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I did not notice any height checking on Oasis in Splashaway Bay. I think the primary thing is toilet-trained vs. not. Children obviously little toddlers and not potty-trained are asked to use the other area specified for them. For us on Coco Cay, we had a 6, 4, and 2 year old with us and just used the pirate ship and other no-charge areas that allowed them as appropriate.

Only when you are on the ship. I think it is only by clicking on the 3 dots in the upper right while in the app. I don't recall any obvious "Messages" option.

Go into airplane mode and turn on the wifi --- select your ship Free wi-fi. Open the Royal app and go to messages and invite others (they need to accept). Then you can communicate. Just keep checking the app periodically after that to see if you have messages.

Yes, and yes. Please note that there are no automatic notifications that you have a message, so you need to open the app and check frequently. You will see a little red indicator in the top right of the Royal app screen if you have a message To use the function, you have to identify (first and last name) other passengers and invite them to communicate with you. You do this in the app.

@Momof3gurlz Thanks for this recommendation. I actually started with his most recent book, All That Is Mine I Carry With Me. It was excellent. Now I will read some of the older ones.

Ha! Very nice magnet! We were on deck 7 forward and walked through a few decks getting here and there but never I think on deck 8. 😉

Glad @Jimbo you and your wife are feeling better. We survived the same cruise without incident. I have only had Covid once, about 9 mos. ago. I only took the test because my daughter-in-law was pregnant. It was a mild case to the extent I was able to continue my daily run and I just stayed away from everyone until negative. I took no medication, but I have no health issues (knock, knock, knock on wood). Best to all. PS We have the Carnival Venezia scheduled for February as I have mentioned before. Will try to squeeze in a cruise if we can before then. Best to all.

For whatever reason, we only heard normal coughing here and there, but I don't doubt your experience and hope you feel better soon!

The entire departure for Jewel was long at Bayonne today. Everyone had to show their passports (vs. facial recognition), however they also pointed cameras at everyone's faces. Not sure why this was going on vs. normal quick facial recognition process. @Jimbo hope you guys feel better soon. I did not hear one word of Covid on ship until I saw your report on Cruise Critic.

We don't find her stiff. Professional perhaps, but she is visible, friendly, and a lot better than some other CDs we have experienced.

Sorry, Newfoundland turned in to 2 words!

Hi, a few photos from our day in St. John's, New Foundland. We took the Coastal Hike excursion. They take you to the top of Signal Hill and then you walk down. We really enjoyed it, but not for the faint of heart or those not steady on their feet. Then went to Basilica of St. John the Baptist. Beautiful. Then to fish and chips place (excellent) recommended by excursion guide... and then some shopping and back to ship. See you next time. Canada.

Nanortalik, Greenland today... Iceberg one of quite a few seen as we departed Greenland:

From Greenland today: We took a long hike by this lake. See Jewel of the Seas in the far distance. Jewel... From the tender returning to ship...

Every day.

We have only done Nuuk so far. It is a bit "rough" looking in places with ugly (for lack of a better word) warehouse-apartment buildings etc., but it has pretty spots and clearly the coastal and snow-covered mountainous areas are very pretty. They could do quite a bit to improve tourism if they wanted to...

Thanks. We originally had a hiking excursion, however it was canceled. So we did without an excursion and did a lot of walking and exploring. It worked out fine.

A few of my pics from Nuuk, Greenland today:

We went up at midnight to Deck 11 to see potential Northern Lights. Although not so clearly visible to naked eye, the camera picked up the color.

Yes, it is a beautiful day.

Photos from Jewel as we left NYC yesterday evening. NCL Escape.

Yes. Quite nice. Several photos from Little Island:

Beautiful, cool day in Manhattan. We are currently in this Chelsea-area park.

We also did that RCI excursion and loved it. We have also done St. John multiple times with RCI excursions and had a great time, both "On your own" and Trunk Bay and others. All good. Hard to go wrong. Enjoy.