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Ok listen. I had NO intention of participating, but i couldn't handle it any longer when a song played for 12 seconds and no one was going to the microphone. Ladies & Gents, one of your favorite idiots is nearly embarrassed to say that I'm the only one in the very crowded Music Hall who knew Crush by David Archuleta. You'd think i hit a foul shot to tie the game with 3 seconds left.

Thank you, @OCSC Mike! Also, we interrupt this regularly scheduled blog to report we have a Tram Trespassors sighting in CK! Batman snuck pics at my request for posterity. I can confirm they are proud Pin-wearing Pinnacles!!

@Jax we're going to see your Shane tmw. He's starting the bridge tour. If there's anything you'd like us to pass along to him, LMK. Oasis Genies take turns starting the tour and hand off to the officers for techie questions, or so I'm told. Good because i was serious about my telemetry questions.

Day 7 - Victoria. The sun rises over our last cruise day. We slept finally until 8 but it's only because my spouse came under the weather , we quickly checked its not covid and I went to bring some food from 270. After a while she felt better and we went to pick our pictures (finally we remembered to pick our free pictures) I must say the photographer on the Ovation are doing better job than other ship , or it's just the diet we done before the cruise ). We did not know if we want to visit Victoria or not, after all its only in the itinerary due to the John's act , a filler like Nassau... We decided to go anyway and wow , it was a very good decision. The city is very beautiful with European filling and many interesting building. It was also a sunny day which is also a plus. We took the shuttle (15 $ for all day use) although you can walk (around 15 - 20 minutes). The shuttle dropped us near the beautiful Empress hotel From there we walked over the Government st ,on the way we did some whales watching excursion, this time we got to see more than their tails. We came to the local Chaintown which we decided it's a good time to eat lunch. We found a nice resturant with lunch offers and got ourself noodles and a combo dish . Both were very good. The resturant name is Fan Tan caffe. We did our way back in a parallel street We went to the parliament house and decided to call it for today and took the shuttle back to the port . And no we did not eat the Poutine, not before the yearly checkout:-) Hey what do you say can I work on the ship ? Here is my own first towel animal thanks to the cruise director program that explained how to make them Tomorrow leaving the Ovation

Oh dear, if the people I saw ran down stairs there would have have been at least 3 alpha calls in those 30 mins.

@OCSC Mike Based on your crackwhip advice, we're at the bar downstairs with a full view of the stairs and band. It's packed.

If it is an RCL excursion it is no problem. If it is a 3rd party excursion you need to reach out to them and coordinate.

Won royal up from Central Park Balcony to Ocean View Balcony - Bid was 200 per person. Yay Me! Allure of the seas sailing on Sunday 10/1.....

First you guys are super lucky. We had tickets to HHN in 2021, right before our Halloween sailing on Allure in Sky class. It rained us out, so we missed out. We also had a reservation to Arts Homecoming and because it was in 2021 that was cancelled. I eventually got the biscuits and chicken and will get them again when we sail out of PC in January. But the best part is just one more day until you can cruise. I personally don't think you schedule is too ambitious, but I am a get-the-most-out-of an experience type of person. I loved Columbus. It is my favorite original production.

Yeah, no access changes for now. We'll see what happens next year. I'd be happy to be proven wrong.

...sounds like a preface to removing/restricting some loyalty levels to me....but who knows.

Hi @Bingee. Put your luggage under the bed. That's free. There is no paid option but you don't need it. On the Flowrider, you could just try it during the open sessions. If you want to book time, the "Surf Lesson" is your best bet as you will be n a group and have some recovery time between falls as you learn. I would do it as early in the cruise as offered so you have the rest of the cruise to practice.

Ooh la la. In lowly Sky Class it took an unexpected invite from one of the SL concierges and he took us to the bridge. You guys probably get to drive the ship.

We did not ask for reserved seats here but did not need them and we were here only 15 min early, if that. This was fairly last minute so we didn't bother her, but would have if we needed her to. I can't state how much i love her. Let me ask Lety tmw if there are any specific venues she cannot/will not reserve and get back to you. If you want to know anything specifically, I'm happy to ask her on tip day! Just lmk. I will say that Oasis Genies sure seem extremely tight knit. I'd be happy to have any of them. Seriously.

