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Hello @cagmom and welcome back to the Cruise Critic message boards! I see it has been quite a while since you have posted. Do you want me to move your new thread to the correct forum? That would be the Ports of Call - Caribbean - Cozumel forum. The majority of your fellow Cruise Critic members that have been there frequent that forum and provide feedback there. Browse through the thread titles on the forum looking for threads of interest. You will probably find your fellow Cruise Critic members have already posted questions and received answers there that may be of interest to you. And your new thread would fit right in! Just let me know and I will be happy to move it as no one will see it on the TEST FORUM. Looking forward to your reply! Happy sails, Host Kat

Hello @Wisewoman8 and welcome back to the boards! I see it has been a while since you have posted. Thank you for your new thread on the Ask a Cruise Question forum! However, it is the forum for general questions regarding cruising. Your inquiry was off topic there. To help you out, your thread has been moved to the Need Help Using the Forums? Check Here! forum where it will be on topic. This is the forum for members to find technical assistance in using these message boards. Please note the following clip of the top of a Cruise Critic message board page: Please click on Meet & Mingle under Write a Review and between Downloads and Guidelines. The page will show you the current Cruise Critic information. Please note the list of cruise lines where online registration for the parties has been discontinued. Most Cruise Critic Roll Call groups sailing those lines plan their own get-together at a mutually decided date, time and location. Some at sail away with members wearing Mardi Gras beads so they can recognize each other. Others pick a date during the cruise at a mutually decided time and location. Usually, a sea day is chosen. There are Cruise Critic name tags available for a few cruise lines that someone in the Cruise Critic Roll Call can print out. For RCI: Download Meet & Mingle Nametags For HAL: Meet & Mingle Nametags For NCL: Meet & Mingle Nametags For Princess: Meet & Mingle Nametags Since you have been away from the boards for a while, you may want to re-read the Roll Calls and Our Policy Regarding Facebook and Roll Calls sections in the Guidelines we all agree to follow when registering for our free Cruise Critic memberships. Also click the following for more information: What is a Roll Call? Everything you Need to Know and How To: Create A New Roll Call. I also suggest you use the Follow feature on any new threads you start or any other threads or forums where you are interested in the new replies. That way you will not have to go looking to see if there are new posts because they will come l👀king for you as notifications! If you need information on how to do it, please click here: How to: Follow Topics & Forums (Subscribed Threads/Forums Info) Hope this will be helpful and glad to have you back aboard Cruise Critic! Happy sails, Host Kat

Hello @Romy40 Thank you for your new thread on the Ask a Cruise Question forum! However, it is the forum for general questions regarding cruising. Your inquiry concerns a specific departure port and was off topic there. To help you out your new thread has been moved to the North American Homeports - West Coast Departures forum where it will be on topic. The majority of your fellow Cruise Critic members that have sailed from there or live there frequent this forum and provide feedback here. Browse through the thread titles on this forum looking for threads of interest. You will probably find your fellow Cruise Critic members have already posted questions and received answers that may be of interest to you. I suggest you use the Follow feature on any new threads you start or any other threads or forums where you are interested in the new replies. That way you will not have to go looking to see if there are new posts because they will come l👀king for you as notifications! If you need information on how to do it, please click here: How to: Follow Topics & Forums (Subscribed Threads/Forums Info) Hope this will be helpful and glad to have you aboard Cruise Critic! Happy sails, Host Kat

Hello @Freckles1983 Thank you for your new thread! However, your post concerns a specific East Coast departure port & airport and was off topic. To help you out I have moved your new thread to the North American Homeports - East Coast Departures forum where it will be on topic. The majority of your fellow Cruise Critic members that have been there or live there frequent this forum and provide feedback here. Browse through the thread titles on this forum looking for threads of interest. You will probably find your fellow Cruise Critic members have already posted questions and received answers that may be of interest to you. The Cruise Critic website and message boards are both great resources for new as well as experienced cruisers and we are so glad you have posted! Please feel free to browse the Cruise Critic Community categories list of the various forums. I suggest you put the link in your Favorites for quick & easy access in the future. Please read a few threads in the different forums to get a feel for what each forum is about. Make sure you read any pinned threads (aka Stickies) on the top of the first page of threads in most forums. You will find very important instructions or information there. Hope this will be helpful and glad to have you aboard Cruise Critic! Happy sails, Host Kat

