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I have 3 grandchildren similar ages and personally would choose another cruise line, even though X is my own personal preference. Yes, they have a kid’s club. But it’s not close to all the other kid friendly things they will not have on X as mentioned above. The pool is not shallow. I’m 5’2” and feel vertically challenged, so I can’t imagine how younger kids would feel. Jmo

For brevity’s sake, I say your TA is spot on. We mainly sail X, but have some RCI when with our kids/grands. However we did Princess to Alaska. We did a southbound from Seward to Vancouver with precruise time in Alaska. We went early Sept.

Summit swapped out with Eclipse just recently ( the east coast itineraries). We have sailed on Summit many times and sailed her for the New England/Canada Oct 2022. We loved the fall foliage and booked at this time frame just for that. Marvelous cruise. Boston RT, Portland, Bar Harbor, Halifax, Quebec City and Sydney.

Imo, Murano.

Oh, the memories. We did this cruise via summit last Oct and dined here with other cruisers. Definitely delicious! One of my favorite ship and favorite cruises.

I read other discussions often. This is my POV. And I’m quite happy that I’m pleased with my memories and experiences.

Amen. I don’t want someone in more than once a day. How does price compare across the staterooms, would be my issue.

We have never sailed Carnival, so I can not fairly compare Celebrity or Royal with Carnival. Initially, we sailed RCI with teens and young adult children. When we sailed by ourselves this was with X. We had great cruises with each cruise. Never a disappointment. For the last, 20 yrs we have sailed with X solely, 2-3 times a year. We have chosen to sail with a verandah room, choosing deliberately NOT to sail suite, aqua or concierge class. Again, always a great cruise, with little to no disappointments. We have sailed X 3 times since Sept 2022, post Covid. Lovely cruises with no complaints. The latest on Summit in June. No stateroom, food or service issues. Wonderful times. We sailed May 2019 on RCI Jewel to the Mediterranean. It was wonderful and we plan on sailing on her again to Iceland/Scotland next June. I think itinerary and particular ship is extremely important when comparing cruises or cruise lines. We live right outside of NYC so are very accustomed to fine dining, Italian, seafood, steaks, sushi etc. We realize we are not getting a comparable when cruising and do not expect such, but again, have never been disappointed as service has always been great to help if there was an issue( there has not really ever been). so many things are subjective, but I hope this helps, from our opinion. have fun!

Same here. Most of those changes have little to no effect on us.

I’m glad to hear such glowing reviews regarding Bank’s. We have plans to stay there pre-cruise June 2024.

We’ve been on both multiple times and agree there are more similarities than differences. Both are great. S class has an additional specialty restaurant and that’s good.

I was on the May 15 cruise and know several who got Noro. The sick bay was so overwhelmed they stopped allowing noro patients in and attended to them in their staterooms. It was a circus. Very long delays.

I was on this cruise, also. The Captain was very vocal during his announcements regarding noro and precautions, procedures, etc. There were more than 2 passengers effected by Covid. A shipboard friend contracted it the day of disembarking and then myself a day later.

My package for the Jewel a yr from now is $71.99. Deluxe package.

Wish I could. I did not attend. Friends did. Spouse peeked in. That was the extent.