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In St Thomas my (at the time) 3 and 5 year olds loved Coral World. IIRC they offered two versions of the excursion; one just going to Coral World, and one that also included a glass bottom boat tour. We did the one with the glass bottomed boat and the kids really enjoyed it. It was a part-day excursion so you can also make arrangements to hit a beach someplace - Coral World may have had a small beach nearby, but I don't recall for sure. My wife an I try to reserve St. Maarten as an adults-only day. The kids have a great time in Adventure Ocean!

My 7 year old son saw some people climbing the rock wall on a recent cruise, and has become fixated on it. His summertime daycare is at a local YMCA where he has been practicing rock wall climbing, and he announced last night that he wants to do in onboard our next cruise. Does anyone know the age or height policy for climbing onboard?

As I type this Matt is in first place! Woot!

It's smoky. There is no way you will find a totally smoke-smelling free area in the casino. That crap gets everywhere.

I have voted as many times as my browsers would let me. :)

Before my last two cruises I ripped a bunch of DVDs to put on my iPad for viewing. I know I spent more time ripping and copying than I did actually viewing them onboard - there's just so much to do!

If there's one way I wish Royal Caribbean would improve it would be....fix their website's booking pages. Have it always remember that I'm searching for 4 people, and that I live in Michigan, and I'm not Military or a Fireman. Set a cookie in my browser for heaven's sake...or at least do that if I'm logged in as a C&A member.

I put a reminder in my Outlook calendar to vote every day. :)

Done!

Have you cruised in the summer before, and if so, what's it like - is it TOO hot and humid? I'm a little reluctant to leave Michigan for a week and miss our entire summer...

I think that you're able to book drinks packages, etc., now because they are things that Royal Caribbean is in total control of. Excursions are operated by third parties, and if they aren't "up to snuff" RC ends the relationship with them. It's possible that they are on 6 month contracts, and you're father than 6 months out (I'm just guessing on this). On my last cruise a whole bunch of excursions were cancelled months out due to complaints from prior cruisers.

I've enjoyed going to the Wind Jamairé at lunchtime and trying out some of the Asian/Indian/Middle Eastern dishes the chefs make. It's what got me hooked on Indian, as a matter of fact.

It depends on the individual, and cruise. In my case, on my last Oasis cruise, with so many sea days I probably should have sprung for a package. Our next cruise is port intensive, so I'll be off ship most days, and likely won't be worth the cost. I'm also now a Diamond member, so there are three free drinks per day between 5-8:30pm put on my card that can be used in many locations (not dining room though), so that's another consideration... There's no "one size fits all" to the "worth it?" question.

Hello fellow Michigander. If the price was comparable I'd probably do the Crown Loft just to have a "different" style of room. PS - I did a mock booking for Feb 28; if you travel with 2 children you can save about a grand by booking you and one child in the Crown Loft, and your spouse and another in an interior room. They obviously don't have to stay in that room... We booked two connecting Ocean View rooms on Jewel for next April that way - doubled our space, for only $30 more with this BOGOHO promo.

I sailed Adventure four times, so I have a preference for that particular ship. I prefer it's itineraries (well, Caribbean itineraries, as I haven't sailed elsewhere).

I take full credit for this. After noticing the balance of my SeaPass card after my April Oasis cruise, Chairman Fain had full confidence he could afford another of the big ships.

We used a magnetic clip stuck on the wall of our cabin to keep the day's Compass conveniently at hand on our last cruise.

Booked it - April 4, 2015 on Jewel of the Seas :)

I pulled the trigger ... One ocean view cabin in April, for four people, on Jewel was $X. With this sale, two connecting ocean view cabins (two in each room) were just $30 more! That was a no-brainer - booked!!!!! Thanks for your help Michelle!!!

Ain't that the truth. Our first cruise, our honeymoon, was very port-intensive - 6 islands in 7 days. For some reason we scheduled an excursion for each morning and each afternoon, or full day excursions. By day four we were exhausted!

Third Quantum Class ship details revealed! I understand it's going to be called Belligerence of the Seas...

(Facepalm!) Hah hah hah! Now that I re-read that I can understand how it could be viewed that way. I think the only WOW cards I earned were from my kids, and perhaps the accountants at RCI. :)

I received a big wad of them (6 or 8) on my Apr 5-12, 2014 Oasis cruise...

I just started my diet yesterday, so I really, really, really, from the bottom of my heart, want to thank everyone for the dessert photos… ;)

I was less than impressed with the place, but then again we were there only from 7am-2pm, and on a Sunday to boot. I didn't feel uncomfortable wandering around either… well, other than being hot. :) But we did leave the kids shipboard, might have felt different with them there. I can imagine a full-day stop would be far more interesting, but if we stop there again on a future cruise I'll need a good reason to get off the ship.