Hello @BeBeDoll Thank you for your new thread! However, your inquiry concerns a specific Port of Call excursion and is off topic. To help you out I have moved your new thread to the Ports of Call - Canada/New England forum where it will be on topic. The majority of your fellow Cruise Critic members that have been there or live there frequent this forum and provide feedback here. Browse through the thread titles on this forum looking for threads of interest. You will probably find your fellow Cruise Critic members have already posted questions and received answers that may be of interest to you. The Cruise Critic website and message boards are both great resources for new as well as experienced cruisers and we are so glad you have posted! Please feel free to browse the Cruise Critic Community categories list of the various forums. I suggest you Bookmark the page or put it in your Favorites for quick & easy access in the future. Please read a few threads in the different forums to get a feel for what each forum is about. Make sure you read any pinned threads (aka Stickies) on the top of the first page of threads in most forums. You will find very important instructions or information there. Hope this will be helpful and glad to have you aboard Cruise Critic! Happy sails, Host Kat

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Hello @RubyKay1 and welcome to the Cruise Critic message boards! Perhaps something in the following Cruise Critic article from last year will be helpful: How to Plan a Group Cruise The following article is about cruising with friends, but some of the information can be the same for family: 7 Tips for Cruising With Friends The Cruise Critic website and message boards are both great resources for new as well as experienced cruisers and we are so glad you found us! Please feel free to browse the Cruise Critic Community categories list of the various forums. I suggest you put the link in your Favorites for quick and easy access in the future. Please read a few threads in the different forums to get a feel for what each forum is about. Make sure you read any pinned threads (aka Stickies) on the top of the first page of threads in most forums. You will find very important instructions or information there. Also, be sure research the Family Cruises forum. Lots of information there from your fellow Cruise Critic members regarding sailing with family. Hope this will be helpful and glad to have you aboard Cruise Critic! Happy sails, Host Kat

