DoomSlayer

Glad you were able to save some money. One thing I learned to is to ask if they have GTY incentives when you call in. Last trip on Symphony, they gave me about $300 for doing a GTY ocean balcony instead of picking my own. GTY's are not too bad in my opinion for the higher category rooms.

Sort of. Apple tends to encourage developers to use the latest major version of the iOS when compiling their apps, which most developers do. It does not stop users of older iOS versions from downloading and using older versions of their Apps for older iOS versions. However, if the developer changes APIs or data structures in their newer app, or takes advantage of newer iOS features, the older apps can become useless as they no longer can communicate properly with the servers. Apple likes to control the user experience as much as it can. Since they control the hardware and the iOS, they can do this pretty effectively and force users to conform. Their target goal is to get users to replace their hardware every 2 to 3 years. This sucks, because their hardware is actually really good and has potential for a longer lifespan if it is cared for.

The original iPhone X is not supported with iOS 17. iPhone XR, XS, and XS Max are. Apple only guarantees 5 years of iOS updates, and the iPhone X was discontinued 6 years ago. OP is going to have a lot of apps that won't work over the next few months unfortunately.

I was able to get a shuttle from Port Canaveral to MCO as we walked off the ship with no reservations and paying the shuttle service at the port. Granted MCO is not an exciting place to spend a few hours waiting, but you do have options for getting back to the Airport from the port. We have had excursions canceled because of lack of interest before, which I suspect may be your case.

Something like a "Wishlist"? I would use it.

Absolutely in my opinion. We got in for $22.99 per person a few weeks ago as the price dropped last minute before our cruise. We really enjoyed the heated pool and spent most of our time in there. It was our first time to experience Hideaway Beach since it opened. My wife and I both agreed that anything $50 or less per person is a no brainer for Hideaway Beach for our future trips.

I think they use White Night to prank people. On my last trip, White Night corresponded with Italian night in the MDR. Saw quite a lot of people that dressed up with red stains after dinner.

What's the price say in the picture? My old eyes are having trouble reading it and it gets blurry when I zoom in.

I was too, but it wasn't the first breach I have been victim too either. I have put freezes on all of my credit bureaus for this reason and monitor other things I cannot freeze. I called the FTC a few years ago and was told there is nothing they really could do about this unless actual identity frauds occurs using my data (which it hasn't yet -- fingers crossed).

So, what's the problem again?

Our trip during the tail end of spring break was exactly the opposite on Symphony. There were a ton of families with kids on the ship. We were rerouted from Labadee and shared Coco Cay with Oasis, so two oasis class ships. Hideaway dropped in price dramatically a few days before the sale planner closed and we were able to get is for $22.95 a person. The water park was maxed out around $200 per person if I remember right. There was absolutely no crowd in Hideaway beach the day we went and my wife and I had a blast. Dynamic pricing and supply and demand definitely kicked in here.

The good news is that if you stay in the hot tub long enough on the ship, your fingers will be too pruned to be able to use for biometrics.

These offers types are strange and not well documented with Club Royale. I would just call the casino line and ask them directly. Never hurts to ask.

Weird. I reset mine to the same password when I first saw the problem yesterday, and I could not log on. I just tried resetting it now to test after seeing your message and see the same thing you do now. I'm not going to jinx things anymore and just let it be. I still have my old password working, which is good enough for me right now.

Not many cash discounts here. Most merchants assume the extra fees as a cost of doing business and price their items around them. The real losers are the ones that pay cash with these merchants because there is no discount. Try walking into a local Kroger or Costco and try bargaining with the cashier about why you should be getting a discount for paying cash. It's just not going to happen in Texas.

I still had to go through the reset password process, I just entered my old password as my new password.

I was able to reuse the same password I had before after requesting the password reset.

I am not going to get into the details of what happened. But if you are truly stuck in the USA, you need to be working with your Consulate or Embassy to get travel papers issued to allow you to go home. I understand your frustration, but you can't just be waiting for Royal Caribbean to take care of this for you, you have to take care of it yourself. I wish you the best and hopefully you can get home soon.

It depends on how they entered the US in the first place. They will sometimes take pictures at their original port of entry for non-US nationals that are used in the Facial Recognition terminals later at the cruise ports.

Depends where you are shopping and using your card. Credit card surcharges are banned in a lot of states, so no, you are not losing money if you live and shop in an awesome state like Texas.

Depends on the ship, but the Key lunch is usually open by 11:30 most of the time.

If you are getting the Key, you should get early boarding privileges. Use them to your advantage and prioritize things you will do when you get on board. I would do the following: Visit muster station Check into Adventure Ocean with the kiddo to get her signed up there. Go eat the Key Lunch Go wild on the pool deck I bet you can be in the pool with your daughter by 12:30 with this plan.

Mostly Agree. The 1500 certificate was full of 3 and 4 night party trips to the Bahamas out of Florida or to Mexico out of LA. They did have a couple of interesting 7-night Alaska and Canada cruises though which I am seriously thinking about for a change of scenery away from the Caribbean. I was sad that there was nothing out of Galveston as that is my homeport.

Winstar kills me with their forced antes to play blackjack and other table games and a lot of their slot machines are still level 2 slots, so just glorified bingo games. (Their newer slots are level 3, but they still have too much invested in the older ones to just get rid of them). It really takes games that already have odds stacked against the players and makes the odds extremely stacked against the player.

I just get the internet separately and pay for a lunch in a specialty restaurant when staying in a Jr. Suite as opposed to buying the Key. You could do the same by just getting an early arrival time and meeting them in the restaurant. Jr. Suites don't get any special disembarkation privileges and leave the ship like everyone else does. If they don't like wasting money, then I would avoid the Key. The only time we ever get the Key anymore is when it is on sale and around $20-$25 and we are staying by ourselves in a non-suite room. The Key for my upcoming trip on Harmony is $36.99 which is way overpriced in my opinion.