Robkat

Thanks. That's good info and exactly what we were looking for.

To get to LaGuardia, which is better: from Red Hook or from the ferry drop off at Wall St? We've never done either, and we aren't familiar with the geography of it. Thanks.

We'll be sure to spend our fair share of time in O'Malley's as we've got Premier and will definitely take advantage. Is O'Malley's open for lunch and dinner most days, but especially on sea days? Even if you're not having a meal, are people in there just to have a drink and listen to the band? Congrats on scoring seats in the Sanctuary ... happy places within happy places!

Thank you for this great review. Enjoying it so much as we'll be on the Enchanted for the first time next week. We were on the Sky at the same time as you were back in December (the Porsche cruise, as we've taken to calling it in this household! 😅) and we thought it was funny that we missed being on the Enchanted at the same time by just a week. Sounds like we're on a similar cruise schedule! Hope you continue to have a fabulous time this week, and we'll be looking forward to hearing more of your impressions.

Oh wow! You're seeing cruising ducks everywhere! Thanks for posting this ... utterly cute and it made me smile (as the ducks always do). 👍

Whenever we've tried to do the upgrade ourselves online (and this has always been pre-final balance payment), we get a message telling us to contact our travel agent. The first time, we also tried calling and speaking to a CSR, and they said that if you are working with a TA, the transaction must be done through them. We did that and the cost was added onto our balance payment. We're wondering if it would be different if we tried doing it after final payment had been made. But that hasn't suited our timing so far, so we're left to wonder. But it was easy doing it through the TA.

@JGmf: Thanks so much for doing this review of your cruise on the Enchanted. We'll be sailing on her next month, and then again for a 14-nighter to the ABC's in August, so we really appreciate your insights and, of course, your photos.

Thank you for posting these photos ... they made me smile so hard when I saw them this morning! Cuteness overload! I'm not especially impressed when I find a really tiny one, but the littlest ones in the photo are adorable to look at. Now ... I MUST find one of the ones with the Einstein wild "hair"! 🤞😂

Your ducks are adorable! They are really cute ones and I like that they're white, not yellow (don't ask me why 😂😂🤔). Like someone mentioned above, when I first heard of this hiding and finding duck "phenomenon", I wondered why people were so into it. Then I walked off an elevator and found my first duck ... I was pretty excited! Then I thought "ooooh, I get it now!". For some reason though, the 4 I've found, are all a little weird-looking! They've all got some strange little features! ( I still like having them though. 👍). But your ducks are extremely cute!

We're in South Florida, so not too close to the Central area (although we do really like finding cruises that leave from Port Canaveral ... it's a nice change from Miami and FLL!) Enjoy your visit to Cocoa Beach, and if you get a chance over a weekend, you can go to see cruise ships departing from PC. It can be fun to sit and watch them cruising past you!

Hope you're finding this thread as interesting and as useful as I have! The idea of makeup tattoos is intriguing ... like eyeliner and such? And what is bar products for hair? Wracking my brain but can't remember ever seeing anything like that. Oh, and thanks for the Wool and Prince suggestion ... will definitely check it out. Enjoy your upcoming TA's ... we're really looking forward to them!

Thanks so much for this great reply! Very useful info! Had to laugh at the "Gift with Purchase" suggestion ... for years, I'd always have store schedules for all my favorite brands of when they were having their promos! Too bad for me if I ran out of something I liked when a promo wasn't running ... I'd wait to get those goodie bags (and soooo many make-up bags!)

Wow ... this is unique (at least to us). DH makes our air arrangements and is the cruise itinerary researcher, so I'm sure he'll be really interested to hear this. Thanks for your reply!

Thanks for the reply. Hope you post on how you like the eastbound vs the westbound you already did. Enjoy the Sky ... she's pretty ship. Have a great cruise!

All of this info has been so useful (even when answers have been contradictory! 😂) and we're now clearer how we'll handle things with pills/meds/vitamins, etc. Along slightly different lines, how do you all handle toiletries and make-up ... As I mentioned, I normally transfer creams, etc into smaller jars and put them in toilet bags, that we carry on in our backpacks. Obviously, there would be additional "small jars and/or bottles" for a longer cruise, which we can't carry in the backpacks,which we bring on the plane with us. Does anyone just leave all that stuff behind and purchase new stuff at your destination? I mean, we normally have 4 good sized travel bags, and I'm can't help but worry about that extra weight in our checked luggage. In any case, would love to know how you all go about that aspect. Again, this is such a great community with such a wealth of experience and info, and we're grateful to all of you who share your "learned from experience" knowledge!