Hello @Adela Bee and welcome to the Cruise Critic message boards! To add to what @Essiesmom said, please read What is a Roll Call? Everything you Need to Know and How To: Create A New Roll Call. For more information about our famous Roll Calls, please read the Roll Calls and Our Policy Regarding Facebook and Roll Calls sections in the Guidelines. We also have the following Cruise Critic article you might enjoy: 8 Reasons to Join a Cruise Critic Roll Call The specific Cruise Critic Roll Call thread for your ship, line, and sail date is the ONLY place on the Cruise Critic message boards where you and your fellow Roll Call thread members are allowed to post personal ads about sharing private tours, excursions or transportation with each other to save money. There is a "captive audience" there since you are all sailing together! Your fellow Roll Call thread members may have important information posted in your Roll Call thread. Especially those that may have sailed your line, ship or itinerary before. Also, they may have already posted share requests that may interest you. Roll Calls are for Cruise Critic members on the same cruise. They get to know one another on line before their cruise so there will be all kinds of discussion in the Roll Call thread for their cruise! Once you locate the Roll Call thread for your specific line, ship and sail date if one is already created, first read through the whole thread to get to know the other Cruise Critic members sailing with you. Then use the dark blue Reply to this topic button to join the Roll Call by posting an introductory post about yourself on the Roll Call thread. When done with your message, click the dark blue Submit Reply button. If you want to address a particular post already in the thread, be sure to use the Quote feature on that post as I did yours above. That way all will be aware of what your post concerns. Click the Quote function on the post you want to address. When the Message Reply box opens, the quote appears in a box at the top. You type your message UNDER the quote box. When done with your message, click the dark blue Submit Reply button. If the member you quoted has used the Follow feature on the thread, they will get a notification that you have replied to their post. If a Roll Call thread for your specific line, ship & sail date has NOT been created, please feel free to create it! Just follow the directions in How To: Create A New Roll Call. Please make sure you use the complete alpha date format for the sail date in the Roll Call thread title so the Find your Roll Call Search Tool can work correctly. Example: January 01, 2025. Then sit back and wait for your fellow Cruise Critic members sailing with you to join in by posting on the thread. They will appreciate you starting the Roll Call! And don't worry about any responsibilities in starting a Roll Call thread. Roll Calls belong to everyone; there is no designated leader or owner. It does not matter who started the thread. The Cruise Critic website and message boards are both great resources for new as well as experienced cruisers and we are so glad you found us! Please feel free to browse the Cruise Critic Community categories list of the various forums. I suggest you Bookmark the page or put it in your Favorites for easy access in the future. Please read a few threads in the different forums to get a feel for what each forum is about. Make sure you read any pinned threads (aka Stickies) on the top of the first page of threads in most forums. You will find very important instructions or information there. Please remember the following portion from the Guidelines we all agreed to follow when registering for our free Cruise Critic memberships: Browse Before You Post Browse a topic first to see if your question has already been asked or answered by someone else. Also, many of the major cruise lines forums have a FAQ (Frequently Asked Question) topic that has been created by our members. Give that a try first. Browsing is your #1 best resource! Please post your messages in an appropriate topic so that you'll receive the best possible response. It is very time consuming to move misplaced messages that are in the wrong topics. Anytime you need to start a new thread on a forum, first make sure you are in the correct forum for your topic. Word your new thread title in a way to help the members know exactly the information you seek. This greatly helps the members browsing through the thread titles and if they know the information, they will post replies to you. Also, it is best to limit each inquiry to only one topic such as one cruise line, one ship, one port of call, etc. and of course, on the correct forum. You will get more replies that way. Be sure to mention your cruise line, ship, sail date or port in your message if that sort of information will help your fellow Cruise Critic members answer you. And if you ever need technical help in regard to using the Cruise Critic message board software, come back to the Need Help Using the Forums? Check Here! forum. You will see a large amount of "How to..." pinned threads toward the top of the forum's first page. Also, browse through the threads in the forum looking for threads of interest. Again, you may find your fellow Cruise Critic members have already posted questions and received answers that may be of interest to you. So sorry this is so long, but I sincerely hope this will be helpful to someone new to posting on our message boards. We are glad to have you aboard Cruise Critic! Happy sails, Host Kat Edited to add: You can post your email in posts on any boards. However, we value the privacy and security of our members. That is why we ask for anonymous user names! We suggest that if a personal email address is posted on one of our boards, it should be posted as whatever name at wherever dot com with spaces & spelling the words "at" and "dot". In your case it would be as follows: 1nicestlady at gmail dot com This should help prevent harvesting by spambots. Most members will know what you are doing. Or, set up another special email account just for correspondence relating to the Cruise Critic message boards.