On our cruise, we just had to keep checking and it finally let us reserve a time.

This is definitely a case of no one (including Royal's employees) reading (and updating) all the fine print. You don't even HAVE to do any form of check-in. As long as you paid for the cruise, you can just show up at the port (with appropriate identification like passport or driver's license with birth certificate). Sure, it will take longer (potentially a LOT longer) and you'll probably have to talk to multiple port employees who have no idea how to handle you, but it CAN be done. But yes, digital is perfectly acceptable. Though I've heard the recommendation to screenshot your set sail pass (or print a backup). If the terminal wi-fi or your cell service has issues, you might not be able to pull up the set sail pass!

Almost. It does not get you on and off of the ship when in port. It can be a pain to take them off for a bartender. That being said, I still prefer them over carrying my card;

Looking Forward to the trip.

It’s MUCH easier for both you and Royal to get a refund on the reprice difference if you do NOT pay in full before the due date.

Oh we're going!!

Please let me know if you go to Rock the Room and if it's crazy. I made sure to mention the venue thing b/c without the chaos, it would have just been a standard game show. The entertainment for us came from the sprinting and jostling down the aisles. One guy even knocked over one of those large cushioned chairs that are very heavy and hard to move. He really wanted to get to the mic!

Can any of you vets with a higher C&A rank than Brown tell me what this is? Deets are sparse in the app.

I have a pair of those penguins jammies. Thanks for reminding me to pack them. They my fav!

https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/2023/09/29/royal-caribbean-rename-diamond-lounge-crown-lounge Looks like it is just a name change (for now?) I have to imagine something else is changing after this....I just feel it in my bones

I think this is pretty obvious advice by now, but if your house looks like a tornado went through it (ours did too), please double check you've all packed your underwear ... .

It figures, we just made Diamond this year. They aren't changing the name just to do it, they have a plan and just haven't told us part 2 yet.

I agree. it’s very clickbait-y You beat me to posting.

That's an unfair subject line.

Yeah, that's what it sounds like to me too. I bet I'll lose access as a lowly diamond C&A member sometime in 2024...

Also, someone please tell me what exactly is nutritious about this ...

I was just going to point out that only sailings from the USA get a lobster night.

But it will "enhance" our cruise experience!

...or you can have an old one reprogrammed. Dan did this a few cruises ago....on Wonder, I think.

Check in either way and then view your set sail pass. That's where you will see the bar code.

Yes, they're still in use. You can get them at Guest Services for $9.99 each

Vacation off to a good start: was scheduled to work 4am-2pm but the boss just got in and told me to leave whenever I want and get my vacation started- so I'll be rolling out of here no later than MAYBE noon...and that's a BIG maybe. Got the kids soccer game tomorrow morning about 20 minutes away (somehow the road games tend to be closer to home than the home games, which are about 40 minutes away) and that's my last commitment before the trip.

Don't see how? Men have nipples and its ok to show them! Breasts and nipples have never ever been sexual organs! In fact in time gone by it was normal for woman to be topless and still is in some countries! It's western mankind who has sexualiaed the female breast over time and changed it from a part of the body used to feed their children into a fantasy! Topless guy at pool is ok but not a woman! Why? Families take their children to parks or zoos and stop and watch excitedly while cows, sheep or any other animals feed their young yet same family may complain if a woman walked past revealling to much or if woman was feeding her newborn at table next to them as its seen as unacceptable! #FREETHENIPPLE

I could not care less about people wearing pajamas around the ship.

FTR - my nighttime attire would never be allowed in the MDR (or any other dining venue ,for that matter).

Don't forget Southampton itself. KLM does fly there via Amsterdam, and KLM is a Delta partner, so it's very possible to get routed (say) USA - AMS - Southampton. KLM offers flights in to British cities that a lot of other major airlines don't...places like Southampton, Cardiff, Leeds, Teeside, Bristol, and more. I only say that for people who may be looking to fly to the UK (for cruises or not) and don't always want to go straight in to London. A rather simple connection via AMS can dump you in to smaller, easier British airports that could be a great place to start (or end) a vacation. Or business for that matter...my colleague and I split some work in Bristol, and she (as a Delta frequent flier) pretty much always goes via AMS straight in to Bristol. Myself, as an AA frequent flier, just goes in to Heathrow and takes ground transit from there. Often times, it ends up being a wash time wise.

