smokeybandit

Wear what you want to wear, as long as it doesn't look like you came right from the pool/beach.

Getting in that late, I'd just stay near the airport.

What an awful article. Written by someone who clearly has no experience with the cruise industry. WSJ explained that these overbookings happen when customers put more than two passengers (the expected number of passengers) per room Uh what? That's not at all true.

Shorter drive, cheaper price, longer cruise. I think you made your decision

Which in a way is networking. Albeit just a slightly different kind.

It'll switch to Alaska time.

The general answer is "it depends" from cruise to cruise but with one child not even old enough for Adventure Ocean yet it'd definitely be a no.

How about an option to sort by what *I* think is most relevant to me?

They should have a contest for the first person to complete the 20 restaurant challenge.

The best time is whatever time fits your schedule and budget. Cop out answer, maybe, but true.

If it was in the next 3 or 4 years, they'd already have contracts for its construction. Maybe the class itself will be announced in 3-4 years, with like a 2030 debut.

I tried "Show me cruises where I don't need a second mortgage to book one" and no results came up

It happens sometimes. Lots of reasons things hit snags on disembarkation, many outside the purview of RC. Last summer on Navigator, I was one of the last ones off the ship (literally didn't get off until the count was at 100) and still waited over an hour in line for customs because they sent half the CBP staff on duty to do crew inspections.

Many companies don't, especially the big ones.

Daniels?

Looks like they are going to continue with a met on staff, so there goes the salary dump theory. https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/2023/05/23/royal-caribbean-posts-job-opening-new-chief-meteorologist?fbclid=IwAR39UGe4fMJOYn28eF8FJigc6rjUdTMtwzfYdp6uiVU7EWg38OnjgY7GyAA

Google Play doesn't offer history like Apple does, but you can get the same info here: https://www.appbrain.com/app/royal-caribbean-international/com.rccl.royalcaribbean#changelog The actual change log description is kind of useless since RC doesn't tend to update this from release to release

Maybe make a subforum for each group cruise thread starting with some special character like _ so they appear at the top.

I wonder what the actual maritime rule is for a situation like this. Were they still in compliance with the 37.5% rule (each side of the ship must have enough lifeboat capacity for 37.5% of those onboard?) If not, did they need a waiver to continue on?

Post-covid I've seen a lot less photographers and they're a lot more willing to accept "no thanks"

But the goal of the lifeboat is to get you away from an emergency, not get you into one.

Well if you see a new lifeboat back in San Pedro sitting next to the pallets of water, fruit and lobster tails, then you know the lifeboat was KIA

That's how it was when I was there in December.

https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/2023/05/22/royal-caribbean-increases-suite-deposit-policy I call it the Icon of the Seas rule. This won't affect everyone. Just people booking suites over $2500pp (since the deposit reverts to the $250 if the 10% is less than $250). I only book suites and only once was our cruise fare over $2500pp. That was for an Alaskan cruise that ended up dropping 50% by the time I paid final payment.