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Yup, just head to the ship. Personally, we would never fly in the day of the cruise, but it is what it is. The worst that can happen is that you sit at the terminal until your time. I highly doubt that will happen.

Happy cruising!

23 cruises and I don't remember ever having an uncomfortable mattress.

Whatever you choose, enjoy! 

We chose deck 7, just aft of the hump, for our October cruise. Cabins above and below. Close to the Windjammer, not so close to Schooner.

That would be part of the drink package, not the refreshment package.

Radiance is our favorite ship. If you have an excursion to the Kenaii Fjords, that was awesome! 

Check out You Tube videos for Navigator. Everything is going to look crowded when you first embark, because most of the pax are trying to funnel in to the one deck. But it things out pretty quick.

Happy cruising! It is addicting.

I uninstalled the app and started over. It works fine now, but looks basically worthless until you ger to within 4 months of the cruise date.

Must be, then, because there is a download feature in the upper left hand corner.

I would get a different TA next time and do your own travel arrangements. Flying is stressful enough between, going through security, finding your gate, rushing to meet a connection, etc., without doing it on the first day of your vacation.

We have always gotten trip insurance and have had to use it twice. We use Travel Guard as well.

It is $40 standard rate. No need to book a taxi, they are right there. We shared a town car with another couple and that was really nice. I can't imagine flying in the day of the cruise, though.

I have a Moto E5 Plus and tried accessing the app yesterday. It wouldn't even allow me to enter the country in the dropdown box.

On 6/23/2016 at 8:01 AM, AACJ said:

I love the fact that I can see the Cruise Compass for our up coming cruise.  But how do I print all of the days out?

I just tried downloading it to PDF and that worked.

On 2/24/2019 at 4:57 PM, CGTLH said:

From what I understand Izumi is where a Sports bar use to be. 

I found an updated deck plan. The old one had the outline for something, but nothing named.

We have to wait for October for this one. 13 days Quebec to Ft. Lauderdale. I am trying to find out what bar was removed for Izumi and if the deck plans are current.

Your vacation starts earlier, you can be eating and drinking early, you avoid the noon rush.

Do the parents use internet? Use FB Messenger. Easy way to keep in touch.

Thanks! Noticed, I am on the wrong thread. DW nixed the idea anyway

I have been kind of missing here since our next cruise isn't until October, but we have an NCL cruise next month to get ready for. We are only 4 points away from Diamond and our next RCI cruise is 13 days long. It would be nice to be diamond for that cruise. The hold up is that flying makes a 4 or 5 day cruise too expensive. Are there slow times for these short cruises where the prices drop?

Will this go fleet wide, if successful? We will be on AOS in October. Can't manage another RCI before that.

On 11/4/2018 at 1:16 AM, brianmorris said:

Oh, then you HAVE to book at least a 4-night cruise so you can enjoy being Diamond on Adventure! 

I think we have to wait, unless we can YOLO Book It on a different cruise before that.

23 hours ago, jce2 said:

Told my wife, when we do our Alaskan cruise i absolutely MUST walk into the Alaska Beer Company (Juneau) and order an Alaskan Smoked Porter.  I consider myself a bit of a beer connoisseur and despite drinking many of Germany and Great Britain's finest, consider the Alaskan Smoked Porter to be exceptional.  Really hoping to try it on tap while in Alaska.

If you get to Anchorage, there is a tour called The Big Swig. You get to tour several craft breweries and drink lots of beer! This is privately owned. The guy has one other employee, so you go in a van with 10 people. We loved the Alaskan Amber, so I didn't try any of the Smoked Porter.

On 9/30/2018 at 4:07 PM, Rimmit said:

So for those interested, we are starting a live blog on the Norwegian Breakaway TA. This may be somewhat relevant to RCI cruisers, as we primarily cruise RCI, as we are almost Diamond Plus and this is our first Norwegian Cruise since 1991, so it will basically be new to us. Much of our commentary will be somewhat of a comparison between the two lines. We are very anxious stepping outside our comfort zone of Disney and RCI, but the price was right and itinerary a little different. 

https://thesmallworldfamily.com/2018/09/30/northern-transatlantic-cruise-live-blog-day-1/
 

Thanks for the link. Our first 3 cruises were on NCL. We really like their Freestyle cruising. It took us awhile to do our 1st RCI, now we are 4 points away from Diamond. Unless a specific itinerary comes up on another line, these are the 2 we like best, with RCI being first. We will be sailing Beakaway in February and that will be our first time on NCL in several years.

Enjoy your cruise!

14 hours ago, Floski said:

Man, that is one disappointing list.  

Makes me so thankful that I have the deluxe package and will drink nothing but likker drinks next week.  

I'm thinking of making my first drink a Kraken Colada; I know it will be my wife's!

 

Oh...and Joe - 7.9% is just a tease!  

Absolutely agree! If you get a chance, try some Alaskan Amber.