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Harmony hands down for us. Our favorite ship !!! Just sailed on her end of April with extended family. Wish she would sail out of Fort Lauderdale or Miami doing the eastern caribbean. We weren't a fan of Port Canaveral logistics.

Yes...that would be great...love the Radiance class but it definitely needs to be updated/redesigned...hate the Centrum feature on this class and the cabin features are too dated. My biggest pet peeve is the poor/lack of lighting in the GS/OS bathroom and the location of the TV in the GS. We were just in both categories on Serenade and so disappointed.

Harmony (as well as many other RCI ships) has an amazing Royal Babies & Tots Nursery...they make it easy for those that sail with infants/toddlers. We did it with extended family when our grandkids were around two and it worked great. This decision is totally up to you...but give it some thought. Even though ours are in the AO Aquanauts and Explorer groups we did peek in at the Nursery this past April on Harmony and they had a nice size group of little ones in there all seeming to be enjoying the activities and the amazing professional staff RCI provides.

Policy in place now but it never hurts to ask...things can vary considerably...just like everything right now.

We had no trouble creating a hotspot recently on Serenade but it only worked in our cabin.

This ^^^^^

Have you been through the "new" Puerta Vallarta port terminal?....I would think not. If you happen to have an occasion to I think you'll see just exactly what I mean. In the old days getting off the ship walking through a small terminal or even before that when there was nothing but a gate and you were in the ...what I call...in Puerta Vallarta. Now you have to walk through a maze of high end shops just to get out.

We always bring our laptop. We have no concerns leaving it in our cabin without feeling it needs to be in the safe.

Not interested in infinite balcony if it's anything like Celebrity Edge offers. Give me a regular balcony.

You can try the transportation company we used this past April "Cruise Control" As far as a rental car if you're a member have you tried Costco.

How are casino winnings over a certain amount handled ? Someone on our Panama Canal cruise a couple of weeks ago won 10k.

RCI has plenty of beach towels and tote bags. Since my first sailing this past January and my most recent one two weeks ago....so 7 total cruises to date. I have 8 tote bags and 10 beach towels...Yikes! I even have tried going to the LA onboard but that made no difference...they continue to give me what they have onboard.

Just at LAX this past Sunday and saw several companies with signs and luggage trolly's waiting to assist their passengers at the baggage carousel.

I'll give another option "Orlando" dark or try the clear...great to use when you want to keep the white color in whatever you're mixing/baking. Also the real vanilla Costco Kirkland brand is amazing.

Harmony is our favorite when we cruise with the extended family. I think prices will be over the top on Icon for the suite categories we like to sail in.

The show in the Aqua Theater and the ice skating show is usually a must.

On our Serenade 13 night Panama Canal this month the all access tour was offered to book on day 5.

We don't care to share a dining table other than when we cruise with family. Cabin category is of utmost importance to us and unfortunately on some class of RCI ships the suites are under public areas. Oh well...we sail for the itinerary not the ship.

We haven't had any enforcement of checkin times this year at San Pedro, San Juan, Port Canaveral, Amsterdam or Vancouver BC.

They should provide more umbrellas for these stadium type seatings.

We've never had any problem just showing up to any production show we wanted to see once onboard regardless of ship.

Interesting comments...this just reinforces that this itinerary isn't one to add to my list.

We just did the 13 night Panama Canal on Serenade and wasn't excited about the entertainment.

We did a B2B on Explorer in an OS in March and the most enjoyed benefit at least for us was the cabin itself.

I believe Latazee .