WackyCactus

I don’t have it for liberty. But on a three night navigator sailing it was very limited. 
 

We did our first WBTA last September and I think that the statement for other cruises holds for the most part with the TA - The sea conditions you experience will depend on the current weather conditions.  If the weather is decent expect it to be pretty smooth and if there is a storm, not so much.  
 
We had a mix of both rough and smooth sailing.  There was a tropical system that moved up the east coast and to the Canadian maritime providences.  Because of that we started off great in England and Ireland and the first days at sea.  Things started getting rough as we progressed west and got closer to the storm.  It was projected to head right into our path, based on timing of the storm and our port schedule they made the decision to turn south and skip the Canadian stops.  Once far enough south and out of the reach of the storm, things settled down.  With the change we ended up with an extra sea day and a night in port at NYC.

While I have never done a crossing, I believe it is worth noting it could be rough, smooth, or a combo of both. The North Atlantic is notoriously unpredictable.
The best part of a crossing is you really get to know the ship and crew. Plenty of time to "see it all".

Been on several both east and west bound. Have been fortunate in that all our sailings were smooth except for the last. That one was this past December from Venice to Ft. Lauderdale on the Pacific Princess(That was on a very small 600 passenger ship).
If you are concerned, try what we did. We did our first on the biggest ship(Allure Of The Seas) and had a very smooth crossing. Try booking one of the larger ships. Sept. and Oct. sailings were very nice, as well as April and May.

I noticed The Key is on sale for $2.00 more at $26.99...  Not sure I see this as being 15% off since I last saw it at $24.99.  I feel like this is sale you would find at the grocery store.  It's discounted, but off a new and improved higher rate. ?

I went on this excursion in CocoCay on Wednesday, I’ve always wanted to do this but the prices in Nassau to me was insane. So for $110 per person to me was worth it. They take about 30 people over, first they go over all the rules and teach you how to properly feed the pigs apples on these long skewer sticks without harming the pig. They then take everyone down to the beach area which isn’t very big, one guy stays in the water with the bucket of apples and hands each person apples as needed. They have several men all around and very attentive to the pigs to make sure the larger ones don’t get excited and hurt anyone. They have the pigs trained to sit on command and the love belly rubs. Many baby pigs running about the beach, if you sit down they will climb all over you looking for apples. There was an opportunity to sit on one of the very large pigs for a photo if  you choose to do so. There is also an option to have one of the pigs do a piggy back ride on your back in the water for a photo. If one of the pigs happen to poop in the water they have one of the men quickly clean it up with a net. All in all I had a great time, I feel it was definitely worth the money as I would never pay the 350 like they want in Nassau. 

Oh well, there goes my $18 mistake drink package.  I guess i'll never find out what it's like to have the unlimited drink package...

Ours is not until November, but we are thinking of taking advantage of the extremely lower prices and going this April.  Have to see what the budget says though.

While it is true that the current rate of shares would be about 8k for a hundred.  It's possible that it will drop some more, but I doubt it will go half of 80 since their valuation is upwards of 115 to 120 a share.  I'm no expert when it comes to stocks by any means.
As for dividends they are issuing a dividend tomorrow.  It will be $0.78 per share.  I think last years was $0.79 per share, and if it's only dropped a penny per share due to this scare, I'm ok with that hehe.

Sorry. I should have provided the FAQ page. You can register for the credit here too.
https://www.rclinvestor.com/faqs/shareholder-benefit/
 
I know Carnival does this too so I feel it's pretty common.  But I'll not mention Carnival anymore...

I know some people will know this, but if you have 100 shares of Royal Caribbean stock you get onboard credit for free.  For instance, having 100 shares of stock, on my upcoming 7 day cruise I'll get $100.00 in onboard credit.
Just thought I'd throw that tidbit out there since the stock price is way down.
Plus you'll get an annual dividend of about $300.00 to buy more stock or use on something else.

Sorry. I should have provided the FAQ page. You can register for the credit here too.
https://www.rclinvestor.com/faqs/shareholder-benefit/
 
I know Carnival does this too so I feel it's pretty common.  But I'll not mention Carnival anymore...

I know some people will know this, but if you have 100 shares of Royal Caribbean stock you get onboard credit for free.  For instance, having 100 shares of stock, on my upcoming 7 day cruise I'll get $100.00 in onboard credit.
Just thought I'd throw that tidbit out there since the stock price is way down.
Plus you'll get an annual dividend of about $300.00 to buy more stock or use on something else.

I know some people will know this, but if you have 100 shares of Royal Caribbean stock you get onboard credit for free.  For instance, having 100 shares of stock, on my upcoming 7 day cruise I'll get $100.00 in onboard credit.
Just thought I'd throw that tidbit out there since the stock price is way down.
Plus you'll get an annual dividend of about $300.00 to buy more stock or use on something else.

Thanks for the advice.  I appreciate it.  I will say, if your ship is one doing the two days stop at Perfect Day I definitely don't recommend the key.  You'll be doing too much off the ship to get any use out of it.  I mean, don't get me wrong, the lunch was fantastic, so was the a la carte breakfast, but nothing the Windjammer couldn't meet my need with.
Our cruise on Navigator was  Perfect Day, Nassau, then Perfect Day.  There was no day at sea so to speak.  Because of this, all the 1 hour activities that the key was supposed to provide us were all at times we were off the ship.
If your price for the key is $19.99 per day like ours was then it could be worth it if you are needing internet, but there again, we didn't really use it at all.  But that's just my two cents.  Have a great time on the Mariner!!!

This is actually not fact.  Your "recyclable" plastic used to get sent over to China where it was turned into various other products like benches etc.  Due to China closing those doors your only recyclable containers that are sometimes used anymore are registered as 1 and 2.  Sometimes 5.  But your 3-4, and 6-7 are put into a landfill.  If your worried about cost in regards to a water container, maybe consider drinking tap water instead?
I mean, let's look at Coca Cola.  They are the number one polluter of plastic in the world due to people buying plastic bottles.  You have an ocean full of plastic and you're worried about a few cents?
In essence, most of your plastic ends up in a landfill, which in turn drifts downstream into the ocean.  Then ends up in the food chain.