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It would seem like a weird thing to say, but this question brings fond memories for me.  We lost a beloved brother almost 10 years ago to ALS.  The last time he was on his feet was in the pool on the Carnival Magic thanks to the pool lift in the aft pool.  3 brothers together.  Two helping the third take what would be his final steps across that pool with his wife taking photos from the side.  The weight reduction of being in the water allowed what little use of his legs was left to put one foot in front of the other for a few steps.  13 months later, he was gone.
The memory brings a tear to my eyes this morning.  Thanks for asking the question.  I hope whatever your wife's condition, she is ok.

It would seem like a weird thing to say, but this question brings fond memories for me.  We lost a beloved brother almost 10 years ago to ALS.  The last time he was on his feet was in the pool on the Carnival Magic thanks to the pool lift in the aft pool.  3 brothers together.  Two helping the third take what would be his final steps across that pool with his wife taking photos from the side.  The weight reduction of being in the water allowed what little use of his legs was left to put one foot in front of the other for a few steps.  13 months later, he was gone.
The memory brings a tear to my eyes this morning.  Thanks for asking the question.  I hope whatever your wife's condition, she is ok.

It would seem like a weird thing to say, but this question brings fond memories for me.  We lost a beloved brother almost 10 years ago to ALS.  The last time he was on his feet was in the pool on the Carnival Magic thanks to the pool lift in the aft pool.  3 brothers together.  Two helping the third take what would be his final steps across that pool with his wife taking photos from the side.  The weight reduction of being in the water allowed what little use of his legs was left to put one foot in front of the other for a few steps.  13 months later, he was gone.
The memory brings a tear to my eyes this morning.  Thanks for asking the question.  I hope whatever your wife's condition, she is ok.

It would seem like a weird thing to say, but this question brings fond memories for me.  We lost a beloved brother almost 10 years ago to ALS.  The last time he was on his feet was in the pool on the Carnival Magic thanks to the pool lift in the aft pool.  3 brothers together.  Two helping the third take what would be his final steps across that pool with his wife taking photos from the side.  The weight reduction of being in the water allowed what little use of his legs was left to put one foot in front of the other for a few steps.  13 months later, he was gone.
The memory brings a tear to my eyes this morning.  Thanks for asking the question.  I hope whatever your wife's condition, she is ok.

It would seem like a weird thing to say, but this question brings fond memories for me.  We lost a beloved brother almost 10 years ago to ALS.  The last time he was on his feet was in the pool on the Carnival Magic thanks to the pool lift in the aft pool.  3 brothers together.  Two helping the third take what would be his final steps across that pool with his wife taking photos from the side.  The weight reduction of being in the water allowed what little use of his legs was left to put one foot in front of the other for a few steps.  13 months later, he was gone.
The memory brings a tear to my eyes this morning.  Thanks for asking the question.  I hope whatever your wife's condition, she is ok.

I can think of lots of worse cruises than this one.  They may not have been entirely pleasure cruises, but there was one that ended abruptly on April 15, 1912.  Another on May 7, 1915.  There was one in April of 1865 where 1100 heros were lost.  One on November 10, 1975 was worse.  One in July of 1915 in the Chicago River was pretty bad.  There's one in Hawaii that's still leaking oil some 80 years later.  I think Leon Klinghoffer had a worse cruise than OP. There was one off the coast of Italy where the Captain was showing off for a woman he met and crashed his ship. Somewhere I have a map that shows thousands of ship wrecks in the Great Lakes. I'm pretty sure most of them were worse.  That's just off the top of my head without cracking a book or even the internet.

I'm not sure where you are in Florida,  but we're all wishing you the best as you prepare your property for this storm.  May it avoid your home and allow you to take your cruise 

I can think of lots of worse cruises than this one.  They may not have been entirely pleasure cruises, but there was one that ended abruptly on April 15, 1912.  Another on May 7, 1915.  There was one in April of 1865 where 1100 heros were lost.  One on November 10, 1975 was worse.  One in July of 1915 in the Chicago River was pretty bad.  There's one in Hawaii that's still leaking oil some 80 years later.  I think Leon Klinghoffer had a worse cruise than OP. There was one off the coast of Italy where the Captain was showing off for a woman he met and crashed his ship. Somewhere I have a map that shows thousands of ship wrecks in the Great Lakes. I'm pretty sure most of them were worse.  That's just off the top of my head without cracking a book or even the internet.

