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  1. smokeybandit
    So you're saying Jim Cantore is out of the running?
  2. smokeybandit
    We did that last Christmas for my son. We were visiting relatives first, so we packed an extra suitcase when he was at school with summer/cruise stuff. On the flight "home" our son didn't pick up on the fact something was amiss until the pilot gave his first update about how long it would take to get to Orlando. He about lost it and thought we were joking.
  3. smokeybandit
    Advising captains was never the reason they hired him. It was a PR/marketing hire to show RC was serious about the weather and to have someone to talk to passengers, not officers.
  4. smokeybandit
    True, but when your cruise is going to be affected by a hurricane, it's good to have RC putting out some guidance on what could happen with your cruise. It doesn't take a meteorologist to do that, but there are plenty of people paranoid about cruise ship weather.
  5. smokeybandit
    There are hairdryers, usually in one of the drawers. However they aren't the most powerful models.
  6. smokeybandit
    Agreed. They're paying big bucks for tailored forecasts specific to their industries.
  7. smokeybandit
    There are plenty of weather outsourcing companies that they'll use and probably every other cruise line already uses.
  8. smokeybandit
    Weather for an airline is a much different beast than weather for a cruise ship. It makes much more sense for an airline to have in house mets than a cruise line.
  9. smokeybandit
    JVF's value was as the face of cruise weather. All they need is someone else to create that slide deck during storm season.
  10. smokeybandit
    The only caveat for transfers is that your flight is after a certain time. But if you booked through Air2Sea they won't offer you a flight that's before that certain time. I don't know if they stagger the transfers.
  11. smokeybandit
    Checked luggage, but for no better reason than convenience.
  12. smokeybandit
    There are nights that are designated as the nights to dress up if you're so inclined.
  13. smokeybandit
    Well, it has for years now.
  14. smokeybandit
    The timing would be right for a drydock since that last happened early 2019.
  15. smokeybandit
    1) Not if it's a screw cap (hah!) but many people do take a travel corkscrew with them 2) Any of those 3) Yes, no issues with the new menus 4) They'll be pre-loaded onto your card and a list describing them in your stateroom when you board.
  16. smokeybandit
    Good thing Labadee is only part of Haiti due to geography then.
  17. smokeybandit
    When our son was young, he would only drink milk on a ship along with other dairy like yogurt. Wouldn't eat anything else (as hard as we tried, and as hard as the crew tried). But we still ate in the MDR and it wasn't a big deal. I wouldn't let your son's penchant for milk stop you from at least trying the MDR.
  18. smokeybandit
    There should be zero concern and there won't be any hassle.
  19. smokeybandit
    No worse than people who have checked in but walk up to the counter without any of their documents out and are fumbling through their bags to find them.
  20. smokeybandit
    Then you do it all at the port
  21. smokeybandit
    I haven't been on Voyager, but Voyager matches Navigator. I didn't think Navigator's suite lounge was small. I've never seen the suite lounge full on any cruise except for the first night and sometimes the last night. At least since they moved the lounges out of the windowless midship area.
  22. smokeybandit
    There are no formal nights. Just nights where you're encouraged to be formal if you want. If you don't want to, you don't have to.
  23. smokeybandit
    https://www.royalcaribbeanincentives.com/ship/voyager-of-the-seas/dining/
  24. smokeybandit
    There aren't reservations for shows on Adventure or for any ship Freedom class or smaller
  25. smokeybandit
    I wouldn't worry about it. RC isn't going to check your sunscreen when you board. Even countries that have sunscreen laws have never checked.
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