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Check your travel insurance. Certain policies cover "missed ports" and some do/do not cover things like insurrections. We missed a port once and got $100 from our insurance company by sending them the letter from Royal that we were missing the port. Wasn't much but hey $100 was $100!

Yep we were hoping for a location that didn't go thru Kent Island.. So then we'd have multiple options for crossing the bay.

I'm grumpy this morning... Good for NCL, sticking to policy. The moment one domino falls and exceptions are made, the moment we are all sitting around for hours waiting on the scheduley-challenged.

Am I the only who was trying to figure out what this has to do with Virgin Voyages? That's what I get for reading before I've had my coffee.. ugh

Since we have some knowledgeable people here today let me ask. What is the likelihood they could quickly move enough debris from the main channel to permit ship traffic? There must be enough heavy lifting equipment on the East Coast that could at least help get the lane open? Vision isn't due for 9 days? Could they get the channel open by then?

Actually I think Wilmington and Philly have the same prob: The Del Memorial bridge has a 166ft clearance below.. That's fine for massive cargo ships but not so much for tall cruise ships like the ones in Baltimore 😞

We have deep water... We don't have a bridge to clear. All we'd need is a shoreside setup with tents or something to help accommodate the operations. If Royal and Carnival teamed up, I think they could have this ready by the weekend when Carnival is due back.

They referred to the bridge as I95 bypass around Baltimore.. Not 95 itself. Lots of people bypass the tunnels when transiting the Baltimore area and use this bridge instead.

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Who,ever gets in first gets the head start on best locations at the beach and pool. So you're right in planning a ShoreEx so that you have plans and aren't just one of the minions trying to find the best place to hang out. The island can accommodate 11k people, but the "first come first serve" advantage lies solely with the first ship to open their gangway.

Hard to say. If she likes to adventure with her dinner, I'd say any of the restaurants would be appropriate.

I did. 46 mins ago it showed EoS far off the coast but it has since updated.

Explorer is there today, but seems to have turned off AIS Tracking?

Do you have a squirt gun with you... just in case ??

That's why I recommended checking out the acts online ahead of time. If you start to hear something you find offensive, it's easy to shut it down right there rather than walking out of a club during the skit (although those usually produce very funny moments from the comedian). To see who is performing, about 1-2 weeks before the cruise, your cruise compass will start to populate. I knew the comedians on our last two Oasis cruises prior to sail date. And yeah, I agree, OP will probably need to sit that one out...but still wanted to share how we do our intel on talent prior to boarding. We don't do it to get a temperature for vulgarity, but rather to see if we know them from other cruises or on tv somewhere. Also for good clean comedy, check out Dry Bar Comedy online!

Also - once you know which comedians are performing, it might be worthwhile to Google them, possibly check out Youtube or wherever, to get a feel for their level of vulgarity. You may have someone who is more vulgar, or less vulgar, on your sailing.

It's just really hard to predict with many factors that can change the scope. But, typically you're looking at a gangway opening 60 minutes after arrival. We got into San Juan like 2 hours early the last time we went, and so we were off the ship an hour before the original arrival time.

Precisely. So like order it around 2pm...have it for that day and evening and then morning and lunch. Then wait a day and do it again, and you end up having internet for like 4 "half days" 🙂

Also, if anyone knows his full name, you can probably follow him on Social. They tend to announce when/where they're going or post updates from their trips.

My best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who's going with the girl who saw that Vision is best ship in the fleet. I guess it's pretty serious.

Yeah I even looked at another receipt for a Cabana in 2023. and same thing.

Ok if you say so. I'm no tax expert, and even less knowledgeable about Bahamian law. But I've been consistently charged 10% VAT for my pre-purchased ShoreEx items at PDCC. If anyone can explain how this impacts the current 10% tax on pre-purchases, let me know! Will it be 10% two times? Like a local island tax plus a national tax maybe?

Then what did I pay here in 2022? (email from Concierge)

I think Royal should start having more enrichment lectures at sea. Starting with Economics. They could offer it for free at first, but then start charging $5 once it becomes popular.

Pre-purchased excursions have been taxed dating back even before the pandemic. It would appear in your planner as you're making the purchase.