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  1. I'm confused. Are you booking 3 people in the 3 bed cabin OR are you booking 2 people in a 3 bed cabin now and thinking you might add a 3rd person later? If you think you might add a 3rd person later, be aware that sometimes the total capacity of the ship is reached and you won't be able add a 3rd person even though there is an empty bed in your cabin. Cruise ships can be at full capacity even when there are empty cabins. That happens when there are a lot of cabins booked with 3-4 people in them.
  2. We got off Wonder on Sunday. We had 5:00 early dining and were seated at a able for 6 people. The other couples came the first night but skipped lots of nights. The second evening when we were alone at our table at about 5:20, the head waiter asked if we'd like company. I asked if it would be MTD people and he said yes. We said sure because we'd love other people to talk to. We told him to feel free to seat others with us any night the table wasn't full.
  3. There are some exceptions, such as: Drinks at the Starbucks stand in the middle of the atrium are not free for Diamonds. I was on Wonder last week. On sea days, they had a stand by the pool selling pineapples that had the middle cut out with alcohol for $14 or non-alcohol for $10. I thought it would be cute for some pictures, but they were not free for Diamond members.
  4. I am celiac and cruise a couple weeks each year. I bring a lot of prepackaged snacks with me for my travel days to and from the ship (2 flights each way), to eat on the ship, and at ports. You're not supposed to bring ship food off the ship. They have dogs sniffing everyone's bags at some ports looking for food, but prepackaged food is ok. I bring an unopened jar of cashew butter in my checked luggage. I bring several bags of tiny milk chocolate chips (from the baking aisle), Rice Krispie treats, protein bars, etc. in my carryon luggage. The Windjammer has yogurt in big bowls that people scoop out of. I ask the worker for individual yogurts (they keep them in a fridge behind the counter.) I put them in our cabin fridge to eat later as snacks with my cashew butter and chocolate chips. I eat lunch every day at El Loco Fresh. The first day of each cruise I talk to the head person there to make sure I know what is gluten free. I don't take anything from their condiment bar because of the possibility of cross contamination. I always get early dining and preorder my food for the next day. i trust the desserts at the Cafe Promenade because they are behind glass and you have to request them. I'm very careful in the Windjammer buffet. Have fun!
  5. Since you said you're not very tech savvy, make sure you find out how to change the settings on your phone while you're on your cruise so that you don't get a huge bill from your cell provider.
  6. You might not find out about an upgrade until after you've boarded. We've eaten dinner with people on the first night that haven't unpacked because they were still hoping to be notified of an upgrade.
  7. Since your kids aren't in school yet, unless you must travel during spring break (like if you're a teacher), I'd avoid the whole spring break season.
  8. We try to have the same cabin on B2Bs, but sometimes we've had to change and I also prefer to move everything myself. Unfortunately, I think each time we've had to switch cabins, we've also hit the timing where the cabin stewards are shuffled to different locations of the ship. So although I've tried to meet the new cabin steward ahead of time, they've always said they'll be assigned a different location. I think they switch locations near the beginning of each month.
  9. It doesn't hurt to ask if there is an accessible cabin available. The ship can reach maximum capacity without selling every cabin, especially on a holiday sailing. That's because many families will have 4 in a cabin. Once they hit their maximum lifeboat capacity, no more cabins will be sold. The ship may sail with some empty cabins.
  10. A lot of families with kids in school take their family vacation during Spring Break (high school and younger)
  11. I agree with this. @bayou cruiser If you're trying to avoid kids, you can take a long cruise during this same time frame (such as 9-11 nights.) We've done that several times and had very few kids on the ship.
  12. If it is at CoCoCay, they don’t use paper tickets. It is tied to your key card.
  13. True. Even if you weren't actively using your phone, just having it off airplane mode means all your apps were getting data. Since cruise lines are pushing people to use their apps while onboard, I think the cruise lines should do more education to help people avoid big bills.
  14. Unfortunately, the vouchers are not valid for Starbucks.
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