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Nailed it.

I am on that sailing too and booked it last Thursday, the 18th. I saw it available on the website until last Sunday so afraid it might be sold out, unless they have more spots they hadn't made available yet

Do you remember picking an actual cabin before you completed your reservation?? If no, you picked a GTY. If yes, you need to contact Royal ASAP

We experienced this during our embarkation day lunch at Giovanni's. My husband uses a mobility scooter and the stairs were too much for him so we were escorted to the crew elevators. Since it was embarkation day one of the two elevators was being used exclusively for bringing guest luggage to the various floors. That left one elevator for the crew and their carts, etc. We had to squeeze in when there was room.

This just turned into my wife & I joking about booking one of those boardwalk balconies and asking for handouts, lol. "Hey, Buddy, ask for some extra garlic knots. Thanks!"

Thanks. Not exactly what I was hoping for. Looks like charcuterie from the CL, some olives, and chocolates they use for the chef amenity next to the krispie treats. They might as well have just added the savory stuff back to Sorrento's.

I would completely second and agree with the comments made by @FionaMG and @SebagoSue. We just completed this exact same western Mediterranean "loop" in June 2024 on Oasis. We also embarked from Rome (Civitavecchia). We arrived in Rome 4 days ahead, and spent a majority of the first day dealing with recovering from jet lag. From where I'm from (Alaska), we had a 10-hour time zone change. Talk about completely flipping your day upside down! We then spent the next couple of days visiting the sites of Rome. We intentionally stayed in a hotel near the Roma Termini station, which made it VERY easy to get to/from the airport and to easily take the subway trains to the other sites in the city (Vatican, Coliseum, Trevi fountain, Spanish Steps, etc.). On our boarding day, it was a simple 1-hour train ride from Roma Termini to the port in Civitavecchia. The train tickets cost me 5 Euros each (10 Euros for both my wife and I)! Once we got to Civitavecchia train station, we took an easy port shuttle bus for the ~1.5 mile trip to port (costs 6 Euros each-cash or credit card). You could walk it, but in the summer heat dragging a suitcase apiece, the shuttle bus was definitely the way to go. Once at the port, we literally walked through the terminal and right onto the ship. There were NO lines for anything. I think we were all of 10 minutes once we entered the port building to walking onto the ship. As another aside, we found that those that embarked in Barcelona got the usual blue-colored seapass cards, while those that embarked from Civitavecchia, the seapass card is orange. We were told that about 75% of the passengers embark in Barcelona with 25% from Civitavecchia. Having Barcelona as a regular "port-stop" made it easy to visit that city. Those that have Rome as a port-stop have to deal with the 1 hour trip to Rome (and 1-hour back) before they can see the sites of Rome. We did note that currently in Rome, there is a LOT of construction going on and was told there was a lot of refurbishments to various locations in preparation for the Jubilee next year (every 25 years, with 2025 the next Jubilee). We did hear from several that they were anticipating heavier visitor traffic next year, so if you are thinking about embarking in Rome, get your travel and reservations set sooner than later. Regarding using the mobile app, I found that things generally worked pretty well, even with the interporting. We didn't do ANY specialty dining, so didn't have any experience trying to book dining times. I did do my reservations for entertainment (main theatre, aquatheatre, studio-B) ahead of time in the cruise planner online (NOT in the app). I did receive an email that one of my entertainment reservation times shifted a little (something like 7PM to 7:30PM). The DAY the email showed was the "Barcelona embarkation" schedule and NOT the Rome embarkation (as mine was). It said the show time was shifted for my Day 1 event (Barcelona) when it was really by Day 4 event (Rome). Other that keeping the days straight, I never did have an issue with the app the entire cruise with regards to seeing activities on the schedule. The app did indeed have our entertainment correct regarding the day of the cruise for all of the entertainment the entire sailing (contrary to the email ahead of sailing). Even the pictures we had taken (first formal night) pre-Barcelona were easily viewable on the app the entire cruise, so the interporting didn't affect that at all. When I originally booked the cruise (~19 months out), Marseille was in the itinerary. About 6 months out, we got the email from RC that "our cruise schedule has changed", and they dropped Marseille for another sea day. In watching the western Med. cruises just prior our sailing, I noted that every other loop had a stop in Marseille. I already had all my hotels and airfare lined up prior to that RC schedule change email, so changing our sailing one week forward or back was just not worth it. Given the choice to do it again, I would embark in Rome (Civitavecchia) again in a heart beat, as the short time in the port building at Civitavecchia and easy-to-visit Barcelona was great. This is, of course, NOT taking into account flight costs between arriving in Barcelona vs. Rome, but we intentionally wanted to spend a few days a Rome before the cruise, anyway.

We ate on the Balcony on embarkation day (12pm reservation). It was a bit humid, but it was shady so not really hot as it was still fairly early. We ate at a table all the way on one side of the balcony and it was right next to a Boardwalk balcony. Since cabins were not ready yet no one was out there, but it would really be awkward having a nice meal with people right next to you watching you eat.

I haven't tried them, but this is what they offer via a walk-up window. Seating is outside the restaurant (inside is closed).

Yes they did

Yeah, I watched a video an incredibly annoying influencer-type young couple did and they were the only ones eating on the balcony. They said it was disgustingly hot out but they wanted to experience it b/c it was new even though they were sweaty, lol. I'd be fine with some noise just to have a view and new experience but heat and sweat are reserved for CocoCay and Mexican beach clubs in my world... not eating a specialty meal. Playmakers in July is warm enough and that's semi-indoors.

