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Yes - bags go thru X-ray and you go thru metal detector 

I know on my past cruises to Coco Cay I saw parasailing. It is not showing up in the cruise planner for my November cruise. Does anyone have knowledge if it is no longer offered or is just a slow start up due to COVID?  TIA

Royal does allow you to bring water and soda on board in your carry on bag.  Might be another option for you. 

11 minutes ago, ConstantCruiser said:

Generally on the so called formal night.  I can't recall if it's 5 nights or 6 nights to qualify for lobster night.  

It also isn't offered in all regions.  

Thank you!

On 6/20/2021 at 3:39 PM, ConstantCruiser said:

Short cruises typically don't get a lobster night.  How long is your Freedom cruise?

What night is generally lobster night?  How long of a cruise to have it?

You can try https://www.cruisedeckplans.com/ , the public site might give you some insight.

We have sailed twice on Independence of the Seas for Spring Break and it was fine.  There are a "few" more college kids and a lot of drinking but they were well behaved. LOL.  You will have a good time.

Yes it is open

So to hear about your husbands injury. If you look in your edocs online it will list the link to the insurance company if you booked thru royal. 

There is a time limit on the freestyle machines using the cups. Don’t remember if it was 10 or 15 mins between fills. 

1 hour ago, jdfmn said:

Did anyone else notice that James Van Fleet post on Twitter if the Cococay pictures has been deleted?  No where on his Twitter does it show those pics any longer?  I wonder what is up with that?  

I just read a post from RCCL that said they can’t tell if there is damage or not and will be sending a team to investigate on Wednesday with hopes to open Saturday.  With all the negative nellies out there, maybe they are being extra cautious until they hear from the employees that work there too. 

1 minute ago, RCIfan1912 said:

Let me know if this link works. 

https://www.cruisehive.com/royal-caribbean-releases-photos-of-cococay-during-hurricane-dorian/34101

Looks like the island is in great shape. 

Awesome - thanks....Hopefully the employees came thru just as well.  So ready for this storm to go away.

46 minutes ago, RCIfan1912 said:

There are some pics of Coco Cay and it's just fine. I saw a bunch of them. It said they don't even have much branches down. Looks like it will open when they said it will. I'll try and find the link. 

Can you share those photos or a link to them? TIA

I am more concerned about the local residents that work on the island and the clean up and sorting of their personal life they will have to do. This historic storm will change the northern Bahamas as we know it today. Prayers to all. 

What happens next? LOL

37 minutes ago, Matt said:

I can say from personal experience now, it's one thing to cancel a cruise, but quite another to cancel on the day you are supposed to board. 

A lot of emotions and frustration, which is obvious since cancelling months in advance doesn't allow the cruise to become "real" yet. 

Alas, thanks for following and hoping things will work out for a new live blog for my Mariner of the Seas September 20 sailing.

Sorry to hear but understand. Being in North Florida the unknown is nerve racking for us too. Fingers crossed no issues for that cruise. We are also on that sailing. 

Just now, Matt said:

I too am cancelling my cruise and taking the FCC, but elected to do RoyalUp.  For the time being, I've got bigger, hurricane sized, problems than this to deal with. 

Stay safe!

3 minutes ago, DublinFC said:

Typically I get and understand the "details" but I think there needs to be an exception to the rule here.  If they are offering the FCC for the sailing then it needs to cover everything with the sailing.  I think keeping their money is bad business when mother nature is the reason for this situation.  If the OP was cancelling just because then I would 100% side with RC.

I agree with you and will be very surprised if they don’t make it right. I’m sure they are just overwhelmed at the moment. 

The expert meteorologist can’t even predict this historical storm so try to imagine RCCL trying to make sure vacations are not ruined and safely executed. People are going to bitch no matter what just because you can’t please everyone. If people used a travel agent and purchased the correct travel insurance, there should be no issues taking a cruise in the middle of hurricane season. Don’t wait for RCCL to make a decision if you are not comfortable for your individual situation. I am sure they are doing the best they can with the resources they have. Remember most of the employees are based in Miami area, which is going to be impacted as of today, and needs to secure their family and homes. In short just saying EVERYONE needs to be patient as no one knows what is going to happen. (Off soapbox now)

Cozumel today  - Roatan Thursday - Costa Maya Friday - At sea Saturday

There are some updates on the Royal Caribbean International Facebook page the shows what sailings are impacted. 

We too have been on Indy before and after for spring break and both sailings did not feel crowded.  The ship is large enough to spread everyone out.  This is my favorite ship so far and would definitely sail her again. 

yes - usually on night 2

8 minutes ago, mark.s said:

Thanks to everyone who replied. This is exactly why I joined this board. There is little chatter/pics/video on JS Aft for Mariner and those that I saw disappointed us because the super structure was so prevalent. It looks so far back too. What we did see was mainly from Explorer. I scoured the internet and YouTube looking. If anyone has actual pics of an actual JS Aft  room on the actual Mariner on the 7th deck...that would be great. We are hoping for the best and it would be great if we become AFT converts.

Did you try https://www.cruisedeckplans.com  You may be able to see actual photos of your room.

3 minutes ago, marti314 said:

It would be the same as going to say FOGO de Chao 

FOGO de Chao yummmm