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I think it would be fine. I’ve never had anyone look at my boarding time. Last cruise we actually got a notification to wait an additional hour, but I was five minutes from the port and just went ahead and boarded, no problem.

No, we just had facial recognition, two minutes out once we were allowed off the ship.

I do also wonder if it’s people buying narcotics in Roatan. The pharmacy at the port now sells codeine, Valium, etc.

We docked around 5:45 on Sunday morning. You could feel the ship shaking. I got up at 6 to pack and we were in port.

No space. I had enough to stand by the outlet to dry my hair. Anyone needing to get by had to walk across the bed.

Same! And so glad our friends had an 8 pm flight out.

I was just coming up update, yep!

Oh yeah this wasn’t just us, it was the whole ship. No one was allowed off at all until the cops had come and gone.

Might be the same thing then. We weren’t allowed to even walk off the ship. Those poor crew members were getting harried I’m sure.

We stood in line for two hours this morning to get off Allure. They kept making announcement that the ship has not been cleared by local authorities. The rumors were that five people were arrested on drug charges and that they were locking bathrooms down floor to floor because someone was hiding in one of them. I also heard someone died on the ship, and since we heard an “Alpha Alpha Alpha” announcement last night there might be some merit to that. It was a wild morning for sure!

Yeah it feels like the food is much more sparse, not nearly as much selection. And no washy washy song anywhere.

I’m not a boomer, but I might play one on a cruise. It doesn’t feel like ten years ago that WJ was open until 11, but I guess so.

We’re on Allure right now and having a great time. We’ve noticed some changes in the Windjammer this cruise. They now close at 9 pm, it’s been 11 pm since I started cruising 20 years ago, and the selections are much less. The food is still very good, but waiting in line for ten minutes at 9:30 for Sorrentos or Promenade Cafe isn’t welcome. For the first time since my cruising career began I’m feeling a little leery of what might be coming. The changes on this trip are so noticeable. If they are having to make these types of cutbacks, what else is going to get cut back? We’re fine with the one per day House keeping, that’s been no problem, but it does feel a little odd to basically not see your room attendant at all.

I think a consequence of locking down for two years is that people’s immune systems spent two years not fighting bugs. Everyone in my sphere has been way sicker since most places started reopening.

We sail tomorrow, I went in today to answer the health questions, but they are gone. Does it close 24 hours prior, so like you only have between midnight and 5 p.m. the day before or something?

Escape rooms would be awesome. Also we did a murder mystery dinner on board once, they should offer those on every ship.

It’s all very hit or miss. We have two power blocks, we put one in our luggage and one in our carry on

I’m glad to see it’s being normalized. We’ve had every sickness of the ship, from the flu to noro. We always do the same thing, quarantine until the symptoms are 24 hours gone. We never report it and wouldn’t report COVID unless (as the OP pasted) it were bad enough to see a doctor on board. We don’t bring tests, we don’t even think of it anymore.

The same comedians did both shows on Allure in January, the shows were similar, but not exactly the same, and the family friendly one was indeed family friendly. I wasn’t able to see the non family friendly shows, they were all booked up, but I asked friends on board who attended both.

I don’t think this is anything more than just a comp some people were offered. Not everyone got the offer and they are still offering normal comps. It seems like much ado about nothing. Not a great comp, but also not meaning the normal comps are gone.

I know in Roatan there is a huge pool with a walk in grade. I don’t know if you have to pay to swim, but it’s extremely convenient to the pier, restaurants, etc. There is sand, beach views, and lots of seating and l loungers. I can’t help with the dolphin encounter, sorry!

People with disabilities, people with facial piercings, people with lots of tattoos, people when they find out you homeschool, yeah it happens to pretty much everyone. We just move on with life and understand that people are judgmental and no amount of wishing is going to stop that. I choose not to be a victim, they can stare if they want, it doesn’t matter. OP will have a great time.

How many bottles of water are you allowed to bring per state room? Do you just check it with your luggage? How do you mark it?

Hi! You’re going to have a great time! I love the rule about not trusting other kids, especially in such loose settings that don’t mimic every day life. You can set a spending limit and I absolutely would. My kids know their limits, but they also know I get them a video arcade card each cruise. It just gets uploaded to their sea pass though. On one of our last cruises they racked up a huge amount in the arcade because they thought the money would end when the arcade money ran out. Not so! Lesson learned.

Boarding based on class, enormous typo.