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Two different venues.

Reservations are made on board only. Go there first thing upon boarding. Junior suites do better on Quantum class for CK success compared to Oasis class but no one knows how busy it will be on your cruise.

Walk through of Icon food hall concept in Miami, https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/2023/05/26/royal-caribbean-aquadome-market-food-hall

I was disappointed to learn you don't solo double CAS points for nights spent in a lifeboat. Apparently since you aren't solo in the boat, single points only.

There was food on my May Quantum cruise last year. On the day at the glacier they made a shop for Alaska stuff, hats, gloves, binoculars, etc. just outside of the Noodle venue.

The deck plans for Wonder have an area on deck 2 called "Boarding Area". Some people took that to mean tender area. I think it's just the area used at ports of call for getting on and off the ship.

That would be cool.

I love all the speculation 🙂 Going global could mean new international expansion. South America for example. It could also be a tease that ends up being something else completely.

Royal's answer is that Voom is included for guests in Sky and Star class in the Royal Suites program. Older ships don't use the Royal Suites program, i.e. Sea, Sky, Star Class, so Voom is not included for any suite on the older ships. It's particularly egregious now that they have dramatically lowered internet costs by going to Starlink. Their ships, their rules.

Choose the best itinerary. Look carefully at times in each port. Some had a late or short stop in Victoria, some spend more time there. Look at times in each of the other ports. Pay attention to arrival time and departure time.

That's great. For me it says it's closed.

OP - once you are home and unpacked over the next few days if your DL is truly lost you may want to consider some credit monitoring service for the next year or two. A lost DL in the wrong hands could be used towards identity theft.

A birth certificate doesn't have a picture. There is no way to know that the BC is theirs. The DL is gov't issued ID that CBP can look at and confirm it matches the data on the BC.

That's a pilot program that is closed.

I'm confident this isn't the first time CBP will meet someone who lost their documents, passport, BC, DL, I94, etc. I'm sure they have a process to deal with it. I used to get hauled in secondary at CBP all the time because someone with my name had an outstanding warrant. The folks in CBP secondary are decent folks who will calmly step through the process. It may slow you down but it will work out fine. Enjoy the last night of your cruise.

Well it's true, from zero to infinity, and beyond!

It's at moments like this I envision one of those space antenna arrays broadcasting signals into the vastness of space hoping there is someone out there who might hear them.

I'd be more concerned with something like... "Be back on the bus in 30 minutes" but in another language I couldn't comprehend.

Marek came back from vacation on May 6. Given a normal rotation I'm not sure he will be on in August. Captain Rumen has been given Radiance as a permanent assignment alternating with Marek. I enjoyed Captain Rumen. He is very social and engaged. He has spent time with Captain Johnny over the years and gleaned some of those social skills from Captain Johnny.

UDP includes sea day lunches in specialty. On those 12 night cruises there can be more sea days so it's not apples to apples to compare a 3 or 5 night plan to the UDP. There is no free lunch as the saying goes. UDP is priced to reflect that. The discrepancy between the 3 and 5 pricing is likely the same old demand concepts at work. They've probably sold more 5 night on that voyage so the automated revenue algorithm nudged that price up.

Dining infographic https://creative.rccl.com/Sales/Royal/Promotions/23008071_IC_Dining_Reveal_Infographic_v10.pdf

Anyone have an embroidery machine? Make you own cool stuff then watch the emails to Royal fly when you yell people it just arrived in the mail one day.

Talk about getting off topic.

I got a mermaid purse. 🤣

Yes. More room for us too.