Essiesmom

You should ask this on West Coast Departures, under North American Homeports. Or perhaps on the Princess board here. EM

If it is in a sealed package, okay. You could bring the rice cooker and while they will confiscate it on boarding, you would get it back at the end of the cruise and use it for your land portion. Unless you like a specific kind of rice, you could also buy that in Anchorage. EM

Edited to say this applies if you are US citizens. EM

If it a closed loop cruise from a US port you can use an official birth certificate and government issued photo ID. The toddler does not need the ID. Passports are preferred but not required. I would just enter the child as a 1-17. If the website balks when you try to enter the info for the child, you might need to call. EM

Only two ships, and the HAL ship is small. EM

Welcome to Cruise Critic. There is beach, Margaritaville with a lovely free form pool. Shopping area. You can check it out here on th Ports of Call board for Caribbean islands. EM

Possibly not. Sometimes you think you are linked but you are not, and vice versa. Last cruise I went to activate at the kiosk and it told me I was already linked. EM

It sounds like you need to try the Yacht Club on MSC. Visit the MSC board here for advice. EM

Try cruisetimetables.com and Vancouver as your departure port. And of course, choose when you wish to sail. Remember that if a ship does a one way from Vancouver to Whittier or Seward, you can always book the return trip as a B2B. There are quite a few choices. Suggest you also use cruisedeckplans.com to research the size of the ship. The ports are pretty standard across all of the cruise. EM

I think you need to be proactive, checking the website multiple times a day. I do t think your PVP has a beeper to tell him when a cabin pops up. Nor do I think the computers have an interface matching waitlists with cabins. If one pops up on the website, chances are someone like you will see it first and snap it up. EM

And I believe that on US flagged vessels, not all employees have to be US citizens. A specified percentage do, and could be legal residents or here with work visas. EM

She continually refused the offer, took nothing. But got charged anyway. EM

Yes. Only MDR difference between Bella/Fantastica and Aurea is time and location. EM

I’m in. I just booked my first Vista class, September 29 on Vista. Need to check out the ship. OV cabin for me. Looking at Venezia in Jan. EM

Seashore is currently sailing from Port Canaveral. I was on her in December and will be again in June. She is a beautiful ship. Yes, the MDR food might not be up to Celebrity expectations, but I was on Summit in June 2023 and was very disappointed in the food, both MDR and evening buffet. For my money, I’ll sail MSC. EM