RestingBird

@DisneyBartenderScott Well said, and thank you for sharing. It was good for me to read, and I know good for others to read ?

Kind of sad. I almost changed my upcoming March cruise on Brilliance to Rhapsody, but wanted to stick with 5 nights instead of 7 this time around.

Maybe cause it's so small the smoke travels through the ship more/easier? I don't know, I was wondering the same thing.

I suggest making friends with someone in an aqua theater suite ?

I do the same. I have it set up where a set amount of money goes into a savings account each week.

I have one booked in March, final payment due in Dec, i plan on paying it off in Nov, in case something comes up last minute.

Yeah....

Are you driving to the Boston terminal yourself, or getting a cab/shuttle? We thought our cabbie was taking us to mafia headquarters. Nope, just the terminal. It's an old warehouse in which they plugged in a couple computers on some fold up tables. Very cool once we weren't freaked out anymore, lol.

Good review. We're all annoyed by the elevators, lol. The napkin bikini line was funny. On my first cruise I was like your boys, ready to head back to the room to see the new towel creation!

We almost did that on Enchantment. My wife saw an add talking about fireworks, Aquashow, etc, and she was stoked. Finally one of us realized it was on a different ship (Allure and Oasis at the time). We were bummed, but booked Enchantment anyway and loved it.

Just checked... Freedom, Liberty, Navigator, Explorer, Adventure, and Voyager appear to have the OV mentioned by @afulton67.

Sounds like they're referring to Freedom class, and maybe Voyager class. 1864 and 1814 are in the middle size-wise.

There will be 2 formal nights. Ice rink is on deck 3. They don't let you know about theme nights until you're onboard. There's usually a 70's dance party, some people like to dress up for it. Bob_KY is right, try to find an Allure cruise compass (the calendar of events for each day, which they leave in your room the night before) here on the site, that might give you an idea of what's possible for your trip.

I concur. They've done a few President's Cruises, maybe that's their new dealio.

I'm doing the same from now on, researching, then giving my TA the details to let her book it and get the full credit, instead of partial credit by transferring it to her after I book it myself.

I've done a few dummy bookings and it's let me book the big OV's with 3 people. But, I'm glad you mentioned the 5+, good to know I might not be so lucky when I actually do a real booking.

That was a good question about the time of year, I've wondered myself about weather in the Eastern and Southern Caribbean, Jan-Mar. Thanks everyone for the answers!

I'm guessing you've been bored at work lately with Jack popping up on many of your posts, lol.

The official word is no outside beverages, aside from 2 750ml bottles of wine/champagne. However, people have gotten away with cases of bottled water (we have twice), and/or soda. Try taking it as carry on, worst they can say is no.

My only suggestion is try a white noise machine to block out any possible sounds from above or below. I don't care for them, but they help my wife year round, and probably help me on the cruise (but I don't admit that to her ?). 24 nights...Let use know how that goes, I'd love to do that someday!

The website is as reliable as a stormtrooper's aim.

Yes, if you have my time dining, you can eat in the MDR any time. We always use MTD, and set up 5:30 for the whole week, once we're on board, but can change it any day, for any time.

I'm pretty sure my wife booked our first cruise due to a past-final-payment lowered price. Sadly I was hooked after that, now I'm willing to pay much more (land vacations just don't seem to go well for me). As for trying other lines, I have a ways to go before RC ships and itineraries bore me, I haven't even started scratching the surface.

True. If it's a practice Trident (blunt, orange tips) they might let you carry it on.

Welcome to the light side! We had cookies too, but I think they took that perk away. Regardless, you'll have fun. People say to book your shows beforehand, but dining can probably wait until you're onboard (others will chime in with more detailed answers), depending on what you're looking for in your dining. I only do 1 or 2 specialty restaurants, so we just decide onboard. The main dining room and windjammer buffet are sufficient (unless you're uber picky, or have a ton of crazy allergies).