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Royal won't enforce it because if they give the idea that you actually have to watch your children and not just run off into the nearest bar they will have less family bookings and less money. I agree they need to do more about that situation but they won't. My husband wants to try the mega ships and I don't for this reason. Before I get hate mail, I don't hate kids or expect a kid free experience. I expect parents to watch their kids and follow basic rules so we can all enjoy our trips, not just the parents of the kids not being watched. 

Turtles and Tacos? SOLD! 😁

We didn't book anything. You can see turtles right off the dock and snorkel right there. Louis and Nacho's bar is a great place for lunch if you like tacos. We didn't make it to the beach because it was pouring rain but it looked ok if we had.

If that is the case (I don't think it is) then why are additional gratuities added to the UDP?

I bring them loose in a rolling carryon. Makes it easier to cart on my wine and waters. I mix it up, sometimes mostly water and a few sodas, sometimes all water. My mil brought only 4 loose drinks in her bag.

Good. Hope Royal Caribbean took hard and fast action. It's a shared experience. Play by the rules or be gone.

I bring them loose in a rolling carryon. Makes it easier to cart on my wine and waters. I mix it up, sometimes mostly water and a few sodas, sometimes all water. My mil brought only 4 loose drinks in her bag.

I noticed it’s a bit rocky at Turks by the port but if you venture up the beach a bit it is probably up there with the best white sand beaches in the Caribbean (no rocks). 

The pinkest Starbucks I have ever encountered.

If I'm remembering right the 45 day or less mark is when all unsold blocks given to TAs have to be returned to Royal so they have a chance to sell them. Impossible to know if it will happen again because demand is kinda high right now.

On Adventure, no it would not dispense water. I'm not sure on other ships because I never checked on other ships. 

I will have to file that away for next time :). I was with elderly family who did not want to walk far so we stopped as soon as we hit the first patch of beach. Thanks!

Yes, at least on adventure they work for just ice. 🙂

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Honestly, I hope nothing for a year or two. Let the debt come down a bit so they can stop asking us for more than the cost to rent a small island for an interior room. If anything they need something to start to replace Grandeur and other tiny ships to still get the smaller ports. I get the point of them pushing the mega ship to go almost no where to keep a captive audience but some of us still cruise to actually cruise and get off in port and they lose the tiny ports with those mega ships. I can go to a water park and a pool at home for a tenth of the money.

Honestly, I hope nothing for a year or two. Let the debt come down a bit so they can stop asking us for more than the cost to rent a small island for an interior room. If anything they need something to start to replace Grandeur and other tiny ships to still get the smaller ports. I get the point of them pushing the mega ship to go almost no where to keep a captive audience but some of us still cruise to actually cruise and get off in port and they lose the tiny ports with those mega ships. I can go to a water park and a pool at home for a tenth of the money.

The nightmare is true since the construction started on the new garages a few days ago. But it also matters how many ships are in port. If you are on a 6 ship day, it will be ten times worse than a 3 ship day. I personally would be a little ticked to pay full garage price and be stuck out in a surface lot. I would get there early enough to grab a spot s someone is leaving but not so early that not enough people have left yet and you should be fine. 
Have you considered another option, uber to a hotel very close to the port with a shuttle? Will probably be cheaper but yes, you do lose a little control because you are waiting for shuttles and it is most likely cheaper? Unless you were staying really cheap or free on your two days and then maybe not.

I was truly surprised for one of my wife’s pregnancies. 
I hired a new pool guy.
Other than this scenario, based on sixth grade sex education, abstinence is the only 100% way to not be “Surprised” with a pregnancy*
 
*excluding Anakin Skywalker and Jesus. 

You can. I just got off adventure, I was told a frappucino is 2 punches, an iced mocha latte or anything with ice is 2 punches. A small hot is one, a medium/grande hot is 2 and a venti is 3. The iced mocha only comes in grande (medium). 

I saw it at dinner a few times on Mariner but not anywhere else. Someone was scooping it out. 

Yeah this has this new CEO written all over it. Hey we can replace Ben and Jerry's ice cream with super duper cheap ice cream and have the price go up. I can literally hear him saying that. 

Yes thank you! I just got off Allure, but found this out as well. I wish they would update the Cruise Planner because it is definitely misleading. 

Yes. In the Cruise Planner, under "Order History" (or something similar), you are going to see your reservation, you can click on 'modify' and then 'remove guest'.

A gift card from a 3rd party like AARP at a discount, no that will not work, they do not work on board. They only work for new bookings, not with a travel agent etc. they are a pain. 
There is a new change to gift cards purchased directly from Royal Caribbean. Those can be used towards the onboard account but not towards a preplanned reservation in the planner. https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/2023/10/20/royal-caribbean-has-quietly-upgraded-its-gift-cards-be-much-more-useful here is all the info.

You can. I just got off adventure, I was told a frappucino is 2 punches, an iced mocha latte or anything with ice is 2 punches. A small hot is one, a medium/grande hot is 2 and a venti is 3. The iced mocha only comes in grande (medium).