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We did a Princess 10 day cruise 12 years ago. We did have a good time. The fact that it was 10 days meant a much older crowd. The one bartender joked with us that the average age was dead. My Wife, myself and the couple we came with were the only ones in the bars after 10PM. The longer the cruise the older the crowd.

We have bought many pieces from Ajanta Jewelers in St Thomas. We have had everything appraised once we got home and has always been appraised for double what we paid for it. Now I will say it has been probably 10 years since we have been there, but they still send us post cards.

They did give us great service also. My wife's diamond fell out shortly after we got one piece, we sent it back they fixed it no charge and sent it back, no questions asked.

I think they actually have a store in New York now.

For us we always take the longer cruise. We are going to have a great time either way, why not make it longer.

We always pick a server or bartender and use them exclusively and of course tip them extra. If you chose 1 person you get to know them and they get to know you and watch for when you need a drink. We never have a problem getting a drink.

306 till our 3rd time on Adventure. Can't wait already

What we have done with our kids is tell them to go the first night and if they do not like it they do not have to go back. They usually make so many friends the first night we do not have to worry about it again.

I have sailed both RCCL and Carnival and I would always choose the longer cruise if price is the same. Plus Anthem is a much bigger ship

Sales do come and go, but one thing I have noticed in the last couple of years that the price has not gone down on the cruises we have been looking at, which are typically spring break cruises.

We were on the adventure 15 years ago, 5 years ago and we are going on her again next year. The promenade rooms are great you can watch the parade or just see what is going on. The Adventure will seem like a mega ship compared to any Carnival ship. You will have a blast go and enjoy.

Does anyone else remember betting on the horse races?

That was the best! I was never “an owner,” but it was sure fun.[/quote/] My wife and her friend were jockey's one time and the names of the horses were hysterical. The owners got to dress the horses and carry them around the ship. The betting could get really big on some of them.

We just got back from climbing the falls. It was a great excursion. Your kids will love it and remember it for a long time. I would definitely do the falls.

We would really rather cruise RCCL, but our last 4 cruises have been on Carnival because of cost (family vacations). We did the Sunshine last year, it was a southern Caribbean cruise and we really had a good time. The ship is in really good shape. The crew was fantastic in fact we saw a couple of them on the Dream this year and they remembered us.

The ship is smaller and cut up kind of weird but it is easy to navigate.

You will have a good time don't worry about it.

The first thing we do is get a drink and then find our lounge chair by the pool that will be our spot for the week, then grab some lunch and another drink. We do not drink at home but on vacation we make up for it.

We just got back from Jamaica a week ago. We did not have any problems. We went to Dunn's River Falls on a private tour. It was very good!!

I forgot they do not have problems in Jamaica only situations and we did not get into any situations.

The issues they are having do not involve tourists. It is more gang related.

First I would always take 7 days over 6 and go anywhere that is not the Bahama's. I guess I am trying to say I would go on the Miracle.

just got off the Dream. The pasta place is on deck 11 above the buffet. If you want something else it really depends on what time you get on the ship. Guy's did have a line but it was never too long of a wait. The Blue Iguana was pretty quick also. The buffet lines were long and moved slow all week.

4 days 16 hours and 4 minutes Dream

Our last 3 cruises have been on these 2 ships. The Conquest twice followed by the Sunshine. They each have there pluses and minuses, but they are very similar in a lot of ways. It depends on what is important to you. The Sunshine does have a much better Serenity area if you want that. The Conquest has a second pool if you want that.

I would always take more days. I guess that means the 8 day on the Conquest. Aruba, Curacao, Gran Turk and Princess Cays are all great islands that you can just get off and walk around or do an excursion.

It depends on how many kids they have on board. If they have a lot of kids they do not bend the rules much. If they have less kids they tend to allow more changes,

Cool, I'll probably just go to the location at the port then! I want to get at least 1 kind of rum (maybe 2), all the flavors sound so interesting online, have to get the mango one for sure, maybe the lime, and I do want the BBQ sauce and the jerk spice. I can never try jerk chicken or whatever in the Caribbean because I'm a vegetarian, so I was excited when I saw the jerk seasoning so I could flavor my tofu with it and finally see what the big deal about it is, lol...

We really like the jerk seasoning. We usually get multiple bottles of it and multiple of the BBQ so they last us at least a year or longer until we can get back there. The guavaberry rum is really good. Get a Guavaberry colada on the beach they are fantastic.

There is one on the pier, but the main one is in downtown Philipsburg. I have spent lots of money in there over the years. Last time they actually gave me a free t-shirt because we spent over a $100 and we brought multiple people in who also spent money. The Rum is very good and the spices and BBQ sauce and good also.

I agree with just about everyone else you cannot go wrong with either of these. Do you want to have a really busy cruise with 6 port days or a more relaxing cruise with 5 port days.

When we were younger we always went for more ports, but as we have gotten older we do enjoy relaxing by the pool on sea days more than we used too.

Good luck with your choice and you will have a great time no matter which you choose.

Looking at an 8 day on Freedom or a 7 day on Allure.

The islands are very similar and we have been to them all so they are not a big deal in our decision.

The 8 days on Freedom will be an inside cabin, but $500 less going to

St Maarten, St Kitts, San Juan, Labadee

Allure will be a boardwalk balcony $500 more. Going to

St Thomas, St Maarten, Nassau

The question is: is Allure worth $500 more for a balcony, but with 1 less day?

If you go to the same places all the time try to have the same server wait on you. They will give you better service and remember your card number and you will not even need your cards. We hang out on the pool deck a lot and our server would not even come over he would just look at us and make a motion to see if we needed a drink. If we gave him a thumbs up 2 drinks would be on the way.

If you go to the bar you have to have your cards because the bartenders must swipe them, but the servers do not need your card just your folio number.