Skid

....is on Navigator. Not on my cruise planner so don't know pricing, but I suspect they will do well.

I love the name....To Dry For

Here's the article along with a short video.

There's also an airport in Atlantic City the Spirit uses.

1 minute ago, sk8erguy1978 said:

United is pretty big at EWR too, one of their hubs, I believe.

Yup....before the merger, Continental basically ran EWR. Other airlines were kind of at their mercy.

2 minutes ago, Lovetocruise2002 said:

but it is way busier than we are used to

Take it in stride..you'll be margarita sipping in the blink of an eye! Safe travels.

2 hours ago, hayley_bopp said:

Now my only problem is trying to allay the fears of our first-time-cruiser friends who are sailing with us that the ship is not going to sink/drift off around the globe...

Haha....Tell them to just lean with the Captain like you do on a motocylcle.

47 minutes ago, bigpete said:

Not sure how you feel about discount airlines but depending on where you're coming from, there's Trenton (TTN - frontier airlines) and SWF (upstate New York State). TTN is about 1hr15 and SWF is about 1.5 hrs. Far but still options.

I believe @sk8erguy1978 uses SWF and likes it. 

It seems every time I looked at Frontier, although the base price was good, the added fees wiped out much of the benefit or I had to sacrifice non stop flights. Last thing I want is 6-8 hours for a 3 hour flight. Just never worked out for us. I keep looking though we usually end up on AA or Jet Blue.

14 minutes ago, twangster said:

Ugh.  LaGuardia.  The worst airport in the entire country.  

And I'm thinking $100+ to get to Cape Liberty from there.

26 minutes ago, Andrew72681 said:

I’m surprised that a deal to sell the slots wasn’t announced. If they couldn’t get them sold, things must be even worse for the non-UA airlines than it looked like. Southwest never really put much effort into Newark, so not surprising that they pulled out. 

If I understand this correctly, Newark is not FAA slot controlled like the other NYC airports. If that is the case, then I'm guessing other airlines could just add flights without paying to buy slots.

https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ato/service_units/systemops/perf_analysis/slot_administration/slot_administration_schedule_facilitation/level-3-airports/

3 minutes ago, kittysoul said:

When i was looking at the excursions for Cozumel (the Tulum excursion ), I saw this statement below.... I am just curious now, is this some sort of special sunscreen?  where do I buy some?

• "The National Marine Park of Cozumel forbids the use of chemical sun protection if entering the water. Only UV protective clothing (rash guard) or biodegradable sun protection are permitted in an effort to protect our oceans.    "

Yup, it's a thing. Apparently the chemicals that work best for our protection are deadly to the coral reefs. Here are a couple of articles with some good information on the subject. You can buy this type of lotion in most stores now and on Amazon, Pricey, of course.

https://www.oceanfdn.org/blog/your-sunscreen-killing-coral-reefs

https://www.cozumel-tours.com/biodegradable-sunscreen.htm

Here's a page from Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/s?k=reef+safe+lotion&ref=nb_sb_noss_2

I know there are a lot of Southwest fans on RCBlog. Don't know how many have the need to go to or from Newark, but that will no longer be an option effective November 3.

Here is one of the articles.

@JohnK6404, you are still fine at Islip and I'm still jealous!

45 minutes ago, Lovetocruise2002 said:

gives us an appreciation for what those ice skaters have to do each night under those conditions.

I wish everyone realized this. When one of the show skaters fall and someone has a nasty comment, it makes wish I could just smack him! And the great part is when they do fall, even if not immediately, they do the same move again to get it right..."and the crowd goes wild"

In addition to the great information provided by @Matt here, Barrons interviewed Richard Fain after the earnings call. Interesting reading. One thing mentioned is that despite being down 1% today, Royal Caribbean stock has led the industry in 2019. Also from the article regarding the Cuba cancellations: “We wanted to be generous to those guests whose vacations were disrupted, and that comes with a cost, but I think most of them say we handled it well, which will auger well for us in the future.” See the full article here. 

7 minutes ago, sk8erguy1978 said:

Just added this to my list of possibilities for next visit!

And I put your Paradise Point suggestion on MY list! Thanks.

2 hours ago, ChessE4 said:

There used to be an excursion through Royal going to St John's, which required a ferry ride.  I believe it involved doing volunteer work at the National Park.  Might be worth checking out...

We did that Royal excursion in May and loved it. It was about a 40 minute narrated very informative boat ride to St John and then a 20 minute narrated bus ride to Trunk Bay beach. It was very reasonable priced at $66 per person. I highly recommend it. You can get more details and see pictures about half way down on page 6 of my live blog here

Spoiler alert--I do talk about a lot of those informative points.

20 minutes ago, Pima1988 said:

On Adventure there is only 1 dining room, but it 3 decks.  Deck 3 and 5 will be MTD.  Deck 4 is traditional.

That is interesting to me. We have been on Adventure twice with traditional dining (once before refurb and once after) and were at the same table on deck 5 both times. I will be requesting the same table again for May, so I hope that has not changed.

Oh, @Jaymac Radio...here's hoping safe travels and happy sailing for both you and your alter ego @FlowBro Ty.

3 minutes ago, ellcee said:

@Jaymac Radio The capitalization of every first letter gave you away.

Good job Detective Ellcee.

On 7/23/2019 at 3:29 PM, hayley_bopp said:

We're going on a cruise in a couple of weeks

@hayley_bopp, I am sure @Lovetocruise2002 won't mind me jumping into her thread here to wish you a great trip and safe travels. I guess it would be awkward to blog here from a different cruise line, but hopefully you can post something here and there. Will you be periscoping?

22 minutes ago, twangster said:

Cruise length plays a big factor.  Shorter cruises will never go that low.  People can binge drink for 3 or 4 days so those cruises tend to have a higher DX rate

@twangster, any thoughts on that regarding internet? My 4 night on Navigator is $14/day but my 12 night on Adventure is $16/day for surf & stream. AND the difference between that plan and the lower surf only plan is $2/day for Navigator, but $3/day for Adventure. (Adventure cruise is only 7 months after Navigator).

Thanks.

17 minutes ago, ellcee said:

I’ve kinda assumed they were the same person, just different screen handles

@RickinSTL..please report back when you meet "them" in Sept and let us know for sure.

10 minutes ago, ellcee said:

@Skid I’ve kinda assumed they were the same person, just different screen handles

First I thought they were good friends and later on toyed with your idea, which is most likely more accurate. Maybe @Matt should ban "both" of them for treason!

On 6/21/2019 at 10:48 PM, Jaymac Radio said:

@FlowBro Ty Just Started His Blog On CC Check It Out!!

https://boards.cruisecritic.com/topic/2673340-cruise-in-to-harmony-liveish-harmoy-of-the-seas-91519-to-92119/

Very curious...do you happen to know why @FlowBro Ty is doing the blog there instead of here? 

4 minutes ago, Lovetocruise2002 said:

He was the comedian on Harmony in 2017 when we sailed. I just found him to be ok

Aha, my question answered already! 

3 minutes ago, DDaley said:

I'm finally at 25!

When it hits 10 I will have constant it's-nearly-vacation stomach butterflies!! 

Single digit day is coming!! Happy sailing!!

@Lovetocruise2002, Simeon was on our Symphony cruise also. He was pretty decent, but not as good as the second comedian (Rodney Johnson..I do not know Phil Tag). I have been following comedians for more years than you are old. I'll be interested in your take on him.

Can you please share the email address for the entertainment dept?

Thanks and happy sailing.