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They are sliding doors, the steward has a special key to open them. They tend to rattle when open, so you might want to stick a folded piece of paper in there if it bothers you. Have fun!

Can someone help me....we have two balcony cabins side by side so we can have the balcony divider opened. Do we need anything to keep it open, like bungee cords etc? On the cruise line we usually sail, the door opens back on itself and needs to be secured...just curious how these doors work.

Leaving tomorrow to board the Liberty on Sunday and very excited to try something new!

Thank you!!

Sounds like you did the excursion I am thinking of doing. Would you mind answering a couple of questions? If I do this excursion it would be my niece and I. I prefer not to drive. Is that possible? My niece is a pretty decent pool swimmer. But the ocean is a whole other beast. Did you think the snorkeling portion was easy? Thanks

They try to put four people in each Jeep, so hopefully you could get matched up with another couple that is willing to drive.

As for the snorkeling....we just sat on the beach, so I don't really know. (The snorkelers in my family had hit it pretty hard at Roatan the day before and were just worn out.) It looked like the reef was pretty far out, but the sea seemed calm along the beach.

We took a Jeep tour to Punta Sur (offered through Royal Caribbean) last week. If I remember the road signs correctly, it's about 25 kilometers (so 15 miles) from the International Pier to the park.

Other than maybe the lighthouse and the crocodile boardwalk, which are about 3/4 of a mile apart, I wouldn't say anything is really walkably close in the park. The beach clubs are quite a ways down the road from the lighthouse.

If you find the park in Google Earth, you can actually follow Street View along most of the road. It might give you a feel for the distances.

I'm just back from my first cruise ever, the 12/26 sailing on Liberty. My take on the MDR and Windjammer food is that it isn't bad, it's just nothing special. That's sad, because the hardest-working staff most of us see are our MDR waiters, and they deserve something better to work with.

The best thing I ate on the cruise was the Red Snapper at Sabor, which was fantastic. The worst was the room service scrambled eggs. Awful, but when you must have protein in the morning AND get off the ship at 7:15 for an excursion, you take what you can get.

There were plenty of young kids at Tabyana when we were there last week. I did overhear someone ask if he could just rent one of their floatation vests for his young daughter (she looked maybe 5 or 6), and was told they don't have any that will work for kids that small.

I'm going to guess that's the cause of the age restriction. If you can bring equipment for him, I bet the staff will work with you.

From what I can gather, it's one of the best close-in reefs anywhere, so I hope you find a place that will work with you. My wife loved it!

We were at Tabyana on the RCI excursion just a few days ago, and had a great time.

1. Plenty of beach chairs. A Carnival excursion rolled in about three hours after we did, but some RCI cruisers started taking the early bus back to the port right about then so things evened out after a reshuffling of the chairs.

2. There's a decent lunch included (burgers, hot dogs, chicken, etc)

3. Great security to watch your stuff and keep the vendors away from the chairs. Vendors can walk the beach, but not enter the Tabyana club itself.

4. Reasonably priced drinks

5. I don't snorkel, but my wife says the snorkeling staff was great. After they finish the initial trip with those who bought snorkeling with the excursion, they'll be happy to take you out to the reef and point out things for you to see. Just slip them a nice tip for the effort.

It was a nice, low-key beach day. Can't complain at all.

(Bonus: The minibus trip over the hill drives you through areas where actual Roatan residents live, which should give a lot of people a healthy dose of perspective.)

Wonder if you'll hear the foghorns tonight?

We finally broke out of the fog around 5pm. Overnight fog horns are something I can live without!!

I'm on her now. We followed Carnival Breeze out, watched her disappear into the fog as we reached the north end of the island, and have been in the soup ourselves ever since. Sounds like we were lucky!

Our itinerary has changed from Cozumel-Belize-Roatan to Costa Maya-Roatan Cozumel.

Boarding took forever, and Galveston is fogged in, so we're going nowhere tonight. But after wandering the ship and trying several bars, all is well. We will see what tomorrow brings.

Thanks to fog in Galveston, boarding on Liberty has been pushed back to 4PM today. Can anyone tell me how that will impact MDR seatings and other first night activities?

Silver lining - We had a nice lunch and watched the ship turn around and back down the channel. Pretty Cool!

Wow, can you tell us more? My wife and her sister are looking at that one for later this month.

I'm going as part of a 15-person 3-generation group (wife's family) on Liberty over Christmas week. The third generation ranges from 10 to 21, with three of them being 18, 18, and 17 3/4 at the time of the cruise. As you would expect, those three are pretty close, hang out together at family gatherings, etc, and I would expect them to do so on the ship.

My question is this: How does RC typically handle 17-year-olds? Do they actively check to keep them out of the adult pool, make sure they aren't in the clubs after curfew, etc? Is there even a "typical"?

I'm not looking to break any rules or do anything that would inconvenience any other passengers. I'm just trying to figure out what the real parameters are for the three of them hanging out together.