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Our hotel is on the port side of 4th Street (marathon route) thankfully. So I'm hoping I won't have an issue getting an uber to the port.

I was noticing this too. I had always thought "well at least if I don't like something on the normal menu I can always get a steak", but that doesn't seem to be the case anymore. Grrr.

I am so so sorry you all are dealing with this. Praying he recovers quickly and will be cruising again soon. You are definitely a great friend for all you did for him. And like Buffet said above, I'm sure he would feel awful knowing people didn’t enjoy the rest of their cruise because of him. I hope you have a better day today and can move on and have fun knowing he’s being taken care of back at home.

Do you know if the little mini buffet by the pool is open for lunch on embarkation day?

This is amazing! Thank you!!

This is AMAZING!!! I love buffets too. I am totally saving this to bring with me!! You need to add in the Carousel shows and the hours for the free ice cream by the pool...just sayin; 🤣 And I wish you safe travels as well! I'm sure we will definitely cross paths at some point.

Coming from Ohio! Looking forward to the nightmare marathon mess! haha

I wonder this too. I've heard HOLA is open on embarkation day for lunch, but I'm curious if that's actually true!

I will be boarding on Nov 5 when you're getting off the ship, so I look forward to reading your blog!! I hope all is smooth sailing today :)

Great, thank you all!!

Is there more than one showing of the shows each night? Like if we have early dining we do the late show and vice versa? What about the paid shows...are those more than once a night?

Oh, that's helpful! So we can decide which nights to skip while we're waiting in line! :)

Are all of the menus typically in the same order? I have a 3 specialty dining package that I want to book when we get on, but I’d like to know which night is which menu in the MDR so I know which days we are ok with missing. Like I think we’d be ok with missing Caribbean night. We have a 8 night sailing so if anyone knows the order or has those menus I’d appreciate it.

This is really helpful! Thank you!

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If you have one room in Fantastica (assigned time) and one in Aurea (any time), is it possible for everyone to dine together?

Do you know if you can just call the desk on embarkation day to make reservations rather than waiting in line?

Thank you so much for all the answers. This was so helpful!!

What does a Yacht Club butler actually do? Like what do they do on their own vs what can you ask them to do? A friend considering Yacht club just asked me and I figured you all would know best!

Jamie - I think on a past blog you mentioned luggage tag holders. Can you remind me which ones you get and if they are wide or narrow? Love reading your blog! We are getting on the ship on Nov 5!

Thank you both! I really appreciate all your advice!

What about Margherita Pizza? Looks like that's only 3 miles from the hotel. I think we'd enjoy getting a good NYC pizza and/or bagel while we're there.

Thanks everyone for all the feedback. I will probably just keep the hotel since I got a good rate and it's just an overnight stay before the cruise. I'm assuming we can just uber somewhere to get some food that night. Hopefully whoever comes up on Uber will be a good driver 😐

I plan to give us several hours haha. I'm not taking any chances! 🙂 As for the hotel, good point about not having much to do the night before. I will look into other options. Thanks!

Ok this makes me feel a lot better. I didn't realize there were routes that go above the marathon route. You have been so helpful. Thank you so much!