cmdrfrag

I have officially announced and decided that this will be my last ever contract as a crew member for Royal Caribbean.
After a long career with this company, it is now time to move on to the next phase of my life.
I am excited and nervous for what is to come, but just wanted to thank Matt and this community for allowing me to share my life on this platform.
 
 

All these bots trying to out bot each other
........so I asked chatGPT 🤣
How much does it costs to play the video arcade games on the Explorer Of The Seas and is there a time limit on these games?
 
 

Hello to all,
I first just want to say overall my family with two kids (2,3) and my parents had a wonderful time on icon of the seas about a month ago.
We each enjoyed time together and separate throughout the ship. 
Bring medicine for fevers because your kids may get one. 
I have some tips for people that are looking to go or will be going on the ship. 
I first want to give a shout out to Fort Lauderdale shuttle and limbo. Service was great and honestly with two small kids not having to worry about a car seat was so nice. We rented a sprinter van and was the best move to make. 

Breakfast was good overall (windjammer was better than main dining room) but best move to make we found out later in the cruise was to do room service for breakfast. My kids eating pancakes in underwear on the balcony was bliss. 

With smaller kids walk around the ship in the morning after breakfast before by 11 am it becomes very busy
Surfside is where we spent a lot of time and it was fun to watch the kids play in the water and slides. Kids also loved the dry slides.  Bring a go pro or waterproof camera to catch some action shots on the slide. (Not sure why they serve glass cups at the bar right next to the kids play area) glass cups put down everywhere so watch out. I asked for a beer can and that was easier on my mind. 
 
The kids loved the aqua show the best out of all the shows. I would highly recommend it. 
 
At night,
pictures take a long time to do so plan ahead and get down early so you can get a family photo. Personally I think they take too many photos and makes the line longer then has to be. 
just do the main dining room because it was great and nice to sit down. They serve milk and water in normal glass cups so bring a cup that is anti spill.
(Tip: run and grab a couple slices of pizza for the kids to buy some time at dinner) 
As for entertainment at night my kids loved dancing around boleros with the live music If not at a show. A lot of other live music starts around 930 pm or so. We didn’t get to see any of it but my parents had a great time. 
my final thing I would like to say is that if you are older and not fond of kids then this is not the ship for you. There are kids everywhere and honestly the ship was advertised as a family ship. We had an interaction with our neighbor who thought our kids were waking her up each morning unfortunately she didn’t realize she was surrounded by kids and was not ours specifically. I told her to leave me alone. I called customer service and they offered her options to move with her husband. I hope she enjoyed the rest of her cruise. 
 
our room attendant was amazing and please tip them. They work so hard and made our first cruise experience so wonderful. 

Agreed, this was my problem. 
And this may seem like a real 1st world problem but I am old, I'm fat and I have a bad back. Give me back support on my chairs lol

Agreed, this was my problem. 
And this may seem like a real 1st world problem but I am old, I'm fat and I have a bad back. Give me back support on my chairs lol

Agreed, this was my problem. 
And this may seem like a real 1st world problem but I am old, I'm fat and I have a bad back. Give me back support on my chairs lol

Great read… That was 3 minutes wiped off my life that I can’t get back! I have to admit, it was a compelling story and I couldn’t stop myself from finishing it. Ting managed to touch on everything from the diamond lounge to Richard Bailey. Great coverage. 

As was posted above, someone was seriously hurt; it could be that the chair fell into the flat position while someone was sitting in it. Fine, secure the chairs so that they don't do that again but put them upright. For me, the position is the issue, not that they're zip-tied. 

I know it is not the grandest of them all but my points posted this morning from last week's solo cruise and I am now officially Diamond Plus.
After switching to Royal from Disney (32 sailings) in 2019 I did not think I would achieve this milestone.  
I see that dining is buy one get one for specialty dinners, does this apply to lunch as well or is it ship by ship?
Thanks gang and Happy Sailing!
 

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My career over the last 5 years has been very eventful. Thank you for following my journey!

I think one of the big problems here is that while this measure has likely been taken for a presumably good reason, it also clearly impacts people's enjoyment of their balconies. Why oh why can't the cruise line inform guests, look we've done this because... especially when it's something that to many must appear random. I would not be surprised if lots of guests cut those ties off whereas they might think twice if they knew why they were there.

Assuming you are a US citizen the rules regarding DL and BC work. If you are not a US citizen then the rules about 6 month validity will apply so you will need to get them renewed before you can sail (and apply for new ESTAs as these are attached to the passport number and so will lapse when the passport is renewed)

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I have never had my sharps container nor my wife's extension cord and distilled water show up at the cabin by filling out the form.  My TA even requests them through her channels and they never show up.
When we arrive and the steward comes around to introduce themselves we ask for the above items and they appear before bed time.
Never an issue getting them once we ask the cabin steward.

Room steward should be able to get you one, can also fill this out https://www.royalcaribbean.com/resources/guest-special-needs (section for sharps container and medical refrigerator if anything needs refrigeration)

We asked the cabin steward on arrival and one was provided later that evening, this was on Celebrity but I would imagine Royal will also provide them on request.

This illustrates a solid reason to obtain a passport.

Managed to get it for £46pppn for our transatlantic next autumn, happy days.

Just saw this thread this morning, rushed over and picked up the Deluxe Drinks Package for our Cruise in the Summer, £59 per person per night, Not too shabby

You are assuming this conflict is going to end a) any time soon and b) leaving the area in any condition where it would be safe for a person of 80 years plus to visit?
As people above have stated, either go take the new itinerary or though your Travel Insurance and get your money back
If the original itinerary ever does get offered again there would be no offered discount and seeking one because your trip has been inconvenienced by a war is low, decent people do not seek to profit off the suffering of other people

Aww I'm, ready for this lol

Aww I'm, ready for this lol

Aww I'm, ready for this lol

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