island lady

Ummm...yes...have those lined up. 😉

Which does not work with the OP's mentioned 13 night TA. 😉 That is knocked back to the 7 night plus 100.00.

We missed all of our tendered ports due to weather. Including Devils Island, the Falklands, and Punta Arenas. 😞 Our favorite port, fortunately docked....was Ushuaia. Very easy to walk into, and lots of things to see. Great restaurants!

Since the failure (IMHO) of the whole MTD program, we have been booking first traditional dining for years now. If for some reason we will not be at our table on any given night, I always inform the dining host that our table is available for others. We had Chops one night, and told the host in advance that we will not be there that one night, but will keep the others. The next night after Chops, we simply walked straight to our table as usual. A woman came up to us and told us we were at "her" table. I told her that was not true. She dragged one of the head waiters over who demanded to know why we sat ourselves at that table. I kept my cool, and pulled out my sea pass card...showed him the table assignment on my card, then pointed to the table number on the table. Said "What do you know.....we seem to have a match"!! Some crow was eaten at that point, as he told us the pax from our Chops night insisted they receive that table for the rest of the week. They were MTD pax. 😉

And also to your worries...which I think you have worked through perfectly. The important thing is...you will be just fine. Now just need to sit back, take a breath...and have a wonderful cruise with your family! 🙂

As I mentioned...my Stevia packets travel with me. Then curiosity stuck me about the Almond milk. I don't use it, but my sister needs to do lactose free. Found a lot of this online. Travel worthy. 🙂

I think the OP was asking if the kids actually needed the passports to cruise. Answer: No...not needed on a closed loop cruise. Preferable, and a good idea? Yes, I agree....but bottom line is the OP can take her kids and grandkids using their birth certificates.

No idea on the Almond milk, but I don't take chances on not getting my Stevia. I bring a large ziplock bag of my own on every cruise. It's very light weight to pack. 😉

Huh???!!! Wasn't this your post #67? 🤔 There is absolutely nothing in Falmouth that would ever make me want to venture outside the gates for.

Wow...that brings back memories of many years ago! 😉

We had a fantastic independent local walking food tour the last time we were there. Would do it again. Loved it!

I avoid cruises that ARE going to Labadee. 😉

No, you don't need the passports on closed loop US cruises. And no, you won't be going to Labadee (a highly guarded, gated off small peninsula on the north Coast of Haiti). IMHO...that port of call might be going away for a long time.

That would be in dog years of course. 😄

Thanks! We were there last year, loved it. Great walking town and pretty waterfront. 🙂

LOL...I am packing for the last quarter of RCI world cruise out of Barcelona next week. 😉

LOL...OK...more cabin selections for us. 😄

I just hope they work something out. I most definitely don't want to have my Aussie circumnavigation cruise cancelled. That has happened twice now with RCI (once for Covid, but once for no reason at all well past restart)...and is the reason we switched to Viking for that adventure.

Hah!! I resemble that remark!! 😄 😄 Though I did find it interesting when I pull up the Celebrity website to look for new cruises, I see older faces...gosh we do still exist!!. On all the Royal website pictures...it is always and only ....young families with kids...

Agree....we love the drink voucher program on Royal! Anywhere, at anytime ....it is happy hour for us. 🥰 We unexpectantly became a Zenith equivalent...without even having been on an X ship before. Supposedly now have the premium drink package. Not sure how that all works, happy to have it, but more importantly for me...the WIFI package. 🙂

Me too. First cruise with X for us in December. Then became even sweeter for us when they came out with the status match with Royal for perks on X. 😉

We are also on the Venus 1/20/25 out of Sydney. Have heard nothing from Viking. A "no news is good news" thing hopefully. We then connect to Orion the next day after we disembark in Sydney.

My Dad used to pull water skiers in front of the Musical Fountain (and actually designed the boat jump ramp!). Is that still going on? Grand Haven was soooo beautiful in the Summer. 🙂 A perfect little town on the water.

Oh sure...they want to make my bid money go away....I can see that. 🤪 So why did they accept my 20K on my bid last year? 😉 63 nights in a GS, versus a balcony. Worth it.

My post was just to point out that hurricanes are common in July, as it is right now. Thanks, I do know OP was talking about 2025, so hurricane season for next year. 😉 It comes around once each year for some reason. BTW....I grew up in Grand Haven, graduated from Grand Haven High School. No hurricanes up there. 😄