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We like hiking and snorkeling. We rented a car at the airport and did both. St. Croix is really easy to navigate. Probably my favorite of the USVI. We looked at tours but then just decided to research places of interest and go on our own. Absolutely beautiful island.

I know you have gone already but husband and I did this on our own in dec 2021. We were in our late 50s and are both strong swimmers. Had zero issues doing this. We also snorkel with buoys.

We have taken boat tours to Rose Island for 4 hours where I thought snorkeling was pretty good for Bahamas. We are also booked to do a snorkeling tour with Clifton Heritage which appears to have good snorkeling from the shore but you do need to pay. Shore snorkeling wise, no, not much and not worth it on your own.

I wasn't talking about eating outside. I was talking about sitting outside. If you want shade, there are no lounge chairs in the shade. Only shade is where the food is. I was on in December and January and could not find a shaded spot to lie down in that area. Umbrellas would have been nice.

As others said, 30 days out you will get an email with docs. I strongly recommend if you haven't already to get the RCCL app for your phone. It is really nice to have especially on the bigger ships for booking shows, restaurants if interested, and other areas of interest like the daily activities. If you like using your phone as many of us do for shopping using apple or google wallet, you can save your boarding pass to your wallet as well. It's a much nicer option for those of us who prefer as little paper as possible. Of course if you prefer paper passes, they are still there and will be available to print with the luggage tags.

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I have my passes saved and it has always work even recently in Australia where I was in airplane mode with no wifi. I don't think people understand the concept of the wallet or the screenshot. Especially a screenshot. Its a picture.

Screenshot and apple wallet is what most of us use.

MCO in December? You didn't say when. I'm on Camp no problem normally as when my vacation is done, I just want to get home as quickly as possible. It always has worked for us. However, if you are in a suite, or have TSA pre check, are very mobile, can skip breakfast, have no issue possibly dragging suitcases down flights of steps, know that you may be required to take elevator at Port Canaveral port with large suitcase (always happens with us), have a car waiting at the port, yes, it can be done. But in December if during holidays... I don't know. I know my husband would book it and he has (Miami dock, FLL for a 945am flight). But we were in MSC YC and were literally the 1st people off the ship.

I have only been on Divina and soon will be on the Seashore. If I can make an observation if flying, Miami is usually cheaper to fly into than Port Canaveral *MCO. If the sea*** are that close, use that to factor. HOWEVER, the Seashore includes the overnight now on her 4 day sailings at Ocean Cay. She is out of port canaveral. One thing I will note Divina has terrible shade for those of us shade chasers. We were just choosing sailings for a 3 day in November to balance out a land trip and we actually opted for the Magnifica with no YC but much smaller ship, Aurea, and Key West and Ocean Cay. Leaves out of Miami. No specialty dining other than a sushi restaurant I believe. Probably not what you are looking for though.

If you want things to change then be honest. If the staff matters more than the food, give them all 10s but then don't complain about food. Edited to add the better solution is to tell them WHEN your food is unacceptable. And would you say something at home if going out to eat or would you feel sorry for the staff?

I suppose some of us are not quite the interloper or slacker spotters that we thought we were...🤔

You missed the part where I said I was offered to bid $1000 on an upgrade to a YC deluxe suite. We are currently in a YC deluxe suite.

And I would not either. But that was what we were quoted. Taxi is still cheaper as well as bikes. There are quite a few posts on social media, reddit, google reviews, TripAdvisor...etc... about the price gouging and poor maintenance. It's important to let people know this does happen. Maybe you were one of the lucky ones but you are probably in the minority. The cheapest 6 seater rents online for $110. The cheapest four seater is $90. We had not reserved but saw a sign. The one the kid was trying to rent for $150 was pretty dilapidated.

I have a half wet suit I use for snorkeling in Florida at the cold springs. It is helpful. Husband uses a full wet suit. If you have room in suitcase and can put it on quickly over bathing suit, why not?

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those pack of 4 are $35?

We just had a offer to bid on an upgrade for MSC for a YC deluxe suite for $1000. We are currently in a YC deluxe suite. 🤨🤔 Just delete email. You have a great room. I guarantee there are those out there who, in the same room as you and got the same email, would come on here and all over social media complaining because they lost their great room if they received the upgrade.

Can only suggest wifi. Having 5 kids, I do understand they may want wifi. And there is absolutely nothing wrong with them or you in getting it for them. You know your kids better than us. My suggestion if you are splitting the rooms, just get the one plan plus however many people are in the room (2-3) and buy that. Another suggestion is a router. Still another is to check your phone plans to see if you can get an international plan which would help in port. Excursion wise, well... That's the best part of the trip. Have the kids involved. Research all the places. It may benefit with private tours as there are 7 of you. Try the Europe boards here but also go on other sites as the ones here just suggest the same companies over and over and sometimes that may not be what you want.

I'm so sorry for all of you. What a nightmare. We board in September for the 6b land tour. I would be so disappointed as I love Alaska.

It's what we do normally. Did used to go to specialty but got very bored of Chops lunch. It's cheaper to grab a burger at the airport or near hotel. Either fly in day of or night before and take our time. If we drive, we stop to eat. I love after 1pm boarding because no lines at check in. And just walk to room and drop off carryon. We now do late check out if we get a hotel and wander over. Recently we were in Sydney and walked around Circular quay and the Opera house before we got our stuff to head over to board. I don't know when I'll be back in Sydney and that was more exciting then getting an 11am check in time.

Did post in Cozumel forum but thought I'd post here as well as it's a RCCL excursion in Cozumel. It's not the Jade Cavern one. It goes to the mainland. I'm curious if anyone has done this and what you thought. Not finding much on searches for recent.

This is a tour offered by Royal Caribbean on an upcoming cruise in December 2024 in Cozumel. We decided to try something new for our umpteenth time here instead of our usual snorkeling/car or bike rental adventures. Our cruise goes to Grand Cayman, Progreso (new port for us) and Cozumel. We have ruins planned for Progreso so didn't really want to do 2 days of ruins. This tour is on the mainland so we opted to do the ship excursion. However, with searches online, it's difficult to find information as I keep getting results for Jade Cavern which this is not. If anyone has done this and can share, please let me know how the cenotes were, ATVs...etc... I'm assuming it's near Casa Tortuga but I could be wrong.

It isn't cheaper. I always check when onboard and it's always cheaper pre cruise. Yes, Celebrity is good for the honoring of the discount pre cruise. I do wish Royal would do the same. You can always monitor the price and cancel then rebuy if it goes down. Also, you may save much more if you use a router for 1 device. Just a suggestion. I believe I may have heard somewhere that this is more economical and works well.

We just ran into this for an upcoming November YC cruise. Since it is over 90 days, MSC rep said we could cancel the one and get deposit back. We wanted to move a Nov 7 sailing to a November 1 sailing. We decided to keep both as they are 3 days. Seashore YC 3 days, then Disney Shades of Green, then Magnifica Aurea. They wouldn't honor the YC move backwards, only forward up to 30 days.