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Wow, thanks a million, everyone! Obviously not all Indian food is healthy - but the real problem comes when you eat it with rice AND naan and mainly eat meat dishes. I'd like to control my weight but I also try to eat a ton of veggies for various health reasons and I get tired of salad very quickly, so I'll be pretty happy with a few veg or fish Indian dishes on offer. Thanks for the pictures, looks amazing. Please feel free to continue with ideas - I love the one about watching the videos on YouTube of what the performers are eating - never would have thought of it!

Hi - I'm heading out on Adventure of the Seas next month and would love your tips about how to eat (relatively) healthy. I've been on RCI a while ago and don't remember much about the food; are there health-conscious options? Do they typically offer a lot of Indian cuisine or other vegetable centric dishes (I really enjoyed the Indian food on a Princess cruise earlier this year). I'm hoping with some exercise (stairs for sure), lack of a beverage package and dessert avoidance most of the time that I can avoid putting on more weight!

Thanks so much for the review, it sounds tempting. I love hammams too.

Actually just found it in the app - I thought this was the private adult pool deck area. I do love spas and big jetted hot tubs but not sure how much I'd use an indoor facility on a beautiful Alaska cruise ... did you find that you used it often?

Thanks for this info! How do you book this in advance?

I'm sort of bummed to be discovering that, from what folks here are saying, my upcoming cruise - departing Seattle on the Royal Princess - evidentally barely goes through the inner passage? Isn't it disingenuous of the company to bill it as inner passage then? It's one of the reasons we booked it!

I'm also interested in this information - are the classes typically held early morning? We're sailing in less than 3 weeks and I don't see anything on the app yet.

How can you see the schedule - is it on the medallion app?

What she said (the person on the Princess help line) was that people would help transport us from the embarkation point to the ship - she didn't say tender, but I didn't know what else she would be talking about. But she also said even though embarkation began at 11a no one could board the ship until 1p because transporation didn't begin until 12:30p. It sounded off to me, and I chalked it up to what I suspected to be an offshore call center with misinformed employees. So helpful to have actual cruisers on this board with the right information. I feel a bit sorry for the help line employees, since they clearly want to do a good job, yet very clearly seem to have never been on a ship or have any first hand knowledge.

Thank you so much, this is exactly the information I was searching for!! I love this forum, such kind and helpful folks. I am definitely going to have her watch the videos - one of the things people frequently don't understand about autism is how much the unknown unsettles these kids, and that videos like these will make everything a lot easier. I really appreciate you!

Thank you so much for sharing these experiences, it means a lot to hear from another traveler with an ASD kid. As you guessed she would LOVE meeting with officers, crew, and basically anyone on the staff. Thanks for the suggestion to reach out to an Officer with ADA responsibilities. I'm thinking I'll write up our experiences and share after for other autism families. She's going to have a sunflower lanyard and hopefully the crew will be aware of its significance. Thanks again!

Jeromep, you are my new best friend. THANK YOU for all this information and for understanding the need to precommunicate situations to my child. All this information is immeasurably helpful! Thanks again!

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We have a teen and tween so it may be possible to go later. We thought maybe if they eat brunch instead of breakfast and a late lunch, and plenty of ice cream, a later seating would be plausible. What we really desire is quiet, if possible (though one child will wear noise blocking headphones if necessary).

Thanks for your offer of help! Her disability is autism, so not a physical mobility issue. Other cruise lines seem to have autism programs or assistance in place - we chose Princess bc it takes us to the inner passage and the science experts are supposed to be great, which she will love. But I have noticed the call centers leave something to be desired.