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Congrats on Diamond! If there is a Johnny Rockets, could he use them for milkshakes?

I have one way with Avis in January from Orlando to Cape Canaveral.... then one ways with both Hertz and Avis from Cape Canaveral to Tampa afterwards...got quotes on Kayak and also directly on Avis website...all were booked about 3 weeks ago.

Current offers on Adventure for 6 nights in January (in GB £s) are around $80 Deluxe and $35 Refreshments. Maybe that includes some hidden new tariffs!! Interesting to know what it does show in $ for the majority of you?? Hopefully will drop a bit during Black Friday or other sales. There was a great deal (at least I thought so) for the Unlimited Dining Package of $200 but could not justify for the 5 of us to have Chops every night plus lunch on sea days!

Ovation in 2018 out of Sydney - 3 B2Bs for a total of 27 days - talk about taking a gamble that we would like it! 10 since then, mostly with RCI (3 x Grandeur, 2 x Oasis, 1 X Explorer with Adventure our next one). Wishing we started many years ago!

Obviously UK humour (with a u) does not travel across the Atlantic!

You are his only client and you book so many cruises he is probably enjoying the Suite Life thanks to you! Plus his Genie probably answers some of them for him!

I recently booked a cabin for my son to come with us next year on Adventure for his first ever cruise. There were a small number of solo cabins available (inside studios on deck 2) which were perfect for him and almost half the cost of booking a 'normal' cabin. Just thought worth a mention....!

Thank you @AshleyDillo @Pooch Happy Holidays as you say your side of the pond!

Thank you

Merry Christmas fellow RC fans/friends/family Hopefully a quick question for some of you experts. I did search for an answer but couldn't find the specific thread so if there is one please share and we can cut this one short! Booking a cruise in January 2026 and taking our 'kids' with us for the first time, as well as the partner of one of them. (They are mid 20s but still kids to us!). The youngest will have a solo cabin, but eldest and his partner will have a guaranteed balcony. Wife and I will choose our balcony. When getting indicative costs through the RCI website it applied some discounts which when I spoke to my TA she said was linked to my C&A Diamond status. My TA then said that if my wife and I booked a cabin each, my son with me and his partner with the wife, we would both get our discounts applied. That is great for saving a good few pounds/dollars but would it cause issues when it comes to room allocation on board and room keys etc? Are RCI flexible/helpful in allowing us to change names between the cabins before, or even when on board, so couples are together without having to rely on 1 key card per couple?! Could obviously 'swap' cards if required except when needing to board/depart the ship but will be much easier if able to amend. Thanks and have a great festive period one and all!

I would like to think it will be easy enough to do as the excursion tickets are just left in your cabin and I do not ever recall having names checked when handing them over. Much more experienced cruisers may have hard facts though!

We had Giovannis lunch booked for boarding day on Explorer last year. Due to port change due to weather (from Trieste instead of Ravenna) it was no longer an option, but they were very good at letting us move it to another day. Even discussed the option to upgrade it to dinner if we wanted (pay the difference), but not sure if that is an exception rather than the norm. Good luck.

Or just befriend smaller adults??

I was recommended the Sonesta - so booked it through our TA - would anybody have an opinion either way on that please?!

They haven't got a glue....