kerry1379

Your son has many things in common with my son. My son too has a g-button that is his primary source of nutrition and is on a liquid formula for that (his is Boost Kid's Essentials-essentially the same thing as Pediasure).  Yes, we have always been able to bring his formula on board but I do have to carry it on board. You cannot leave it with the porter in case it leaks.

My son also can really only eat pureed foods-he doesn't chew-but he also doesn't like to eat by mouth at all so even pureed foods are a battle for us.  On our last cruise, our head waiter was phenomenal!  I had originally told my waiter that there wasn't really anything on the menu that my son would likely eat, so please don't worry about it. But then he saw me feeding my son oatmeal (one of the few things he will eat) at Cabanas the next morning at breakfast.  He came over and sat with me and went over all of the dinner menus to see if he could find something my son could eat with us at dinner.  We settled on trying some of the soups.  As it turns out, my son found a new favorite food-their butternut squash soup! Once the head waiter found out that my son liked it-we had  a bowl waiting for him every night. Disney really does bend over backwards to try and accommodate where they are able.  It is why we keep going back!  :)

And like previous posters have said-though the kids club during their regular hours isn't an option if they are in diapers (my son is too), we went to as many open houses as they had (which is a lot!) because my son loves it there so much! 

I have booked 5 excursions so far for our upcoming Alaskan cruise (June 2018) and not one of them did I book through the cruise line. I reached out to the exact vendor I wanted and was able to book directly through them. Some I booked as soon as their 2018 bookings opened, one I booked just yesterday. So I have not experienced what the OP has.

Hi all,

How do you best go about checking to see if there has been price drop on a cruise you have already booked? I have been going through the Royal Caribbean website and entering in the needed info to bring up the same cruise I already have booked to check pricing, though the website seems to see it like a new booking. When I do it that way I will inevitably get the many follow up emails from Royal encouraging me to "complete my booking." Any way to check without triggering the emails from Royal?

I have read several threads about reservations for shows on many other ships. The cruise planner for our upcoming Alaskan cruise in June on the Radiance keeps telling me that reservations are not available. But I also don't really see any discussion threads about reservations on the Radiance in general. Is it that the reservation window has not opened up yet or is the Radiance a small enough ship that they don't do reservations for shows?

Thanks in advance for the help!

Thank you for easing my mind as well as confirming that I understand the process correctly. I appreciate the help!

I have been trying to better understand the specialty dining packages and how the reservations work. Is my understanding correct? Let's say I purchase the 3 night specialty dining package. Royal Caribbean asks which night I would like the first reservation and I specify day 1 or 2 as well as the time. And...that is it? I can't specify which restaurant I prefer? And I can't select the 2 additional nights day/time/location until I board (or change the first reservation location, which I won't find out until I get to my stateroom)? Doesn't this end up making the first few hours onboard a crazy nightmare with possibly hundreds of people trying to make those same reservations?

Thank you for your help everyone!

I haven't seen a thread like this so my apologies if I over looked it.

I have an Alaskan cruise scheduled in June of 2018. I realized I don't really have a good coat for Alaska. (I live in Texas-my coats are pretty light.) In looking at coats, I find most are "water resistant." Is that adequate for Alaska? I know Ketchikan tends to get lots of rain. We also have an 8 hour glacier hike scheduled for Juneau. Will a "water resistant" coat do or, from your experiences, would a "waterproof" coat be better?