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Yes. Some who live local actually go home and do laundry, too.

Back to back is just staying on one ship for consecutive cruises. That's a semi-official term with an official process on board in between cruises. Side to side is just an unofficial play on words of sorts to describe the same thing, but when it involves different ships. The concept isn't really recognized by RC (with the exception being if they provide a shuttle to the 2nd ship) and really is treated as completely separate cruises.

Looks like it's been open since January. And it doesn't look all that impressive. At least yet https://www.cruisehive.com/new-caribbean-cruise-port-welcomes-first-ever-guests/120048

Looks like literally a new cruise port. And new everything. https://www.cruisehive.com/norwegian-cruise-line-will-visit-new-dominican-cruise-port/94616

Season 1 was great. By the end of the series, it was terrible

We've quickly pivoted from "I can't believe RC doesn't keep their ships up" to "I can't believe RC is keeping their ships up" pretty quickly.

You should have gotten internet for the day.

Also depends on time of day and the fickleness of the elevator bank you choose.

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I qualified for my first block in June 2022. At the time you had the option to fill out a form and have it mailed to your house. Despite several conversations with the LA on board various cruises, we didn't get that first block until March 2024 (when we were half way to block #3). And that was after that ship's LA contacted shore side and was told too much time had passed and we were out of luck to get a block for the ship we were on when we earned it. The LA nicely just gave us one he had for the current ship. So our first block, earned on Serenade, is a block for Adventure.

I'm glad you feel better. But it's not because gluten is unhealthy. And definitely not because it gets turned to fat (what's not digested gets expelled). Just make sure you're getting proper vitamins and minerals that tend to not be included in gluten free foods.

This is an urban legend. Those who lose weight eating GF do so because they're eating less fried foods since GF versions are less available or just don't taste as good. But gluten is a prebiotic beneficial to the good bacteria in the intestines.

I won't argue this!

It really isn't that much smaller.

So do you expect them to not do any maintenance in between dry docks? I don't think I've ever been on a cruise where some sort of project wasn't being worked.

It's not hard. It worked great in the beginning. Just now they let too many people pick a MTD slot and it can cause bottlenecks.

If you get into the SL, you've got one of the best concierges in the fleet, Dudley Jean

Just browse a few pages of this forum. Lots of info already there for you.

Gluten free is unhealthy if your body doesn't require it. If you're losing weight due to a GF diet, it's due to eating less or exercising more, not due to the lack of gluten.

Yes, but it's a tiny cheap piece of plastic. Lapel pins are meaningless unless you're Pinnacle

https://www.royalcaribbean.com/cruise-rooms/royal-suite-class

Or a combination of both. You can grab a check-in time for everyone, then everyone else can enter their passport/credit card details at their convenience.

You'd be pretty limited since it's only a 5 nighter. If they extend the Labadee cancellations again, you're probably either Turks and Caicos or a Bahamas stop.

Vision is a classic example of a long and lean route since she does so many 9 nighters.

What small ships aren't sailing full though? It's likely more the long and thin routes, which are more likely to get slotted to a smaller ship, that aren't sailing full. The more traditional vacation routes, no matter ship size, are definitely full.