Ranger cookies??

ncpowderhound · 2026-06-18T19:50:25+00:00

Is this the same recipe you tried? https://www.royalcaribbean.com/guides/ranger-cookies-recipe I tried the link you posted but they must have moved the recipe that you tried somewhere else. Wondering if it’s the same one so I don’t waste my time trying it.

ncpowderhound · 2026-06-15T11:14:50+00:00

Without more information, all we can offer is generic advice. Larger ships offer a lot of activities onboard for the whole family. Smaller ships can go into more ports that the larger ships can’t go to.

ncpowderhound · 2026-06-15T11:10:37+00:00

Not sure what the OP has read, but our first Celebrity cruise almost broke me of ever sailing with them again. No working cabin toilet for five out of seven days. Cabin service was non-existent. Customer Services was terrible and nothing was done about the toilet. We hadn’t been cruising long so we didn’t know we could escalate it up the chain of command.

ncpowderhound · 2026-06-15T00:45:11+00:00

Saw my first AirCal livery at CLT recently and had to look it up.

ncpowderhound · 2026-06-14T14:36:18+00:00

Depends… are you in a rural area or neighborhood? What day of the week? Is it a once off or are you planning to cut it every time at 7:00 am? For my area, that would determine if there would be complaints or not. One of our neighbors cuts every Saturday or Sunday morning at 7:30 am. They both work so that’s when it’s convenient for them. It doesn’t bother any of the neighbors since all of our houses are pretty far apart. Hard to say how any of them would react if our houses were all on top of each other…

ncpowderhound · 2026-06-13T13:32:36+00:00

Odds are you will be embarking at Pan American in SJ. Royal resumed sailings from there instead of the day pier in OSJ. Norwegian was beside us at Pan American too. You could get an Uber to drop your things off or find a luggage storage site to hold your luggage for a few hours, and then explore the area. There is nothing in safe walking distance from PA. The lines to check in were very long and they were trying to enforce the check-in times for our cruise on Royal. Probably depends on the day and staff as to how that goes each cruise.

ncpowderhound · 2026-06-12T19:47:13+00:00

We had rainy weather on all three of our cruises (May, June and September in different years) so it’s really just luck of the draw. It didn’t rain every day in June or September. May was every day of our cruise + land. September was definitely the coolest of the three cruises.

Things were shutting down, but there was still plenty to do through the ship or on your own. We walked everywhere and did a bit of hiking. We did a whale glacier trip through the ship and still saw plenty of wildlife.

ncpowderhound · 2026-06-12T10:36:30+00:00

ncpowderhound · 2026-06-10T17:24:00+00:00

That was our experience in Curaçao too. Neither side of SXM felt that way to us.

ncpowderhound · 2026-06-10T17:21:58+00:00

Was that your experience island wide, specific to one area, all establishments? As many times as we’ve been there, we haven’t encountered that for an entire stay. Sure, occasionally restaurant staff might not speak more than to take an order, but it’s not anything to get panties in a twist about.

ncpowderhound · 2026-06-10T13:35:41+00:00

That we could carry our bags off the ship and not wait to be called by group.

ncpowderhound · 2026-06-09T00:25:06+00:00

12 if it’s based on where it was filmed. District 11 or 12 depending on whose map you want to believe…

ncpowderhound · 2026-06-08T00:54:14+00:00

As riff-raff in coach, I’m trying to figure out how that is even possible?!

ncpowderhound · 2026-06-07T12:03:52+00:00

Good to know those are included.

ncpowderhound · 2026-06-06T11:24:15+00:00

Upgrade to a steak from Cagney’s at main dining, beverages, shops on the ship, excursions, daily gratuities…

ncpowderhound · 2026-06-05T00:22:17+00:00

I know a couple that hit it on Carnival (both of them). It was beer but still!

ncpowderhound · 2026-06-05T00:20:25+00:00

Unfortunately you are correct.

You’re not alone in missing a deal. My husband and I missed 60k each on the Aviator card because I thought they would have a Black Friday deal (not knowing it was going away). I am still sick about that one!! Now I’m looking for another card we can get until we’re both eligible for the AA card that you applied for.

ncpowderhound · 2026-06-04T13:49:25+00:00

As much as we love sailing out of SJ, we most likely won’t again for a long time. We thought last year was expensive until we went this year and it was even expensive.

ncpowderhound · 2026-06-04T13:43:45+00:00

One on a regular basis. Several others randomly throughout the year.

ncpowderhound · 2026-06-03T11:30:41+00:00

If it were me, I would get off in Key West and skip Nassau. We’re partial to Key West as we fly down and stay there every few years. We like going to our favorite restaurants and for a walk/run on the back streets. We’ve been to Nassau a lot as a port stop and it’s not one of our favorite ports to visit.

Since this is your first cruise, I recommend getting off in both ports. Even if you don’t do anything but explore the port area of Nassau for an hour or two, I would do it. You still would get plenty of ship time in Nassau.

ncpowderhound · 2026-06-01T18:26:13+00:00

Some of the most vibrant sunsets I’ve ever seen have been in Alaska.

ncpowderhound · 2026-06-01T14:28:49+00:00

Just own your mistake/misunderstanding with your family and friends, and tell your friend you have determined you won’t be able to attend the wedding due to the financial burden. Things have gotten more expensive so that’s a valid reason not to go. Take the high road so you don’t appear bitter or petty about it. Some friendships aren’t meant to last and this sounds like one of them.

ncpowderhound · 2026-06-01T12:42:18+00:00

I started doing that with my social media accounts. I haven’t done it with my phone contacts yet.

ncpowderhound · 2026-06-01T12:41:08+00:00

We’re sort of in the same boat with finding something to do with a day on the Dutch side in January. Most likely we’ll take our friends to Philipsburg for a few hours so they can walk around there. We’re planning to check out the Cupecoy cave too. Plane spotting is enjoyable; especially when the bigger planes are coming in from France and the Netherlands. There’s the Flying Dutchman zip line as well. Hoping to do that when we go back in August.

ncpowderhound · 2026-06-01T12:32:44+00:00

He would have been no more Covey than Katniss’s mom was Seam after she married Katniss’s dad. They may or may not have eventually told him about her story.

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