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Thanks, MuttMutt
No problem.
The first time I went on a ship was October of 2019 about 6 months after my wife passed away. I loved it but never figured I would be able to go again since then I have been on 3 more cruises and have another one booked. I made it to Emerald point level as a couple of those were double points. It can be a ton of fun but any time you end up dealing with a ton of people it can be a pain.
The best things I can suggest is finding a video somewhere of the ship you will be on so you can get an overview of things before you even get onboard and make sure everyone has the Royal app and studies the deck maps a bit.
I am guessing you already read through but this post https://lemmy.world/post/268937 has a ton of little things that will help with navigating the ship. Personally I have been on 3 different ships and will be adding a 4th on January 8th when I sail out of Galveston on Voyager of the Seas. Liberty of the Seas was my first cruise and I spent a total of 21 nights on that ship. Adventure of the Seas was 5 nights with my girlfriends son so he could take a trip and see a few things. And my last one was 10 nights on Vision of the Seas.
Thank you! Yes one of the first things I did was find a vlog of our specific ship so I kinda feel familiar with a lot of parts already. I do tend to be one of those “research everything in advance” type people so it was very helpful, as are your posts (which I’m reading through bit by bit).
So sorry to hear about your wife, I’m glad you’ve found something to bring back a bit of that happiness.
Well I am glad that helps. The first time I was on a ship was a little surreal for me. Liberty of the Seas was amazing to me and I now have a total of 21 nights on her. Even now there are little things that I don’t remember but did do a ton of looking at deck maps and watching video’s which helped me get around the ship even though I was often in a bit of a fog. I figure if it worked for me then it will be a good way for people to help themselves as well as I don’t advocate spoon feeding people every little bit but do my best to teach them how to spoon feed themselves, LOL.
And thank you, losing my wife was even worse than losing a son at 9 days old. I will honestly say that I still feel the pain a lot of days and it is a struggle to get through but helping others when I can and getting out of the house to do things helps me a ton.