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Yep, FLL on Allure.

Just to add - Congrats!!! 
We did a B2B honeymoon on Allure 5 years ago, and are sailing on Allure again for our 5 year anniversary in a couple weeks. I hope you walk away from your sailing with as many fond memories of Odyssey as we have of Allure. 
 

wow that's really cool. I kinda want to dig into this process more, just out of pure curiousity

So, my understanding is that there is a couple ways that this is done - but one method is basically fermenting the wine and then going through a process to remove the alcohol that was produced during fermentation. 
Most alcohol-free wine isn't great - similar with alcohol-free beer, there's only a few I can think of that have been done really really well. That said, having the option to have a cold beer or glass of wine (even if it isn't perfect) to simulate the ritual of cocktail hour or having a drink by the pool or a glass of champagne to celebrate sail away is nice to have as an option. 
I may try with the cans of 0.0% wine with the attitude of 'if it's confiscated it's theirs' and bring a bottle of alcohol free champagne + red wine on board as well and pass on the NA beer. 

The problem (from a sales point of view) with N/A beers is that they still have alcohol in them, even if a mere trace. 

Only wine allowed.
Non-alcoholic beer is still beer in Royal Caribbean's view, so it's generally not allowed.

I love the Hollywood Beach Marriott - it's a bit quieter, and right on the boardwalk in Hollywood Beach. Lots of restaurants to walk to plus beach chairs, towels, and bikes are included as an amenity. 

I don't think you could go wrong with either one. That said - I think I'd lean towards St. Lucia. It's just an absolutely beautiful island. 

I don't think you could go wrong with either one. That said - I think I'd lean towards St. Lucia. It's just an absolutely beautiful island. 

We have taken a gallon zip lock bag with us and added ice to it from our room ice...Put in the frig and made a big difference in the Frig temp.

+1 for this solution - I recently went on a business trip to Europe where I had to do a bit of jumping around between countries, and it was so nice being able to see my luggage move through the airport towards my plane and see it move with me as we pulled away from the gate. Great peace of mind. 

+1 for this solution - I recently went on a business trip to Europe where I had to do a bit of jumping around between countries, and it was so nice being able to see my luggage move through the airport towards my plane and see it move with me as we pulled away from the gate. Great peace of mind. 

+1 for this solution - I recently went on a business trip to Europe where I had to do a bit of jumping around between countries, and it was so nice being able to see my luggage move through the airport towards my plane and see it move with me as we pulled away from the gate. Great peace of mind. 

I love the Freestyle machines - Ginger Lime Diet Coke and quick sparkling water! 

I love the Freestyle machines - Ginger Lime Diet Coke and quick sparkling water! 

I love the Freestyle machines - Ginger Lime Diet Coke and quick sparkling water! 

I love the Freestyle machines - Ginger Lime Diet Coke and quick sparkling water! 

If travelling with family - yes, we'll participate in formal night. 
If travelling just the two of us - no, we'll usually book a dinner in a specialty restaurant or just stay comfy for a quiet Windjammer dinner. 

If travelling with family - yes, we'll participate in formal night. 
If travelling just the two of us - no, we'll usually book a dinner in a specialty restaurant or just stay comfy for a quiet Windjammer dinner. 

If travelling with family - yes, we'll participate in formal night. 
If travelling just the two of us - no, we'll usually book a dinner in a specialty restaurant or just stay comfy for a quiet Windjammer dinner. 

This is also the point in this thread where I remind everyone don't take investing advice from anyone on the internet. None of us are professionals and there are risks with investing.

Here is my personal opinion on what is going on with RCL stock and also other cruise stocks. Disclaimer: I am not a professional investor this is just my opinion. 
1) Cruise line stocks have had a huge dip most likely due to the macroeconomic pressures: - Inflation of goods/resources/employees - Tightening of the borrowing market (eg its harder to borrow money as many central banks have increased their rates) - Supply chain issues (delays in obtaining goods/resources) - Recession fears if we do go into a full blown recession discretionary spending will take a hit. This means if people take a pay cut or lose their jobs they won't be traveling as much. 
2) Covid/ Public health: Covid will always be part of cruising just like other viral outbreaks. However cruising overall has a high public image of being more unsafe than other travel/vacations. The Asian markets have not fully returned to full cruising as well due to covid. 
3) Worldwide tensions: There are ongoing tensions going around the world not only the issues in Ukraine, but other areas of the world. This has impacted cruising and could impact cruising in the future
4) Environmental Impact of cruising: There is growing public knowledge of the environmental impact of cruising. Cruise lines understand this are taking steps to decrease their impact eg. utopia OTS LNG fuel, environmental stewardship programs onboard and at the company level. But this all costs money and capital investment is needed by the cruise lines
 
With all this stated I do believe that cruise lines are undervalued at this point in time. However the volatility of cruise stocks will continue in the short term. I do think that cruise stocks will recover in the next few years. As a long term buy and hold I think it will be fine. 
I personally have bought additional stock and plan on buying more to get to the 100 shares for the share holder credit on future cruises. 

Not quite there yet -but that's an interesting thought. 

If you google long enough you'll find all sorts of investor opinions that range from "good time to buy" to "stock prices could reach zero".  With all the debt involved my opinion is that you have to be in it for the long run, like several years, if you are truly seeking an investment for potential gains.  It's a crystal ball question.  My crystal ball thinks that stock prices will recover and at some point triple what they are today and more.  Where my crystal ball is cloudy on how long that will take. 
There is some risk involved which is why stock prices are low.  Questions linger about how a recession could impact the cruise lines that are struggling from a pandemic that still isn't fully over yet.  If any one could safely predict exactly what will happen with this or any stock they'd be in high demand.  
My gut says stock prices will fall further but that's a wild guess at best.
Stock trading is basically legal gambling.  There will be winners and losers.    Just like money spent in a casino it had better be play money that won't hurt you financially if you lose it all.  Betting your family nest egg and going all in would not be wise.  

All cruise lines are down on the fears of a recession (reducing revenues), high fuel prices (now moderating), and higher interest rates (for borrowing to cover current shortfalls).  Technical analysts don't like the way the charts look (trending down).  I am not selling any shares now, but I followed Lucent down to pennies per share, so I offer no advice.  Just trying to share what I have read/observed.