starvenger
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- Apr 8, 2015
How ethical would it be to take those towels and return them to the towel station as if they were your own?
Asking for a friend.
Asking for a friend.
I wish the staff where watching for people who put towels out at primo spots and keeping them all day. I meant the checking out of towels.
I think generally DLC is a better product. But the question is: Is it a 40% better product. For my family the answer is absolutely not. If it was a 10% difference maybe. There are trades, but for use we would rather take 2 trips than spend 2X as much on one. My kids have enjoyed all of our cruises and we have seen a lot of the world. Each line has a few quirks, but generally it is a good time.
just thinking of trying a different line than DCL if we could find one for a good savings
our situation is 5 people, 2 adults, 3kids (14, 12, 12) . We really can only go for about 7-10 days in late may or early june. its difficult trying to price it on website with 5 (have call)
We love DCL but we have already done their western & eastern carribean itinerary.
is RCC an option for us or is that time about the same price wise? especially considering the size of rooms, we have always done balcony on DCL
any info appreciated
mikewdw
With the KSF promo, I'm very interested in trying RCI again (kids haven't sailed them, hubby and I have). My youngest is 4.5 and would only go into DCL's kid's clubs on the EBTA because his older siblings were in there (and even then, it was a fight).
Would it be better to wait with RCI until he was 6 or would he be allowed to age up into the 6-8yo group if he was almost 6? We are looking at Nov 2018, he turns 6 beginning of Feb 2019.
With the KSF promo, I'm very interested in trying RCI again (kids haven't sailed them, hubby and I have). My youngest is 4.5 and would only go into DCL's kid's clubs on the EBTA because his older siblings were in there (and even then, it was a fight).
Would it be better to wait with RCI until he was 6 or would he be allowed to age up into the 6-8yo group if he was almost 6? We are looking at Nov 2018, he turns 6 beginning of Feb 2019.
Good point! I may book with RC and then see what DCL comes out with for the spring 2019 (we have a placeholder to use) and decide then.He's going to change soooo much before then.
If it's a sailing with few enough kids that this might be allowed then it's a sailing where they are almost certainly going to combine the 6-8 and 9-11 year olds. And the games (Royal is FAR more hands in and involved than Disney) will be geared for 10ish year olds. And in ds'd experience it's all ball games.
So if they allow the age-up your 5 year old will be in a room playing gagaball etc with 11 year olds. When my son was 11 he was already 5' tall.
I wouldn't age up.
Whenever I look at reviews (cruises, hotels, restaurants etc) I try to ignore the very positive (5*) and very negative (0/1*) reviews. With the former I find that you get something seen through very rose-coloured glasses, and with the latter it can be one thing that sets someone sour.Looking at reviews is tough as I see some folks saying it was the best vacation of their lives, and some saying they wanted to fly home at the first port of call and were disgusted.
Zip line can be a bit of a wait but if you go when it first opens up there shouldn't be much of a line. Same with the rock wall. Flowrider usually has a line.How is the lines for the slides/rock wall/zip lines for a Feb cruise?
If you're looking at the Oasis it's probably going to be more organized. There should be quite a few kids on board so they're less likely to merge the Adventure Ocean groups together (meaning your kids would be in separate groups). But the quality of activities is likely determined by who is running things in AO, and I think someone who's been on Oasis recently would be better able to give you an idea on that.Is the kid's club just open play, or is it more organized activities? (some reviews say wild free-for-all where kids were injured, some say great organized activities)
There's nothing exactly like the Muppet Mysteries on board. I'd imagine that you'd get quite gassed on Oasis if they had that. I've never tried The Quest, so I don't know if that equates at all.Anything at all on board like the Muppet Mysteries for DCL?
We went with a 6 and 8 year old and we enjoyed it just as much as our first cruise with them the year before on the Dream.Have done 6 Disney cruises (have hit the Magic, Wonder, Fantasy, and Dream) but can no longer justify the pricetag of DCL. Looking at Oasis of the Seas with a kid's sail free promo that puts a week at $2100. Same week on the Diz is almost $8000. I have a 7 and 9 year old. Looking at reviews is tough as I see some folks saying it was the best vacation of their lives, and some saying they wanted to fly home at the first port of call and were disgusted.
There really aren't slides on these, you have to look at the Harmony. With my 6 and 8 year old the problem was height and weight. Neither could do the zip line, both could do the rockwall (both were able to make it to the very top just once), and only the older one could do the flow rider and that was only after getting him measured four times and a supervisor sign off (for boogie boarding no less, the local places have a much lower height requirement). We usually did the flowrider when they opened for the first hour to hour and a half and that was plenty of time, usually 4-6 in line but they have the whole thing (later in the afternoon when there are longer lines they split it in half with an inflatable). Rock wall was fine when it opened as well and we had decent luck checking it on and off.How is the lines for the slides/rock wall/zip lines for a Feb cruise?
It's more organized than Disney but it's more like organized chaos. They kind of give them an activity with rules and supplies and then stand back to make sure no one maims themselves. For what it's worth, my kids said they liked Disney better but it's probably just because of the video gamesIs the kid's club just open play, or is it more organized activities? (some reviews say wild free-for-all where kids were injured, some say great organized activities)
We liked the Disney course better but the RC course was in better shape.Is the Mini golf on par (pun intended) with the Diz golf?
The Allure had these metal spyglass sculptures scattered around that you could turn into a scavenger hunt, but nothing like the Midship Agency.Anything at all on board like the Muppet Mysteries for DCL?
We went with a 6 and 8 year old and we enjoyed it just as much as our first cruise with them the year before on the Dream.
There really aren't slides on these, you have to look at the Harmony. With my 6 and 8 year old the problem was height and weight. Neither could do the zip line, both could do the rockwall (both were able to make it to the very top just once), and only the older one could do the flow rider and that was only after getting him measured four times and a supervisor sign off (for boogie boarding no less, the local places have a much lower height requirement). We usually did the flowrider when they opened for the first hour to hour and a half and that was plenty of time, usually 4-6 in line but they have the whole thing (later in the afternoon when there are longer lines they split it in half with an inflatable). Rock wall was fine when it opened as well and we had decent luck checking it on and off.
It's more organized than Disney but it's more like organized chaos. They kind of give them an activity with rules and supplies and then stand back to make sure no one maims themselves. For what it's worth, my kids said they liked Disney better but it's probably just because of the video games
We liked the Disney course better but the RC course was in better shape.
The Allure had these metal spyglass sculptures scattered around that you could turn into a scavenger hunt, but nothing like the Midship Agency.
Ut oh... a weight requirement?? Any idea what these requirements are? The website said 6 years old and up, so I assumed it was OK. But the reviews often list disappointed kids due to hidden requirements.... My kids are skinny.