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Like @AshleyDillosaid, only when physically with the children. I was able to get off the ship and go for a solo hike in Skagway, but when we got off with my daughter we had to do specific RCL excursions. Same with venues onboard - if we'd left my daughter in the nursery, we would have been free to go in any venue, including those designated for vaxxed only guests.

I might go a tad earlier for dinner, but again, it all depends on the ship and exactly what shows are running.

Yes, that's typically the time frame. One early showing, one late showing. Yes, it's the PCR test, they'll send info to your stateroom a few days before you have to schedule it. We sailed out of Cape Liberty a few years ago. It was March, but it had dumped snow a few days prior - there were still massive snow drifts at the hotel we stayed at (and at the port) but we got off without a hitch.

Yeah, I just told her I'd poke around, see if anyone had heard anything.

Apparently there's a medical emergency causing them to reroute to Nassau for an hour for an evacuation, then going back out to sea for the night and then back to Nassau for their scheduled port day tomorrow. Anyone have the inside scoop?

I've never seen either out on the bar, but that doesn't mean they couldn't potentially do one custom for you if you asked.

Darn, why did no one tell me so I could cash in the one I found on Ovation? Think they'll honor it on my next sailing?

Nice hardware! My MIL is on Mariner right now and they're out too. Staff in the gift shop confirmed it's shipping delays, they're hoping to have them back in before Christmas.

I really and truly feel bad for everyone who is having so much trouble getting tests scheduled. There's an urgent care about 10 minutes away from me that does same day scheduling - we dropped in midday two days prior to our trip to put our names down and then came back that evening after I got off work to take the tests. In and out in under 30 minutes. I knew we were lucky, but until reading some of the horror stories with testing availability and scheduling on here and CC, I didn't realize just *how* lucky.

Ok, yeah, that's actually funny.

Also not a fan, but you could always try to convince them there's a deck 1 (or higher top deck) that can only be accessed by a certain elevator or stairwell, send them on a wild goose chase looking for it.

Heh, you're not wrong. Something about that pizza just tastes better at 11pm...

Nope. Same reason I'd rather drive myself to the airport than rely on someone to try and drop me off and pick me up. Too many variables while traveling, and I like minimizing any possible problems.

You don't get extra points from a change to a suite via RoyalUp regardless. You'll still only get the initial points you would have gotten from the original booking class.

I haven't seen the full tux and ball gown crowd in a while - it's been at least 3 or 4 years. It's even less so right now because with the buffet closed for dinner, there's not an easy option to get around the MDR on formal night like there used to be.

Glad I could help! Definitely looking forward to going back at some point ourselves.

That's exactly what I'm imagining. Basically their own little version of Atlantis without the casino.

Given that they're basically running ships to PDCC daily for the short two/three night getaway sailings, they could practically repurpose a smaller ship into a ferry/shuttle of sorts for those who want the inclusive Coco Cay experience but don't particularly care about what ship gets them there.

Correct.

Awesome. I really should learn to read before bothering people on here with questions, but thank you.

I'm too cheap to pay for VOOM for the week, plus I like being unplugged while on vacation, but I'm planning on taking *plenty* of photos while on the (hopefully) inaugural sailing of Wonder of the Seas in March, and want a place to share them with afterwards with a bunch of people I know will appreciate them. I doubt I'll be able to measure up to the quality of what @twangstertakes, but I'll do my best. We're gonna be slumming it in an inside unless a sale magically makes a balcony cheaper, so I won't be able to get any shots of the new Suite Neighborhood unless someone is nice enough to invite me up for a tour, but I'll try to do a full overview of the rest of the ship. Feel free to leave requests of specific things you wanna see and I'll try to make sure I capture them.

Ok, yeah, she's only 2, so in that case I'm assuming she wouldn't have the cover?

Yup. We even had more complicated information to get than most people, as our daughter turned 2 the day of sailing, so we had to figure out if she needed to be tested or not, though we were assuming she would. The agent we spoke to on the phone made sure to follow up and get us a definitive answer well in advance of our sailing date.

Makes sense. Probably not worth doing the plan in that case then, frankly, as I'd rather not shell out an extra $70+ on top of the $400 for the dining plan when I know she's probably just gonna wind up nibbling at whatever we order and then be back down at Sorrento's or something later.

I never go in the casino except to use my Free Play cash - I'm assuming I'd have to at least spend $5 or whatever on slots to be enrolled in Club Royale at the Choice level? Not that I ever plan on gambling enough to earn higher tiers, but if there's a chance they randomly send me $350...