HappyTexan44

I hope they have old information. They show Voyager going Jan 2024. Our cruise is mid Feb, and Jan and Feb 2024 are solid cruises. I assume that they don't cancel cruises for drydock?

I think it is a good thing that we got early traditional dining. So, we'll have time to send back crappy food and switch to something else if the quality is bad.

@SRF What a beautiful Akita!

I have to remember this.

One idea. Don't prepay for gratuities. Buy whatever reservations you'd like now. Use the credit to partially pay for the gratuities.

Maybe take a screenshot of what you ordered. That way if they deliver something else you can get your money back.

We are ones that don't give a hoot about the view. I remember one trip to Universal Florida where I used a TA and I'd carefully researched where we requested a particular area for our room for the view plus shortest walk to the boat. We got it. We opened up the curtains and said, "Yup, that is nice view." We gave the view a Grand Canyon nod, and then closed the curtains never to open them again. The same trip we stayed someplace else not as nice and we opened the curtains and said, "View of the trash dumpster" and closed the curtains never to open them again. After that trip, I told the family we obviously don't care about the view. Although, I would like to not here deck chairs being moved around, or the base from some band at 11 pm.

Thank you for telling us about Costa Maya. My family has never seen a Mayan ruin so we were thinking of doing an excursion to the one nearby. Your experience makes me more certain that is the best option. I read a review online where someone talked about his girlfriend who was a masseuse there bragging about cheating tourists. For example, they never got the time that they paid for.

Can you tell us what happened in Costa Maya? We have an upcoming cruise same ship and ports.

Well, yeah, that is why I asked here. 🙂

I don't understand this "Fall Break" thing. Spring break, I get, Thanksgiving and from shortly before Christmas to early January, that too. Random days here and there, holidays or not. Even time periods when Jewish schools go on vacation. But, October? They're just getting into a groove and just now starting to learn new math (first 6 weeks is review because kids forget math during summer) I think I need to tell some kids to get off my lawn. Maybe I shouldn't, we have baby goats that are allowed.

Sorry, that was a brain fart.

It starts at 6:30. His example was a port day and early dining. I was a little surprised by what he said. Maybe he can do stuff that other people aren't allowed to do because they recognize him, and he doesn't realize that normal people aren't allowed. BTW, I'm not planning on being late I just like to have Plans A, B and C in place. Note, we should have own table for 8. So no one would be waiting on us if the sky fell and we were late. Yes, I am preparing for our starter cruise and I'm about a 9.2 on the anal scale for vacation planning.

His example was on a sea day, so I assume that means late excursion. I just like to be prepared.

So, I'm watching a Royal Caribbean Blog video. He says that if you miss your dining time that they'll close the doors after say 15 minutes, but you can get in the MTD line and they'll seat you there. I always thought that they forced a switch to MTD from then on if you did that. What has everyone's experience been?

I think you won the Internet Comment of the Day award.

I can see it being handy to hand G.S. the cash up front as a way to make sure it isn't stolen out of the safe. Yes that is very unlikely, but 0% if it isn't in your cabin.

I read CC to prepare for our cruise. We won't have a stroller or scooter. I wonder if we should leave dirty dishes on the floor inside our cabin?

It was mentioned recently. Panama Canal cruises were 'enhanced' to not go through the Panama Canals anymore.

Actually, TABC disagrees. They just can't order drinks. Now, some places will say 21+ because they reasonably don't want to bother with customers that can't drink. Of course that is Texas, which wasn't the question. For example, I wouldn't expect the ship to allow parents to order a drink for their kid, as Texas allows.

This would be a nightmare for us. We will be 8, four adults and four teens. Likely doing our own things and meeting up for dinner every day. Also, 5-5:30 is a normal dinner time for me, and one of the other adults wakes up at like 3 am for work. He'll likely be drifting into a more normal schedule, but I don't see him awake at 9pm. The traditional MDR experience is something I've been looking forward to in our Starter Cruise.

Eons ago I was in the home of plastic surgeon in Rome. There was a really fine bottle of 30-year-old Macallan being used as a door stop. When I asked about it I was told that they frequently got tips from happy customers in the form of expensive liquor bottles. The plural was when a pediatrician joined the conversation.

Old CC thread on bringing your own TP.

Isn't there a reason for the crappy toilet paper? Like if you bring your own it will clog the toilet and you might be charged for the work involved in fixing that. (pun wasn't intended)

I thought in the original post it was said that there was availability on other cruises going there around the same time.