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It's showing on Serenade planner £185 for 12 day pass

It's all edible. The top tier was the top tier of their wedding cake, so fruit, the bottom tier was a three layer lemon cake, layed with lemon curd. This was what was left by the end of the party

Sorry to hear Greg that the injections haven't helped much. November will be here though before you know it

It's changed from all included to choice of basic fare or all included . As I don't drink enough to warrant a drink package and in Europe don't need WiFi I don't really want a fully inclusive (much more expensive) fare.

A good friend who is amazingly artistic made the cake Here is a wedding cake she made and a cake for my other grandsons 1st birthday Front of cake Back of same cake Grandson's 1st birthday

Our littlest grandsons Christening/first birthday party was yesterday. Held in a church that has strong links for us. We were married there, our kids were christened there. Gary and I were baptised there as adults and my parents are buried there. Lovely little Christening service from Father Richard and great party in the church hall afterwards

Which is mainly because Europeans don't understand the American based tipping culture on board ship. I know people say 'when in Rome etc', but when it's their first cruise and it's a ship sailing ex UK or Europe the whole American tipping culture is not of interest or importance to them. My lovely neighbour on her first cruise two weeks ago ex Ravenna told me they took off the tips and tipped at end of cruise to those they had contact with and thought deserved a tip. A young friend who is at university in Holland tells me it's common for Europeans to just tip a few euros in restaurants even if the bill for a group is over €100. I personally think gratuities should be rolled up in the basic fare, at least outside USA home ports.

Awful news. We need more honey bees, they are in decline here as well

Sorry to hear about the loss of your sons dad. Especially as it happened do unexpectedly and quickly I'm sure his fiancé will be a big support as will you

It's very easy to hire a car in Halifax. There's a couple of car hire places a few minutes walk from the ship. Last visit we took the hire car to Peggy's Cove where we met some friends and then drove down to Lunenburg

I was looking at West Deck on line last week. Do you prebook or can you just rock up ?

Oh Debbie, what a sad story. After reading about his coming round from the coma I thought it would have a happy outcome. My heart goes out to his family and may he RIP now 🙏 😢

I thought that too. I hope Royal Caribbean value their repeat upper level cruisers

Ours is a center aft

Fingers crossed everything is good for you. I wasn't even aware there was a storm brewing until someone on our cruise roll call mentioned it. We fly to Tampa on the 9th, hopefully 🙏 It's now getting talked about in our on line papers over here

I think current 3 year fixed is between 5 and 6% compared to 1 or 2 % a few years ago. I got my first morgage when I was in my mid 20s and similar to Eric it was about 15%. But of course houses very vastly cheaper then. My tiny one bedded house with a postage sized garden was £23500 and the second home I bought, a little two bedded terrace house three years later, was £36,000

Good to know about P&O, we are looking at other lines too, though Roysl is still our first choice

I don't recall the bus ever stopping, it is a hot and dusty trek with little shade. Take plenty of water

Just been speaking to my neighbour who just did explorer 20th Aug. She was a first time cruiser travelling with multiple family members She enjoyed it and thought the food in MTD was good but got fed up with the constant demands for 10 in the surveys . The kids enjoyed the kids club and water slides but she said the ship was packed and the one small swim pool was not enough. She did say it's unlikely they will cruise again in the near future as she preferred a hotel or villa based holiday

It's a huge balcony. We have an aft one on Serenade next month. Our first aft cabin

Such a beautiful area. We've had a couple of land trips this year and it definitely has wetted my appetite to venture outside the normal West Country we do in the UK

Glad to hear a first hand report We're you in a normal cabin ? Everyone seems to say you have to be in the suite area, and as we can't afford that it's putting me off booking

Thinking of you and sending positive thoughts and good wishes for successful treatment

Oh Dani, my heart breaks for you and your cousins family. Thank goodness its been spotted and hopefully she will make a full recovery and you can plan a holiday together next year . When I texted you yesterday I hadn't read this and had been wondering for a few days how things are . Enjoy your holiday as best you can. I'm sure your cousin will love to see all the amazing places you visit especially as you plan another holiday together when she is better With love Sue

So sorry Mimi for you and your family. Its devastating when a much loved family pet dies. It leaves a real hole in the home