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Royal had a special event a Turquoise Bay during the president cruise in 2023. It was a great beach with lots of things to do, like horse riding and snorkeling. However, I don't know how many of these activities will be available on a normal sailing.

Assuming you reach 175 points on the first cruise, you can get the D+ benefits on the second. However, you might have to visit the loyalty ambassador for this to happen.

Royal has 8 ships capable of fitting through the old locks on the canal. They are the Vision and Radiance class. Radiance is Panamax, which means it is the largest ship that can go through the old locks. Some cruise lines that are neo-panamax. Meaning they can fit through the new locks. Celebrity is one of those lines. However, none of Royal's current fleet will fit through the new locks (unless you count the Vision and Radiance class) It has been speculated that the Discovery class will fit through the new locks. But that's just speculation at this point.

Do you remember the party scene in Daddy's hack where the bussboy downs the unfinished drinks...until he downs one with a cigarette butt in it?

I was on Galveston this morning. Seas were rough and there were a few fools trying to surf. Otherwise, things were pretty normal there.

I was going to suggest the same thing. It isn't too far out of the way to Bush airport

I always have to remind myself, and my wife, that while not everything is overpriced, nothing on a ship is a bargain.

If memory serves, some months ago someone from Royal (Michael Bailey perhaps? Hopefully someone will remember for sure) said they learned a lot from this year's cruise. Next time they will go with a ship with more balcony cabins. So what would that mean? I can't see them doing a world cruise in an Icon, Oasis, Freedom or Discovery class (if it ever comes to fruition). That would mean Voyager or Quantum class. Pretty large ships for that purpose.

I had a TA that had the same policy. I don't have that company anymore.

I called Royal and they could see my missing reservations, so I'm fairly confident that they still exist. It took 30 minutes to convince the agent that I too should be able to see them. Once that was complete, they created a high priority IT ticket to get it fixed. Let's hope they fix it quickly.

Let's hope this is true. It's been 2 hours without much success. Gotta love Royal IT! BTW: SetSail passes for the affected passengers aren't in the app either. Can you imagine the mess that could cause if this happens during boarding day?

Has anyone else had this happen? This morning I logged in to check on my upcoming cruise. 2 people no longer appear on the reservations. All my Cruise Planner purchases are still there, so the reservation isn't completely gone.

Hot. Humid. Chance of hurricane.

I'm on the same cruise! And, no, I haven't heard about an itinerary change. I have another cruise on Adventure in September 2025 where they added Cabo Rojo. Therefore, it is a place where Adventure will visit, but I haven't seen anything about the NYE cruise being affected. That said, Labadee is the only international stop on the NYE itinerary, so they will have to substitute something if Labadee isn't open by then. That substitute could be Cabo Rojo.

The Seawise Giant is the largest ship by displacement ever built. She was a whopping 1504 fet long and was built in Japan. Based on this, the engineering limit of what can be built is still a long ways off. However, it's probably not practical to build a cruise ship that big. Building it means docking it somewhere. I don't think there are many cruise ports large enough for that.

When I sailed on Radiance in June 2022, they had a retired RCMP officer give a series of talks about the region. I don't recall any announcements while visiting the glaciers, but I wouldn't say it didn't happen.

When I sailed on Radiance in June 2022, they had a retired RCMP officer give a series of talks about the region. I don't recall any announcements while visiting the glaciers, but I wouldn't say it didn't happen.

I divide up a large stack of small bills into different envelopes. One goes with my wife's carry on. The other goes with mine. The largest bills go in a money belt.

I have two very small folding chairs that are small enough to fit in my suitcase. I brought them on a cruise once with no issue at all

I just received an email about my Sept 5, 2025 Adventure sailing going there. Looks like I'll have a chance to check out a new port. It's really good to see the cruise lines try to increase the number of ports of call. With the increase in number and size of ship, we need everything we can get.

One of the c&a benefits is a priority wait list. I called to get on it once. I was told there's no such thing.

I look at my receipt for the original purchase of the cruise. If, for some reason, I can't find the receipt I check cruisemapper.com. keep in mind that cruisemapper is in local time, which may not match ship time. Also all aboard time will be an hour or so earlier than the posted time.

In st. Maarten I used taxi number 222 driven by Ramon. Great reliable driver that will find you the exact beach you are looking for. When I Google him, I get the following contact information. Name: Ramon Brown Phone: 581-0628 or 523-2010 Email: [email protected] Good luck to you!

As a last resort, the check in people can look you up on the manifest and print the documents. It's not recommended, but my son had to do this once. It took about 30 minutes. But they got it done.

I guess I don't get the connection between the app and 25 minutes to answer the phone. Can you explain it? Thanks