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  1. How do you do that ? How do you know that the towel I took on deck 15 will not be taken to shore ? Anyway I agree with you it's very annoying Anyway I hope your next cruise will be better. For the MDR it can be an hit or a miss so totally understand were you are coming from , regarding the WJ we just learn to come early or late and never use it for breakfast during the rush time. I hope you wrote your suggestion on the surevay , you will be supprise how RCL taking it seriously
  2. We were twice in wanderland , once on the Harmony with my father, it was a very nice experience and we all like mainly the beef and the shrimps the fish was very dry. The second time was on Symphony using the BOOGO offer (RIP). This time it was just my spouse and me. We still liked it but once you know some of the tricks it's different (like the desert and the hidden menu ) this time we also had the mad hatter. I still enjoyed the food but as others I think some of the food looks better than it taste . For example the re organized tomato , well let's just said I think a good fresh tomato would taste better without all the effort, same for the olives. Will we go again ? Maybe if we will have a pkagage or if we will have with us cruisers which never experienced it yet. For sure I am planning to check the wonderland on the Spectrum of the seas were the menu is total different , just three more month .
  3. Interesting , Now for Voom Surf + Stream they want 20$ ! while the high speed is the same 18 $ , I Guess someone really push them to sell the high speed ?
  4. Usually the C&A will be activated after your first cruise. You can call them and ask to join before , anyway it will not change your reservation as you can always add the number after
  5. I thought they would locate the Diamond club were the Jazz was but seeing it is now in the comedy club make me think how crowded its going to be as its almost 1/3 of the space of the current one (if I am not mistaken) , also the comedy club in Blaze mean that Blaze will be closed while comedy show are going on , on the other end its bigger than the current comedy show room (or at least it seems to me like that) . card room gone is a sad news as it was quite place to go to and now we left only with the library (for now) .
  6. 2*29 or 1*29 + 1*26 (for some reason can not find anymore 28 and 26). one backpack for my laptop , one small backpack for shore excursions which also being used for my spouse fight bag. Beside that one folded duffel bag if we want to buy extra things after the cruise. When I am going to vacation I will try not to take a big carry on bag as I get stressed to board early so I can find space for it , I have enough of this stress for my short business trips ? so if I already have checked bags I will try to avoid it.
  7. Hi yes , Actually we went back to the same restaurant we visited a year ago when we visit Athens with Rhapsody , the name is Dia Tauta address is Adrianou 37, Athina 105 55 , near the Acropolis (https://diatauta.com/en/) , we liked it since not many other restaurants they bake the Moussaka on the spot , but there are tons of other good restaurants around this area .
  8. What puzzle me is how the expedite boarding and online check in is determine by the ship ? I thought its more about port ability
  9. You should take into consideration: At least 1.5 before flight to arrive to the airport (2 if you want to be on the safe side) 45 minutes to an hour to drive , 30 minutes for immigration and take your suitcases (unless you will take them with you) and 30 minutes until ship clereance. So 6:30 am people allow of the ship , 7 am after custom , 8 am at the airport. It's doable but allot of stress and not much margin.... Enough that the ship will be late in 30 minutes or that you will have some traffic and you will miss your flight.
  10. More like never , by that time the technology will be to transfer the information directly to our heads , not sure I would like to give RCL to mess with my head (although they already trying)
