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  4. Cozumel/Costa Maya with NO shore excursions?

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    Never been to Costa Maya.  I'm anxious to see Matt blog about it.  

    As for Cozumel, ditto for what everyone has said. 

    Side note - I hear Mr. Sanchos and Nachi (Google this for more info) are awesome so my Mom and I will probably do one of these.  It's not an excursion through RC.  You pay for the day and hang out there.  About 20 mins from the pier.

  5. Little French Key

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    Okay, so I've done a little research.  Everyone is saying DO NOT go to the Maya Key Private Island.  It's literally spitting distance from the ship and I haven't heard anything good about it. 

    I've heard LOTS about Little French Key.  It's gorgeous from what I can see on videos and pics and  it is VERY highly rated on Trip Advisor.  Check out their website if you haven't already:  www.littlefrenchkey.com

    Map showing distance from cruise port to Little French Key:
     
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    I've also heard great things about West Bay Beach Club.  Go to this website http://www.roatanbeachclub.com/ and click on Gallery.  Watch the video (it's kinda annoying with all the drum beating but you can get the idea of the place).  Then go back to the Home page and click on Shore Excursions.  Here, it lists the costs for their daily packages.  All packages include round trip transfers to and from the cruise port. 

    The West Bay Beach Club is a little closer.  25 miles from the port:
     
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    I hope this is all helpful to you!  
     

  6. Current Cruise Director & Activities Manager List

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    10 hours ago, Joe01 said:

    Precisely how my experience with Bobby was. I was in too good of a cruising mood when on the ship and didn't actually realize how bad his L&M was until the one from our sailing was published on YouTube - 

    I don't mean to sound arrogant, but I could have done a better job than him with that show.

    It is beyond me as to why RCI have CD's who have no comedic talent. Surely that is part of the job?

    I could only watch 5 minutes.  BOOOOORING.  Snooze-fest.

  7. Current Cruise Director & Activities Manager List

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    On 3/24/2018 at 3:34 PM, Lovetocruise2002 said:

    The CD, in short, is responsible for managing all the on board activities for the cruise.  He/she has manages many people and activities so the Activities Manager assists him/her.  A good CD doesn't make or break a cruise but does enhance it if they are fun, active, comical.  They host/lead the major activities such as show intros, The Love and Marriage show, the Morning show, Belly Flop contest, Sexiest man contest, etc. 

    There is usually one active CD per ship.  Sometimes there might be 2 during a transition or training.

    They also do a morning program on TV.  Why are most CD's men????

  8. I could call RC, but thought I'd ask here first...

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    15 hours ago, hoofbeats95 said:

    I'm trying to learn all the rules, correct me if I'm wrong. . . but because you had non-refundable deposit you had to pay the $100 pp.  My understanding is that when you actually make the final payment has nothing to do with it.  The final payment "date" is still the same and once you are past that then you start incurring penalties even if you have a refundable deposit.  So I was expecting that it was your rate type (non-refundable) that played into this scenario and not the fact that you actually paid in full. 

    Yes, I learned this to be true yesterday!  :) 

  15. I could call RC, but thought I'd ask here first...

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    Just now, Lovetocruise2002 said:

    Love it!  Was this just done by one of the ship photographers that stand around or was this a scheduled session?

    Thank you so much.  I had to schedule it and I scheduled on day 1 of the cruise with the ship photographer.  He brought lights out on the deck and we timed it perfectly at sunset. 

    I can't remember if he charged me a fee or not for the session.  I want to say he did?  This was 2 years ago so I don't recall.  I do remember that I bought the CD from him with the digital files on it.  I didn't have any of the pics printed there. 

    He really REALLY didn't want to do it at all and was pushing for a black and white session in the studio.  He kept saying it was too windy...and it was very very windy but that added a great element to the pics in my opinion.  And the sunset background just made the pictures so special too.

  19. I could call RC, but thought I'd ask here first...

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    1 minute ago, tiny260 said:

    it's great that you can spend time together.

    My wife and i will be on Liberty in July with our 11 year old Grandson, he's cruised before, but only once and it was on Disney, so this will be an experience for him and I'm sure me as well.

    We got the idea last year on Liberty, we were sitting next to a women and a 10ish year old little girl, so my wife started up a conversation, turns out this Grand Mother has taken and will continue to take each one of her Grand children on what she called their double digit birthday cruise, so each time one of them hits 10, they get a cruise with her, I think she said her husband normally goes but that he couldn't on this one.

    So my wife and i decided to do the same thing, it just so happens that our oldest Grandson was already 11, it was actually harder to convince his parents then him, he was all for it, they didn't think it was fair leaving his 2 younger bothers at home, I told my daughter that they will get theirs when they turn 10.  

    This IS a great idea!  What a special idea and your grandchildren will never forget it.  Be sure to take lots of pictures and you can create a scrapbook for them on Shutterfly or Picaboo for them to look through for years to come!

  20. Newbie questions about Club Royale

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    On 3/22/2018 at 6:06 AM, AGSLC5 said:

     

    I have a question...have any of the gamblers here ever won anything significant on a cruise?  Are they upheld to all casino laws on the cruise?  I'm guessing they are?  Just curious.  I've done the slots and played Black-Jack on all the cruises I've been on but I've never EVER walked away with one red cent.  

  21. I could call RC, but thought I'd ask here first...

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    12 minutes ago, Boston Babe said:

    Great minds!! LOL, I can't find a pic of me and hubby to fit! 

    Me neither!  It kept saying - too big!  Here is a pic from 2 years ago.  We had it taken on the deck of our cruise (RC of course).  The photographer was REALLY pushing black and white inside the studio.  I love how they turned out and told the photographer that if he offered sunset pics like this, I'd bet more people would book more sessions!!!

     

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  22. I could call RC, but thought I'd ask here first...

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    56 minutes ago, Lovetocruise2002 said:

    Side note: from past experience, those alerts from ShipMate are never accurate.  At least not for me.  Best bet is to check the RC site directly.

    And...Just reading this thread now and @Lindsay and @Boston Babe your profile pics are almost identical when glancing quickly!  

    Thank you!  I will make sure to check directly too!  I just checked out her profile pic...you're right!  LOL!

  23. I could call RC, but thought I'd ask here first...

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    47 minutes ago, tiny260 said:

    This was going to be my only consideration is that they new dates might be more expensive.

    I'm on the Freedom basically those same dates, which I had moved to those dates late last year, it so happened my cruise went down, so I got lucky...

    Well, the good thing is that because my Mom's plans are the reason we are changing the date...she paid for the change fee AND the difference in the price of the cruise.  I offered to pay my 1/2 but she wouldn't hear of it.  Can't wait to spend this week with my amazing Mom.   

  25. I could call RC, but thought I'd ask here first...

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    10 minutes ago, coneyraven said:

    Keep watching the rates ...... if they drop, they'll still refund the difference to the credit card used to make the purchase..... it's a little more time-consuming but there's still a way to make it work.

    Your mother should've listened to you.

    Thank you!  I sure will watch and call if I see a drop.  I have alerts for this on my ShipMate app too.  :) 

    Yes, she should've!  LOL

     

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