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I'm sure there are some families / 10-year-olds who would be uncomfortable with this, but for the vast majority, I'd say "of course". DCL allows kids to check themselves out of Oceaneers (with parental permission) at 8, and many 10-year-olds are happier at Edge than Oceaneers (permitted at DCLs...

Sounds like OP has come to a decision, but in case anyone else in a similar position is following, we took a 10:50 flight to London from BCN after disembarking from DCL in 2022, and we were fine. We walked off when the ship was cleared and took a cab to the airport. One checked bag. I don't...

Yes, and I don't have anything like the full story here, only what I've read in this thread, which has not even been entirely consistent. So I really have no personal opinion on whether the passengers were irresponsibly late or if the ship was unreasonable in leaving them behind. You said...

Not really sure why I'm wading into this, but this happened to us a few years back, and yes, they opened the gate. We left for the airport in what should have been plenty of time, but it was one of those mornings when everything went wrong, including (among other things) a very long line at...

Okay, yeah, I can see HOW an airline could do that on a round-trip ticket. Still can't figure out the "why" though! (And I'm not expecting you to know either, to be clear. It just seems like a really odd policy to me, so I'm curious.) I'd guess that it's less likely to be a problem nowadays...

It's not very far from Burlington to Montreal. We are a bit further from YUL (granted, no international border in the way) and don't think twice about flying from Montreal if the price and/or schedule works out better than our local airport in Ottawa. Customs into Canada is unlikely to be much...

I live in Ottawa, Canada. We have real winter here. (Well, not so much this past winter, but usually.) I spend a lot of time outdoors in the winter and I am quite used to cold weather, but I am very much a fair-weather swimmer. When we cruise in the Caribbean, it's typically mid-March, and I...

Good call on Florence, that port was easily the closest we've ever come to missing the ship. We stopped in Pisa on our way back and the train we meant to take back to Livorno from there, which was already a fall-back train, was at least 45 minutes late. I don't know when (or if) it finally...

We booked two rooms on RCL once, a few years ago, because even in a suite their sleeping arrangements are not great for two kids who don't happily share a bed. My kids would have been not-quite 13 and 16 at the time, and experienced cruisers. Their room was down the hall a bit, same floor, not...

Unfortunately the "total due balance" button is not appearing. But thanks for trying to help! This is good to know, I didn't realize there was a grace period. Thanks for the clarification!

Also can't pay. I hope they're prepared to waive late fees. I've been trying all day. Taking their payment website down on the same day payment is due is sheer stupidity, and then compounding that with a broken payment system and a phone system that literally just hangs up without so much as...

I've definitely done them on both Magic and Wonder on longer itineraries. I'm pretty sure I've seen them on Magic on 7-day itineraries too, but it's been awhile, so I can't swear to it.

These regular price hikes started loooong before inflation became significant. When we first sailed in 2015 I believe we paid $25 at Palo (it definitely wasn't more than that - might even have been $20). Inflation was running at less than 2% most years between 2015 and 2022, but Palo cost...

😂 $45 was already too much for me, especially since they introduced the a-la-carte model and reduced the included menu items in the prix fixe offering. It was easily worth it at $20, borderline (for us) at $40. We skipped on our last cruise and can wait until we are platinum before we go again.

Good choice. 😉 My 17-year-old daughter and 14-year-old son would pick the cruise, probably without hesitation. She's never been a big fan of the kids' clubs but always has a good time anyway. My son was lukewarm on Oceaneer's but did spend a lot of time in Edge on our last couple of cruises...

I've never sailed with Princess but have done both a 12-night Med and a 7-night Northern Europe itinerary with DCL. Our Northern stopped in Copenhagen, Oslo, Kristensand, and Stavenger. It didn't feel nearly as port-intensive as the Mediterranean, more like a Caribbean cruise in terms of...

Yup. Not hard for a dog to sniff out meat.

I had a narrow miss last summer when we landed in Halifax with some leftover food we'd bought for breakfast that morning. I made a kind of vague declaration about the food we had, but didn't specifically mention the two slices of ham that nobody got around to eating. I knew I had it, but...

It's what we're doing, more or less, but my son is 14, and I think only you can answer for your own kid. Epcot AH on Thursday, MNSSHP on Friday, and, if we're lucky enough to score tickets, Typhoon Lagoon MM on Wednesday. It's cheaper for us than day tickets and we can spend our time in the...

Thanks for the review! We have a similar plan for a short trip in August. We will do Epcot AH and MNSSHP. (I will also try for Typhoon Lagoon Moonlight Magic during the open reservation window, but that's a long shot.) For our dates it is cheaper than buying day tickets, especially with the...