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lol I had no difficulty enrolling my kids in school, sports or getting drivers licenses without passports. At one point only two had them because they traveled internationally every year for a time period.

It really depends on school and stats, simply put, to get merit your stats need to be at the very top of the students they accept, our in state flagship gives very little to in state applicants. My daughter who applied at 20 schools and needed merit from oos in order to attend had merit oos...

I do not like them, make my hands sweat. I’m a very frequent hand washer though.

I’ve seen the percentage of 50% of US citizens cruise without passports since they aren’t necessary for closed loop cruises. I assume they all made it back.

It’s been my experience that cruises cost more after final payment than if booked way in advance, both are obviously a gamble but I book well in advance and have never been disappointed. Maybe when my husband retires we can look at last minute cruises (we live 25 - 45 minutes from 3 cruise ports).

But that’s how it works! If you want the best choice of a cabin, you book early, you can always make change before final payment. Flights are cheaper. However, some folks don’t need flights, some don’t care as much about cabin location, some are able to book last minute IF there are savings...

Depending on the policy, insurance might cover the cost of accommodations and return flight. We always get insurance mostly for costly health care emergencies.

I think they were born in 1980 (I loved that show, but it seemed implausible that a woman pregnant with triplets wasn’t on bed rest, or that their delivery wouldn’t be attended by a ton of medical staff).

Definitely invest in swimming lessons, they can save lives.

To be fair, our first family cruise was a 3 day DCL to the Bahamas, we got passports, $1000 for our family of 7. Definitely not worth it, especially since 5 were kid passports and expired in 5 years. A family with 5 young kids usually doesn’t partake in a lot of international travel. These kids...

NCL doesn’t, they might give a FCC for a future cruise.

They didn’t screw you, are you new to cruising? Many times after final payment, cruise lines have fire sales to unload unbooked cabins. These cabins are usually the least desirable. If cabins have been selling well, remaining cabins will go up in price. If you cabin now cost $10,000, would you...

Definitely, they grow out of it before they graduate high school. My sons are 5 years apart so we had that smell here for a while.

The majority of homes here do not have garages.

Yes, Essex county, NJ, either #1 or #2 in the country for highest property taxes.

Our town doesn’t allow overnight street parking so it’s not an issue here, 2 am - 5 am. Unfortunately some apartment complexes don’t have parking, there are some municipal lots with monthly permits.

Here homeowners support the town with their 5 figure property tax bills (and parents aren’t allowed to volunteer in schools, never mind seniors). Seniors do complain about how much they pay every year to support the schools, even though a good school system keeps home values higher. The only new...

I don’t think they’re all the same, there are a lot of varieties. https://www.munchery.com/blog/a-primer-the-18-most-popular-varieties-of-olives/

I think they’re all cured (otherwise they’d be gross), when I get them from the farmers market at the pickle place they are in huge plastic bins.

I’ve had 10 year olds on DCL (short) and NCL (week). every single one of them hated the teen club, 9 - 11, 10 - 12, just an awkward age. They loved the younger clubs and teen clubs. Fortunately my kids are close in age so I allowed them to have some independence, go to the buffet, mini golf...