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2 minutes ago, Covepointcruiser said:

Believe the pilots were considered essential personnel and received their vaccines long ago.   I don’t think any flying restrictions are hurting the schedules right now.   Southwest has had computer glitches.   We were in Tampa yesterday evening and there were many cancellations between Southwest and American.   The weather wasn’t bad but there is always a thunderstorm around in the summer months leading too many delays and cancellations.  The airport was very crowded with many families with probably unvaccinated children.

Airline crew wasn't essential in my state nor in the state where he is based. They were classified after grocery workers, food workers, and garbage men. That was a pretty big miss as he does go to ICN, PVG, NRT and SYD. 

We are cruising in less than a week. We had to buy tickets. There is just no way we would have made it. 

My 14 year old has been on 11 (8 on Disney) cruises since December, 2017 when I brought three youngest kids on a cruise to see if they liked it. Silly me. That first cruise was right after Thanksgiving on RCCL. I think that there were 14 kids on board. Nonetheless they all loved cruising.

Cruising has brought her out of her shell. She used to be so shy (if she could fold herself up in half and disappear she would have.) We are cruising in a week and we discussed bringing her along. So I totally get what you are asking. We opted to not bring her along on Celebrity. This is a Caribbean cruise and we are still working our way through new norm and she has been to the Caribbean several times.

My original plan would have been to take them on the Millenium to Alaska in August. But I just couldn't get a third person booked in a cabin even though she is fully vaccinated. 

So for me, itinerary would override fewer kids on board. We were on Norwegian for a Med cruise and I don't even think that there were even 14 kids on board. But they didn't care. We were there for the itinerary. We've taken them on Panama Canal, Westbound Transatlantic as well (though those were on DCL so there were kids there just not 2000.)

I can't wait to take my kids back out into the world. 

14 hours ago, ReneeFLL said:

I won’t get into any woes AA or any other airlines may or may not have, but airlines have definitely been affected by covid. After pilots haven’t flown in a while they are required to go back through some training. The airlines didn’t expect the public’s desire to fly so soon and so much. Due to this the pilots weren’t sent to training soon enough. They are now scrambling but unfortunately are having to cancel some flights.

The FAA also had the no-fly restriction 48 hours after the vaccine. And that absolutely messed up scheduling. 

17 minutes ago, rucrazy said:

Not surprising, but it is sad there isn't better communication between maintenance, flight crew and the flying public.

Although it is the pilot's job to work through the checklist so often times, that is how it is caught.

7 hours ago, Citymom92 said:

Oh gosh now I’m worried. We’re on the Millennium next Saturday and I booked flights through Celebrity day of thinking the 10pm

sail time would be okay. Our first flight leaves DC to Charlotte at 6am then we’re supposed to be in St Maarten at 1:20pm. If it’s a Celebrity air booking and flight out of Charlotte is delayed causing us to miss the cruise, what happens? 

We have this itinerary the following week. We normally just fly standby in early but nothing is normal now so this was the best workaround that we could do. I know that the airports will be crazy. Just buying tickets has increased our odds but there are so many things that can go wrong, I can't worry about this that far down the list. 

We had to do a sailaway gty as it was the only thing available to book. We were assigned different decks. It is our first time sailing NCL (and now that I see how they run things, probably our last.)

RCCL also has a hard time assigning a cabin for 2 and a cabin for 3. That being said, both of our cabin assignments could fit the larger party, so that didn't even come into play. And right now there is a cabin directly beneath ours but on the same deck as our first cabin. So we could have been assigned on the same deck. The reservations were linked. They simply chose to separate us. 

On 4/17/2019 at 4:44 PM, Katwoman007 said:

Thank you! Bummer. We only have 2 room options with 3 kids. lol

You have to split the parents. I've done 5 in a cabin on RCCL and two cabins every other cruise we have done. I will never put 5 in a cabin again.

Disney has no problem keeping the two cabins together on GTY. RCCL has a big problem simply because they cannot put cabins of two and cabins of three near each other (unless you are booking way, way out when it starts.) I have no idea how NCL is going to handle it. My hunch is  not so good. I can't even get a cabin assignment on GTY and our sail date is in  few weeks. I have an offer to bid on both cabins but I can't even get to that point without the assignment. 

Star out of Tarragona

Everything lower than mini-suite is GTY.

IX GTY Interior

I'm just not getting assigned.  We have 2 cabins (not that I think that they will be near each other.) To me it seems a bit pointless since I don't even know what we will have as IX.

Should I bid or wait?

We booked a GTY on a sailing in about a month. I received the Upgrade bid offer. I'm still sitting guarantee but everything lower than mini-suite is showing as GTY. This is our first NCL so GTY and upgrade bidding is new to us.

Thanks!

So what is the rundown for a non-Zumba person on a Zumba cruise?

Less entertainment (as it is mostly Zumba?)

No real pool or deck availability?

A challenge finding peace and quiet?

What other differences should I expect?

Can someone please explain why this is not allowed?

NY to SJU stopping at BVI, St Kitts

and

SJU to MIA stopping at BVI, St Kitts, Castaway Cay

We just cruised on the Oasis. Person 1 and 2 were $752 each, and persons 3-5 were $219 each.

So no Starbucks with this catd?

We can tell you if you post the ship and stateroom number.

Oasis 11316

How can you tell what you will be getting? Our cabin will sleep 5. So where will the bed be?

We fly Delta more often than not. We use a transport chair but my daughter CAN transfer (which is a big question.) We have a permanent disability tag attached to her chair and under her name in the system. So we leave it at the end of the jetway and they stow it. Then as soon as we begin deplaning, we wait at the same spot and they bring it back up to us.

I am missing OBC. I don't see it but when I called in yesterday, they could see it. It might just be a byproduct of a website is a work in progress.

Portable nebulizer

We got the flu on our last trip and I needed a nebulizer (hadn't needed it for 2 years.) The doctor bill was $426 for the two visits. I bought a portable one to have on hand.

Different climates and different allergens. If you are prone to having a breathing problem, it is a good thing to carry.

JaniceB—we had a spacious ocean view balcony. It was cabin 7268, port side. It was right near the stairs and elevator and it was a superb location. We didn’t experience any noise from the stairs and elevator, and it was so convenient to be right there, instead of having a cabin in the middle of a looooong hallway. It was tight for 4, but we made it work and really loved having a balcony.

 

 

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We are going to do this on Sunday except we will do 5 in the spacious ocean view balcony. My kids are less than excited about the characters. We don't know our Dreamworks characters.

Me: Do you know who Shrek is?

10 year old daughter: A big green guy?

Me: Yes (feeling pleased that we at least don't have to go back and watch it)

10 year old daughter: and he hates Christmas?

Okay, so maybe we need to watch some movies this week.

We actually do the formal nights. My kids NEVER get that dressed up so they love it. My husband could live without it, but he will do it for the kids.

Just because you have to book it that way doesn't mean that's how you actually have to "live" onboard. You and your husband can still stay together in a cabin.

While we can stay in the same cabin, that leaves me putting my children down the corridor. Next door or across the hall is one thing, down the corridor is a different thing.

In November I cruised with my 16, 14 and 10 year old and we had our own table. Looking around I noticed that some people looked really bored at the larger tables and they looked at us longingly just to have some interaction and/or entertainment. So while it may have looked entertaining to keep reminding my teen to not eat like a goat, I often wondered what it would be like to be at one of the "grown-up" tables.