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Night 5 or 6, whichever is a sea day usually

WE ARE BACK!

Every time I see Waterpark prices I laugh at how clueless I was when booking for our February 2020 cruise.  “Is $24.99 a good price?” 😄😄😄

Inflatable drink holders for oasis lagoon pool

We got it at 50. But that being said I would buy it at 58 because there is no way my first cruise after covid would be without the drink package! ( or any cruise haha!)

You missed some steps
 
2a - eat lunch
2b - do laundry
2c - cut the lawn
2d - read War and Peace
 

You don't have to book all 12 hours at once. You could hold back, but the issue is others may book up availability.

There's no sheets and no theme nights (at the moment).
The biggest difference is limited capacity, so you have to sign up for times.
On the first sailing of Adventure, they never ran out of slots.  But the second sailing was super busy and there were a couple nights where our kids had to go late because there were no times.

I sure hope by my July 24 sailing there's no limit.
 
With bans on taking kids off the ship in port (except for generally unappealing RC excursions) limiting their AO time really puts a strain on the vacation for families.

Matt addressed AO in one of his recent blog posts.  There were limited paper handouts on the ship so there may not have been an activities sheet.
 
I am wondering what the kids club is like now?

Adventure Ocean is open, but with limited capacity.
The biggest changes are you register via an iPad instead of paper, and there are limited hours available initially.
Very similar to how Royal Caribbean's nursery works, the staff provide an allotment of hours to register for on the first day to ensure everyone has a fair chance at booking time.
On the first sailing, they gave everyone 15 hours to book, but that dropped to 12 hours for this sailing.
You can book up to the 12 hour limit initially, and then by day 3 or so, they open bookings without a limit.

Taxi. Royal Caribbean offers transfers for the $40 per person rate. If you have more than 2 people, taxi is almost always cheaper.
I'd be willing to bet the first round of drinks after check-in, they will bus us to the ship from the BCH.

I wonder if the Freedom of the Seas is the only ship they have submitted to the CDC?

Great news!! Thank you. I am hoping the Drinks + Wifi will go below $70 for June 12th Adventure. That was a little pricier than I am used to seeing...

There will be a sale beginning May 27

I don't see anything yet, but that could change at any time.
If there is a sale, I'll post it on the blog!

Some people use the electrolyte powder you put in water bottles.  

My expectations of those on the 12 June cruise are to iron out the kinks for my 24 July cruise