WestTexasBySea

My wife gave the thumbs up to Sorrento's, which in my book it is good.

Mama Mia was good, but a little long for my taste.

Comedians were fantastic, there was a Santa looking guy in a Hawaiian shirt in the front row and his last name was actually Claus. You can't make this stuff up.

We are trying Chops tonight!

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Surf and stream. I guess the links don't work from app on my android but do for other folks.

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They were checking each person's card and they did tell some folks traveling in a large group they would have to split up, but I am not sure about families. I am thinking you should be ok if you are traveling on the same reservation.

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I wasn't going to post a whole live review but thought I would share some various thoughts and comments.

I thought embarkation was the best I have ever seen. I have sailed out of a couple ports and always thought it was very disorganized, especially New Orleans. This was a breeze and actually enjoyable. Left our room at the Hilton Marina at 10:20 arrived at the port at 10:40 and were ordering our first drinks in Central Park at 11:15 (We are Gold so just slightly ahead of the first timers). Well done RCL and the Port Everglades staff.

MDR was ok tonight, we have seen better. We will be trying every restraunt out this week but Japanese and Chef's table so we will see how it goes.

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Let's try one more time, I guess I don't know what I am doing.

http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/a/3000939401

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Try this, I don't think link is working.

Check out my @Speedtest result! How fast is your internet? http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/a/3000939401

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For those of you who are interested. We just set sail about 2 hours ago.

http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/a/3000664224

Like others said the walking track on the deck above the pool gets crowded with folks just hanging out, deck chairs, and traffic from the restraunt. The waterfront would be good for walking just not running. There is not really a good place to run on the ship other than a treadmill in the cramped gym.

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"To bring our policies in line with cruise industry's standard practice, Royal Caribbean International instituted our new Best Price Guarantee program in May of 2010.

Any reservation created after May 17, 2010, that undergoes a normal price reduction before the final payment date may have the price difference refunded or applied as onboard credit. A "normal price reduction" is any reduction in cruise fare for which the reservation would be eligible. Kindly note that special promotions and coupons are generally not applicable.

After the final payment date, no refunds or onboard credits are available, unless the booking was created within 48 hours of the price change and the proper redemption form was submitted. Please visit*http://www.royalcaribbean.com/bestpriceguarantee*for the complete terms and conditions."

I asked about this a couple of months ago and this is what I received.

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I think the big thing we found on the Dawn was the ship truly never felt crowded. I do agree the bigger NCL ships are more user friendly because every thing is bigger. I will say since I have children, this kids area in the back of the ship was hard to get to and very very small. Also, there are no other extras because of the size, i.e. slides, rock climbing, etc. The ship also did feel clean and refreshed nothing what I expected from a 14 year old ship.

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We did walk off last year and were at the gate by 10AM but I was sweating! 11AM would be pretty safe!

We were on the Dawn this past March. It went in dry dock Mid 2016 and came out refreshed. It is a smaller ship but we had a great time. The food was excellent and the specialty restaurants were fantastic. The layout is funky but once you get the hang of it you will stop running into dead ends! We did the Conquest in 2007. It was fine, but nothing spectacular.