WAAAYTOOO

Figures they would start getting their act together after I leave. 😜

He's not "all that"...
 
 

He's not "all that"...
 
 

If anyone is interested in joining a small group of us who are going to the Blue Hole near Ocho Rios on the 21 Feb Allure sailing, please let me know.  Please send me a private message and we will arrange to contact.
 
This is a private excursion coordinated by one of our group.
 
Expenses (per person) are as follows:
 
$30 for transportation to the site and back to the ship
$10 for admission to the blue hole
$20 for river tubing (this is an add-on and will only be attempted if there is sufficient time and if you want to do it)
$10 tip for the driver/tour guide
$?? for lunch.  Whatever you want to spend
 
It is my understanding that this is at LEAST a 75 minute ride from the ship at Falmouth and another 75 minutes back.
 
Our arrangement with the tour operator is that we MUST be back to the ship NLT 5:00 or 2 hours prior to sail time, if the sail time changes.
 

Thought I'd better add...JUST KIDDING !
 
 

Oops...sorry, Kris.  I thought you had used them.  My bad

Thought I'd better add...JUST KIDDING !
 
 

He's not "all that"...
 
 

Never had an opportunity to try it, wasn't particularly interested in trying it either so I wont miss it but will never know if I would have like it I guess.

Thanks, Matt !  That's the first time I've seen the whole thing !

Kat, I feel certain that they will get extra pillows for you. It is a very reasonable request. I would not lug my own unless you absolutely HAVE to have your own pillow (I have a girlfriend who always takes her own....but she's weird like that !).
 
Enjoy your cruise !

Agree with everyone ! It's funny b/c some people (I will call out the women more often here than the men) will THINK they're dressed up and really they look ridiculous. NOT that I'm judging...ok...maybe I am. So being dressed up doesn't always mean you look presentable. I guess that's why they keep some outline of a policy in place, otherwise God only knows what would come tromping through the MDR.

There's a kids' section in the WJ ? Who knew ?!

Texas residents can get a guarantee cabin (Category Z) on the Oct 30th, 2016 Liberty 7 night sailing for $636 ($808 w/tax and fees). That is TOTAL for two, not each!  

Agreeing with above - 9:30 or 10 is probably the furthest you could push that and still have a nice slow morning. We did this on Enchantment.. do recommend.
 
I strongly considered handcuffing myself to the ship and yelling, "I'M NEVER LEAVING!" ... I don't recommend this. (** Do not take KLA's advice. It's bad)

I have not sailed in a Star suite yet.  I go in Feb. 17 on Harmony.
 
I know that the questionnaire has undergone some tweaking since the program started.  I haven't seen a copy of a recent one lately.
 
I'm not sure how useful it really is.  Some of the questions seemed to be kinda "out there".  I guess they are still finding their stride with this program.  Seems like they've made some changes to the perks already.  Everyone I've heard from seems to have enjoyed it though.  Looking forward to it !
 
What ship are you on and when ?

I am on Navigator in 93 days !  Cannot wait !!!  Christmas and New Year's.  WOOHOO !
 
Your cruise will be carefree !  There are no reservations for shows so just show up 15 - 20 minutes or so before the shows start and you will be fine.
 
We love the main dining room and we like to eat early so we always do MTD at 5:30.  That leaves the entire evening open for whatever we want to do.  Some don't like eating that early but not only do you get eating "out of the way" but because you are the first to sit down, everything is ready and waiting for you.  The staff hasn't had time to get backed up or delayed for whatever reason.  NEVER any waiting.  Obviously, we have to make modifications around port days but we rarely stay off the ship very long anyway.
 
You'll love Navigator.  She's a great ship !

Thought I'd better add...JUST KIDDING !
 
 

Well, I hope you have a wonderful time.  The weather hasn't been too bad this week....for once.  Starting to cool off, especially in the evenings.  Traffic is horrible no matter when you come...too expensive, too crowded and it's....well....Washington....nothing you can do about that.  But there is more to do and see per square mile than almost anywhere else in the US...especially for free !
 
I was actually out of town last week - Seattle - on biz.  Glad to be back !

No C&A perks (including discounts) until after you have completed your first cruise...so not this time, but next time !
 
What ship are you sailing ?  You will have a GREAT time.  Everyone has to have a "first"...but then there's the next one and the next one....

We try to do one "big" vacation per year.  Have only been on 1 cruise before, it was Disney Wonder and it was great.  Since then we have done the complete Disney World experience, every park, etc.  Next year's trip we decided to do another cruise and I wanted to try one of the other Disney ships, and like others, I was shocked when I looked to see how much Disney had gone up in price since we went before.  So I started looking elsewhere, and the general consensus is that RCCL is almost on par with Disney for families with kids.  Found a great itinerary, 8 nights on Freedom, half the cost of a Disney 7 night the same week, went for it.  I am not a casino person, nor is my wife, so we don't really care about that, but we do enjoy the night life stuff, and I found it to be pretty quiet on the Disney ship.  None of the adult bars were ever close to crowded, and in a way, it affected the atmosphere.  We are lucky in that my parents insist on coming on our "big" vacations, and they are not interested in doing the bars late at night, so we get connecting rooms and at least one of them, if not both, are fine with being in the room at night, sitting on the balcony while our kids are sleeping in the connected room, so the wife and I can go out.  Another plus for RCCL (for me) is that Disney does not offer any drink packages.  My drink tab for my wife and I was like $500 on the Disney cruise for 5 nights, and most of that was me.  I was never drunk at all, but damn, they add up.  A few $12 drinks at the pool, glass of wine or two at dinner, a couple of drinks at night and well, here's your $500 tab.  So I am expecting that the drink package will work out well for me, and I will just pay for the few that my wife has.  That's not a knock against Disney, I completely understand why they don't offer drink packages or have casinos on their ships.  But taking these things into consideration, along with double the price, and I don't see the benefits anymore.  
 
One point for Disney though, if you have young kids and they are into the characters and what not, all of them are on the ship, and they are way more accessible there than compared to the parks.  The ships have character photo sessions all throughout the day in the atrium of the ship, and you get the schedule before hand, so you can plan it out to have your kids see who they want.  15 minute wait tops to get their picture taken, unlike the sometimes hour waits in the parks.  When we went to the park, we didn't do any character meets, other than Mickey, because my kids had done them all the year before on the ship.  Anyways, super looking forward to Freedom in February.         

At least the first official blog vote was in my favor , 1-0 baby !!!

Got it.  We will be traveling with two teenage boys who will probably be logged in constantly...but my wife and I can "share" a login (so I can purchase a 3 device plan instead of 4).
 
When you say "use captive.apple.com"....do you just open Safari and go that site and the login page appears?
 
Thanks again for all the good info here.

I have only been on one Disney cruise but the reason we decided to try RCCL is for two main reasons. First, the price - RCCL is more reasonable. And second, we have heard only good things about the kids club on RCCL. We recently were talking to a different travel agent then who we booked with and she confirmed that if you have young children then RCCL or Disney is the way to go. I hope so because I am so looking forward to our first RCCL cruise in January!

Yes, This is a real offer that i took advantage of... I am going on the 4 night Dec 15th trip.. I paid $167 including a upgraded oceanview room and taxes and fees.. I live in Florida 35 min from the port so for me this is a no brainer and I am happy to have taken advantage of the offer! They seem to have fixed all the "issues" with the boat and after watching Michael Poole go twice I feel like I will have a great 4 days!