Hello @Hilaurennn Thank you for your new thread on the Ask a Cruise Question forum! However, it is the forum for general questions regarding cruising. Your inquiry concerns specific ports of call and was off topic there. To help you out I have moved your new thread to the Ports of Call - Europe - Northern Europe & Baltic Sea forum where it will be on topic. You may also want to research the Ports of Call - Europe - British Isles/Western Europe forum too. The majority of your fellow Cruise Critic members that have been there or live there frequent those forums and provide feedback there. Browse through the thread titles on the forums looking for threads of interest. You will probably find your fellow Cruise Critic members have already posted questions and received answers that may be of interest to you. And since you are in the UK, you will want to check out the following forums: UK Cruisers The Pub The Cruise Critic website and message boards are both great resources for new as well as experienced cruisers and we are so glad you found us! Please feel free to browse the Cruise Critic Community categories list of the various forums. I suggest you Bookmark the page or put it in your Favorites for easy access in the future. Please read a few threads in the different forums to get a feel for what each forum is about. Make sure you read any pinned threads (aka Stickies) on the top of the first page of threads in most forums. You will find very important instructions or information there. You need to find and post on the Cruise Critic Roll Call thread for your specific line, ship and sail date. That is where you will find fellow Cruise Critic members sailing with you! Please read What is a Roll Call? Everything you Need to Know and How To: Create A New Roll Call. For more information about our famous Roll Calls, please read the Roll Calls and Our Policy Regarding Facebook and Roll Calls sections in the Guidelines. We also have the following Cruise Critic article you might enjoy: 8 Reasons to Join a Cruise Critic Roll Call The specific Cruise Critic Roll Call thread for your ship, line, and sail date is the ONLY place on the Cruise Critic message boards where you and your fellow Roll Call thread members are allowed to post personal ads about sharing private tours, excursions or transportation with each other to save money. There is a "captive audience" there since you are all sailing together! Your fellow Roll Call thread members may have important information posted in your Roll Call thread. Especially those that may have sailed your line, ship or itinerary before. Also, they may have already posted share requests that may interest you. Roll Calls are for Cruise Critic members on the same cruise. They get to know one another on line before their cruise so there will be all kinds of discussion in the Roll Call thread for their cruise! Once you locate the Roll Call thread for your specific line, ship and sail date if one is already created, first read through the whole thread to get to know the other Cruise Critic members sailing with you. Then use the dark blue Reply to this topic button to join the Roll Call by posting an introductory post about yourself on the Roll Call thread. When done with your message, click the dark blue Submit Reply button. If you want to address a particular post already in the thread, be sure to use the Quote feature on that post as I did yours above. That way all will be aware of what your post concerns. Click the Quote function on the post you want to address. When the Message Reply box opens, the quote appears in a box at the top. You type your message UNDER the quote box. When done with your message, click the dark blue Submit Reply button. If the member you quoted has used the Follow feature on the thread, they will get a notification that you have replied to their post If a Roll Call thread for your specific line, ship & sail date has NOT been created, please feel free to create it! Just follow the directions in How To: Create A New Roll Call. Please make sure you use the complete alpha date format for the sail date in the Roll Call thread title so the Find your Roll Call Search Tool can work correctly. Example: January 01, 2025. Then sit back and wait for your fellow Cruise Critic members sailing with you to join in by posting on the thread. They will appreciate you starting the Roll Call! And don't worry about any responsibilities in starting a Roll Call thread. Roll Calls belong to everyone; there is no designated leader or owner. It does not matter who started the thread. If you ever need technical help in regard to using the Cruise Critic message board software, go to the Need Help Using the Forums? Check Here! forum. You will see a large amount of "How to..." pinned threads toward the top of the forum's first page. Also, browse through the threads in the forum looking for threads of interest. Again, you may find your fellow Cruise Critic members have already posted questions and received answers that may be of interest to you. So sorry this is so long, but I sincerely hope this will be helpful to someone new to posting on our message boards. We are glad to have you aboard Cruise Critic! Happy sails, Host Kat

