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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....

Or in the garage at the terminal! Choices!

And it was just one of the ports - way it was worded was as if the Alaskan cruise had gone to Mexico!

Hope she is not a member on here and understands your cryptic name!!

Hi Matt Grandeur of the seas, 20 Feb 2022. 14 night cruise from Barbados. Booked Gty Ocean View in January 2021 on back of a Flash Sale email. Amazing deal coming out of covid. Bid £175 (approx. $200)pp for Ocean View Balcony and got it 1 month before sailing. We were just over the minimum bid I seem to recall. 14 nights, double points, upgrade, from Barbados, awesome itinerary. Best value cruise so far! Not done any others since as we have been on B2Bs and don't want to move rooms!

We have our first HA cruise next January (please don't hate me RC fans!) and I am finding the excursion reviews very helpful when planning the days and knowing which ones to avoid!

We used it on Explorer in Ravenna last year. For around £35/$45pp I think it was well worth it - meant we could chill on board for about 4 or 5 hours with food and drink (the Coca Cola cup worked) before showering, getting taxi to train station for flight around 8pm. Was a nice alternative from Day Use hotels around Miami.

Hi @NatalieDoreen Re dining, we have previously booked the 3 night dining packages whenever we have done 7 night cruises - so on both weeks for B2Bs. We then check the costs on a regular basis, and read the promotional emails they bombard me with (!), to see if worth cancelling and rebooking when cheaper - Black Friday usually gives a very good deal! For Oasis sailings back in January/February the best price for 3 night package that I saw here in the UK was around £110pp (approx. $140). When you consider Chops for one visit at normal price was around £53pp ($65) it was almost a buy 2 get 1 free deal! There were also some very good deals for lunch in Chops (£16/$20pp) and Giovannis (£14/$18pp) on Black Friday. With the 3 night package it also meant that as we do not get the alcohol package my wife can get 40% off a bottle of wine. You can then store this to be used in the MDR next night or take it with you - we have even purchased 2 bottles to cover the next couple of days if we know we are not going to another speciality place until day 3 or 4 etc. Good luck.

We did hop on hop off in Cartagena. We got straight off the ship without going to the theatre to await a lucky sticker! Got on 'same' bus and had same route. About $30pp cheaper and with hop on hop off you still have to rely on your own time keeping even if booked through RCI as they are not with you anyway!! Sensible choice @RCIfan1912!

We have done a few (usually through Viator) and it has all been clearly set around the cruise schedule and fact they are 100% reliant on cruise passengers. Reviews and testimonials are critical for us before booking. If this was done with a 3rd party with minimal, or zero, prior cruise experience it is one hell of a risk. You hope they are all ok health wise, but they must have known the gamble they were taking.

NCL are actually reimbursing the costs incurred for the last part of the journey where the ship could not dock at the one port and they had to go on to the next port. The latecomers are obviously having to cover the initial costs and rightly so. Whoever was running the excursion has a lot to answer to! Cruise lines should not have to be responsible for people's inability to follow clear instructions. All aboard means ALL aboard! (I am now praying I never get left behind!)