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I am sure you are correct...lol

Good food....gets extremely busy and loud inside...if possible and weather is nice see if you can get seated out back in the garden patio.

Thats exactly right....everyone keeps looking for a plot and simply there really isn't one....but great performing and entertaining.

I was debating the same on my last sailing and decided against the extra expense. We went to the beach thats just beyond Barefoot instead and grabbed a couple of loungers and enjoyed the day there instead. The general buffet has really gone downhill on Labadee. It was just mainly hot dogs and hamburgers. As for the buffet at barefoot last time I was there I noticed a decline in their buffet also....long gone is the steak and lobster.

I am betting that they would much prefer cash in hand...just saying.

The only way that I know that you may be able to possibly use your OBC to tip say a genie or conceirge would be going to the casino...go to one of the slot machines...do a room charge for whatever amount you want...hit cash out.....and then take the ticket to the window and cash it out....you will then have cash in hand to tip whoever you like. Your account should use up the OBC on it before using the credit card on file.

I would be more concerned that agent 4 screwed something up...cause like mentioned in prior posts port fees and taxes go by your booking date and aren't considered a price drop and don't get credited back if they get reduced at a later date post booking.

Have done it several times....really like the whimsical theme but just struggle a bit with the food. After the first time it's a little to predictable as nothing changes with the menu and it really doesn't surprise anymore....it's now a pass for me.

According to Customs and Border Protection port of Tampa is on the list. https://biometrics.cbp.gov/sea

Those traveling will need to show their passports and the driver their DL. You will be asked if you have any weapons and they may ask to pop the trunk....thats about it. As for entrance it all depends which direction you are heading to the port from. I would try to avoid the 17th street entrance.

Look at the Tampa Marriott Water Street...it will check all the boxes you are looking for.

Moderate....the aft facing CLS are defiantly in an active zone....similar to the boardwalk balconies. As mentioned in a prior post there is also a lack of privacy on the balcony and inside the cabin when the curtains are open. If it's quiet and calm you are looking for then look at the side ocean facing CLS's.

Park at the port for convienience and ease. There are some outside port options but they have raised pricing that it's really not worth it. One word....driving to the port has become very popular since the restart and many more people are now driving...so advise get to the port earlier than later to avoid having to park in overflow parking.

Windjammer will have hamburgers and hotdogs.

I have stayed dead center in a rear facing CLS and never remember it being overly noisy with the slider closed....and I am a light sleeper.

Defiantly weather...I have been on ships that skipped Nassau due to winds and on others that were a very rocky ride approaching...enough that they even tossed Oasis class ships around.

You can usually find the Riverside at a pretty good discount rate on Hotwire under their "hot rate". Just look under downtown-Las Olas area under 3.5 star hotel.

And there you go 😉

I don't know about that....even though they say they don't.....don't kid yourself...the cruise lines work with certain large market TA's more than others. My best guess on seeing no availability this far out is that it's being held up in block space by TA's.

Like stated above...it's now completely online from what I have heard.

Don't have a time frame for you but I just recently saw it reported that you can now renew your passport online....finally!!!

Just last month we came into FLL for an Odyssey sailing...I was just behind the Embassy Suites/Publix plaza on Miami Rd. A tow truck cut us off as we were driving down Miami Rd...he then backs up to block us ...got out of his truck screaming at us for no reason ...cursing and threatening us....I had to drive over the sidewalk and grass to get around him. This happened in the middle of the afternoon around 2PM. I wouldn't want to walk around the 17th area in the evening for sure....and similar to your husband I am 6'2" and a big guy...that is a sketchy area of FLL.

These are the crime statistics of 17th street area which is in the Harbordale/Poincina Park area of Fort Lauderdale https://www.areavibes.com/fort+lauderdale-fl/harbordale/crime/ https://www.areavibes.com/fort+lauderdale-fl/poinciana+park/crime/

There are a number of differences. Most notably on Ultra Class they went back to a unified main dining room where Quantum Class had the dreaded separate dining rooms from when Royal was going through their period of toying with doing away with traditional main dining....that flopped and died very fast. Ultra is slightly larger. Ultra added the sky pad with glass floor walkway around it. Ultra class added a dedicated Teppanyaki. Odyssey also did away with the indoor family pool making it open air.

I also didn't like Quantum when I sailed on it when it very first came out....however I love Odyssey. Odyssey is an "Ultra" Quantum class ship.