Hello @surrmanther and welcome to the Cruise Critic message boards! Thank you for your first new thread on the Cruise Blogs & Websites forum. However, it was off topic there. The forum is for Cruise Critic members to post links to their personal travelogue-type of cruise-related blogs or websites. To help you out, your new thread has been moved to the MSC Cruises forum where it will be on topic. The majority of your fellow Cruise Critic members that have sailed MSC and familiar with the Wi-Fi on the ships frequent this forum and provide feedback here. Browse through the thread titles on this forum looking for threads of interest. You will probably find your fellow Cruise Critic members have already posted questions and received answers that may be of interest to you. You also may also want to research our Cruising Technology forum for information regarding devices, apps, provider services, etc. We also have the Disabled Cruise Travel forum for you to research too. It is the forum where cruisers with physical limitations share their advice and experiences. The Cruise Critic website and message boards are both great resources for new as well as experienced cruisers and we are so glad you found us! Please feel free to browse the Cruise Critic Community categories list of the various forums. I suggest you Bookmark the page or put it in your Favorites for easy access in the future. Please read a few threads in the different forums to get a feel for what each forum is about. Make sure you read any pinned threads (aka Stickies) on the top of the first page of threads in most forums. You will find very important instructions or information there. Please remember the following portion from the Guidelines we all agreed to follow when registering for our free Cruise Critic memberships: Browse Before You Post Browse a topic first to see if your question has already been asked or answered by someone else. Also, many of the major cruise lines forums have a FAQ (Frequently Asked Question) topic that has been created by our members. Give that a try first. Browsing is your #1 best resource! Please post your messages in an appropriate topic so that you'll receive the best possible response. It is very time consuming to move misplaced messages that are in the wrong topics. Anytime you need to start a new thread on a forum, first make sure you are in the correct forum for your topic. Word your new thread title in a way to help the members know exactly the information you seek. This greatly helps the members browsing through the thread titles and if they know the information, they will post replies to you. Also, it is best to limit each inquiry to only one topic such as one cruise line, one ship, one port of call, etc. and of course, on the correct forum. You will get more replies that way. Be sure to mention your cruise line, ship, sail date or port in your message if that sort of information will help your fellow Cruise Critic members answer you. You need to find and post on the Cruise Critic Roll Call thread for your specific line, ship and sail date. That is where you will find fellow Cruise Critic members sailing with you! Please read What is a Roll Call? Everything you Need to Know and How To: Create A New Roll Call. For more information about our famous Roll Calls, please read the Roll Calls and Our Policy Regarding Facebook and Roll Calls sections in the Guidelines. We also have the following Cruise Critic article you might enjoy: 8 Reasons to Join a Cruise Critic Roll Call The specific Cruise Critic Roll Call thread for your ship, line, and sail date is the ONLY place on the Cruise Critic message boards where you and your fellow Roll Call thread members are allowed to post personal ads about sharing private tours, excursions or transportation with each other to save money. There is a "captive audience" there since you are all sailing together! Your fellow Roll Call thread members may have important information posted in your Roll Call thread. Especially those that may have sailed your line, ship or itinerary before. Also, they may have already posted share requests that may interest you. Roll Calls are for Cruise Critic members on the same cruise. They get to know one another on line before their cruise so there will be all kinds of discussion in the Roll Call thread for their cruise! Once you locate the Roll Call thread for your specific line, ship and sail date if one is already created, first read through the whole thread to get to know the other Cruise Critic members sailing with you. Then use the dark blue Reply to this topic button to join the Roll Call by posting an introductory post about yourself on the Roll Call thread. When done with your message, click the dark blue Submit Reply button. If you want to address a particular post already in the thread, be sure to use the Quote feature on that post as I did yours above. That way all will be aware of what your post concerns. Click the Quote function on the post you want to address. When the Message Reply box opens, the quote appears in a box at the top. You type your message UNDER the quote box. When done with your message, click the dark blue Submit Reply button. If the member you quoted has used the Follow feature on the thread, they will get a notification that you have replied to their post. If a Roll Call thread for your specific line, ship & sail date has NOT been created, please feel free to create it! Just follow the directions in How To: Create A New Roll Call. Please make sure you use the complete alpha date format for the sail date in the Roll Call thread title so the Find your Roll Call Search Tool can work correctly. Example: January 01, 2025. Then sit back and wait for your fellow Cruise Critic members sailing with you to join in by posting on the thread. They will appreciate you starting the Roll Call! And don't worry about any responsibilities in starting a Roll Call thread. Roll Calls belong to everyone; there is no designated leader or owner. It does not matter who started the thread. Since you are in the UK, please make sure you research the following forums: UK Cruisers The Pub Europe Disabled Cruising If you ever need technical help in regard to using the Cruise Critic message board software, go to the Need Help Using the Forums? Check Here! forum. You will see a large amount of "How to..." pinned threads toward the top of the forum's first page. Also, browse through the threads in the forum looking for threads of interest. Again, you may find your fellow Cruise Critic members have already posted questions and received answers that may be of interest to you. So sorry this is so long, but I sincerely hope this will be helpful to someone new to posting on our message boards. We are glad to have you aboard Cruise Critic! Happy sails, Host Kat

