Wheeling TravelingMom

Pretty much they pay attention to the customers. The servers/bartenders check your cards. Also they won't usually bring you a second drink while you are still drinking one & really stick to the not getting getting a drink prior to the time limit.

 

When we were on our cruise my dh had the premium alc package & I had the non-alc package. They'd check our cards when we ordered drinks. It was funny because I'd order a drink & they'd start telling me I'd have to pay & I'd say I know, it's fine. If you frequent the same places, after a few days they stop asking for your cards & will sometimes bring you the 2nd drink a little early. The only time we ever had the slightest issue was dh ordered a breakfast drink (some kind of smoothie with alcohol) and it came while he was in the buffet line, they weren't real excited to be leaving it with me & I felt like they watched me until he came to the table with his food.

 

Like I said the main thing is they do really pay attention to the people and the cards. The only thing that was never an issue was getting a bottle of water the same time you got a drink which I've read seems to be an issue on some RCCL ships with the new package.

We had pretty much the exact same experience on Celebrity. I had an alcohol package, the two teens had soda ones, and husband didn't have anything (he had just had a surgery that limited what he could eat and drink). They really watched that we were not sharing with my husband. I ordered a bottle of water with one of my drinks and didn't end up drinking half of it. My husband took it from the table and they politely said something to us about not sharing. It was sort of ridiculous but we laughed about it.

Thank you so much for the heads up on Belize. I hadn't even begun to do my research on it. Just had it as a port we have not yet been to so it sounded interesting. Will cross off for now.

I am going to take a look at Holland America and I have never thought of going the back to back route. Thank you so much for that idea!

Thanks Kathy! That is so disappointing.

I called Princess today to look at some other itineraries. There was one I was looking at with Belize. The booking agent assured me it wouldn't be an issue. That there would be 4-5 strong men there that would lift him onto tender.

Because of this forum, I know better than to go by that.

Well, boo. I called RC to see what they had but their accessible rooms are all gone.

We have done it post cruise twice now. It's an easy drive and I find it a nice way to transition from ship to crazy (WDW). Plan the day for the drive and maybe catch one light show that night somewhere at WDW before you throw yourself into the madness. Last time we stayed at the Yacht Club and so we drove in, relaxed a bit at the hotel and then took a water taxi over to Epcot for the show. Nice day.

We used Yellowcab as well in FLL last March and had no problems. I did call and make the reservation and followed up with the day before.

From a search it doesn't look as though this has been discussed in a few years so I was hoping for some updated information.

After booking on Princess I was disappointed to find out that their private island is a tender port. I didn't expect that. My son (15 yrs old) is a full time wheelchair user. I would love to hear experiences of other full time chair users on this island. Were you able to tender? How was access on the island? Were the beach chairs available? Or is the sand hard packed enough for an independent chair user to maneuver? What was there to do other than watch everyone else? Are there enough accessible paths to just wander about and explore?

My only experience with a private island has been Disney's where access was pretty good. The older threads here have me a bit scared. Hoping someone can tell me it is much improved.