MarieLill

We received the $50 dining credit also and it was in our cruise planner and deducted from total owed for shore excursions we booked at check out. 

My group of 8 booked last week and we were not asked if we were vaccinated.  We all are, but are they going to wait until after you pay final payment and do your online check in before this question is asked?  

I have the O2COOL fan also and usually have no problem.  Once in Galveston, my luggage was sent to the "naughty" room and the security officer said no way was that fan going to my cabin even after I showed him a list of the prohibited items which does not include a fan!  

I was on the April 16th sailing and Roatan was one hour behind ship time.

Wondering what the temperature will be during our two sea days between Sydney and New Zealand. Will it be warm enough to sit by the pool on the first sea day? Pretty cool the second day? We are leaving March 6th.

We did this tour in March and it was the first time in all our cruises that I worried we would miss the ship. We started out late because it took 2 1/2 hours to get off the ship due to tendering and Royal Caribbean getting all their ships tours off first. We had to skip the lunch after tubing we were so late. We ended up getting back at 4:20 and the last tender was supposed to be at 4:30...too close for my comfort...this is after a very scary ride back with our crazy driver!! As people said previously, there was a line of several hundred people for the tender, so the last tender was more like 5:00. This is the only port I have been to that I would consider booking a ship's excursion.

We were there in March and it was very crowded. The problem was that they had booked to capacity, but people that did not have a reservation were allowed to book that day onsite. We didn't have a problem finding a lounge chair because we were there early, but there were many angry people later when all the chairs were taken. The owner was bringing chairs over from Roatan and washing them on the dock to hand out. We had a great day and thought it was a beautiful island.

We ended up booking the second itinerary...thanks for all your comments!

I am planning a cruise for next year and after narrowing down a timeframe when our group could travel, I am now struggling with chosing between two itineraies. Does anyone have any opinions/remarks on which one you would chose and why? Here are the ports of call:

#1 Picton-Wellington-Napier-Tauranga-Ackland (Feb 24th)

#2 Cruising Milford, Doubtful, Dusky Sounds-Dunedin-Tauranga-Ackland- Bay of Islands (March 6th)

Who is coming onboard the NOS when Phil leaves. Will it be adult daycare:D once again????

According to Derek's Facebook page, he will be going to the Rhapsody in Alaska next. Hopefully he will come back to Galveston after that (with Phil)!

When I was on the Navigator in March, he said he would be getting off the ship in May and didn't know what ship he would be on after his break. I can't imagine sailing out of Galveston without Phil!!

Can't wait for more...we go in May!!