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Also a lot of ports also have places to rent bicycles. So why bring a folding bike? But if someone brings one it should be on them to find out if they can take it off/use it at any particular port not the cruise line. As for any private island unless there are specified bike trails it seems like a poor idea. I have been to Coco Cay and if that is the one in question if I was the Cruise line I would not allow it there.

No one is going to take the stuff you mention. If they are prescription glasses what value would they be to someone other than you? It is generally safe to leave your bag. I take a waterproof pouch like you are planning to take for my ID, a credit card and some cash. I wear glasses and never take my expensive glasses to the beach. Since glasses are essential to me I travel with backup glasses because glasses can break anywear and wear those to the beach. Backup sun glasses too. I get inexpensive glasses at Costco for backups.

I don't think anyone should expect to be able to bring a bike into any foriegn port without permission. You gave an exampe of the countries security stopping you. I don't think that anyone should expect that Guest Services would be able to get permission or even try. If you want to bring your bike to port get permission from the local authorities in advance. As far as the private island that is still a foreign country but I could see why the cruise line would not want passengers bringing bikes and riding around; for example CoCo Cay. Every possibilty is not going to be written down because there would need to be hundreds of pages of rules. Many things require common sense. It seems like OP started out feeling entitled and continued that way even after encountering issues at the first port. Sorry, the world does not work that way.

The decor gave me a headache and there were no quiet spaces. In the MDR they divided passengers into teams and awarded points to the loudest team. That was quite a while ago so probably Miracle and Pride have had redos.

The long Celebrity cruises 10 and 11 days out of Baltimore were great for me. I would drive to the port about a 40 minute drive. The fares were pretty reasonablen too. As a bonus I liked Mercury and Galaxy. I hated the Carnival ship. The vibe and decor were not to my taste.

I cruised once on Carnival Miracle out of Baltimore. It was a 7 day round trip to the Bahamas. It was definitely sold out. My travel agent took me on a ship inspection of Carnival Pride on turn around day which did 7 day cruises. Seemed to be a lot of passengers boarding. Radiance Class might theoretically be able to cruise out of Baltimore but it might be too close for comfort. If Radiance can then so can Millennium class as they are built on the same hull yet they have not sailed those either out of Baltimore. I guess it could simply be they make more revenue out of other ports.

RCI also sailed Enchantment of the Seas. Carnival also sails out of Baltimore. NCL has sailed it of Baltimore.

I sailed on both Mercury and Galaxy out of Baltimore. If Summit had sailed out of Baltimore I would have been on it as I lived 35 miles from the port. 😀 I cruised on Summit 8 times the first time when she was in her first year of service, that was a southern Caribbean. I did Summit 5 times out of Bayonne.

It has been said they can yet it has never happened. If there is a demand for bigger ships out of Baltimore why hasn’t RCI ever used that class out of Baltimore?

I doubt you sailed out of Baltimore on Celebrity Summit. Celebrity has not sailed out of Baltimore for many years. As for Radiance class if they can sail out of Baltimore how come none ever have? If they can it does not seem like there is a need for larger ships out of Baltimore.

They are planning to add a third span to the Bay Bridge and leave the other two spans. I think that decision has been made. No design yet for the third span. They need to look at the existing two spans in light of the Key Bridge catastrophe as they don’t have dolphins. I am guessing they will add dolphins. They could look at increasing the height of the two spans. Whatever they do will take many years. Currently they have been boring a second Bay tunnel parallel to the current tunnel. I believe that project is about five years late from when it was supposed to be completed. Increasing the capacity of the Bay Bridge is probably 10 to 20 years away.

August has the worst heat and humidity. I prefer mid June because the water has warmed up enough then for me to swim comfortably. Late September is like June, the humidity and heat are lower but there are increased chances for hurricanes in September.

The AC must have been on the blink as they had it the many times I was there but I prefer to sit on the second floor balcony outside if there is an empty table . Besides the nachos which are great the seasoned fries are a pretty good side. They also had a great fish chowder.

Reservations are recommended for the caves. You can take the ferry to either St. George or Hamilton. Really a matter of which is the most convienient schedule. You can wing it. You can ferry to Hamilton and ferry back from St. George. I usually wing it a lot in Bermuda. Ferry, taxi, bus whatever decide on the spur. If for sure you are going to take buses and ferries the transport pass would be convenient. Only about a dollar more than the $4.50 tokens for your plans. I don't get the pass because we prefer taxis to the busn so we do ferry and taxi combo. The pass is great if you want to hop on and off buses. For example you could also hop off at the Aquarium and Zoo going to and from the caves from Hamilton. Tom Moore's Jungle is a nickname for a nature reserve. It is near the caves. I walked there the Swizzle but I guess you could take a bus.

Probably but if you plan to take a bus I don't think the drivers will allow you to bring chairs. I don't know about the $7 shuttles.

I think an Annapolis cruise ship port would likely meet with local resistance.

They drop off at the bottom of the hill from the South Road in the parking area a short walk to the beach just past the food concession, bathroom, changing room building. When you leave the shuttles and or taxis pick up there.

I love art and I don't like the auctions. Most of the "art" is produced in a factory. I have seen the same "work" on sale on several ships. The auctions are to sucker in naive passengers. They take advantage of the fact that most people are not knowledgable.

He was in the piano bar every evening which was then Michaels Club. Hard to leave without him noticing. Sometimes he was in the theater one evening. Also his show then was not billed as a "comedy" show per se.

To you it is harmless because you think it is funny watching. You feel in on the joke. Perhaps it is you who is the problem? Bullies at school get off on bullying and so do their clique. To you it is harmless but the victims may not feel that way.

I went twice too on Celebrity when he was in Michael’s Lounge. He was pretty nasty to people who left early so I stayed for the whole show. The people who he targeted didn’t seem to think it was humor. His fan club did which made it worse. The second time I only went because I was cruising with someone who liked piano bars and they wanted to go. They hated it and we walked out after 10 minutes. They also had one show in the main theater where he couldn’t get away with being nasty and it was pretty obviously not entertaining.

Nope. And when a comedian did pick on an audience member they were not mean. Or abusive. He treated one lady like she was dirt.

Those comedians are not insulting cruise ship passengers who may attend the show unaware. Plus he is not funny….

I think it is different. Abusing individual passengers as part of his show might be comedy to you but I think it is sad.

Being rude, insulting and a bully is part of his show. There are lot of people who love that. I think it is sick but to each their own. As some have mentioned here he has fans who book for his show.