mom says

The Princess cruises forum is here: https://boards.cruisecritic.com/forum/119-princess-cruises/

Other sources classify it as temperate, subtropical.

I suggest asking your question on the NCL board if you are asking about ship excursions.

No idea about Norwegian ships, but Churchill's cigar lounge will have cigarette smokers there as well.

Or at least it isn't ALWAYS the best type of vacation. It depends on what you want from your vacation. Cruising is Travel the lazy way. Relax. Make few decisions each day of any importance. Spend a few hours ashore and kid yourself that you have "seen" or experienced that place in any meaningful way. If that is all you want out of your vacation, then a cruise is likely your ideal vacation. We relegate cruises a ways down our preference list, to those cruises sailing itineraries to various ports difficult to do by other means, or in lieu of a resort vacation if it's cheaper.

How were the gate agents negligent? The woman had gate checked the bag. Meaning it had been tagged with the proper flight number and destination and sent to the aircraft. You can't retrieve a bag that has already been checked. The flight delay was entirely the fault of the noncompliant passenger, which necessitated the aircraft's return to the terminal and her removal, and that of her luggage from the hold. Need i point out that since her luggage was in the hold, it obviously hadn't been left at the original gate.

According to Google Images, there does appear to be a helipad on the bow of the Beyond. How any medivac is handled depends on many factors. Most important, the severity of the patient's condition. Distance and time to sail to to port. Availability of Coast Guard ship or helicopter. Size and type of available helicopter. Time of day. Sea conditions. Weather conditions. If by helicopter, final decision is the helicopter captain's.

Welcome to Cruise Critic. Without knowing the type of excursions you might find interesting or enjoyable, how could anyone give meaningful advice? I suggest looking at the relevant ports in the Ports of Call forum: https://boards.cruisecritic.com/forum/456-caribbean/

Love it when an OP gives little details like what kind of plantation experience he's looking for, and in what part of the world. Saw an awesome mixed fruit plantation near Goa from theConnie a few years ago. Also saw a sugar cane/rum plantation in Barbados from either Eclipse or Equinox. Can't remember which. No idea if any of those ships currently have those places on their itinerary. OP can easily find out by a quick web search.

If you want answers from someone who has done this EXACT excursion, then I suggest you ask (with full details given) on the Carnival forum. https://boards.cruisecritic.com/forum/133-carnival-cruise-lines/

How can you leave feedback? Perhaps the same way you've managed to read and reply to these posts? Or get your grandkids to do it for you.

I had to go to the website to see what the fuss was about too. I thought perhaps the page was limited to just the video. But nope; I was able to scroll or click right past it. So I'm not sure why anyone would stay with it if it bothered them.

Not sure why anyone would fly all the way across country for that particular Caribbean cruise. If you want a 7 day cruise, at least the Mexican one wouldn't involve long flights to get there and back. I don't think that either cruise would affect your wife's ability to conceive.

Yes, they will sell cabins to child free passengers. There actually are grown ups who are fans of all things Disney. And there are adults only areas of the ship in the evening. But you have to accept the presence of other people's rug rats for most of the day. Schedule a dental check up on your return home- the overwhelming level of sugary sweetness in all the character and staff interactions is something else. We did one Disney cruise as a couple (after a WDW vacation). It was fine, but it was one and done for us.

I'm not particular as to age, but much prefer ships with fewer than 3,000 pax. Refuse to sail on the mega ships. If I wanted an amusement park I'd go to Disney World.

Well yes. There are routine scheduled dry docks. And then there are unscheduled ones for unanticipated problems that may crop up. By definition you can't predict those.

Well, weather happens every day. Hurricanes happen, but cruise ships don't sail through them. They sail around them. They don't sail to a port where a hurricane is forecast while they are there. They go to another port, or you get an extra sea day. The ABCs are so far south, they usually avoid most Hurricanes. You can look up their individual average monthly weather online.

Except they are too big to stop in Bora Bora. I don't think many of the existing west coast cruise lines have ships small enough for that port. And Celebrity has shown no interest in any long cruises, any more, other than some repositioning cruises.

You can easily, and much more cheaply visit the Louvre on your own. You could take the Metro (€2.15 pp) to the Museum. Or a bus. Or a taxi.The Louvre requires an advance booked timed entry reservation except in the off season. Do it online before you leave home. Find details (price, audio guides, guided tours, etc) on their website https://www.louvre.fr/en/visit/hours-admission?utm_source=magpietravelttd#ticket-prices

Of course the Made in China kitch is world wide. If you want to know what local handmade items are for sale on any given Caribbean Island, go to their tourism website to research the possibilities.

According to Cruisetimetables, the Zaandam will be in Mazatlan

Will a sporting event affect global currency exchange rates? Highly unlikely. Billions, if not trillions, are moved daily. The amount exchanged specifically for the Olympics is miniscule in comparison. Factors that do move the rates are things like national interest rates, inflationary changes (in either direction), economic growth, political stability, trade agreements - the big stuff. Predicting currency rates is like predicting the stock market. Way above the head of most people. For the small amount of cash needed for a few weeks in Europe, it's really not worth worrying about. Getting Euros now from a US financial institution could very well cost more than getting cash from an ATM when you arrive in Europe.

Should probably be asking this on the Princess forum. https://boards.cruisecritic.com/forum/119-princess-cruises/ In the future, it helps a lot if you fill out the title section with the subject of your thread

The East Coast Departures board will likely have answers: https://boards.cruisecritic.com/forum/317-east-coast-departures/

Absolutely nothing wrong with Celebrity (although by personal preference we will never sail in an E Class Infinite verandah). However we have no particular brand loyalty; we sail primarily for interesting itineraries. So if another line offers a sailing that appeals to you, then investigate the possibility. You will never know if another line or ship is a good fit for you unless you try it.