pidaho1971

Just booked our flights! :D

Booked ours not that long ago. The flight in was priced normally, but the return flight price was a good bit higher than usual... :confused:

Oh, well... Not a deal-breaker, for sure!

We are back on board for 2016, after skipping the Regal Princess trip. :)

Nothing new there... On HAL's Half Moon Cay (and frequent RSVP stop) there is a building with a "Watersports" sign.

Seems somewhat strange to not be awaiting announcements! :(

Hope everyone has the usual fabulous time! Be sure to pass on any rumors about future trips!

Well, we had a medical issue to deal with in Ft. Lauderdale: Richard has a detached retina and instead of having a procedure to fix it in Ft. Lauderdale later in the week we got the OK to fly home a day early and he will have the orocedure in New York tomorrow.

So sorry to hear that, Peter- Our best to Richard for a quick recovery!

We were waffling a little bit after the Alaska trip, and considering other possibilities... At any rate, it'll be good to see the Caribbean peeps again after skipping this year. :)

I am keeping an open mind, and willing to give the MSC product a try. Only time will tell. Most of us have become used to the HAL experience over the years, now let's see if MSC can deliver.

I'm staying open to it, as well. Our first RSVP cruise was the 2009 Mexican Riviera on NCL's Star. To hear some people speak of that trip, you'd almost think that we were on a barge with military rations and porta-potties. In actuality, the trip was good enough to easily convince us to book for the Caribbean in 2010 (and I went into that cruise thinking I would be underwhelmed). There's no question that HAL offers a great experience. But if RSVP can grow its client base to fill a bigger ship, I'm behind them 100%.

See the attached PDFs.

Thanks, Peter! :cool:

The itinerary doesn't really excite me all that much, but the RSVP experience is so much about the journey as opposed to just the destination. I would imagine that we will do some heavy thinking about it while on the Alaska trip come July...

Those who have booked (or at least have seen the brochures)- what is the pricing like? Similar to HAL, for a similar cabin?

Missed being there this year- seeing all of the posts from Lauderdale sent me into a deep depression! :p

But I am careful about whom gets to withdraw from my gayTM. My trip to Jamaica and Grand Cayman was on the same cruise, before I had even come out of the ol' closet. Knowing what I know now, I'd never consider going to either of them again- especially Jamaica.

But no judgement towards anybody who does choose to go. My guess is that you'll find no burning need to ever go back- though the beaches and water are pretty, the whole island is a s*ithole of a tourist trap- slum doesn't begin to cover it, from what I saw in Montego Bay. There was, literally, garbage and filth EVERYWHERE. And as far as the Jamaican's disgust at me for being gay? I'm not terribly concerned about the opinions of people whose highest ambition is to live in such squalor and sit around getting stoned all day, truth be told!

If you're with a group excursion, you'll probably be fine so long as you stay with the group. By all means, do not stray off of the "tourist" path- I'd say this for anybody, but times 1,000,000 for a gay couple. I agree with the previous poster who opts to stay on the boat for a quiet day.

Grand Cayman is less dangerous, but absolutely no more supportive (truth be told, they probably hate Jamaicans more than they hate gays). Probably no real danger, and you're probably about as likely to get looked at funny (or maybe some rude comments) as you are in a lot of places in the United States, sadly enough.

Have fun and be safe!