  11. Have a great cruise , one day when all the stars will aligened we will be able to join a group cruise ?
  12. So some updates: As I have not drive to Milan to pick my forgotten cellphone (we had much better time going to Cinque Terre) I been able to retrieve it last week which was good. Although I got alternative phone with the same numbers still for some reason some of my pictures were not transferred to the cloud so it's good I got them now. (Including some very valuable cruise pictures) . If you using Google photos , check if the backup is working from time to time. Anyway as our next cruise is almost two months from know (Greek Islands) we decided to take my father's offer to join the for a long weekend in other par of Greece (so I can do so e research before the cruise and taste the local cousin , plus to find a good resturant for @mom2mybugs in Athens ? ) Here are so e pictures from Pielon Greece if anyone looks for a shore excursion ? . Although it's a sea it's feels more like a lake , clear clean water 
  13. I have the feeling that it will not take long for the CC paperwork to be by request only, now that you have the app and other way to get the info from . Maybe it will start as a discount for internet pakage to whoever give up of getting the hard copyi . I will miss them as there is something special about comming back to the room every evening and find out what are the next day activities but it still allot of waste (even if most of it being recycled)
  14. I am using the art auctions papers to wrap my wine bottles before packing them on the last day , very useful
  15. Now we just need someone from NYC and the riots will start And I will add it's not a Naples pizza
  16. I heard they are going to change the name of the cake to Sweety cake ?
  17. My scanner only do 1 side so it's allot of manual work ? , need to check the scanner at the office (big HP combo printer)
  18. Every cruise we do which is not the regular Caribbean itinerary I try to take pictures of the CC and send it to this site so it can be shared. The issue is comparing to other CC I can see my CC are well let's say not so high qoulity (not aligned ) at least I try it will be readable. Any advise how to take better copies of the CC ?
  19. Our first cruise was around 2015 , YOLO moment after heard good things about RCL . Four week before the cruise we booked Liberty of these seas out from Barcelona. The wow factor of entering the ship Royal promenade was so amazing that we knew it's not the last time we will cruise ?
  20. Interested to know how do you like this hotel and it's condition. Asking as it's offered many time to book using Marriot/Sheraton points and we wonder if it's a good option for our next time to Orlando
  21. In that case you might have a case ? , but still it will take you around 1.5 to two hours just to get to the city. I sometime takes a car and go to some last minutes shooing and eating in NJ , you can also take a shuttle to Elizabeth outlet indoor mall (10 $ return trip from P4) , they have some restaurants around , although not the best but its just 10 minutes from the airport.
  22. This is what you need to take into consideration : 1. you will land most likely in terminal B with 12 more fight from Europe. 2. Most of the flight are with people with the Visa waver program which mean the temp visa being done on the spot , for some flights it takes time , you might have lines between 30 to sometimes 2 hours (depends which flight landed before you). just for immigration 3. As it is your first gate to the US you will need to take you suitcase in EWR and pass custom, for some reason in EWR it takes a while until they bring the suitcases - 15 - 30 minutes 4. You have the custom lines , again , depends on how many flight and if they are looking for something it can be between 5 to 30 minutes. 5. after you drop your suitcase again you will need to take the shuttle to rail station - the train comes every 8 to 15 minutes , the ride takes 10 minutes. 6, you will take the train to PEN station - around 20 -25 minutes 15 $ each way. 7. 15 - 20 minutes using the subway to go were you want to go (or just to walk). 8. 30 minutes back or more depends how long you will wait for the train. 9 15 minutes to terminal C. 10. 30 minutes security. Now that you will do with your carry on , is it worse it , well you will do the calculation.
  23. Passport should be left at the hotel safe , I take cache and credit card , when I travel , I take at least two credit cards , one with me one with the hotel safe , if a credit card being stolen its very easy to block it and I will still have a credit card I can use. You do not even need a passport copy , I do carry driving license , sometime shops will ask a way of identification if you using your credit card , foreign driving license with a picture works perfect. I always carry my wallet in the front pocket , its much harder to take it. Never leave a bags on the floor near you. be careful from the petition scam , where people try to convince you to sign a petition and and ask for money, just ignore or pretend you only speak some rear language (they usually know English , Spanish , Russian, french, German ) . After saying that , which is by the way true for all Europe and many other places, I do not think its that common , I have been to Barcelona many times and traveling almost every second week to Europe , if you keep the basic awareness to you surrounding (same as I guess you do in your home town) you should be OK.
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