I can think of lots of worse cruises than this one.  They may not have been entirely pleasure cruises, but there was one that ended abruptly on April 15, 1912.  Another on May 7, 1915.  There was one in April of 1865 where 1100 heros were lost.  One on November 10, 1975 was worse.  One in July of 1915 in the Chicago River was pretty bad.  There's one in Hawaii that's still leaking oil some 80 years later.  I think Leon Klinghoffer had a worse cruise than OP. There was one off the coast of Italy where the Captain was showing off for a woman he met and crashed his ship. Somewhere I have a map that shows thousands of ship wrecks in the Great Lakes. I'm pretty sure most of them were worse.  That's just off the top of my head without cracking a book or even the internet.

I can think of lots of worse cruises than this one.  They may not have been entirely pleasure cruises, but there was one that ended abruptly on April 15, 1912.  Another on May 7, 1915.  There was one in April of 1865 where 1100 heros were lost.  One on November 10, 1975 was worse.  One in July of 1915 in the Chicago River was pretty bad.  There's one in Hawaii that's still leaking oil some 80 years later.  I think Leon Klinghoffer had a worse cruise than OP. There was one off the coast of Italy where the Captain was showing off for a woman he met and crashed his ship. Somewhere I have a map that shows thousands of ship wrecks in the Great Lakes. I'm pretty sure most of them were worse.  That's just off the top of my head without cracking a book or even the internet.

I find it disheartening that people are able to find these sites to complain about their cruise but they can’t find them before they cruise to research and find information that would help them enjoy their cruise. 

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Agree on Nassau.  With regard to Jamaica, Montego Bay is a pit for sure.  I have not been to Falmouth.  However, when Ocho Rios was the preferred port there some years ago, my group enjoyed it a lot.  We did the Mountain to Sea bike tour.  They bus you into the mountains where bikes await you.  It was a 90% downhill ride to the sea.  You ended up at a horse farm with a 20 foot high jump into the ocean.  The place was beautiful.  It was sweet.  Did it twice actually.

We enjoyed NO.  Have been there twice in the last 5 years for business.  But, make no illusion, that city has real problems.  Homeless, open drug use, and dirty.  Maybe I'm a little jaded, but in the current atmosphere, I don't go into a lot of large cities, but the change in NO was stark over a 5 year period.
That said, if you are there, and you have time, the battlefield from the Battle of New Orleans is about 7 miles East and South of downtown,  It is worth your time.  The field itself is basically an open field.  The Muriel in the Visitor Center is awesome.  It shows the spot where Pakenham fell and Jackson triumphed. You can stand within a few feet of where it all happened.  For those who don't know, that was one of the most important military victories in World History, and the Americans dominated despite overwhelming odds against it.

We were in New Orleans in June.  The trolley stop by the mall/convention center/cruise terminal was out of service for repair or upgrade.  It looked like it would be for a long time to me... probably at least a year.
Being there for a week and staying next to the Con. Center, we learned a couple of tricks.  The biggest one being, if you are walking from the Con Center/port area to Jackson Square/French Quarter, walk through the Convention Center out the end of up turn right and go up the escalator and then through the mall.  That gets you almost to the French Quarter and walking in the comfort of AC most of the time.  Otherwise that heat and humidity is oppressive.

I find the threat of forced remote isolation worse than the vax mandate 

I'm not betting on any changes to US posture until 2024.   Think we're stuck with it.

Remember to take negative comments with a grain of salt.  People are way more vocal about negative experiences than positive experiences.  And that's before you consider that social media amplifies things even more.

