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I disagree with this A day in Nassau, means people with get off the ship and let us treat it like a sea day, but with fewer people We barely get off in Nassau, just long enough to go mail our postcard. the ship is basically a ghost town and we get to hang out and chill.

Anyone have a recent menu (lunch and/or dinner) from Freedom of the Seas? Thinking we may try it for Lunch. We've never done hibachi on board and there are no goo places where we live, so maybe this is how we do it. I found this menu in the cruise planner. Thanks! https://www.royalcaribbean.com/media-assets/pmc/content/dam/menus/en/tepplunch/TEPPLUNCH.pdf

I’m not the OP, but I also use Lyft/Uber as a last resort. We’ve had many issues with ride share companies, particularly when being picked from airports / train stations. Some issues we’ve had include cars smelling like marijuana cars not well maintained drivers not matching the account picture drivers not following traffic laws / driving erratically It’s certainly not the way we want to start or end a vacation, so we try to hire a service when possible. For our trip back in November going from Disney Property to port canaveral the price was comparable and we had a great experience. good luck!

We did this back in November and I agree prices are ridiculous. We used Mears Auto a standard sedan and it was $220. We looked at going back to MCO and then using a shuttle, but our cruise check in time was early and it was much faster to just go straight to the port. here is the link - https://www.mearstransportation.com we don’t use Lyft/uber since we’ve had some bad experiences and try to use a professional company for better service. Good Luck!

Remember that there are no refills on soda, so if they bring you a second one in the MDR at dinner, you'd pay for both. We buy the soda package since we know there are days were we will drink 2 sodas and then days when we will drink 10. Also the Fresstyle machines have many non-soda options we enjoy. Good luck!

They are building a new bridge between Ohio and Kentucky and they expect it to take 8 years. This new bridge was prioritized in the Infrastructure act, so 8 years is after it was given priority. Hopefully all sides will pull together to resolve it quickly. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brent_Spence_Bridge

@Matt posted an article about it -- https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/2024/03/26/royal-caribbean-working-options-its-cruise-ships-following-baltimore-bridge-collapse Officials were searching for "upwards of seven people," according to the Baltimore City fire chief, James Wallace. Two people have already been rescued, with one declining medical service and the other being transported to a trauma center in serious condition.

@Magoody We don't drive, but we stay at the AC Hotel Fort Lauderdale Airport, it's a nice hotel and has lots of dining/shopping options in walking distance. IT has a free airport shuttle if needed as well. https://www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/fllac-ac-hotel-fort-lauderdale-airport/overview/ Good luck!

Sad news out of Holland America. https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/2-crew-members-die-incident-holland-america-cruise-108423549

According to this, the former Splendour of the Seas and Majesty of the Seas are up for sale by their current owners. https://www.cruisemummy.co.uk/cruise-ships-for-sale/?fbclid=IwAR2NcFWAuodOzc3O2ibs2XchsggZ7W85EbhF34vyumWj4ZTUX6-X-igbTHA

Related article here https://www.cruisehive.com/coast-guard-performs-complex-passenger-evacuation-from-royal-caribbean-ship/126243

For what it’s worth, a good travel advisor can handle these requests for your before your trip. We’ve had ours add it to many of our cruises that way it’s done and paid before we even leave. One less thing to deal with while we’re relaxing.

This is what I do. I have an "older" Disney Gift card that accepts up to $1000 in total value, so as we acquire Disney gift cards during the year, i move those balances to my "trip card" and then when we make a visit (we're annual passholders), we have them swipe that one card on our room and put the rest on the credit card.

since you are in the same room, you would board together. When someone does the check in, they can do it for all the cruisers in the room and pick the check in times together. I don't believe D+ gets a special check in, but I am only Diamond. Good Luck!

Not sure on this Royal Transportation, but we've used Larry's Limo to go between Fort Lauderdale to Port Miami, several times. With the distance, it was comparable in price to Lyft. If you need a larger vehicle and such for the luggage, they may have some options as well. https://larryslimo.com/