Matt

It's the first full US sailing and it's over a holiday. On the flip side, I think a lot of people booked it just to have a placeholder. I suspect there will be some cancellations going forward, especially closer to final payment.

The date is when the menu info was taken. It's just a hint to you as to how old our copy of the menu is. Obviously menus can change at any time, but a menu from a few months ago is likely to be accurate.

Don't forget you only have 60 days from the time of booking to transfer. No harm in transferring early (plus one less thing to worry about). You can email [email protected] to have it taken care of.

The cheapest connecting option is usually 2 connecting Promenade view rooms. With the 3 options you listed, I can see it going either way, but I'd expect two balcony rooms to be the most expensive.

I probably should add an asterisk to my posts saying "all answers may not apply to Star Class" :lol:

I can't add it because Symphony isn't an option in ship drop down. I suspect we will all have to wait until they get the Cruise Planner/My Cruises set up for Symphony.

It's like Cheers, but more fun!

You will have to call Royal Caribbean and ask for those things to be added/changed to your reservation.

Here is a video tour of stateroom 6648 on sister ship Independence of the Seas (should be similar, if not identical)

Boarding is usually around the 11am hour. Earlier you get to check-in, earlier you will board. Not a big deal, you can always inform your stateroom attendant on day 1 how you want the beds set up. Alternatively, you can have your Travel Agent convey your preferences. You can have your travel agent add it to the reservation notes.

You should be able to at the very least re-price on Liberty and if cheaper/better deal, book it and then cancel what you have. And yes, MEI would be able to roll it (back) into the group. NextCruise essentially gets you free money(onboard credit) on top of whatever promo they are running at the time. So you would retain the regular promotion + NextCruise bonus.

Which stateroom #?

When I cruises from Tampa, I just parked in the lot across the street

They are not included in any beverage package

I try to track the menus across the fleet here: http://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/menus

Sorry to hear about that inconvenience. You might consider arriving to the port a bit earlier than 5:30. There is a bar (Grills) nearby that you can see the terminal and ship from. Better than waiting in a hotel room.

Next week http://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/2017/01/24/royal-caribbean-announces-2018-2019-deployment-opening-schedule-dates

As I recall, there is one outlet at the desk. Well, one US outlet and one European outlet. I do recommend investing in a USB charging device, like this one: http://amzn.to/2mmW116

I didn't see anything in my GS on Navigator, but I wasn't looking for it either.

Nice! Welcome aboard! We created a FB event for our sailing: https://www.facebook.com/events/1114832191961976/ Can't wait to meet you, Candie! We created a FB event for our sailing: https://www.facebook.com/events/1114832191961976/

Based on what we know right now, it looks like Symphony is going directly to Barcelona.

Think Hawaiian shirts. Honestly, few guests adhere to it, mostly because I think most are unaware it is a thing (including me).

In general, dropping someone from a reservation or changing names is easy. Adding people to a reservation is difficult and can/will change price. My advice for anyone that might need to add someone in the future is to put a dummy name on the reservation at time of booking. If you do want to add that person, change the name. If not, drop the person. But that avoids re-pricing the room to add someone later.

That stinks. One thing we try to do is avoid rooms that have public spaces above or below the room. I don't always follow this rule (our GS had the pool deck above us on Navigator, but no noise issues), but try to when possible.