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siblings that are 12-14.

Protips on how to make this happen are appreciated.

Thanks!

21 minutes ago, rimmit said:

Adventure Time Dining is very variable based on the ship in regards to availability.  On the Oasis class ships it is available every night but the 1st night.  On the other ships of the fleet there is NO rhyme or reason, and I have asked the AO staff l, and they give some guidelines when they offer it but inevitably, they always seem to break those guidelines.  In 7 years of using ATD I have never found a pattern to it, but in general on non oasis class ships I have found it offered about half the time and never on the first night and more often than not,   It is not offered on the last night,  but again,   There are no exacting rules for ATD.

 

There is no info online.  As others have stated it is from 5-7pm and you need to have them signed up before 4 and on rare occasions it can be filled up.  They are given an option of either cheese or pepperoni pizza from our experience using it.  No other options.  They take them to the windjammer and bring them back to AO and they are automatically signed in for the evening session.

 

It for 3-11 year olds.  So basically the entire AO age group.

Obviously this is great info.  Thanks so much for posting it!  Too bad they don't have a consistent policy.

8 minutes ago, Host Clarea said:

 

Ship?  Itinerary?

Liberty of the Seas // Out of Galveston on March 3rd.  Western Caribbean.

Do you have any links relating to this?  

Also, is this for all ages categories, or just some of them.

Thanks!

Early dining is at 5:30 pm.  The website seems to say 6 - 9:30 is MTD.  But I am seeing people here who say if you show up at 5, 5:15 you can MTD right away.  This doesn't seem to make sense...

Real world experiences / knowledge appreciated.  : )

3 hours ago, Cutigerlady said:

We always to MTD because the early seating is too early and my kids can’t wait for the late seating. We have been successful at getting the same table/servers each night by requesting it the first night. I’ve always found that they want to make you happy and try to work with you.  I made reservations and tried to get the times at a similar time each night. We also find MTD goes faster, which the kids like.  We saw lots of big parties in MTD, so they definitely have them. 

What is the size of your party?  I am seeing very mixed reviews that parties (particularly of size) don't get a major run around with MTD.  Just very inconsistent execution.

6 minutes ago, jptoz said:

Take the kids to the windjammer for dinner at 5:30- 6. then drop them off at adventure ocean. Or sign them up for adventure dinning, the adventure ocean staff will take them to dinner for you, and then straight to the kids club for the evening session.  Great service and my kids always  loved going to dinner with all the other kids. Then have a nice adults only dinner/ evening.  

What is "adventure dining"?  The only thing I can find is where they pick your kids up from the dining room.  Not where they take them to dining also.

https://www.royalcaribbean.ae/my-family-time-dining/

Cruising in March with 8 kids.  The only time available was late seating.  There is of course My Time Dining, but I've heard that this is very challenging with a party of 11 to get seated with any expediency, even with reservations.  I am concerned about two things:
1) That the kids will just be straight up hungry to be sitting down to eat dinner at 8 PM.  BTW - when does this seating time usually let out?

2) It seems like all of the evening "kid activities" are geared for the early seating.  As in, we will be eating right over the top of kid activities for kids aged <5, 5- 8, 8-11, 12+.  It seems really lame (am I wrong?) that they will get out of dinner and everything will be more or less over as far as this stuff.

I have tried working with RCCL on this.  They are saying the early time is "closed" and that changes are very unlikely to happen.

Advice, sympathy, pro-tips please.  

Do I have to get off the ship? Can I leave my stuff? Is it safe to leave stuff in the safe? How long should I expect to be off the ship? Do I have to go through security again? Recheck in, etc?

Thanks.

They say embarkation begins after about 1-2 pm and not to arrive before then. We will be in Los Angeles early in the morning. We have taken other cruises, but not princess. Additionally, we don't have a suite or anything special.

Can we arrive at 10ish AM and have any expectation to get on reasonably quickly, or are they strict about the 1-2 time frame?

Realistically, what time should we be off ship on the last day? We are going into Vancouver and I assume we will have to go throug customs considering we are American. When should we be out of the port with our bags in hand assuming normal wait times?

Thanks for the reply. To clarify, I meant a room with a window or just anainterior room without a window.

I wasn't talking about rooms with balconies.

Worth the extra money, or not so much. Real world advice appreciated.

We are taking the Island Princess in a couple weeks. Others ships have something like Skywalkers Nightclub. Are there any party / nightclub venues on the Island Princess? Looking for something for a younger crowd that isn't simply a piano bar type environment.

https://www.cruisecritic.com/articles.cfm?ID=3153

Thanks!

My wife and I are taking a vacation without kids in two weeks. We are both in our 30s. The timing is late April and the cruise is 4 days. Will there be others like us, or are Princess cruises mostly older folk?

And for extra credit. It's a short cruise. Any advice on meeting people similar to us quickly? We requested a table for 6 at the late dinner time to meet others. But of course we don't know who they will be.

Any advice appreciated!

Taking a Princess cruise in the next couple of weeks. I want to drink on the ship, but don't want to spend a lot of money doing this. I HEARD that Princess allows each adult to bring one bottle of wine (750 ml) in their carry-on. On their website they seem to give a hard no to outside wine.

What is their 2018 policy around this? Has anyone brought wine in their bag? Anything I should know about procedure, how to do this, etc.

Thank you!

I just got my passport for the first time (US Citizen). We are cruising in two weeks out of Los Angeles and arriving in Vancouver BC. Do I need just my passport and a driver's license to do this?

And moreover:

Do I need something from Canada BEFORE making this trip, or can I just show up in Canada?

We are NOT flying straight out of Vancouver, but rather taking an Amtrak to Seattle after a couple days. Is this ok? Will they be ok if I stay in Canada after just showing up for a few days?

Do I need a VISA? Not exactly sure what this is, except the passport has places for this?

Anything else I should know? Thank you!