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I was also going to ask the time of the flight. We couldn't use it last week because our SWA 7:20pm flight was past their cutoff. I think the cutoff was 6pm.

ETA

I found the paper they left in our room. For SWA flights from FLL have to be between 11:30am and 6:00pm.

While the captain does and knows a lot of things, he has no control over a birth certificate. That is issued by the state (likely FL in this case) based on hospital records.

 

Biker, who senses thread closure approaching.:cool:

Which part do you think is incorrect? The "born at sea" part?

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I think you're too defensive and missing the point.

 

BTW, I think most of us know someone who lost a baby prematurely, including my mother who lost two. No one thinks they're going to go into labor 12 weeks early, but honestly, it sounds from those that saw her that she was more pregnant than that.

 

Also, for the citizenship thing, someone asked a legitimate question considering the baby was born at sea. It's almost as if you know the mother because you're taking this extremely personally.

It's hard to tell though. I carried huge with all 3 of my kids. From 5 months on I had people saying "any day now" and I wanted to kill them. :rolleyes:

But the fact that they were already flown to FL makes me think she was more than 24 weeks. I don't recall seeing the family beforehand. If I did, she didn't stand out to me. I was hoping the captain would tell us the weight of the baby.

And I was wondering what happens with trip insurance if she was over 24 weeks. Do they still cover a claim if she took a trip she shouldn't have?

Last week there was no beach to stand on at Maho. It was just large rocks. There was a small sandy area by the Royal Islander Club. I had planned on going to Mullet Bay first but we got off the ship later than we planned.

A vodka and cranberry on Indy was $7 last week. Of course that was for "well swill". Most bars didn't have menus with prices.

I couldn't figure most of the pricing out. Pina Colada was $10 but a daquiri was $12. Both made from Island Oasis mix with the same rum.

We just got off of Independence yesterday. We had a wonderful time. We had My Time Dining. Service was a bit slow. We had planned on eating in the MDR every night but ended up eating there only 3 nights. We had a 45 minute wait the second formal night.

The ship was inn excellent shape and service was great.

this week (8/30). Was suppose to be eastern and (9/6) is western the one I am scheduled on.

I meant this week as in the one we are currently in. Next week as in Sunday 8/30.

Doesn't Indy alternate itineraries? This week was supposed to be Eastern and next week was already scheduled to be Western. However, this week was changed to a Western itinerary, so anybody doing a B2B will be doing two Westerns.

 

Yes? No?

No, this week was Western as scheduled. Next week is scheduled for Eastern.

I doubt they would change next week's itinerary from Western to Eastern just to please a few B2B cruisers, lol. 100% of the next week's passengers are excepting to be on a Western itinerary.

 

Still, really too bad for the OP and any other B2Bers. I'd be bummed too.

It's the other way around. It's supposed to be Eastern next week but supposedly it is changing to Western.

They just updated the website again. Still no mention of a change in itinerary.

Tropical Weather Update

August 28, 2015

4:30 p.m. E.S.T

Royal Caribbean International continues to closely monitor the path and progress of Tropical Storm Erika to ensure guests enjoy safe and comfortable cruises, and to make certain our ships steer clear of the storm. The safety of our guests and crew is always our foremost concern.

Freedom of the Seas

Guests sailing on Freedom of the Seas are asked to arrive to the ship between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. The ship will now depart at 3:30 p.m.

Independence of the Seas

Due to the current path of the storm, Independence of the Seas will now depart Port Everglades at 3:00 p.m. Check in and boarding will take place between 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.

We encourage guests sailing on Enchantment of the Seas and Majesty of the Seas monitor this website for any additional updates.

If you have not done so already, we strongly suggest guests complete their online check-in as soon as possible, including the section on your preferred method of contact while traveling. You can access online check-in at http://www.royalcaribbean.com/onlinecheckin

Royal Caribbean will continue to closely monitor weather conditions and will update this information again tomorrow, August 29, 2015 at 5:00 p.m.

so indy will be tagging along with us next week!? where did rcl say they've chosen an altered itinerary for indy

A few people have said they called and were told. AFAIK they haven't notified anyone or announced anything. I haven't received any notification. I can't imagine Freedom and Indy being at Labadee at the same time.

