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Thanks to double points, the wife agreed to 3 cruises and 21 days also. Now I have to figure out how to keep those numbers.

Thats us. We did a cheap one right after restart out of Seattle. Didn't have to mess around going to Canada. Seattle transportation is easy with uber. The one week inside passage gave us a good taste for Alaska. Now saving for one way with land tour.

About the same length of time for us.

Try the interior with the virtual balcony. The light is interesting at sunrise.

Thanks for the blog, Neesa. We board Serenade Saturday at 11 for the same cruise. Hopefully!

So, we will be on the same cruise in 2 weeks. What are we supposed to do if we find a duck? I don't even know if we will look but was just wondering.

Thanks Neesa. I agree with "Itinerary: Tour of the Bahamas, seriously a snooze fest but I'm sailing AND I Love Sailing!" We have the same cruise in 2 weeks. Did it because the price was right and gets us of northwest Missouri one more time before winter. Looking forward to your post.

We got the same price for coco beach club next fall on the Wonder. Also Voom Surf and Stream at $13.99 on Quantum from Hawaii next spring.

We have usually had decent delivery times, but I agree with "tip literally everyone". I started carrying $1s, $5s, $10s. Baggage guy first. Stateroom attendant second. Then nearest bartender.

There will be 10 or 12 of us from Northwest Mo. with you. Me and the wifes first time in Hawaii. Our first time on a cruise with extended sea days.

I dont know if you have been to San Juan but they have something like 4 different zones from the airport and prices are fixed.

We usually go. It is nice to meet some of the upper-level cruise staff. Last cruise the captain came out on a Zamboni talked a little and answered questions. I also like to see the people with the most Crown and anchor points get recognized.

We are on the Serenade on the 3rd, else I would hook up with you. Thanks, anyway

Walk over and take a look at the Mikveh Israel Emanuel Synagogue on Curaçao. Also a little museum there.

We have a cruise in early December that will stop at both Grand Bahama and Nassau. We would like to walk over and see the Queens staircase. But I have read that crime may be up in that area of Nassau. Anybody been there recently? Has anybody done the Nassau Highlights excursion thru Royal? And any suggestions on Grand Bahama beaches or Royal excursions on Grand Bahama? Thanks

We had an itinerary similar to that just before Covid. We had not been to any of those ports before. Felt like we had to do excursions every day. We over did it. If we had an itinerary like that again we might stay on ship 1 or 2 days. Or get off for a little while and walk around the port or lounge at the beach.

I was wondering about the privacy issue. We were on the Symphony last spring, stayed in a virtual balcony room and really liked Central Park. But we will still try the CP balcony at least once.

We didn't have any problem getting a Uber from out at the end of the sea wall the day of the cruise. This was for a sailing on the Liberty in September. I think 1 Carnival ship was also in port. But at that time Uber couldn't drop us off at the port. They dropped us off across the street and we walked a block or two. It wasn't a problem. Not sure if that is still true.

I don't know about NJ but the facial recognition in Miami and Galveston made immigration real fast and easy this year.

We just became Diamond this year. So I only heard about what it was like with free drinks. We went in before dinner a number of times on the Independence. Not to crowded, talked to a lot of nice people. I think I like it this way with the vouchers.

I hope not. We like cruising and like Royal Caribbean service. But it's not hard to spend our vacation dollars doing something else.

You forgot Hawaii. We have done about the same thing as you. So next is Hawaii. Then hopefully off to Europe or Mediterranean .

Thanks teddy

This is our first time out of Galveston. We have cruised out of Ft. Lauderdale and Miami a number of times. Miami was really fast coming and going in May. We have a 10:30 arrival time. Not in a hurry to board but are they going by arrival time ? Or is boarding fast enough that its not a problem ? Coming back we have to catch a ride at 9:15. We dont mind carrying our own luggage off but how is customs ? Thanks

We use a TA from different company even though MEI sounds great. TAs are great. Best price for a cruise ? I dont know, he takes care of us and dont worry about it.