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I'm a nervous nelly although my 9 year old son is quite responsible but I could never let him check out on his own on a massive ship like this. Glad u were comfortable and it all worked out.

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I'd agree that they make changes due to weather time of year etc. and most tour companies are very familiar with this happening and probably already know that's going to happen.

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allure has this excursion and sounds fun I usually don't like to always hook with the ship but being dunns river isn't that close and it has both things I'd like the kids to do. This sounds good anyone do it? How much time for both?

Me too. I'm on the site now and royal has an excursion includes both. Not sure if anyone has done it but it's called Chukkas zip line and dunns river. I'm wondering how it is

Hmm odd yes. As I was trying to preplan and went back to see last years itinerary and it was the same. It appears April sailing go going forward switch to labadee first

ok what in your opinion are the shoews-events not to miss on allure-

Mamma mia yes

Ocean aria?

Quest yes

Comedy

Headliners

Etc

Thx! I do beli be the compasses will be different for April sailings going forward. The itinerary moves to labadee, then Jamaica then Cozumel. Which is making it hard to plan any thing as I want my specialty dinners on nights separate from formal nights

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Just checked allure sailing July and got the message. It wasn't there before

Well great news our price went down a couple thousand and now we have two connecting Central Park view rooms.. for 4. Went from interior for 2, across the hall of a balcony for 3. But saving quite a bit and not hs I g to cancel. It all worked out. Thanks everyone..

Well checked myself and realized we can do 2 cabins connecting with 2 in each room. This actually drasictcally brings down the price because there's more availability , as our room will be a lowere grade interior not happy with the deck-3 from 7. But saving a couple grand and still be able to go is what I'm hoping for. On hold with Ta now and if this can happen it's a done deal.. he has already been told he's not going he was not happy about it but we also will remind him that he still has a chance to pull things up and earn China..

Wellbad news called my ta, I cannot change my room to a party of 2 from 3 and transfer my other kid to the other room. Because my room is a 3-4 person room they'd either make me cancel that room or put all 4 of us into that room and cancel the other room. When I went to price the cruise for one room with 4 of us in there it just barely goes down because prices have now gone up. It's just not worth it for me to pay all this money to cram all of us into one room. The only way I was willing to pay more was to have the peace and sanity of having two rooms. Now thinking we either change cruises or go next year and do a land vacation this year still with out kids.

Be very careful with online credit recovery courses...especially for core credits (science, math, English, social studies). If the online test does not offer a proctored final examination, the school district may not accept the credit as core credit without a challenge test.

He's not doing that. He needs his core credits and honestly he's not disciplined enough. As it is he will have two onlne course I fear he will struggle with. The gauntlet came down hard because he was given a lot of trust and absolutely did nothing to keep it now I guess my dh feels that this will be another eye opener

I am a parent of two teenagers and also a high school teacher. I would offer a slightly different opinion than the majority on this board. There is a lot of good that can come from tough love and consequences from ones own actions but leaving one member of the family behind while the entire family goes on vacation is harsh. Now, don't get me wrong, I am not saying everyone is a snowflake but this can be quite traumatic on some kids. I would offer that many high schools have online (often PLATO credit recovery) courses that can be used for this very thing. If a family came to me and a student needed to re-take a semester of my Biology course I would offer the option of an online course (that can be mostly done offline and then uploaded, you would need very little wifi time). This way he could go with you on the vacation but maybe he would have to stay behind in the cabin at certain times doing his schoolwork. This would still provide some consequences and the credit recovery without the extreme of being left behind by the family. If you are interested in this option speak with his guidance counselor to see if it is an option in your school/state. Good luck!

I do agree and see your point. But he was given many chances and chose the do nothing, fail, let's look at my iPad ,iPhone approach instead .. mom gave him a month to turn it around they laid down the law , they talked they negotiated so thry gave him the month , he promised and did nothing. He does need someone to follow through. It does seem harsh and I feel horrible I don't want to alienate him but summer school is now his only hope. School is way more important so he can get his diploma next year then some cruise. It will probably crush him, he lives for vacations but honestly he goes and he takes off on us an argues with us when we ask for him to simply have dinner on the trip with us. He only wants us when no one else does and he's also very entitled thinking. It might be a wake up call and the reward could be when he graduates we will repeat the trip? Idk like I said I am torn..

I'm also a high school teacher, and I believe strongly in natural consequences. You didn't do what you should've done in school ... now your fun vacation is in danger.

 

However, we still have several months til the end of the school year. I'd talk to him NOW and explain his options: He can knock himself out, improve the grades, and go on the vacation ... or he can continue down his current path and wave goodbye as the rest of you leave for your trip. Talk with him about what's holding him back and provide appropriate support: Is he not getting his assignments done? Get him a calendar and have him write out his assignments. Is his phone distracting him? Schedule a couple hours a day of no-screen time for homework. Also, be specific about what you mean by "bringing the grades up" -- do you expect him just to pass, or do you expect nothing less than a B? Make a chart to keep up with his progress.

 

Then let the chips fall where they may. He's capable of making good grades, right? No disabilities? Talk to him about how to improve, then let him do his thing. Hopefully he will rise to the occasion, but if he doesn't, he has to pay the price.

 

Off-topic: I'd also ditch the trip to China unless his grades were all As and Bs, and IF he ends up going to summer school, I'd make him pay for it himself.

It's already a done deal. He HAS to go to summer school the entire month of July. 2 in class to take and two online the entire month of July. He had a months to turn it around with a month ago given trust to do what he needed and he once again decided to not do anything. Now that the law was laid down we are actually seeing some movement. we had the trip already planned he doesn't know about it and I do feel bad excluding him but he's been given plenty of chances. So dh feels tough lesson at this point. If not thats why he has to be in summer school..

And a nice ocean view balcony!

Thanks everyone. I agree that is a slippery slope to even thinkof changing anything right now. Final payment isn't due for another 7 weeks so we can maybe add someone or just take him off. The pricing isn't that much more fir two cabins two bathrooms 4 paid gratuities vs. 2 free wine etc and already booked some dinner ressies. Now who to consider bringing.

My youngest is 9. So he was to room with us. My other is 14 and not so sure she'd be comfy all alone. The other option is to bring someone else.

well we finally pulled the trigger and rebooked our trip a couple months ago to take dh, me and our 3 kids ( 2 are my stepkids. ) we were headed for a week 4th of July week. Snagged a good deal two cabins next to each other all set. Now we find out that step son age 16 will most likely need summer school in order to graduate next year. This is due to poor grades and not following through with tasks etc. he also had had some other difficulties and I think dad just thinks this would be a rude awakening if he doesn't go with us.

He can stay back with his mom while he attends summer school which is his entire month of July. On the up side he does get to go to china with school in June ..

Dh wants to move forward with plans. However this means getting one cabin for the 4 of us which is coming in only slightly cheaper . I also now have the option of jumping ships and moving to harmony for similar pricing g but still more than we wanted to pay for one room. Bummer too as I saw guaranty rooms available last week at good prices and we could have snagged one but no longer showing

I feel bad he loves to cruise but part of this is a natural consequence but part of me doesn't know or feel right to exclude a family member. And we can't go in August I'm not able to do that and both of us requested our time off. 😩

Thank you!

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Yay this is the cruise we are scheduled in July.

Can u tell me what nights are formal nights and could u copy attach the compasses for the entertainment?

Did u have to pay for chairs at labadee or for the water Park?

This is the the old itinerary. It is changing to labadee first

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Thx it appears the itinerary is different for summer. We go to labadee first

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And tone have a recent compass and know formal nights i want to book my dining and Need showtimes etc

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Thank you. !

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