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Yeah- your cruise will be saved!😀

To a fair degree you can control the second suggestion. You can choose a cruise in a non-vacation period for a longer itinerary on a line like Celebrity. There will be barely any kids. Or go with Viking. Cruises on family friendly lines (RCCL, NCL, Carnival) 7 nights or less will be full of kids.

Posting a personal email to a named crew member is not allowed by Celebrity or by Cruise Critic. Emails to general business functions, ie., Special Needs, Retreat concierge, etc. But no specific names or personal emails. Exception is the CEO of Celebrity (LLP- but her staff members respond).

It seems like a huge detractor for many customers. But I guess a lot of people are willing.

When you have kids, cruise with kids. When you don't have kids, don't sail with kids.

Is the final payment refundable for some period of time? Or is it lost if you cancel anytime within that year?

Anybody here sail Siversea as they are the small luxury line now for the Royal Caribbean Group? I would like to know how they compare to Azamara and Oceania.

There is no comparison at the lowest level suite. RCCL Jr Suite has no benefits except a larger cabin. Sky suite is a much better deal overall.

We sailed Constellation in the summer through the Mediterranean and Adriatic regions. Very port intensive. It was a ten day cruise from Venice. There were hardly any kids at all even though it was in school summer vacation period. Excellent cruise! We have never sailed Virgin. But we are thinking of Viking. Biggest drawback for us is there is no casino. Not that we are big gamblers but we do like to partake a few times a cruise.

RCCL has some well maintained, smaller ships. We enjoy the Radiance class, like Brilliance. About the size of M-Class ships. Only 1/3 the number of passengers vs. Oasis class.

The CS on Edge has a regular-height table with two chairs.

I cannot answer this except to say the clear winner is very much a personal choice depending on what you want out of your cruise vacation. All of these ships are quite nice in their own ways. If we are sailing the Caribbean and feel more like a party type vacation with a lot of activity we would go with RCCL and we really do enjoy Oasis class for this. We love the Crown Loft suites. The restaurants and entertainment choices on these ships far surpass any Celebrity ship. But so do the crowds, noise and kids. A good in-between choice is the RCCL Quantum ships like Anthem. Still more activity and noise (think bumper cars) than Celebrity but not a gigantic ship. When you sail Edge soon, you will have a very different on-ship experience than Wonder. More refined than any RCCL ship and less noise, far fewer kids, but also fewer dining and entertainment choices (but still enough for us). So as we are now retired and without kids at home, we tend to mostly cruise Celebrity. We prefer S-Class and M-Class to the Edge Class, mostly for the real balconies. But if you are in a suite on Edge you will get real balconies.

You could have brought them on your next Celebrity cruise and sold them!😀

Wonder can carry near 6988 passengers at maximum occupancy and 2300 crew. It has a gross tonnage of 236,857. Edge carries 2918 passengers and and 1377 crew, gross tonnage is 130,818. So in addition to being a floating amusement park loaded with kids, Wonder is a whole lot larger than Edge by any measure. I have been on Allure and Edge. No comparison. I was on Anthem and found it to have some similarities to Edge.

Many options. The FLL airport is very close to the Port Everglades cruise port. We also use Larry's Limos, as we usually have to deal with large and heavy luggage (yeah we cruise that way).😀

We found the Purell dispensers often empty on our most recent sailing like at the entrance to the OVC for example. But there was always a staff member there with a squirt bottle for Purell when you entered.

In general we get this type of comment here on occasion like the OP's about feeling like a "second class citizen" or others have commented "being in steerage". One's feelings and how they view themselves are one's own perception. Nobody can actually directly make you feel that way. Why have that outlook? Who cares what anybody else thinks ?

I had Starlink premium on Equinox in January in the Caribbean. It was the most reliable and fastest WiFi that I have ever experienced on a ship. No problem with streaming at all.

Have you checked into the at-home INR test device? Finger ***** for a drop of blood, like a blood sugar test. Insurance might cover the cost of your own device.

Did the Beyond have Starlink then?

If you get the premium WiFi it is definitely fast and reliable (most times). Many others have complained about the standard WiFi even with Starlink. It seems they limit it on bandwidth and download/upload speed. The premium will have far less users in general.

With all the cruising we have done over a lifetime, this quote also directly applies to us - no matter the cruiseline!

Do they have lobster-flavored lip balm? Do they charge extra for a second tube?

If I were taking 30-something family members on their first cruise I would also choose an E-Class ship.

Sorry I meant Millennium Class (M-Class). I know the OP is going on Infinity. My same comments apply across all M-Class ships.