While it was a fun experience, I would not do it again at that price point for the food alone (It was $59.99 + 18% with UDP.) I would consider it again at a full table with friends to share the experience. I didn't find the selections that much more impressive than the sashimi offerings at Izumi. My favorite dish was the miso cod. I was not impressed with the dessert. In order to get the discount with UDP we had to get a refund of what we had paid online and then recharged again at the discounted price. The server didn't know what we were talking about so we had to take care of that with the host. It took a bit and we had aqua show reservations that we ran to when we were done. My mother was saving us seats which I'm thankful for and embarrassed about at the same time. We were at the very back center next to the platform where they launch the disco ball in the high seats so we didnt have the discomfort of the bench seating. It was a great vantage point to catch the show and I enjoyed it better than I did on the first sailing. It still pales in comparison to the Icon aqua show and I still like the Oasis original Aqua 80s better.

Is that a Taro Milk Tea?!?! Finally someone with taste!!

We do have My Time Dining and haven’t made any reservations for that. None of the dining reservations overlap with anything else. I don’t think the party size is the issue since we weren’t able to book Izumi just for that reason, but the other restaurants loaded to the cart just fine. Party of 5 or 6 doesn’t seem too high (IMHO) since a lot of families are this size. Plus the cruise isn’t until June 2025 so doubt things are overbooked at this point. We only cruise about every other year, but I recall always having some sort of issue with RCCL website. Frustrating for sure.

The Omakase table is located between the Izumi sushi and the Izumi hibachi tables. The space is one giant shared restaurant for the three experiences. The room for Omakase only had 3 out of 4 solid walls, with the 4th being a slatted sliding door. This meant the noise bleeding from hibachi was horrible. If they ask me to give any feedback from the experience, that would be my #1. It is a single table for only 6 people, and like Chef's Table they will put you with strangers. My brother and I lucked out and the other party were two ladies who were loyal to Royal and were good at making small chat so it was not awkward at all. It's a set menu but they did ask about dietary restrictions. We got a welcome sake-based cocktail and they served us all the She's a Geisha drink later in the meal and green tea before dessert. We were not offered a sake tasting at all, even for an upcharge, or given any sake during the meal as was Matt's experience. The description does state there is a sake tasting upcharge.

Before my brother and I went to Omakase my mother hinted that she wasn't hungry but maybe when we were done we would go with her and get something to eat. Basically she told us we should expect to have a second dinner when we were done with Omakase. From the photos, it doesn't look like there's a lot of food but the entire meal was satisfying to the point where you didn't feel overstuffed. The pacing was spot on and there weren't any courses I didn't enjoy. I didn't take any photos. The dishes looked identical to all the other reviews and photos floating around. The plating is beautiful.

So, the hotel looks nice.......it reminds me of like the rental property of a vintage......like it looks and feels like this is hard candy in the bowls if you know what I mean.

Cruise ship days are like Groundhog Day, so there was nothing interesting to note or point out so I kept forgetting to come back to update. We went back to the room after Giovannis and I took a nap. It was a sea day so the ship was busy. We had a nice room so we spent a lot of time in there just sitting around. My mother gets tired walking around and if we aren't moving around, we all fall asleep That's basically quality family time for us now.

Do you have My Time Dining ? If so, have you already made reservations for MTD ? If you have overlapping dinner plans, it will not let you book a specialty meal. This happened to me today.

There could be an error with the actual cruise planner, or the reservations are errors due to party size/time. Sometimes you might be able to be a party of 6 but not at 7:30 and vice versa.

It's in a great location. They made great use of the space. I didn't go on the balcony since anywhere not in A/C is gross, but it overlooks the Boardwalk. I would think it could be noisy and not have the same ambiance as if it were overlooking Central Park. Our friends who are big wine drinkers missed that the wine bar was in a public traffic area. All of their friends used to be able to easily pass by and see them at the bar and say hello when it was in Central Park with the doors open like on Wonder or on the upper level of the Promenade like Icon. It also has the same design flaws as Wonderland where you enter from the floor above and go downstairs to eat. There is no guest use elevator for mobility impaired folks. You are taken to the crew elevators if you can't do the stairs. The only restroom in the place is upstairs. The decor is great, though. They even made the elevator lobby fit the theme. The entrance is cute as well. The little door became a favorite spot for hiding ducks. We also found one that was really hiding! Inside the restaurant, adding to ambiance.

SYMPH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Welcome Zohar, This is a blog, not the actual website for RCG. Your information for question 1 can be found on your invoice as it lists the hours in port. The answer to your second question will 99% be a no but you can call Royal and know for sure.

I have taken my son on a cruise without the other parent and never even thought of needing any type of consent paperwork. Good thing that I wasn't asked. Have another cruise planned for the two of us next year, and don't plan on doing anything different.

Hello! I have three dinner dining reservations sitting in my RCCL cart and when I go to checkout and process payment it says something about there is one or more items in the cart that is unavailable, but doesn't tell me what. As such, I have tried emptying my cart and then paying for each individual restaurant separately, but I get the same error message each time about something not being available. These are NOT for dining plans...I'm trying to purchase individual restaurants and making reservations. For instance, I selected Chops, selected the individuals attending (three separate reservations are linked for a party of 6) and selected the date and time and all gets added just fine to the cart. However once I click the "Place Order" button (after entering payment information and checking the box agreeing to terms/conditions), it looks like it's going to process, but then I get the error message. Anybody else having trouble and/or have work-arounds to share? Thanks!