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Yes, we have always been able to get soft drinks at CAB, along with our coffees and teas.

I actually think it's much tackier (and creepier) to take photos of strangers and post them online than it is for someone to wear shorts in a dining room. At least Mr. Backpack looks like he's peacefully minding his own business and not bothering anyone. Or taking creepshots of other passengers.

You used to be able to enter the sailing date and ship and be able to see the shore excursions on Celebrity's site. I don't see that feature anymore. After the deposit, you can definitely see them through the Cruise Planner. On the site you can go to Manage Trip and then select Shore Excursions. You can also view them on the app.

They had this on the Zuiderdam 4-14 December 2024 cruise, too. I think it may have been during the lunch hours on one of the sea days. We didn't go but I recall it being advertised. It looks lovely.

You are welcome! The one we just did through Princess was at 3:00 pm, meeting at 2:45. Yes, they returned to the same place we were picked up.

We just did this through Princess. The Harbour Hopper shows up right in front of the terminal. You would not need to walk down to where it normally leaves for independent tours.

I'm excited for this, too. We'll definitely be booking a cruise out of Philly.

There are free lounge chairs on the beach, if you do wish to sit for a while. When we were there, we did a stingray excursion first and still had no problems finding chairs on the beach afterwards.

This is the information from Carnival. You will need to contact Guest Services as they have specific guidelines they will follow, and they will confirm the arrangements. https://help.carnival.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1132/~/burial-at-sea---scattering-of-ashes I'm sorry for your loss.

It's just a marketing slogan like the old Motel 6 one "we'll leave the light on for you." It's just an e-mail with ads for beach-themed itineraries. Nothing more; nothing less.

Little Steven's Underground Garage - That's cool. My father's been a fan of Stevie Van Zandt for a long time and would likely enjoy this. Chris Jericho's Rock 'N' Wrestling Rager at Sea - This is the sixth one of these. I saw some videos from the fifth and it looked like fans of Fozzy and/or AEW who like to party would have a great time. I'm not really a Jericho fan but I certainly can't hate on him for being able to sell six of these cruises and perform on a cruise ship in front of his fans. He's living the dream. Headbangers Boat - This one still tempts me and I saw they released some more cabins. Lamb of God is probably our favorite band to see live and the video package for this cruise was awesome. We already have cruises booked for later in the year, though. If this happened to be the week before the one we have out of Florida, I would have booked it. I'll keep an eye out if they do it again in 2025.

This is how I am, as well. Your trip next year sounds amazing! I hope you have a great trip to Bermuda.

It was very calm and easy snorkeling there. There was good visibility for the fish and corals. My husband and I are nowhere near experts and don't get to snorkel as often as we'd like so we did enjoy ourselves. I think if someone was really set on snorkeling the wrecks, they may have been disappointed but for us, there was no point in being upset at the weather.

This is what happened to us last year. We booked this tour but there was rain and wind that day, making the site too rough, so the operators took us to an alternate site. We were given the choice to cancel and receive a refund if we preferred. We did the alternate site, as did mostly everyone else in the group. I would have loved to see the wrecks but it's still always great to be in the water. We have Bermuda booked again next year and can always try for the shipwrecks then.

This is an interesting question. We’re <50 so I guess our generation’s music would be 80’s/90’s. I watched an appalling amount of MTV in the 80’s but also grew up listening to lots of 50’s/60’s/70’s music as my dad and uncles would play that in the car and we went to a lot of music festivals with bands from those eras. I really enjoy music from the 50’s to now but we mainly listen to current hard rock/metal. Every night on a cruise, we like to listen to live music in the lounges. My favorite sets would be ones where the house bands play songs from a variety of genres/eras. If there are two shows going on at the same time and one is 70’s themed and the other is dance music themed, I’d probably choose the dance theme. Nothing against the 70’s music but often it seems like the same songs are always played in every 70’s set list. I’d rather have some variety. To hear our favorite genre played live on a cruise, we’d have to book a stateroom on the Headbanger’s Boat. That would probably be fun but I don’t think I would want to only listen to metal all week, either. I really do like when there’s a variety of live music onboard.