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Incredible Entitled Chair Hog Stunt.
Psycho and Barb replied to Fuzzywuzzy's topic in Royal Caribbean Discussion
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What is your ballpark yearly budget?
Psycho and Barb replied to Dimension's topic in Royal Caribbean Discussion
We don't currently have a budget. We do have several factors that influence our cruising decisions. 1. How much time and when can we get away from work. Can we get three 7-day cruises in this year? We really enjoy B2B cruises. - This will all change soon when we finally retire...Psycho will hang up his combat boots for good in Jan 24...I'm still undecided but have no problem getting time off from work and I love my job. 2. Where do we want to go. This might also influence questions one if we have to factor in travel days. 3. What ships do we want to sail on. 4. Do we want to sail with family or friends. -
Check-in without group's Passport information?
Psycho and Barb replied to Maggie M's topic in Royal Caribbean Discussion
The big things is...If you all are linked...You can check in and get everyone's show times on the app. Snag that earliest time for your group. -
We were called down to the naughty room one time...Psycho went all the way down to deck one but forgot to take the keys to our luggage locks. He had to come back up to the room and get the keys. So we can verify they don't cut the locks off...At least in our few case they didn't. Yes we have made a few trips to the naughty room. Psycho use to take C-Clamps to put his hammock up on the balcony...Guess they make a large image on the X-ray and no longer takes them.
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Ya about those...Could you please forward them to me?
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As @smokeybandit says It's the duty free that might get ya...We got hit one time and had to pay the duty for bringing too much booze back. But you might not have to pay it now since it's been awhile since we've had to fill out the customs form or to even having to talk to a Customs Officer (Love the Ipad Customs) depending on where your cruising from and your citizenship status.
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Lucky you...Have fun!!!
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Florida is a wonderful state with ample areas to live depending on what type of lifestyle you're looking for...We also have two different time zones and no state income tax. We decided Northwest Florida was the place for us and worked our last military assignment to Eglin AFB. We have some of the most beautiful beach's, fantastic fishing and lots of forests with lots of wildlife and great hunting opportunities. We also have the heat with 100% humidity, tourists, snowbirds and hurricanes. Our property insurance goes up every year even though we haven’t had a hurricane since Dennis in Sep 2004. We did get lucky when that monster hurricane Michael hit to the east of us at Mexico Beach in Oct 2022. Our cruise options are 4 hours to New Orleans, Port Canaveral, about an 8 hour drive depending on traffic, and 10 hours to Fort Lauderdale or Galveston Texas. Adding everything up…It’s a small price to pay for living in paradise!
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Allure of the Seas the worst Oasis Class?
Psycho and Barb replied to ApexoftheSeas's topic in Royal Caribbean Discussion
We have been on Allure a couple of times and always enjoyed her...Not our favorite Oasis class ship but never had a bad time either. -
We call the sale "Walmart at sea" and sometimes, people act like it's a big Black Friday sale.
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Need Help with Royal Math and D+ Benefits
Psycho and Barb replied to Va4fam's topic in Royal Caribbean Discussion
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You get a point for each day of the land portion no matter what type of room you have.
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Need Help with Royal Math and D+ Benefits
Psycho and Barb replied to Va4fam's topic in Royal Caribbean Discussion
Last year we got the internet for $13.99 on the Black Friday Sale (21 Nov 22) and it was the same price for two of our booked cruises. -
Need Help with Royal Math and D+ Benefits
Psycho and Barb replied to Va4fam's topic in Royal Caribbean Discussion
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We have done the Royal Cruise Tour twice...Once in June 2017 and again in June 2022. We liked not having to worry about anything. Our luggage was delivered to our hotel rooms every night and picked up from our rooms in the morning...We stayed in some very nice hotels like the Talkeetna Alaskan lodge...Absolutely stunning. Both times we had fantastic tour directors who stayed with us the whole trip and made it memorable. Our land tours included the glass domed railcars of the Alaskan Railway which is must, and our tour group had a domed car all to ourselves. Our domed car had a bar and served breakfast, lunch or dinner (Pay as you go) depending on our time on the train...Our June 22 trip had four different legs on the train. Both times it included the long bus trip into Denali...There's only a short and long Denali bus tours available. Yes, we were on a set schedule and had to be at a certain place and at a certain time, but we also had plenty of free time to do/explore on our own. Our tour director offered and booked side excursion at each stop besides the included excursions. The cruise portion is fantastic but you really need to do a land tour...Either on your own or with Royal to really experience Alaska.
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Question about back-to-back process
Psycho and Barb replied to happy cruisers 2's topic in Royal Caribbean Discussion
Depends on the ship. We have had the same room for an B2B and we were allowed to go to our room. Another time we had to change rooms…They gave us B2B cards and told our new rooms would be given priority cleaning. They were ready before the other rooms and we showed the cards to who ever stopped us in our room hallway. -
North Star Experience sign-up online?
Psycho and Barb replied to Jjdslp122's topic in Royal Caribbean Discussion
The free slots go FAST...Signup as soon as you can connect to the ships Wi-Fi...Even when you're waiting to board. There are usually some pay reservations once you get onboard, but they will also go fast. If you want to try it...Make it the first thing you do as soon as you get onboard. -
Question about back-to-back process
Psycho and Barb replied to happy cruisers 2's topic in Royal Caribbean Discussion
We have done B2B's both ways...Getting off the ship and not having to get off the ship. Both ways were really painless. -
Coolers replacing mini fridges??
Psycho and Barb replied to YoungFamilyExplorers's topic in Royal Caribbean Discussion
Take a gallon zip lock bag with ya...Fill it with ice and put it in the Cooler. Really helps getting your things colder. -
Well good luck.