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It is only money. Memories, however, are priceless.😇

Only if you zero out the ~$200,000 it cost us to get to Pinnacle😇

More than likely. Just did a mock booking on a 7 night out of PC on Wonder, and the per person price for a 2Br Aqua suite was over $14,000 for the lowest priced cruise

A CLS is not a Star class suite. Crown Loft Suite Large two-story suite with panoramic views Extra guest bathroom on main level Sky Class amenities

I don't think those "parents" see their children as anything more than an annual tax deduction.🙄

Nothing. The only "drawback" is for those people who only want to sail on RCL's amusement parks at sea, and Allure thankfully avoided being "amped" because of the pandemic. 😇

~$350 for two people on a 7 night cruise.

We have neighbors that cruise MSC frequently, and in their opinion, the only reason why they cruise that line is because of the YC.

The only saving grace for us is that we always book while onboard as soon as the next tranche of itineraries is released (it is the only way we are able to justify always booking GS). Every one of the 21 RCL cruises we have booked through April 2026 have more than doubled in price (and some have tripled) since we booked. If we were to look at booking those same cruises today, we would seriously consider other cruise lines. We just booked a cruise for January 2025 on X in a Retreat suite that is at a lower cost than the current price of any of the RCL grand suites we have booked, and the suite perks on X are much better than the suite perks on RCL. Once we run through our current bookings, we are switching our cruise bookings to Silver Sea, Regent, and Oceania.

Probably the only reason why we would ever even consider sailing on that class of ship. We used our last milestone cruise on Wonder (worth ~$5,800 for a standard balcony), but will use the JS milestone that we receive in September for one of the older, more friendly ships (unless we can use it on a Celebrity cruise - which I doubt).

That is a tremendous amount of progress since we were there last year. Last year the only buildings that were. There were the brown roofed building and the blue building on the right. The red roofed building, and everything to the left of the little sheds is new.

Just perpetuating the myth...😄

That poster is Laura😇

It is usually on the first sea day unless your first full day is at sea, then it typically goes on the next sea day.

We have gotten to the point of accepting the fact that the time between cruises is just a long shore excursion where we get to do cooking classes every day, and the wine is less expensive🍗🍷😎

How is the sun deck? Hopefully Bucky is keeping clean😇 Enjoy your cruise⛴️🍷🥂

Once you step outside of the port complex (still very slowly under construction), if you want to walk anywhere you will find yourself traversing 2-3 foot wide trash and waste filled open sewers (the stench is palatable) to cross the street, as you dodge the army of panhandlers, grifters, and hawkers. Filthiest port we have ever been to.

We love both ships, and when we sail on either of them out of Tampa, we look for which one stops at Key West and/or avoids Roatan (IMHO, the Caribbean's most depressing port)

Royal just sent Serenade a pallet load of tiny vacuum cleaners fitted with a patent pending wallet attachment that permanently affixes itself to every boarding passenger and won't release its grip until every last cent is sucked out of their accounts🤣

At least you were at home when this happened, and have access to potential recourses. Back in the 60's, my parents got stranded along with a large tour group in Hawaii when their TA absconded with all of the groups prepayments, including the payments for the resort they were staying at and their return flights back to NY. Dad never did get any of his money back, and he ended up eating the cost of both the resort and the return flight to boot. Ironically, that was the last time he and my mom did a land-based vacation, and discovered their cruising addiction - which they passed on to me😇

Back in 1966 (when I started to travel internationally) YF vaccination was still required to get back in the U.S.. Not sure when that policy was eliminated, but my understanding at the time was that the vaccination requirement was intended for travelers to protect the country you were entering, not the country you were coming from.

Unfortunately in a C11 reorg, she is at the bottom of the food chain as an unsecured creditor. If lucky she can get a refund before the court gets control.

My bad. Wrong Crawford. To get to KC Winery, you’d have to get to NZ. Long flight☺️

Isn’t that a bit too far north to visit the Crawford winery? I suppose you could drive down to Solvang.🍷

I’m sure if you went down to the next cruise desk, they would be more than happy to let you book the next quarter😅