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Hello @WhoDatNation Thank you for your new thread! However, your inquiry concerns transportation in a specific departure port and is off topic. To help you out I have moved your new thread to the North American Homeports - Florida Departures forum where it will be on topic. The majority of your fellow Cruise Critic members that have been there or live there frequent this forum and provide feedback here. Browse through the thread titles on this forum looking for threads of interest. You will probably find your fellow Cruise Critic members have already posted questions and received answers that may be of interest to you. The Cruise Critic website and message boards are both great resources for new as well as experienced cruisers and we are so glad you have posted! Please feel free to browse the Cruise Critic Community categories list of the various forums. I suggest you Bookmark the page or put it in your Favorites for easy access in the future. Please read a few threads in the different forums to get a feel for what each forum is about. Make sure you read any pinned threads (aka Stickies) on the top of the first page of threads in most forums. You will find very important instructions or information there. Hope this will be helpful and glad to have you aboard Cruise Critic! Happy sails, Host Kat

Hello @doinothin and welcome to the Cruise Critic message boards! Thank you for your first new thread on the Ask a Cruise Question forum! However, it is the forum for general questions regarding cruising. Your inquiry concerns a specific location and is off topic there. To help you out I have moved your new thread to the Ports of Call - Europe - British Isles/Western Europe forum where it will be on topic. The majority of your fellow Cruise Critic members that have been there or live there frequent this forum and provide feedback here. Browse through the thread titles on this forum looking for threads of interest. You will probably find your fellow Cruise Critic members have already posted questions and received answers that may be of interest to you. The Cruise Critic website and message boards are both great resources for new as well as experienced cruisers and we are so glad you have posted! Please feel free to browse the Cruise Critic Community categories list of the various forums. I suggest you Bookmark the page or put it in your Favorites for easy access in the future. Please read a few threads in the different forums to get a feel for what each forum is about. Make sure you read any pinned threads (aka Stickies) on the top of the first page of threads in most forums. You will find very important instructions or information there. And @VMax1700 is correct. You need to find and post on the Cruise Critic Roll Call thread for your specific line, ship and sail date. That is where you will find fellow Cruise Critic members sailing with you! Please read What is a Roll Call? Everything you Need to Know and How To: Create A New Roll Call. For more information about our famous Roll Calls, please read the Roll Calls and Our Policy Regarding Facebook and Roll Calls sections in the Guidelines. We also have the following Cruise Critic article you might enjoy: 8 Reasons to Join a Cruise Critic Roll Call The specific Cruise Critic Roll Call thread for your ship, line, and sail date is the ONLY place on the Cruise Critic message boards where you and your fellow Roll Call thread members are allowed to post personal ads about sharing private tours, excursions or transportation with each other to save money. There is a "captive audience" there since you are all sailing together! Your fellow Roll Call thread members may have important information posted in your Roll Call thread. Especially those that may have sailed your line, ship or itinerary before. Also, they may have already posted share requests that may interest you. Roll Calls are for Cruise Critic members on the same cruise. They get to know one another before their cruise so there will be all kinds of discussion in the Roll Call thread for their cruise! Once you locate the Roll Call thread for your specific line, ship and sail date if one is already created, first read through the whole thread to get to know the other Cruise Critic members sailing with you. Then use the dark blue Reply to this topic button to join the Roll Call by posting an introductory post about yourself on the Roll Call thread. When done with your message, click the dark blue Submit Reply button. If you want to address a particular post already in the thread, be sure to use the Quote feature on that post as I did yours above. That way all will be aware of what your post concerns. Click the Quote function on the post you want to address. When the Message Reply box opens, the quote appears in a box at the top. You type your message UNDER the quote box. When done with your message, click the dark blue Submit Reply button. If the member you quoted has used the Follow feature on the thread, they will get a notification that you have replied to their post If a Roll Call thread for your specific line, ship & sail date has NOT been created, please feel free to create it! Just follow the directions in How To: Create A New Roll Call. Please make sure you use the complete alpha date format for the sail date in the Roll Call thread title. Example: January 01, 2024 Then sit back and wait for your fellow Cruise Critic members sailing with you to join in by posting on the thread. They will appreciate you starting the Roll Call! And don't worry about any responsibilities in starting a Roll Call thread. Roll Calls belong to everyone; there is no designated leader or owner. It does not matter who started the thread. If you ever need technical help in regard to using the Cruise Critic message board software, go to the Need Help Using the Forums? Check Here! forum. You will see a large amount of "How to..." pinned threads toward the top of the forum's first page. Also, browse through the threads in the forum looking for threads of interest. Again, you may find your fellow Cruise Critic members have already posted questions and received answers that may be of interest to you. So sorry this is so long, but I sincerely hope this will be helpful to someone new to posting on our message boards. We are glad to have you aboard Cruise Critic! Happy sails, Host Kat

