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  1. Anxious??  Are you kidding me?  I am going nuts!  Last night the system went down for maintenance and I stayed awake waiting for it to come back up (1:00 AM eastern) just in case they posted 2020 early.  When it finally came back, my heart was racing as if I was trying to grab tickets to a super-group concert!  This will be my biggest vacation ever (#1 on my bucket list) and the wait is driving me nuts!  Really hoping the last whole week in June is a south-bound Alaska on Radiance as my daughter-in-law says NO to any travel in July but  I want to travel as late as possible in June.  Will be happy with any balcony room but have one specific one in mind......so yes, I am ANXIOUS!!!  Will be up past midnight tonight (just in case) and up early tomorrow (and every day until it releases)!

  2. Okay, a few long-shot questions (as in i doubt ayone can truly answer).  They are saying "Week of November 5th" for Alaska 2020 release.....Form past experince should we expect the release will truly be on the 5th...or later in the week?  What time of day do they normally release?   Finally, I have been able to track the Radience cruises all the way to their sailing back to Hawaii in April of 2020 but alas they arrive on a day of the week that is different from this year.  so from there it is impossible for me to extrapolate when the north vs south bound Alaska trips will occur.  I know booking wont open until next week but any chance we might know the dates earlier?

  3. Just now, princevaliantus said:

    When I did the Alaska Southbound to Vancouver, I notice the Port side was more than the Starboard side. This I do remember! Of course I still booked the Port side.

    Exactly!  Just did a spot check on an August 2019 cruise and it is about $600 (per room, not per person) more expensive

  4. While you can see land on both sides only one side is actually facing the coastline (of the continent).  southbound it is the port (left) side and northbound it is the starboard (right) side.  Anytime I have checked the RC sire, the side facing "east" is always considerably marked-up from the other side.  I can't compare against aft as there are no aft cabins available currently in 2019

  5. 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.

  6. Just now, averbeck said:

    If the cards are RFID,  which is only a handful of ships,  I have a phone case that has some card slots in the back.   The RFID door opening also worked with out me having to take it physically off of the phone.  But they'd still want to you to hand it to them at bars because you don't want to hand them the whole phone.

    With a lanyard, if it's RFID, you might not have to take it out.  But if he's the swiping, magnetic kind of card, you'd have to take it out every time for sure.

    Good point!  I know the bars swipe so the sleeve definitely wont work there

     

  7. Very interested as we are definitely Alaska bound in 2020.  Prefer RCL and am anxious to see how they compare.  Was surprised to see NCL does NOT add a charge for "coastline" side of the ship.  Also much smaller deposit but that wouldnt be a real decding point for me.  Lookinga tht e ship i still gve RCL and Radience the edge...just need to see pricing and room choices

    EDIT---just compared NCL 2020 vs RCL 2019 (best I could do) and RCL a few hundred cheaper (wihtout the NCL "bonus" items) so dont see any reaosn to jump ship...yet.  Anxiously awaiting RCL release but dont expect it until December.

     

  8. Hi Twangster,   First thanks for doing all this!  Alaska is #1 on my bucket list and it looks like I might finally get there in 2020.  I have two quick questions.  First, your photography is outstanding and i simply couldnt get over how clear and rich the colors are in your pictures.  I never get that kind of results with my camera, and I am sure it is due to a good quality camera in the hands of an amateur (me).  For your typical scenic photos are you using any kind of filters on your lens , or post-processing of any kind?  I have a Nikon but no filters at this time.
    Second,  on the Mildenhall hikes you take a hike that eventually leads to a "beach" area near the falls.  You state it is the "blue line" on the map you provided.  alas, I am terrible with colors.  I see three trials on the map, two of which are described on the map.  One is light blue (to my eyes) and is described as "East Glacier", but a second one is a darker blue(?) and is not described on the map.  Which one did you take (I suspect its actually the darker one...)

  9. 34 minutes ago, KJ1231 said:

    This is what I'm seeing. My son and I are doing things together at Grand Cayman (Stingray City and Discover Scuba) while my wife and daughter are doing Stingray City and Dolphin Encounter. I can only see my wife and I on the calendar.

    I have a spreadsheet where I track everything - flights, hotels, transfers, rental cars, etc. so it's not that critical. Just a nice to have when viewing the calendar on RCs website. Thanks for verifying! 

    Sounds like we are kindred spirits.  I too have a rather thorough spreadsheet including every financial, reservations, flight times, excursions..even how many total ships in each port and historical weather patterns!  I am a bit of an info hound

     

     

  10. 1 minute ago, spiralqueen said:

    I'm so glad you mentioned this! I was assuming it would follow the same pattern of only releasing them a month at a time and was planning to check back in October for my mid May 2019 cruise flights. 

    Yea, I am waitng for April 28-May 5 for my Liberty cruise.  They just this week released thru April 7th and announced they will release thru June 7th on September 27th.  However, i should point out that this latest release was originally scheduled for August 16th and then was slipped to the 30th, so it is possible that the next date might slip a week or two as well but i doubt it

     

  11. Just now, JLMoran said:

    Do you have the reservations linked on Royal's web site. I'm pretty sure that when I booked the excursions for the whole family, after selecting the option to add people from another reservation that all four family members showed up in My Calendar.

    Is this what you're trying to do, or is the idea that things your kids book show up on your calendar, and vice versa? I think that will work as long as the reservations are linked in Royal's system, but I won't swear to it.

    I have two rooms linked and that allows me to look at either reservation in the planner, it also allows me to "include guests" in things like dinner reservations across these two reservations...but it does NOT display a single calendar showing both reservations excursions etc.

     

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