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Thank you all for your advice! It is greatly appreciated. We booked the Freedom. We opted to take the drive to Miami and try something new! We have a place in Central Fl. We are an hour and half from PC, we just wake up a little earlier and let the kids sleep in the car. With the savings we will gift our girl a dolphin encounter in Nassau and do some fun things onboard to celebrate her birthday. Happy Cruising all!

Totally agree, we decided to gift her a dolphin encounter in Nassau! Can't wait.

You celebrate the Double or Triple Golden!

We plan to sail the Icon for my 50th in 2025

Thank you all for your advice! It is greatly appreciated. We booked the Freedom and will gift our girl a dolphin encounter in Nassau for the savings. Happy Cruising all!

A Golden Birthday is when you chronological age equals the day of the month you were born. Our daughter will turn 10 on the 10th of April so it is her Golden Birthday. Our younger daughter was born on the 1st of March. Since she won't have recalled her Golden Birthday we will celebrate her Double Golden when she turns 11! I can't even believe that this is such a thing, but after our daughter told us about Golden Birthdays I did some research and sure enough, this is a legit occasion to celebrate. I never heard of such a thing before she told me. Kids will think of any way to make an already special day, their birthday, even more special . I am all for celebrating the life of our kids

We are looking to book a 4 night cruise to the Bahama's with stop at Coco Cay April 1, 2024. We already have flights booked to Orlando because we anticipated spending the Easter break at Disney. Then our older daughter shared with us that 2024 will be her Golden Birthday. She will be turning 10 on April 10! I never heard of such a celebration, but I am learning that this is indeed a special occasion. Our daughters have had birthday cruises before so we thought since we will already be in FL, let's book a cruise! Our choices are the Allure of the Seas from Cape Canaveral or Freedom of the Seas from Miami. I was all ready to book Allure today until I learned, from my travel agent...thanks Matt we always book with an agent, that Freedom from Miami is half the price. On the Allure we will need 3 rooms for our party of 5. All of the 3 and 4 person staterooms are sold out so we will need 2 rooms for 2 people and 1 room for a solo traveler. If we travel on the Freedom, not only is the cruise fare almost half the price as the Allure, but we can book a 4 person stateroom thus only needing 2 staterooms. We can save on not booking 3 rooms on the Allure. I am excited for the Allure. We are trying to build up class by class. We traveled the Anthem of the Seas last Easter. Were looking forward to Allure in 2024 and Icon in 2025. I am worried I will be disappointed on the Freedom. However, if we book the Freedom there could be extra funds for a specialty dinner or fun excursion. I just want our daughters Golden Birthday to be one to remember. The zip line would be epic and would have made her lifetime on the Allure! Thank you to anyone who can share their thoughts or experiences on either.