Mcgeneseo

Charla, I'm sorry for your loss. We leave in two weeks for a cruise on Apex (7 day Key West and Belize ). We cruised on Beyond a year ago and had some issues with Luminae until we asked to be moved. This cruise we are in an Aqua Sky Suite unless a move up bid is accepted. I will probably report on things and if I'm organized I'll try to do sorta live. I know I need sun and something warmer than 25 degrees with 8 inches of fresh snow....

So beautiful.

We felt the same way about the Beyond last January. We are going on Apex next month so we'll give it one more try. With all the suites, the experience wasn't as exclusive as with the older ships. Luminae has a wonderful view but we didn't have good service until we asked to be moved to a different section. I'm curious what we will find on Apex.

Probably about 20 to 30 minutes. We went on a Sunday so not a lot of traffic.

I'm so happy to see you're back! Neat itinerary, that looks like fun. And thank you for the Sleep Buds recommendation ways back...they are a marriage saver. And thank you for providing the info on the new company, my husband was in a panic when he saw they were discontinued. As was I... I can't wait to see what you think about the two different cruise lines. I just went through a nightmare with Celebrity trying to fire my useless travel agent and get a different one. Celebrity says the travel agent has to do the paperwork to release the reservations (2 of them!) but he's useless and wouldn't do it! It took me almost two months of headache. So my warm and fuzzy feeling for Celebrity isn't around right now. I'm looking forward to following along. Safe travels!

OMG! The Rusty Pelican is still around? I went there on my first "fancy" date in 1977 when I was 17. Of course, I was madly in love and was sure we'd be together forever going to the RP for our anniversaries. Nope. But it was a fabulous meal and the memories are good.

I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this cruise. Have fun! (Of course you will...)

Find the Publix you plan on going to and call them directly. There may be local laws that muck up a general question.

@Jim_Iain, in your experience, which is a smoother crossing, fall or spring? I know it's up to Mother Nature, but I want to do a TA and I don't do well with rough seas.

I used the lat/long numbers from Cruise Mapper

I was able to find Apex on the Windy app by using the lat/long numbers, but putting a comma in between, not a slash. Looks like it's still rocky out there!

Goldens are the best dog ever. My one (and only) dog was a golden, Bentley. He was named in honor of my dad, who collected English cars. Bentley was a perfect dog and when we lost him, I couldn't replace him. So I didn't.

That certainly looks like more than enough in options and quantity. It would be nice if the complaining about it stopped.....

That's interesting...it was only 10% in February.

I'm amazed by the price of the ES. I hear it's in desperate need of an update. I look forward to hearing what you think.