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I'd include whatever the total price of the cruise is when you get the insurance. If you have to cancel, you will get receipts for what is not refunded and use that to make the claim, so you would not be getting it back twice. When I have looked for insurance, it asks for the total price of the trip, which would include airfare, hotels, transportation, etc.. Most time I do not have much of that information since cruises can be booked years in advance, so I just make a good estimate of those costs and I've never seen the cost of insurance change because of these relatively small items.

Well, you beat me to it I wonder if there is a real study done by someone that shows how much extra stuff people bring that they don't really need. Sometimes I see couples getting on the ship with 4 large suitcases and even for a B2B, that's gotta be too much. My wife and I each pack in a carryon size bag and even that sometimes I think is too much for a week the things that take up the most space in our bag are the toiletries and the medical bag with the "just in case" stuff so we don't have to pay ship prices or wonder if the stuff at the port is real.

Thanks! Were those people that say “it’s not far” and it’s 5 miles we visited New York City staying a couple of blocks from Times Square used no “Ubers”, rode the subway once or twice, and walked everywhere and saw everything from the Statue of Liberty to the Brooklyn bridge and many places in between, so I think walking to the port will be ok of course if it rains, then we’ll Lyft it thanks again!

Hello! Quick question for this thread. We have a cruise later this year from Galveston and we were wondering if it is possible to walk to the port. We will be staying at Tremont House and it’s close enough for us to walk (we pack light), but I’m not sure if it is physically possible. Like is there security you can’t pass, are there no sidewalks in the port area, etc…. thanks in advance.

This is true for Diamond and Diamond Plus. The worthwhile status match comes at matching Pinnacle to Zenith. This is is the thing that keeps us from trying Celebrity, so far. We're "just Diamond" and we don't drink, so the vouchers allow us to get the mocktails and such at no additional cost. We were able to drop from the Refreshment Package to the Soda package and are about to try our first cruise without the soda package to see how that goes. Unless the Celebrity cruise was a very unique itinerary and an amazing price, we feel that we would lose out on Celebrity. However, with the new ability to acquire points for any brand, we're more likely to try it since we could still continue our climb to Pinnacle. Plus we're pretty boring and cheap on the cruise. Our favorite thing to do is to sit and stare at the ocean, which we can do on any ship

I don't think you can really plan for "fewer kids" any longer. So many people will now take their kids out of school for the savings, there's a lot of homeschooling and online learning, and of course there are the "odd weeks" where some schools are out for local events like Boston Marathon, KY Derby, and probably a lot more. You always hear people says that "tomorrow is not guaranteed" and I think a lot of people have been taking that to heart since the COVID times. I know we have and we don't even have kids. We used to be those people who would say we'd do it eventually, but after COVID, family health issues, and family members passing on we are now of the mindset that if we want to do something, we do it. No more lollygagging around on it. I cannot think of a time where a kid has disrupted my trip, but I can think of many times where an adult has not been as polite as they should be. My fun fact about cruising is that I have only ever seen one person get asked to go back to their room to "sleep it off" after drinking too much. And that happened in the adults only area on a Disney cruise

I suspect we won’t have the real data from this until after the summer. I’d bet many people with summer cruises had already bought their packages before the change so should be grandfathered in. I’d expect that the fall/winter cruises would be the best representation of how the policy is truly affecting things. i also wonder how many kids get the refreshment package and wouldn’t be eligible for the included cup? Is it 50% of the kids sailing? I’d also think many parents would just get their kids a cup for the ease of it. this may be more of a perceived problem than an actual problem, it I guess time will tell.

Since we are all cruise fans and amateur meteorologists, I wanted to share this book that I am currently listening to. Not sure where I learned of it, but it has been really interesting so far. Author Page: https://www.ericjaydolin.com/a-furious-sky I got it from my local library via the Libby app, but I guess people still buy books

Hello, Your best bet will be to ask your stateroom attendant on embarkation day. They will be able to procure them and get them in the room. However, sometime about a week or so before the cruise, you should receive an email/app message about making requests for your room. Typically this will allow you to request beds moved apart or together, Distilled water for medical devices, extension cord for medical devices, etc. It may also have a check box for robes or may allow you to type in the request. The key to this email is that you MUST complete the form the day you receive it for best results. Be advised, that all requests will be delivered at some point the first day, but may not be there when you first get to the room. We get the distilled water and extension cord for a CPAP and most times they do not show up at the same time, with the water being after dinner the first night. If something is not there by dinner time, you can always call housekeeping from the stateroom phone and they will get on it quickly. Embarkation day is busy, so you may need to be patient.

Well, I logged in today and now there is a countdown image!

Honestly, your best bet and to ensure that nothing has changed is to tomato a Verizon store and talk to someone. When we did a Europe trip, I had many of the same questions and after much research and confusion, I just went to an AT&T store and had it figured out in less than 10 minutes. To be fair, it was my cousin who worked for AT&T, so your visit may be longer, but when I left, I felt confident that we had a good option. Formus, it was a 2 week land trip and we just paid a $10 per day fee to AT&T and our phone worked just like at home and we didn’t have to deal with local SIM cards and getting a new number and such. We felt is was worth the $140 for the ease.

So, you should call crown and anchor to “link” your account and your wife’s account, this will let her be diamond and get the benefits. This will get you each vouchers for each day which could make sharing with your daughter easier. if you use a diamond voucher for a drink, you can give that to anyone (of proper age if alcohol which varies by embarkation port) unfortunately, your daughter will be out of luck for the diamond benefits, but she will get the benefits of her level. https://www.royalcaribbean.com/content/dam/royal/resources/pdf/crown-and-anchor-society-benefit-grid.pdf hope that helps.

Thanks! I did mean the passports I fixed my entry. It seems like they always redo our photos, so I’ll make sure to get good ones for sure this time. thanks!

How did you get express boarding and when did it show up on your set sail pass? We have an upcoming cruise in Galveston and I plan to scan the passports in the app since that’s what I’ve heard helps in getting express boarding. thanks in advance.

We totally agree, we used be able to sneak down for a quick weekend, even on 4th of July and it was nice break at a reasonable price, but it has gotten out of hand and we have chosen other places instead.