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Dinner of champions!

Can I used my complimentary drink vouchers to buy specialty coffee on Ovation of the seas even though they sell starbucks coffee? Im confused with the Starbucks exclusion.

I mean, could be a lot of things. https://www.themeasureofthings.com/results.php?comp=weight&unit=lbs&amt=11

40 bucks is a rip off alone. Wow just ridiculous.

Try Bounce! https://usebounce.com/ I also read about people asking hotels to hold their luggage, but sometimes a day pass is needed.

Thank you! When you arrived in Taormina, how much time did you spend there?

So somehow we were delayed leaving. The casino was supposed to open at 6pm. We went down at 6:26 and they said they woul open after 7pm. I told my mother to try for an earlier flight and hers has now been delayed until 11pm. The connecting flight was only delayed 45min and she would have been home. The plan was to get room service but they said because of the late start, they wouldn't be taking orders until after 7pm. So we are heading up to the WJ. So far my impression is a ton of smokers and children. Despite the casino not being open we saw a favorite server and he got us a couple of prime drinks. The internet does work well everywhere but our room. I tried to make a work call and had to leave. The WJ has ribs and donuts, so that was pretty much all I got. My brother said the crab cakes were better in here than the MDR. People are letting their children run wild in the WJ. I'm heading to change into my casino clothes.

Indeed we will! Multigenerational family cruises are always a bit more complicated as far as planning & coordination goes.

Thanks Mike. I should have known that - think I read that before. First time cruising with this large a group and age range so trying to get my ducks in a row. First cruise for all of them. Also looks like we’ll be on the same cruise. Wonder, July 14.

I mean, they clearly weigh 78.55 lbs.

I was going back and forth on whether to upgrade to a suite on my 4 night Liberty to Canada next July. The price has been about $385 more for a suite guarantee. It dropped to only $299 more (total) so I figured that was a sign and did the upgrade! Out of my 4 cruises with 7 rooms booked, 5 rooms have dropped in the past couple weeks.

Just the birth certificate for anyone 15 and under. https://www.royalcaribbean.com/faq/questions/can-i-cruise-with-a-birth-certificate-as-my-identification Guests 15 and under do not need to show to show an ID, just the birth certificate.

I've heard good things about Jamie's Blue Reef..check out the blog article https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/2022/09/29/excursion-review-jaimes-the-blue-reef-all-inclusive-day-pass-costa-maya You can get more info at http://www.jaimesbluereef.com/ They're on the main drag so not as secluded as Maya Chan but they seem to have good reviews.

Cruising in July with a group of 8. What kind of picture ID do the little ones need? Will be using birth certificates but don’t know what else we need. tia

I've seen it as low as $26.99 and as high as $30.99

We brought back some pretty good bottles of hot sauce from Nassau. Made and bottled on the islands. We collect handmade soaps when we travel. When the supply runs low, I book another trip

For a single device, it's usually 29.99 for a 24 hour period. You get one one credit for Diamond and 2 credits for Diamond Plus. If you elect the 24 hour period, it applies the 29.99 credit and it's free, hence why they say you get a free day (or 2) of internet. However, if you buy a "rest of voyage" package onboard, the cost is usually 26.99/day for each day left in the voyage. It will apply your 29.99 (or 58.98) credit towards the cost of package. The amount of credit varies by how much the ship charges for that 24 hour period of internet. I've seen different prices on different sailings. You can't combine your discount with another member, even if you're sharing the package though.

If this is your first time exposed to an American style buffet and menu options in the MDR, don't worry too much about 'authentic'. As you can see here, people get very passionate around what constitutes authentic I would suggested the Dog House, try and track down a Cuban sandwich, American style bacon.... hum, really just breakfast offerings in general you may enjoy as it may be quite different from what you typically have at home. Mexican food, like quesadillas, and the cheesesteak at CocoCay is pretty good IMHO, not Philadelphia quality, but good- I assume it's the same on the ship. I'm excited for you to try a bunch of new things. I hope you come back and report on your experience!

Just repriced for a $300 dollar savings next March.

