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Seeing conflicting information online. Are laced shoes required for the zip line, or are closed toe sneaker sandals ok (like Merrells)?

The day beds are covered (from sun and rain) and a great option for young kids who might want to nap. But yes, technically the max capacity is 4 people (though I think anyone under 3 doesn’t count). But if it is mostly for storing stuff and having 1 or 2 adults with resting kids it would be fine. Allure DOES have the nursery. On a ship that big you will want to go up there as soon as you board to sign them up and RESERVE some times (including the time you want to have your adult dinner, I recommend 150 Central Park)

Coco Cay has sand strollers, they work great. There is a kids water play area that is totally free. I’ve never heard of a minimum age for the cabanas. If it is really just going to be a home base maybe think about getting a day bed.

What ship are you on? Adventure Ocean starts at 3 (and they are firm about it) and the kid needs to be fully potty trained. If they are under 3 SOME ships have a nursery. It is not private/in your room, and there is an hourly rate, but they were great with my daughter when she was under 3.

Have you thought about any of the amplified ships in Freedom class? I LOVE Freedom class, I find it to be the perfect size, and with amplification it will have a lot of the things you loved on Oasis.

This same thing happened last year on our British Isles cruise, but we were notified a few weeks before. Sorry you weren’t given advance notice. Quite a few people seemed to really enjoy the overnight in Amsterdam (we were traveling with our 3 year old, so we enjoyed a quiet night on the ship)

Came to say the same thing. We definitely prefer Chill Island (have a day bed booked there for our July cruise). It is an out of the way location, great for our toddler, but that sounds like maybe not what you want.

We cruise a lot with our almost 4 year old. If you can do a balcony, do it. We put our child to bed, block the front door, and head out to the balcony to read and drink wine. We bought some usb powered clip lights, and an external usb plug that we charge during the day. if we can not get a balcony we put her to bed, and then one of us hangs out in the hall by the door (usually with a book and a drink) until she falls asleep while the other explores the ship.

It is still working when I just checked it earlier today.

@John&LaLa does that Wcfriends code expire at some point? And can it be used at NextCruise? We are next on a ship in July, and my wife is hoping to convince some of the friends we are cruising with to join us on one of the mini legs.

As can Royal if you call.

My wife said the same thing during our March cruise!

Last summer we were on Oasis in Canada, and at at least one of the Canadian ports they were only making drinks at the bars by the pool. We were in Schooner and whenever anyone wanted a drink the servers rushed up to the pool deck, no “schooner specialty” drinks could be made.

Please don’t feel like you shouldn’t be posting the pre and post land tour bits, what you’ve posted so far is wonderful!

They are the rooms just one floor above where pedestrians walk through Central Park. As mentioned above they are slightly larger than the balcony rooms, and they feature a little nook by a window that looks out at the park.

My wife and I stayed in one on Oasis and really enjoyed it, especially the little nook/seating area by the window. It was nice to have a little bit of natural light during the day.

On the off chance that we do decide to book one of the summer legs, is there a way to know which 3 person interior or ocean view rooms have a sofa bed instead of a pullman bed (other than trying to google each room individually)?

I’m assuming you’re talking about ItalyTours.EU We used them for Pisa/Florence and Rome in 2017 and they were absolutely incredible. In order for the tours to happen 6 people needed to be signed up, but we had an active roll call for that cruise and were able to find 2 other couples easily. Both tours ran with JUST the 6 of us, a guide and a driver, a true small group. The biggest advantage with them (or any really small group tour) is that you get all the perks of being with a guide (skip the line tickets being one of the best perks) AND individualized attention, the guide talks to each of you like a person and not one of 40+ they are trying to move quickly from place to place. We also were in a small van that could drop us off right near entrances instead of crazy far away (this was especially true in Pisa). If you have any specific questions please ask, and I will do my best to remember from almost 6 years ago.

These are some awesome choices, and at pretty decent prices. Unfortunately I don’t think the dates will work for us this time, but I really hope they repeat this (or at least some of these itineraries) in the future. And I will be keeping an eye on the calendar in case things change.

Dynamic Pricing The fewer of a certain category the more expensive it is. For our cruise this upcoming July we had friends who just decided to join us, and an Interior Room that would fit 4 was almost $500 more per person than an OceanView Balcony.

Here is the promised video of the whale breaching. 335971081_906550187215103_2871671932041596326_n.mp4

Thanks to a fellow cruiser, here are scans of the Cruise Compasses cruisecompass day 1.pdf cruisecompass day 2.pdf cruisecompass day 3.pdf cruisecompass day 4.pdf cruisecompass day 5.pdf cruisecompass day 6.pdf cruisecompass day 7.pdf cruisecompass day 8.pdf

The biggest piece of advice is to have a lot of patience, things are going to be different and they will react to that. For the three year old, get them super excited about the trip. About 10 days before we flew we started telling our daughter all about Barbados and what we planned to do, and then every day after we talked about the next port. By the time we flew she could list every stop we were making and what she was most excited for at each stop. I really prefer private or small group tours (who know a toddler will be along) with a toddler, or if it is somewhere where you can go about on your own even better. We make sure to have lots of water (juice when she was younger) and snacks (goldfish, peanut butter crackers, apple sauce pouches) in our bag when off the ship. And if she feels like she needs to nap that is ok too. You need to be ok with this trip mostly being about the kids. You won’t be out late partying, you probably can’t go to the shows. I don’t know what class ship you will be on, but your 2 year old will not be allowed in Adventure Ocean (some of the ships have the nursery, but that costs money), and your 3 year old has to be COMPLETELY potty trained. Our daughter loves music, and loves to watch the bands all around the ship and dance. Our daughter is pretty used to restaurants on land but we did get her an Amazon kids fire tablet that only comes out at dinner time on cruises, and can only be used after ordering and while waiting for food. We put on games that help her work on drawing letters and numbers, work on matching skills, etc. We bring our umbrella stroller, but we only use it at the airport, when first boarding the ship, and when disembarking on the final day. It just makes our experience a little easier.

Twice a day. Herri knew our schedule pretty well and was usually in our room minutes after we would head to breakfast, and minutes after we would head to dinner (I had to run back to the room a few times for forgotten items during both meals and he was there).

1) No drink card that we saw, but we spent very little time at any bar on this trip. I agree that with 7 Port days a drink package of any kind is really not worth it, in fact, my wife and I didn’t even order our customary glass of wine each at dinner every night. 2) We were warned about the security issues at Trinidad, which is why we did a ship excursion. To be honest we noticed more security at the Tobago port, but we didn’t hang out in the Trinidad port except to walk to and from our bus. We did not have a Bake N Shark 3) As I said we got to skip the line a bit thanks to the stroller, but it really wasn’t that long, and busses seemed to arrive often enough that it moved. 4) The craft booths outside the main building were open on departure day, but I didn’t see the duty free shops until we were being walked to our excursion bus on departure day. They definitely existed. When we walked from the check in line to the bus we did so outside the building so we missed them completely. As for wine, if you’re arriving/departing on a Sunday you might be out of luck, the wine stores on the island are closed on Sunday, we picked up our two bottles on Saturday morning after breakfast. 5) we did not leave the ship once we boarded, but we heard the same thing, after checking in you were welcome to go back out (just please do your muster check in first). All aboard time was at 8.