle. Like I said I know this is a fan site & I felt some "push back" so then I felt maybe I was the problem, I am appreciative of all the feedback I've received to the contrary. 
It seems simple, but comes off snotty sometimes but I paid for a certain product, I would like to receive what was promised. And yes, it is upsetting when I can't get a chair in the shade in the little pool because extended family staying elsewhere are taking my tiny amenity. I felt mentioning this was warranted, I am not a suite snob per say but, yes I cut my huge lawn, do my own hair most of the time, paint my own nails except on special occasions when I want the gel & all that savings gets squirreled away to purchase my next adventure.  It's not what I earn it's what I spend, I choose to spend on a more elevated experience, it gives me joy.
We usually walked down the stairs from 18 but if we were going way down we would take the lift. It was always packed with people riding up from the WJ to go down & the comments were not very kind about "the snobs stay up there" Didn't they see we just boarded? 
Thank you again for your very kind words and your thoughts are warm & kind, I am so appreciative. Have an amazing 4th!

A few thoughts, will be adding some pics later that are in Cabash phone. First I know this is a fan site, so I do apologize if I offended or came across as whiny. I was just trying to report our true experience. It was very apparent when I started to report some of the short comings many, many dropped off. I think no more blogging in the future. Be that as it may I had some thoughts as I just mowed my lawn, yes I'm home.
Debark was stellar, we had signed up for 0700 with Kenny, but last night he asked if we would like earlier, um yes please! 0630 we hit the lounge and he expressed us to Noreena who was standing by on 5, she walked us to the gangway where there was...ready? A separate line off for Pinnacles, Suite Guests and Keys. We were the first suite guests off I believe. Out of the parking garage by 0645 home by 0840.
I can't say enough about how these two concierges worked in unison and complemented each other so well. When I was asked about I did offer how the teens area is more secure then the suite sun deck OR the "if you can find it you can use it deck" and of course the cluster that was in fact embarkation. Cabash went out early this morning 0345hrs or so (he loves to watch the ship dock)  & he said there were teens in the hot tub and "sleeping together" on the round day bed nearest the ocean port side, lol! Even the last morning, they must have just met, taheeheehee. 
One has to separate what Royal can control and what it can't. @Geezer Of The Seas had a great point at what number is there just too many passengers for the sailing to not be enjoyable. Just because you can doesn't mean you should.  Cabash always reminds me it's a business and business are there to make money. The ship & artwork are beautiful. The elevators for 6936 passengers, many with baby carriages, walkers and scooters as well as 4323 first timers inadequate. Lesser numbers I'm sure would be absolutely fine. 
One can never fault the Company for other passengers lack of manners OR as I think just ignorance in the nuances of sailing with others. I strongly feel most are not purposeful that just don't know.....Except, I would think it is common sense when you see someone in a wheelchair you hold the elevator door for them, don't rush around him with your party so he has to wait some more. Ugh, that one burned my butt! I actually saw this once so I stayed with him and when that elevator arrived I blocked it with my entire body & called him over to get on, then I went on my way. That still get's my goat!!
OMG the water situation was comical. I tried what @asquared17 did, I could not get spring water from the restaurants. Even #CK they would try to pour the ice water and then I would ask for the bottle (sitting right there in the wine bucket) & they would come back with the Tru filtered water ALL WEEK, we took turns guessing how long it would take to get my spring water ( I like it tepid when I eat, no ice) they only gave it to me and then ran and hid the bottle, it was wild. I had the audacity to ask to bring the bottle that was opened for me back to my cabin, NO! Not allowed to leave the restaurant...okay may I please have a few clean glasses? I drained the bottle into my glasses and we brought them back to the cabin, things that make you go hummmmm. Maybe provisioning was short our week. 
So these were my grass mowing thoughts I may have a bit more of a wrap up later today. I'm looking forward to all you guys trips reports moving forward I hope I took the crazies off with me and your sailings are indeed amazing. Cheers to all who stuck around, thanks for joining us.
Take it away @ZBrady I'm excited to follow along...
Oh how I missed you!!!!

