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As a nurse who works in a level 3 NICU I find it very hard to believe that her 22 week baby was 2.2 pounds and is breathing on his own.

Thanks so much for posting this! I just booked the free escape room experience for my January Wonder cruise and booked the entertainment, too! I’m so excited to get to do this escape room for free!

Yes, it was on Saturday. The spots were available immediately after I clicked cancel.

I know this might make you nervous, but you can cancel and rebook online. I did this for my excursion on Labadee that was sold out and the price lowered by half. I cancelled mine and my husband's reservation and then immediately those 2 openings became available. I then booked them at the cheaper price. I got the refunds on my credit card 2 days later. YMMV

Flight was back on my February sailing. On Symphony.

What do you do if the excursion is now 50% off but is “sold out”? I’m afraid I’ll not be able to repurchase it if I cancel.

I'm getting on the Wonder right as you're getting off, on 1/29. You're going to love your first cruise! Don't fret about the passports, most likely they will come before then. If they don't, you can sail with a drivers license and birth certificate. Yes, you can get off in all the ports without a passport. Insider tip I would give is, don't try to do everything while on the ship. There is no way you can. I remember my first cruise in 1995, I wanted to do everything! I fad FOMO so I over scheduled and tried to do too much. I stayed up late at the Halloween party one night, then insisted that I not miss seeing us pull into Labadee and see on the sunrise at 4:30 AM (we had slept barely 2 hours). Yes, the sunrise coming around the mountains was beautiful but the lack of sleep made our day in Labadee less enjoyable.

I like 6,7. or 8 on oasis class ships. 7 is my favorite, I have a room on that deck reserved for our upcoming Wonder cruise. On 7, you only go up or down 1 flight for Central Park or Boardwalk. Promenade is just a quick 2 flights down.

If she has a passport, that is a photo ID that is accepted. She doesn't need a passport, though. I just cruised with a 14,15 and 16 year old. All had birth certificates. Only the 16 year old needed a photo ID. He has a drivers license, but if he didn't he would have needed a State ID or passport.

The 14 year old only needs a birth certificate to cruise.

I stayed at the YVE. We got a very good price on the room. It was a great location. Near the Intercontinental, but no where near their price.

I wonder if they gave out the OBC to the people who slept in and weren't out in the hot sun? or the people who went on excursions and weren't waiting around either?

I stayed in hotel YVE right across the street from the port last year in February. I bought the hotel dirt cheap on a Black Friday sale and it was a very nice place for one night. We walked around Miami the Friday before our cruise and also again in the morning. I woke up early in the morning and watched all the ships arriving from our hotel window. We took a Lyft to the port, it was maybe $5.

I agree with you that the price of alcohol seams outrageous! We don't drink, but if we did, we'd probably be looking at all of the cruise lines prices very closely. I don't agree with you on the prices of cruises without alcohol being higher on Royal Caribbean, though. Each cruise line really caters to different people and what they are looking for. We are looking at the entertainment that Royal offers that you can't get on other ships. You will not see an aqua show, ice shows or a broadway show on the other lines. When you factor in entertainment onboard, I believe Royal is priced very reasonably. I guess you need to book the line for what you are seeking onboard. I do live in the US, though, and don't have the exchange rate to factor in that you do.

I was surprised at how many people were taking this flight from our ship. It was obvious at the time because that was back when you had to wear the vaccinated bracelets. We had green bracelets showing that we were vaccinated and we saw a lot of other people waiting at the airport gate that had these bracelets on, too.

I flew last February out of Miami airport on a Saturday morning after a cruise on Symphony that left at 9:50AM. We did not have TSA pre check at that time. We self disembarked and were off the ship by 7:15AM. Walked completely the wrong direction for where the Lyfts were (it's opposite the taxis). Then, got stuck in a lot of air port traffic. Walked into the airport around 8 am, quickly checked a bag. But got stuck in a full 1 hour regular security line. We still made it to our terminal with prob 20 minutes to spare.

My travel agent used the SAILAGAIN code a few days after we got home from a cruise. It was booked on 7/28 for a cruise on Wonder in January. Yes, it shows up in my cruise planner as $100 OBC.

Although I have never gotten the extra card myself, the card would have the stateroom number of the stateroom that it opens. The stateroom number is printed on each key card. That way you will know which door it opens. On a side note, we did have our three teen boys in an interior room across from our balcony on our last cruise. I wish I would have gotten the extra card. That would have saved minutes waiting for them to answer the door every time we knocked and waited!

Labadee is my favorite "island' destination that Royal goes to. It's natural beauty just can't be beat. I wish more itineraries went here. BTW, if we are going to start using proper terms like peninsula for our beloved "islands" that aren't technically islands, then from now on we can't call ships "her/she" anymore either.

We sailed out of Miami on Symphony last Feb and are from the cold Midwest, too. We absolutely think it is worth the extra money to have ocean view balcony. Both me and my husband enjoy looking and sitting out on the balcony, especially when it's freezing in February back home. We always have the curtain open on our balcony. The privacy you get with an ocean view is worth the extra money. We would not enjoy waking up on our balcony and seeing other cabins across from us all the time. Yes, while in port you might have another ship docked next to you, but it's a small percentage of the time in your cabin.

I don't know if the NFL games are important to you. They are to us on our cruise. It's playoffs on the Saturday and Sunday of your cruise. I'm pretty sure a couple of those venues will be airing the playoffs. I'm sure it hasn't been determined yet. I was on Symphony last year for Super Bowl and they had "The Big Game" (that's what they call it) in both the aqua theater and main theater live. I have a cruise on Wonder on 1/29 and am looking forward to seeing both AFC and NFC championship games on board.

I won't be on Wonder until January, but I decided to try to see if it's open now by checking out the current list of activities on the app. i went ahead and clicked on the calendar at the top. "Change ship dates", Switched my sailing to the current sailing, "activities", then "games and competitions", then clicked on "the Royal Society of Puzzle". It says it's running every day and the times are listed under "show more". It says, "This activity is held on the Escape Room on Deck 14 Forward next to Adventure Ocean". Says there is, "Capacity restriction minimum of 6 guests and maximum of 12 guests". Price available before finalizing. I would think this means it has to be open.

I had no idea magnets could be stolen. We've had both personalized and not personalized and have never had them stolen. Our last cruise we had different ocean animals that represented each of the 5 of us but not personalized. We would move them around on the doors multiple times each day. I had no idea that magnet thieves were a thing.

Unfortunately, OP will probably never see this. Their profile says that they are a "one and done" complainer. They haven't logged back onto this site in over 3 years, that same day as they posted.....

The paper ID in Ohio does have a photo. It is your actual license until the card comes in the mail.