Indy was in their "title" line.

I know. I clarified why I asked.

Have they officially said they are doing Western on Sunday? If so, do you know if it's the usual Western itinerary?

Are you on Indy or Freedom? :confused:

Never mind. I could have sworn your post said Port Canaveral. I need more coffee. LOL

Wasn't the Ultimate $55 before gratuity? That would be $64.90 with gratuity or $65 if they were going to round it. It's now listed as $67.

It must be Common Core math.

I spoke with Royal C&A and he advised that they changed the way it's presented to you, instead of being "XYZ per day = Total, then add 18%" it's now just "XYZ per day (including 18%) = Total"

 

The per day should go up but I don't think the overall prices have increased as some have even reported decreases in total amount even though it went from $49 to $57 per day for Premium, myself included.

Premium went down a little but Select and Ultimate definitely went up a couple of dollars.

And like a couple of people posted here, they're getting different prices for different cruises.

I think so but I am not 100% sure. I had the premium and was never charged extra for anything. The only limits I had was wine had to be $8/glass.. Anything more than that was extra. I just had the $8 ones because all the really good ones were only sold by the bottle anyway. I drank mostly frozen drinks.

It was an $8 limit with the Premium Package? I thought it was $8 with the Select and $12 with the Premium or Ultimate package.

never mind

I just checked my cruise planner for next week and it shows

Select $42

Premium $57

Ultimate $67

As long as picture ID matches cruise documents a marriage certificate is not required. The birth certificate with correct birth date, even though married name is not on it tells the agent you are a US citizen and is fine. Lots say they've been asked for it, who knows why. If it was truly required by law, it would be asked for without question from everyone every time.

Thousands travel without it every yr. If they were not allowed to board you'd see countless threads here stating that.

It tells them that the person on the birth certificate is a citizen it doesn't prove that they're the same person.

It seems odd to me that they don't make you prove it. I went to high school with a girl with the same first name and same same birthdate. In theory if one of us wasn't a citizen we could use the other ones birth certificate and our own id together and no one would know.

It is a very common thing for family-friendly resorts in FL. They aren't next to' date=' but in the same area. Some have liquid soap for dishes instead of hand soap. I'm not familiar with cruise ships- I just know I won't use my own personal water glass at home without it going through a soap wash, [b']so the idea that a hot water rinse is fine is weird to me.[/b]

Why do you keep saying that? No one is telling you not to use soap. :confused:

I have 3 kids and have been traveling with them since they were infants. I always washed bottles, sippy cups and refillable mugs in my hotel bathroom. I never spilled them all over the carpet or made any other mess in the room.Even at WDW I wash our mugs in the sink. It's not rocket science.

I would do it in your bathroom sink.

Thanks for clarifying. An abstract is a computer generated 'copy' of the birth certificate facts. In this day and age, it as almost the only thing anyone can get anymore. They can be certified or not, and they can be short form or not. In CA, the abstracts (at least now) are all the same long form. I still have my old pre-xerox photostat copy of the actual birth certificate, but if I were to request a new certified copy I will get an abstract. I do think the RCI phone rep was confused about the difference, as abstract/certificate makes no difference as long as it was issued by a government entity and contains the full set of data (including parents names). There was time a few years back when there was a lot of confusion about what was and was not acceptable, but an abstract, properly issued and dated by the registrar, is fine for obtaining a passport. (Well, not the fake one in your picture, obviously, but you know what I mean).

Doing a quick Google search I see a bunch of websites saying that abstracts from TX and CA are no longer accepted.

http://www.cityoforange.org/depts/cityclerk/passport.asp

SPECIAL NOTICE - CALIFORNIA BIRTH ABSTRACTS ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTABLE - PASSPORT APPLICANTS BORN IN CALIFORIA MUST SUBMIT LONG FORM PHOTOREPRODUCTION CERTIFIED COPIES OF BIRTH RECORDS