Hello @peterlive76 Thank you for your new thread. However, it is off topic for this forum. To help you out, your new thread has been moved to the What Ever Happened To........??? forum where it will be on topic. It is the forum to discuss the glorious past of cruising. The Cruise Critic website and message boards are both great resources for new as well as experienced cruisers and we are so glad you have posted! Please feel free to browse the Cruise Critic Community categories list of the various forums. I suggest you Bookmark the page or put it in your Favorites for easy access in the future. Please read a few threads in the different forums to get a feel for what each forum is about. Make sure you read any pinned threads (aka Stickies) on the top of the first page of threads in most forums. You will find very important instructions or information there. I also suggest you use the Follow feature on any new threads you start or any other threads or forums where you are interested in the new replies. That way you will not have to go looking to see if there are new posts because they will come l👀king for you as notifications! If you need information on how to do it, please click here: How to: Follow Topics & Forums (Subscribed Threads/Forums Info) Hope this will be helpful and glad to have you aboard Cruise Critic! Happy sails, Host Kat

@S.A.M.J.R. You are most welcome! When you leave on Harmony in July, be sure to wave to the rest of us that are wishing we were with you! .

Hello @Vacationtime3 Thank you for your first new thread on the Ask a Cruise Question forum! However, it is the forum for general questions regarding cruising. Your inquiry concerns parking in a specific departure port and is off topic there. To help you out I have moved your new thread to the North American Homeports - East Coast Departures forum where it will be on topic. The majority of your fellow Cruise Critic members that have parked there frequent this forum and provide feedback here. Browse through the thread titles on this forum looking for threads of interest. You will probably find your fellow Cruise Critic members have already posted questions and received answers that may be of interest to you. The Cruise Critic website and message boards are both great resources for new as well as experienced cruisers and we are so glad you have posted! Please feel free to browse the Cruise Critic Community categories list of the various forums. I suggest you Bookmark the page or put it in your Favorites for easy access in the future. Please read a few threads in the different forums to get a feel for what each forum is about. Make sure you read any pinned threads (aka Stickies) on the top of the first page of threads in most forums. You will find very important instructions or information there. Hope this will be helpful and glad to have you aboard Cruise Critic! Happy sails, Host Kat

I live in an appartement community for seniors. We residents say the only way you leave here is moving in with one of your kids, into an assisted living or nursing home, or in a hearse going to the funeral home. So often when we have lost a resident in one of those ways, their kids fill our dumpsters to the brim with all their parent's "stuff" & "junk" including furniture, kitchenware, etc. It is so sad, but it seems so many of today's kids do not want to deal with their parent's belongings. It also seems no one is at least trying to recycle before it all gets dumped into the dumpsters.

Hello @Damascus43 Thank you for your new thread on the Ask a Cruise Question forum! However, it is the forum for general questions regarding cruising. Your inquiry concerns a specific cruise line and is off topic there. To help you out I have moved your new thread to the Norwegian Cruise Line forum where it will be on topic. The majority of your fellow Cruise Critic members that have sailed NCL & used their phones frequent this forum and provide feedback here. Browse through the thread titles on this forum looking for threads of interest. You will probably find your fellow Cruise Critic members have already posted questions and received answers that may be of interest to you. Also, you might want to research the Cruising Technology forum. You may find more information about using various phones & service providers there. The Cruise Critic website and message boards are both great resources for new as well as experienced cruisers and we are so glad you have posted! Please feel free to browse the Cruise Critic Community categories list of the various forums. I suggest you Bookmark the page or put it in your Favorites for easy access in the future. Please read a few threads in the different forums to get a feel for what each forum is about. Make sure you read any pinned threads (aka Stickies) on the top of the first page of threads in most forums. You will find very important instructions or information there. Hope this will be helpful and glad to have you aboard Cruise Critic! Happy sails, Host Kat