You are overthinking it. Change husband and son now before going, no need to have adult booked in room for adjacent cabins. Cancel the internet and Key perks as well, don't think you will need it for your family. 

@asquared17 today she is pinky dinky doo! Yes, I got her to bed early with her aloe, and since our excursion was late 1200hrs she was allowed to sleep in and I brought her breakfast French toast which is amazing on this ship in CK. She purchased a huge hat as soon as we hit the pier here in Roatan. Thank you all for all the well wishes, we saw the people this morning in #CK and my hackles went up but I know better, it had to be put away...cabash steered me out of there. He was like oh no, do NOT continue this. Of course he was right, don't tell him please. She caught lots of pokemon here and loved the animals, she said it was her best excursion ever. 
I'm cropping pictures now, you will have them soon.... 
A few pics to start....
The bus was super uncomfortable but the guide, driver and excursion were fan.freaking.tastic.

If 2 of you have suite set sail passes and walk with your 90 year old aunt to the suite line I highly doubt they’ll make her go back around to the “regular” line.  

My day hands shake due to his working over sixty years on lamps. I don’t care what people say. We eat in the Windjammer so he can take his time. I go up and get food that he likes. I am glad my parents are on a cruise with me. I don’t care what people say. My parents put four children in college. I am honored and proud of my parents. I have three cruises book with my parents. 

The lack of dot-connecting from newbies and folks in general always surprises me. If I saw an overly red teenager spill, I might inquire if she was okay, not say/do anything negative. 
I am always amazed at how swiftly you can rally. 

@asquared17 the pics from last night were apps. Kiddo being red panda and not feeling well ordered off the kids menu as she wasn't feeling hungry, then a bit dizzy spilled her ice water. It was loud. Apparently the table behind us looked like grandparents with their maybe 8 year old grandson had something to say about her immaturity to be in CK. I'm leaving this here, let's just say it was taken care of swiftly. I was in an outer body situation for a few minutes and forgot the pictures. Did I say there are a lot of newbies on this ship? Lacking manners? 
Anyway after I was done with them I dealt with her, do they matter to us? Then who cares! If people feel elevated to criticize others for something so small, it's clearly their personality flaw, not yours. Get over it! 
Anyway today was a great day! I went into the monkey cage against my better judgement as well. No urine or defication incidents....yay! Kiddo said best day ever...my heart is swelling. 
Very decent excursion, my only complaint is shoving us al on the tiny vehicle with knees in your throat and lots of bumps. It was a fantastic day...

My block was delivered. Didn't picture well, I'll do a better job at home.

What is this “unused OBC” you speak of? My wife said such a thing does not exist!!

just to throw a wrench in the works 😅 in our experience, we've always made reservations for lunch upon arrival. we usually are off the ship within the first 30 mins or so and we walk directly there. we've never had an issue.
to be fair, we always want front row beach seats, and we tend to steer clear of the pool (as gorgeous as it is) -- and we've always gotten great seats. i am picky about this 😂 so it means a lot to me.
also save yourself -- you won't need to pack beach towels, as the beach club supplies them -- yet another fabulous perk!
we are almost always the last people to leave the club at the end of the day and it is just as serene and tranquil as when we first arrived. 💚

So it is still raining cats and dogs this a.m.  outside. We were going to leave early but we stopped by #CK. It will clear up shortly. 
After a few tries at describing, because we wanted lite, we were successful (pretty much) with avocado toast.
Taxi ride over to Nachi was quite quick and cost 17.00 plus tip.
Drum roll please...we ALL agree Nachi Cocom is the perfect fit for our family. It wasn't packed so we had our choice of chair. Manuel took great care of us all day. We had mostly water, soda and maybe I had 2 rum punch... so forgive me I may have forgotten a pic or 2. It was not crowded at all. The Adventure and the Carnival Valor are here in Port as well. My ears were perked up, many going to the Sanchos place. 
Cozumel port very orderly, but they searched bags and tried to snake you by an inside shops, cabash led the way and got us out of there in short order. Enjoy the photos...and yes we will return to this beach day.
 

Thanks for posting @smost.  The beach club passes finally dropped today for my 2024 cruises as well.  The least expensive was $235.99.