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On our recent foray on Harmony we did each pack a beach towel in our carry on as it was only my second cruise (first back in 1999) and the kids' first so I wasn't sure how quickly towels would be available. As it turns out, we rather enjoyed not having to check in/out the ship's towels and having a little larger and maybe plusher towel. That said, you had to make sure it was laid out to dry and and other factors. Bottom line is personal choice and maybe try one way then another to see what you prefer. The process for towel distribution and return was rather smooth from observation.

Please forgive me if this is a duplicate of another post elsewhere, this is my first post after being a long time fan of the podcast and the message boards. My family recently took a 7 cruise on Harmony (9/30-10/7) and at the time we booked (February 2017) Royal was offering a promotion that featured reduced deposits. If another such offer came up now I'd be likely to book my next voyage (sadly the reduced deposits I'd heard about from Next Cruise had gone away) pretty quick. Does anyone know if Royal has a somewhat regular rotation of the different promotions or how likely (if at all) they may be to redo certain ones? As a side note, thank you to Matt and this fantastic site and the whole community as you all played a huge part in preparing us and helping us be ready for a fantastic adventure!