euroclydon

Good advice been on Allure almost booked on Harmony at the last moment booked on ANTHEM 12 days for the same price 43 days and counting down.

if you go on line you can check in three days ahead of time and almost always have a seat although I usually pay for the guaranteed seat especially when cruising .

we always get a balcony it fits our desires we usually only cruise once a year and its about the ports of call we sit out on the balcony every night sipping on coffee or tea and in the mornings entering the port always satisfied only one disappointment last year splurged to a royal suite even though the balcony was 275 sq it was in the very back looking at nothing but where we have been .so its all about the experience on each cruise what is your cup of tea and what is most important thing for you .

anewmac sounds like are family's have a lot in common we have two boys and love to cruise also we usually cruise Rccl we are platinum with Rccl but this is only our second with Carnival but wanted to see the southern Caribbean until now rccl did not go to the southern however we were already booked when they announced they were planning southern trips in 2015:cool:

we sailed in April 2014 on Freedom of the Seas was a great experience originally booked a Grand suite waited till 6 days before and upgraded to a Royal family suite for just a few hundred dollars more this can often be done as the give free up grades the last 4 days to pinnacle and diamond members we are going to try something new going on carnival Breeze in 18 days hope the experience is as welcome as all the Royal Caribbean ones.