We went with our grandkids (5&10) last September including our adult son and his wife.
Sitka...Fortress of the Bear and Raptor Center.
Juneau...the Musher Camp
Ketchikan...Deadliest Catch Bering Sea Tour.
Personally I agree about the train and young kids...I wouldn't even consider that.
Ketchikan....Deadliest Catch Bering Sea Fisherman's tour.
Check booking via your cruise line vs their direct website for best price.
One of the best tours at this port.
I've been looking at several DL flights...multiple routes/dates etc and most all of them have the notated "X" as not available on some seats with random locations. Long time DL flyer and this appears to be rather new.
We pay no attention to this at all...it doesn't matter to us what crew happens to be onboard.
We've sailed for many years on RCI and the only two captains I can even remember are Cpt Johnny and Cpt Selvig...no idea who anyone else was.
Crown Bay used to be a submarine dock and when RCI started sailing the larger Oasis class (needed for the depth) there they signed a multi-year contract. I too miss docking at Havensight.
We visit these ports (Cabo & Puerto Vallarta) often during our Mexican Riviera cruises.
We prefer to walk-around both of these and so easy to do. Cabo an easy tender and Puerto Vallarta we take a taxi to the Malecon. You should have no concern about safety but I'll agree with you about Acapulco.
OP...best of luck to you in whatever you decide works best.
It seems that you've been given several options...make a decision so you don't have to keep posting in what now seems a very defensive response about the situation that's been created.
You should have no trouble getting the earliest time slot to disembark. I would still stick with the noon flight...less time to spend at MCO with kids.
The hair dryers onboard (most ships now) are Conair 1875..I have the exact one at home and it works fine. Also they have a switch so you no longer have to hold the button down continuously.
More than likely you'll make a noon flight from MCO. We self disembarked (4 adults & 2 kids) used a private shuttle company and were there in plenty of time for our noon flight.