TeaBag

Don't try to take food off the ship in NZ or OZ. The dogs are right there sniffing everyone as they stand in a row for inspection. As others have said it is best only to take bottled water which is often available as you leave the ship.

On our last cruise at a table for 10 (early seating) we had a couple who consistently arrived 45 minutes late. Our waiter never said anything to them and worked very hard to catch them up to the course we were on. It made extra work for him and I don't know why they didn't get the picture after the first night. It annoyed the rest of us as it delayed our service and we decided to say something after the fifth night. However, the 6th night was formal and they didn't appear, likely because the gentleman was supplied with a jacket on the first formal night.

Thank you Maddycat. My mistake.

Dosherpack beat me to it. We have seen one of these cabins on a cabin crawl. They are HUGE.

As others have said, buy the pass in Bermuda, as you get off the ship. It can be bought for multiples of days and is good for the ferries and the bus. We took the ferry to Hamilton the first day. If you can get there by noon, there is a public dunking (wench gets dunked for gossiping) and I think your children would enjoy this.

We have never had small children on a cruise, but we have often seen them around the ship and they all appear to be having the time of their lives.

Linda, we asked why they bother with the second card when it says right on your seapass if you're elite or not and we were told this second card was originally meant for the suite people who were included in the perks program.

Thank you for your detailed review of Qsine. We will just have to book a cruise on Eclipse.

DH says that Celebrity has an onboard service compatible with Rogers and we verified that it worked. However, the cost per minute was very high. DH doesn't remember exactly but thinks maybe $4/min. This was on the Millennium going to Alaska last year.