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Received the email from Celebrity today. They're building 10 ships and will begin sailing in 2027. Very interested - email mentioned the ships will carry over Edge class design features into the new fleet. Must mean "decor" because river ships are very different from the ocean faring ships. Same color palettes?

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Nice rundown. The streamlined embarkation and disembarkation with the Star luggage handling is a favorite perk along with the early access to the suite.

CC works all over. Ensure you have one without foreign transaction fees. We will use the CC to two get Euros from an airport ATM when we arrive for tips and small purchases along the way.

Vacation over - fall break Harmony cruise complete, and our grandson's return to school the next day. Think this kid is ready to go again? Insisted on wearing his lanyard and seapass.

My grandson was in that situation on a closed loop out of Galveston last week. We brought his birth certificate (BC) as a backup. When we arrived we presented both the BC and the passport (which only had 3 months of life left). The agent said, the passport was fine. This was not an issue with the CBP at Galveston. (But we prepared for the worse case). I believe the stated RCL policy mimics the DoS travel note that many countries will not accept a passport with expiration of <6 months at time of travel completion. It's a conservative position for a closed loop Caribbean cruise (where certain islands/countries do not require US passports), but at the same time, may push guests to ensure they retain more robust travel documentation. With the new facial recognition tech tied to passports, it really makes embarkation/disembarkation process go fast.

Mariner is there. Seems like a safe port to hang out until the storm moves on.

Milton is a "5"! Hopefully enough cold water will be churned up from the bottom to the surface to degrade the storm before it lands. Stay safe everyone.

Mentally preparing for a possible itinerary change....

It appears they're carving out cruise line support and shipment of military equipment from the strike.

I would think (if a smaller ship class is really coming), they would leverage Edge class (sans Magic Carpet).

Our weather guessers are forecasting a 40% chance of formation of another tropical event around the Yucatan with a northern path towards TX by next weekend 4-6 October.

Anyone know if the possible longshoremen strike will adversely affect the cruise side of port operations?

Less toys, a little quieter, dining options (on Edge class) are very nice. You won't find large broadway-like productions. Smaller productions and featured artists. Price point is above Royal and Princess. You have to sail it to evaluate if its a match. The environment is more conducive to relaxing.

400+ miles wide from local weather guesser

Just pondering. I've seen that category advertised many times. It just occurred to me that how much time did Royal marketeers spend on the category name. They could have called it a Large Balcony with a Ultra Wide Ocean View" since the large balcony contributes the ocean view, or does the room itself due to its location (which is related to your question) contribute the the Ultra spacious Ocean view? To me spacious refers to volume or size of the room and not a field of view. A large balcony would definitely contribute to an ocean wide field of view if located in the right place on the ship. Excuse the distractive rant - I think spacious a peculiar word to use with a view.

Should make them transparent so they don't block the view.

Keeping the Donut place there? Odd place for Crown Lounge - has to take up more room than Sugar Beach

I was looking at it from a O,I +X class visit to keep numbers reasonable. Pretty clear, overall corporation is trying to grow kid (family numbers) on X , then SS becomes stays adult only line. I've enjoyed both stops, always thought Labadee was a more quiet option. Didn't realize that an "opinion" would be so objectionable.

IMO - that should be the Celebrity stop and leave PDCC to RCL ships.

Might be some deals on cabanas?

It does look good - artistic

It's kinda of a 1 trick pony. One and done. Menu and experience are static.

I wonder if it's fleet wide? IMO Le Petit Chef provided for a unique presentation (food and characters running across your plate.) But I was never impressed with the food. Maybe this is a more serious, upscale menu.