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Gelatin is used in many of the desserts instead of using a lot of cream to stabilize a mousse. It is also a lot cheaper. We have noticed that some of the desserts they had been putting gelatin in don't have it anymore, they have switched back to better ingredients. It is easy to tell when you put your fork through the dessert, if it just glides through, it is likely thickened with cream, but if you are cutting it and the structure stays, it is likely thickened with gelatin.

We have seen stingrays at South Beach many times. We have seen lemon sharks too.

Went out like a poor sport.

Yay! That shouldn't give anything away. 😄

Bread was much better in the past. I miss the crusty, sour dough rolls. All the choices now are soft rolls, even the cheese ones that used to also have a crunchy crust. Coastal Kitchen still has a few more choices but not all the choices they used to have. Even the stollen at breakfast was rare to see on recent cruises and that used to be a staple.

I would ask on your rollcall as it can be different sailing to sailing and port to port. I have had check in as early as 10am in the past but have had 11am the earliest available time on our last cruise.

We also sailed from Boston in October. We arrived early and found no lines to check in. We walked right up to an agent. Sat in chairs for all of 5 minutes and boarding started. We were on the ship prior to our assigned check in time of 11am. Same thing in Cape Liberty, they weren't checking times. On our Oasis sailing last year, boarding started before 10am because no passengers were disembarking since the ship had deadheaded from Florida. We were in our cabin at 10:10am! This year, weren't on ship until just before 11am, also before our check in time.

Some reservations are held back for those that don't make reservations prior to boarding. As soon as you board the ship, connect to Royal Wifi and try to see if you can get a reservation. I would do this while standing in line at wherever the box office is set up to make reservations. If they aren't able to get a reservation, there is a standby line for each show. On a recent Oasis sailing, we saw around 50 get in as standbys. Some had to stand the whole time, others found seats.

What port have you experienced that timeline? You post that when people ask about disembarking and it is not accurate as ships arrive at different times and some ports are more efficient at getting people off the ship than others.

Nevermind. Poof......

We have sailed Anthem many times and feel it has the best WJ. The flow is much better than Oasis class ships and the quality of the food has always been great. We love the coffee bar there too.

We have never had any issues getting reservations on Anthem when we have stayed in a JS. They have always given priority to JS. We have experienced the opposite on Oasis class, which is why we only book full suites on Oasis class.

It looks like the percentages have changed since October. I quoted original post but post is awaiting approval, so this picture might post twice.

The percentage discounts look different from what we had in October.

Many have signed under new names but their IP address gives them away. Some know how to get around that and change their posting habits to try to hide. Doesn't work as well as some think it does.

Cookies are always a good choice! 🤐😇

Of all the things I thought you were talking about, that never even entered my mind!

Me too! I read that three times and still don't get it.

There used to be a way to search on a particular poster within a thread, which was a lot easier, but we lost that when they changed platforms. I used to like to be able to click on the list of posters within a thread and only see their posts listed. I never found a way to only look at those posts as some are trying to figure out for reviews and I don't think this platform allows it.

You can search on a member's name if you go to the search box up in the blue bar and pull down. You can change it to members, it is one of the last filter choices.

Her account looks to be gone and many posts missing. It could be renamed or removed. I just hope she is safe and well and just needed to get away from here for her own reasons. Sending love if she sees this. 🙂

I would also call the special needs department and request a shower stool for your cabin. It will be much safer for you when you are taking a shower on the moving ship.

Doctors around here aren't giving them, you have to get them at a pharmacy. Hope she feels better soon.

We chose to get the latest Covid vaccine, as well as our flu shots, prior to our October cruise. DH got them at the same time and I spaced the two out because I react to pretty much everything.😲🙄 Neither of us got sick on our cruise but many on our rollcall came back with Covid and some with the flu. I have gotten sick on too many cruises in the past, even after being vaccinated, but we figure it lessens our symptoms if we do get sick, so we will continue to vaccinate.

Passengers 16 and up need a government issued picture ID. Your 9 yr old does not need one.