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Well I posted this five days ago and it somehow just got approved. Anyways, thought this was an interesting development - wondering what they will do with the space when these are removed

Hi Tom, This is basically a replacement for the lanyard. The little hoop thing is actually a keyring that we just took off. At the bottom of the "pendant" there is a metal clip just like the cheap lanyards that are included with the medallion. We just popped the medallion into the little plastic holder they sent and then clipped it onto the bottom of the pendant lanyard. It looks nice and makes a great option if you still wanted a lanyard-style holder but wanted something a little more discrete without paying the $50 for a pendant on the ship!

@Host Kat Thank you for the quick explanation! Methinks that the particular website I linked for the news must be considered "spam." Oh well - I just wasn't sure if I did something wrong since this has never happened to me before! Thank you for explaining again!

I recently tried to post some cruise news in the Royal Caribbean forum. My post is red, has a red triangle caution sign, and says "pending approval." It has been like this for 30 minutes with no change. I've been on CC for ten years now and never had this happen. Is this a new feature that someone can explain to me?

https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/2023/03/22/royal-caribbean-getting-rid-of-the-sky-pad-all-of-its-ships Just saw this and thought it was interesting. Seems like a very sudden change.

this is heresy 💀

Oh great. I’m going to Costa Maya and Cozumel in a week and a half. Didn’t even think about this

Emma Cruises (one of the best Cruise YouTubers) recently did a video on the Emerald and she had one of the aft-facing cabins. Might be worth your time to take a look at the video, it's pretty comprehensive.

Wait WHAT?!??! Oh my goodness, this came out of nowhere. Two of my favorite brands pairing up... wish they would tell us what this meant!

Good riddance! FDR took what was my #1 cruise line I always wanted to try and made it my #1 cruise line to avoid. A shame. Hopefully NCL can improve under his successor.

I will be in one of those cabins in two weeks on the Ruby. I plan on doing a live Review (Internet permitting) so hopefully that will be useful for you

First time Princess cruiser here. I received my medallion today for my upcoming cruise. Unfortunately, when I opened up the package, they shipped the wrong medallion accessory. I ordered a large blue sport band and a small black sport band was shipped instead. Does anyone know if I will be able to swap it out once onboard? Aside from being the wrong color, I would also prefer one that fits more comfortably…

Aahhh! You're getting me excited... I still have to wait 16 days 🤪

Hey @TxTeach79 - are they showing any March Madness games on the lido screen or in the sports bar?

Yes! That's it. It looks almost done. I wonder what's taking so long...

Gotcha! We anchored at Belize on Vista last year and I noticed a giant artificial island with construction cranes that wasn’t there the last time I was in Belize (which was like 2013 so it had been a while). Apparently, it is a new development called “Port Coral” that the government is building in partnership with a private developer. The goal is to provide a place for ships to anchor rather than have to tender. It is basically going to be something like Mahogany Bay or Grand Turk, but it will be its own island. It seems like a great project, but I also think it is really behind schedule and there’s not a lot of transparency / news updates about it’s progress… Here’s the website in case you’re interested: https://www.portcoral.com/

I wonder when Belize is going to open Port Coral. Please do post a photo tomorrow if you are docked close enough.

Of course this is all personal preference but I would 1000000% rather visit Tallinn than St. Petersburg. That itinerary looks like my DREAM

If you're setting sail on April 2nd, then yes we will be on the same cruise! It's my first time cheating on Carnival so we'll see how I like it 😉

It's pretty sandy last time I was there

Thank you for posting these! This is an excellent live thread and it is really holding me over until my cruise next month. I love Mahogany Beach and it is even BETTER when you get to watch a ship pull in. We were there last year and I was just sitting in the water at the edge of the rope staring at the Caribbean Princess back in for what seemed like hours. Good memories...

I would just like to pop in to say that when Carnival first revealed the Mardi Gras, all staterooms had a coffee maker appear in the renderings. Then, just right before the ship launched, they disappeared. Of course on the entire Excel class now, there are no coffee makers in the staterooms, not even in suites. This past occurrence by another CCL corp cruise line makes me skeptical to believe the renderings. I guess we will all find out early next year when Sun is launched.

My upgrade took me from a midship obstructed OV to literally the furthest-aft balcony cabin that doesn't actually face backwards. Just be aware that the location of your cabin will not necessarily be the same. I've heard that some people have successfully called after an upgrade and been moved to a different available cabin in the same category, but as I like my new location (we got one of those extended angled balconies so I'm fine with being far aft), I have not done this and I'm unable to verify. Best of luck with your decision!

Good evening y’all. Looking forward to my first Princess cruise in just 19 days. This might be a really dumb question but since I’m new to PCL I figured I would ask anyways. I’m not planning on purchasing a pass to the Sanctuary as I simply wouldn’t use the space and it isn’t worth the extra cost to me. Plus, I’m not in the first boarding group so by the time I got to the top deck it would likely be gone anyways. However, I was interested in peeping in the space for just a minute to get a quick forward view and at least see what the space looks like. My question is - would that be allowed? Do you have to pay to even ENTER the space, or is it just a “pay to use the loungers for half the day but if you want to pass through that’s okay?” I hope this question makes sense.

You got salt on it this time! What changed? 😂