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Stay downtown or in Ybor City. Plenty of hotels with those options and easy to access plenty to do, including walking Riverwalk, visiting the art museum or aquarium and going to Sparkman Wharf where there’s outdoor eating venues. If you stay in Ybor you can take the free streetcar into downtown, which takes about 10-15 minutes.

Search on Etsy for ‘cruise door signs.’ Lots of creative options outside of a 8.5x11” sheet and they ship quickly. But if you’re creative and handy online, you could design your own on the Canva website using their flyer template.

Etsy has downloadable .pdf files that are “gift certificates” for trips. There are even some for cruises. Maybe create a trivia quiz for her of places the cruise is headed and let her take it in the car on the way to the passport office. Then when she answers everything have her parents give her the gift certificate telling her where she’s going and that she’s going with Grandma/Grandpa. I would suggest her parents tell her that she’s getting the passport at least a few days before so she can pick out an outfit she wants to wear. She’ll have this passport til she’s 18 and might want to get a little dressed up. If she asks why just say she’ll find out in the car.

My family aren’t sushi fans but maybe I can convince them to give the cooked dishes a try. I love it so if they don’t want to go, I’ll head over by myself for some quiet time and sushi.

Perfect! We love pizza 😃

My husband, daughter (14) and I will be on the Sky Princess for a 7-day cruise in early 2023. We’re going to make reservations at two specialty dining sites during the week but the other nights I’m not sure if I should make main dining reservations or if some of the restaurants on board we can walk up but still get waiter service. I’ve tried looking online for some menus for non-specialty places but can’t locate any. We love to try different types of food and don’t want to do quick service restaurants the other nights, but are more casual in nature and don’t want to plan out every dinner in advance.