To CK but ymmv as if they will allow you to make the full week or just day by day.

Sometimes on boarding day, the door is locked. Someone will usually let you in though. And then they will ask for your cabin number. Just give that to them and you're on your way to a great lunch!

Night and day IMO. Some of our CK meals were excellent, others not as amazing, but significantly better than the MDR IMO. Throw in the atmosphere and the service which is usually excellent and I wouldn't go near the MDR if you're in a full suite. Just one man's opinion, obviously. Food is of course very subjective.

Being from the St. John's area, I do apologize for the way the guide handled this. Our people are not known to treat people this way, I'm ashamed. You're right, the museum is actually a short walk from the pier, all down hill from the museum actually. The tour guide could have waited and easily made the all aboard time. If I knew the operator I'd personally drive over there and give them a piece of my mind lol.

We will be returning from London in May and after looking at airfare costs we are cruising home on Cunard instead. It ended up $2600 (inside room) for both of us and hopefully a relaxing week enjoying great food. A week of cruising or 14 hours of flying and 2 legs to get home, so the cruise won out in the end.

My wife and I will also be on that cruise, and we have done numerous 12+ night sailings on both RC and Celeb. 2 trans-atlantic, 1 "Snowbird Migration" cruise (Quebec to Lauderdale), and 1 canal and equator crossing from Lauderdale to Chile. We are also Diamond level. Type back if you want to rally onboard or before boarding. We will be staying in SoBe for 3 nights before sailing.

That sounds like an excursion company that doesn’t want any future business with Royal Caribbean. I’m sure the excursion desk got an earful from those the shuttle left behind.

My take on the new MDR menus. Just recently finish a TA from Amsterdam to Bayonne on JotS. 1st night Welcome Aboard – Prime Rib was good ; very little fat and no gristle 2nd night – A taste of France – didn’t eat in the MDR. Did GT got the Filet. 3rd night – Beyond the Sea – NE Clam Chowder just more like NE Clam Broth, not thick; Lamb shank fell off the bone, good; Berry Cobler wasn’t very warm. 4th night – A Taste of Asia – didn’t eat in the MDR. Did GT got the Filet. 5th night – A Taste of History – Bay Scallops was good; Spinach Pie too soupy; Horseradish Crusted Salmon -ok (different); Pecan pie – ok. 6th night – A Taste of Mexico – Burrito was good; Beef was ok , though thinly sliced it was still chewy; Apple cobbler was good. 7th night – A Taste of the Caribbean – didn’t eat in the MDR 8th night - Italian - don’t remember 9th night – British night - don’t remember 10th night - Mediterranean – don’t remember 11th night – Beyond the Sea – Vegan Rice Paper rolls, good; special order Grilled Chicken w/ Tomato Risotto Shrimp – good; fish platter ok 12th night – Taste of the Classics – Onion Tart – ok; French Onion soup – I’ve had better (too much bread, very little onion) Went to Chops for lunch – Burger was good, Salmon was ok, Shrimp Cocktail is always good. 13th night – International – didn’t eat in the MDR. Did GT got the Shrimp w/the Mushroom risotto 14th night – Beyond the Sea – (same theme night but different menu) Shrimp & Salmon os 15th night - Beyond the Sea – (same theme night but different menu) Royal Shrimp salad – ok; Chicken Schnitzel good , chicken was moist’ Cocoanut cake – fine. 16th night – Royal night – they did offer the Lobster tail, mine was small (4 bits, I saw others with a bit larger ones). 17th night – Bon Voyage - Don’t remember.

This would have been IT for me. I would have caused a scene ! Well....not really, but someone would have heard about it for sure.

We've never done a cruise this long and are hoping to meet some new folks while onboard. I just found this site & thought I'd give it a try. My husband & I live in Cocoa Beach, Florida and are Diamond cruisers.