Print maps of ports, pack, repack, get deet for mosquitoes, review spreadsheet (this could be me only), find port restaurants,  review ship deck plans for at least 15 times, no matter how tempted- do not buy uli knives, review glacier ice colors to know what it means, study lyrics of wash your hands, discipline yourself to sit by windows along the inner passage (whales), learn Alaska jokes like: while hiking put a small bell on your backpack to alert bears.  Also study up on bear scat.  Easy to ID.  It is the one with a small bell in it.....

A good book, a real one, with actual pages to turn & heft in my hand.  My 2 kids & ok I’ll throw hubby in too.  That’s 4 so make it 2 books.

I might also mention, the OP claims this was the "worst cruise ever".  I can think of plenty of cruises that were way worse than this one.  Today is April 17.  One in particular ended rather suddenly 110 years and 2 days ago that I'm sure was way worse.

I've said in the past, that in some ways, this message board and RCCL are kind of like a family.  RCCL is the parents, and we, the posters who have been here for a while, are the kids.  Amongst ourselves, we are allowed to discuss and even criticize our parents.  But, when some drive by comes on here to complain about our parents, we will defend them.
Who knows what the motive is.  I think most of the time the OP doesn't even understand this is a fan forum.

I think the "worst cruise ever" was actually a different kind of pleasure cruise.  In April, 1865, the paddlewheeler, Sultana was overloaded with 2100 people (her capacity was 360) in Vicksburg, MI.  The passengers were about 90% Union soldiers who were prisoners in the Civil War.  Many of them had survived Andersonville.  The overcrowding was a result of a kick back and bribe by the ship Captain and the US Quartermaster in Vicksburg.  In a hurry to move his human cargo the Captain authorized a patch of a split boiler rather than a replacement.  Along with all the hells of war, 1865 was also a year of record flooding on the Mississippi River.  After picking up a load of fuel (coal),  the massive current of the river and the faulty boiler repair caused first one and then two other boilers to explode in the Mississippi on April 27 just 7 miles North of Memphis.  1168 people died.  Nearly all were American Soldiers. 
The news of the day was dominated by the end of the war, the death of Lincoln and the chase of Boothe.  It barely made the news.  Nobody was ever held accountable.
That is the worst cruise ever.

I think the "worst cruise ever" was actually a different kind of pleasure cruise.  In April, 1865, the paddlewheeler, Sultana was overloaded with 2100 people (her capacity was 360) in Vicksburg, MI.  The passengers were about 90% Union soldiers who were prisoners in the Civil War.  Many of them had survived Andersonville.  The overcrowding was a result of a kick back and bribe by the ship Captain and the US Quartermaster in Vicksburg.  In a hurry to move his human cargo the Captain authorized a patch of a split boiler rather than a replacement.  Along with all the hells of war, 1865 was also a year of record flooding on the Mississippi River.  After picking up a load of fuel (coal),  the massive current of the river and the faulty boiler repair caused first one and then two other boilers to explode in the Mississippi on April 27 just 7 miles North of Memphis.  1168 people died.  Nearly all were American Soldiers. 
The news of the day was dominated by the end of the war, the death of Lincoln and the chase of Boothe.  It barely made the news.  Nobody was ever held accountable.
That is the worst cruise ever.

I think the "worst cruise ever" was actually a different kind of pleasure cruise.  In April, 1865, the paddlewheeler, Sultana was overloaded with 2100 people (her capacity was 360) in Vicksburg, MI.  The passengers were about 90% Union soldiers who were prisoners in the Civil War.  Many of them had survived Andersonville.  The overcrowding was a result of a kick back and bribe by the ship Captain and the US Quartermaster in Vicksburg.  In a hurry to move his human cargo the Captain authorized a patch of a split boiler rather than a replacement.  Along with all the hells of war, 1865 was also a year of record flooding on the Mississippi River.  After picking up a load of fuel (coal),  the massive current of the river and the faulty boiler repair caused first one and then two other boilers to explode in the Mississippi on April 27 just 7 miles North of Memphis.  1168 people died.  Nearly all were American Soldiers. 
The news of the day was dominated by the end of the war, the death of Lincoln and the chase of Boothe.  It barely made the news.  Nobody was ever held accountable.
That is the worst cruise ever.