When we were in Alaska we rode for free. It was supposed to be a short 5 or so minutes up and down but we got stuck for about 30 minutes, so I guess you could say we got a deal. I see it is $$$ because it is when you are passing through Endicott/Dawes- that will be beautiful.

A review of our thoughts about our cruise, things we liked and things we felt could use improvement. We have only cruised Royal so this is really a comparison between the two. First off we thought the ship was beautiful. The decor was upscale and classy as opposed to the Vegas Casino feel that you get with some Royal ships. We felt the service and food were definitely a step up from Royal and more reminiscent of what Royal was pre shut down. I can say that we had no meals that we felt could be improved. We did sail Aqua Class and used Blu for the most part aside from specialty dining. All of our meals came to our table piping hot so much so you couldn't touch the plate. What we did notice was that in the dining venues we didn't see them using cloches to keep the food warm which I feel has a tendency to make crispy foods a bit soft or soggy. The Oceanview Cafe was also very good with a large selection of different items daily. We are not buffet people but we did enjoy the Oceanview Cafe. The specialty dining was exceptional on this ship we ate at Fine Cut, Raw on Five, Le Petite Chef, Rooftop Grill and Eden. Our favorites were Eden and Rooftop Grill not saying the others were bad we just felt the overall experience was better at these two venues the food at the others was just as good. Now on to the bar service. Like I mentioned we sailed in Aqua Class and opted for the inclusive package which included the classic drink package any drinks up to $10. The classic drink package would work for people who are really just wine or beer drinkers as they have a good selection of beers and wines at the $10 and under price point. If you prefer mixed drinks as my wife and I do I would recommend upgrading to the Premium package as I don't recall seeing and mixed drinks for under $17 so you would get charged the difference to you stateroom bill. The bartenders were friendly and worked very hard to make sure everyone was served in a reasonable amount of time and they poured heavy compared to Royal, never any need to ask them to add more liquor. Many of the bartenders kept track of your name and cabin number so we never really needed to present our sea pass for a drink particularly the bars we frequented. Now to the things we feel could used to be improved keeping in mind these might be a bit trivial but I'll mention anyway. As with any cruise you will run into "hogs". We were in Aqua class and had access to the thermal spa which we both enjoyed aside from the heat bed hogs. It was almost impossible to get time on one of the heat beds as people would spend hours either surfing their phones reading or completely sleeping and snoring. How they could improve this I don't know aside from more policing by the staff which as we know leads to poor customer surveys "which by the way I hate". The show times could be pushed off another 30 minutes to allow for people to eat dinner and still have time to catch a show afterwards. We didn't see a single show due to time conflicts with dinner and I'll explain. This cruise had many elderly people who would line up at the theatre an hour to an hour and a half early which was a frustration not to mention the theatre only seated 900 passengers for a cruise that had 3000 people on it. Most of our dinners took 75 minutes. We had an early seating time which I can't understand why they ask your preference being as there are multiple dining venues. The first night Blu didn't open until 7:30 which is entirely too late for us to eat we like to try and stay on our home eating schedule as best possible I know it seems trivial but we have a pretty set eating sleeping schedule so we tried eating at Normandie grille. We went to Normandie at our set time of 6:00 and were promptly informed that the dining didn't work that way. We were told that it would be a ten minute wait and were handed a pager as if we were waiting at Applebees which I felt was a bit tacky and the wait turned into 25-30 minutes. The good thing was we were Aqua class and we could get into Blu at any time we chose after the first night. As I mentioned in another post if you don't see anything you want at any of the main dining venues you can order the signature dishes from other restaurants at all of the main dining rooms. Other than these few gripes overall the cruise was excellent and we might be Celebrity converts now, although we do have a Caribbean cruise booked for Halloween. If anyone has any questions I'd be happy to respond.

I just repriced a cruise for Next April and saved 575!

The Unified Command has finally vacated the cruise terminal, too. All systems go for Vision to return.

Unless the location of the Spacious appeals to you much more than the regular room, no. "Spacious" doesn't exactly add that much more space.

I'd just ask one of the bartenders to comp me a brewsky on the spot and move on.