time4u2go

I also avoid the sun because of skin cancer. There are quite a few shaded places on Oasis class although they may not have a great view of the pool

I totally agree! They are being cheap. But as long as their ships sail full, at their current high prices, they have little incentive to change things.

Perhaps it costs RC less money to show those channels.

Which ship?

In general, the more forward (or the more aft), and the higher up you are, the more motion you will feel. Since these rooms are as high up as you can get, and as forward as you can get, you are more likely to feel motion in these rooms.

You might want to change the two words "Out Doing" in your thread title to one word "Outdoing". VERY different meanings.

I'm fairly certain that all cruisers that were supposed to stop at Labadee got another sea day or were sent to another island. Really not sure what you are asking.

While that is no doubt good advice when possible, it's not always possible or desirable. Sometimes the other parts of the vacation are other cruises, with perhaps only one or two nights between them, which makes it a challenge to wash and dry clothes. It's much easier to do so during a cruise because there are typically more consecutive nights on a cruise, and because it's a lot easier to put a load of clothes in the machine, grab something to eat or drink, come back to the machine, etc. As far as using Airbnb's, I'm also somewhat hesitant to use those in other countries. I prefer to use hotels. Note that I'm not trying to say that everyone should wash clothes during a cruise. Of course not. I'm just trying to explain to those that say basically, "don't wash clothes, you're on vacation" that there are a lot of factors to consider.

Because sometimes the cruise is but a small part of a much longer vacation where it is impractical to carry enough clean clothes for the whole time.

Gotcha. For me, it's neither of those things. It's that I take long trips, often to hot places where it would be nice (and convenient) to be able to wash clothes on a cruise ship, preferably not by hand.

How does a luggage tracking device help with doing laundry?

Sometimes the cruise is just a small part of a much longer trip so bringing an extra piece of luggage doesn't solve the problem.

It's a shame we have to pay extra for decent ice cream.

RC has some of the most tasteless ice cream I've ever eaten.

I wonder why that's not an issue on other cruise lines that do have self-service laundry.