Hello @James Booth and welcome to the Cruise Critic message boards! Thank you for your first new thread on the Ask a Cruise Question forum! However, it is the forum for general questions regarding cruising. Your inquiry concerns a specific location and is off topic there. To help you out I have moved your new thread to the Ports of Call - Alaska forum where it will be on topic. The majority of your fellow Cruise Critic members that have been there or live there frequent this forum and provide feedback here. Browse through the thread titles on this forum looking for threads of interest. You will probably find your fellow Cruise Critic members have already posted questions and received answers that may be of interest to you. The Cruise Critic website and message boards are both great resources for new as well as experienced cruisers and we are so glad you have posted! Please feel free to browse the Cruise Critic Community categories list of the various forums. I suggest you Bookmark the page or put it in your Favorites for easy access in the future. Please read a few threads in the different forums to get a feel for what each forum is about. Make sure you read any pinned threads (aka Stickies) on the top of the first page of threads in most forums. You will find very important instructions or information there. Hope this will be helpful and glad to have you aboard Cruise Critic! Happy sails, Host Kat

Hello @S.A.M.J.R. In case you do not know, you can watch the cruise ships depart from Galveston on turnaround days. On non-turnaround days, the following cameras are on patrol. The volunteer cam mods work hard in capturing the ships and passengers waving from starboard side using the following webcams on turnaround days: GALVESTON.COM: Cruise Video Cam - Galveston, TX GALVESTON.COM: Emerald Video Cam - Galveston, TX GALVESTON.COM: Marina Video Cam - Galveston, TX And anytime you want to check in on what is going on the Strand: GALVESTON.COM: Strand Video Cam - Galveston, TX With that one, viewers can move the camera to various locations as per the following clip: And here is where you can find all the webcams located in various locations on Galveston Island: GALVESTON.COM: Webcams - Galveston, TX And sorry, there is no sound on any of the webcams. However, everyone can see the online webcam chat going on by the "regulars" watching most turnaround days. Just click Webcam Chat on the following clip of what is under the cam feed: As I type this, a Carnival ship just left for a cruise and is being shown on the Cruise Webcam and then the Emerald Webcam. Also, the Marina Webcam is showing the staging area for the workers dealing with the recent damage to the Pelican Island Causeway bridge. The big blue building in the background is the RCCL terminal. Hope this will be helpful as you do not have to drive to the island to see cruise ships. But of course, I know how it is much better in person!! And especially if one is going to be leaving on a cruise from there soon!! Host Kat

Hello @LLCoolDoc To help you out, your new thread has been moved to the correct forum where it will be on topic. Happy sails, Host Kat

Hello @David_S29 Your two threads have been merged into one. That way all the replies will be in one place. Happy sails, Host Kat

@ImperialLady To help you out, your thread has been moved to a more correct forum. Happy sails, Host Kat

Hello @JohnGc First of all, all Cruise Critic members must be logged in to be able to post on any of the Cruise Critic Roll Calls. Without being logged in, a member can only read the Roll Calls and cannot post. If you want to address a particular post already in the Roll Call thread, you need to use the Quote feature on that post as I did yours above. That way all will be aware of what your post concerns since both the quote and your message will appear in a post. Click the Quote function on the post you want to address. When the Message Reply box opens, the quote appears in a box at the top. You type your message UNDER the quote box. When done with your message, click the dark blue Submit Reply button. If the member you quoted has used the Follow feature on the thread, they will get a notification that you have replied to their post. I suggest you use the Follow feature on any new threads you start or any other threads or forums where you are interested in the new replies. That way you will also not have to go looking to see if there are new posts because they will come l👀king for you as notifications! If you need information on how to do it, please click here: How to: Follow Topics & Forums (Subscribed Threads/Forums Info) But first before you Follow a thread or forum, be sure your Cruise Critic email address is current and valid. If not, click here: How To: Update your Cruise Critic Email Address For more information about Quotes & Multi-Quotes, please click here: How to: Reply to a Topic / Quote / Multi-Quote. It is one of the many pinned threads toward the top of the first page of this forum. Hope this will be helpful! Happy sails, Host Kat