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Was just looking/thinking about booking for my son and his friend who are 18.....but don't see them in cruise planner? All sold out or something they don't do anymore?

People keep saying that..... 12 Months ago I sailed star class on Symphony, just my daughter and me (Wife and son were in Italy) I just booked for July this year, star class again but for 6....and I'm paying the same price. I will say the over water cabana at cococay has gotten rather pricey.......

No, I'm lazy and always pack the family into a car service and it's just easier to fire up Jimmy Buffet on sirius on the phone and play it through a blutooth speaker than figure out syncing with the car audio ;). Plus then the drive up front can listen to whatever they want to and not have to put up with our crappy music Although...my mustang doesn't have a radio.....couldn't hear it if it did anyway.

We haven't been cruising as much lately....in fact when we go out in July this year it will be 12 months since our last cruise.....that just seems much too long. I've been seeing videos about bluetooth speakers......we alaways take one with us....we listen to in the car on the way to the port and then we use it in the room. I believe Carnaval has outright banned them because of inconsiderate use but I am not sure where Royal currently sits on the issue.

Booked a tour for 9 nights using REI. Thanks for the info. We are staying in three different hotels/locations around the southern area over that time. Golden Circle, south shore, ice caves, sky and blue lagoon......should be fun....I grew as a shorts in snow with a fleece sheatshirt on top....cold doesn't bother us ;). We are staying at one hotel out in the middle of nowhere so if the northern light tours area bust because of weather we will have additional attempts....I think we'll get lucky.....I always seem to when I do things.

I'm used to booking my own travel....ugh...this is something I think I can't do. Want to book basically a private/semi private First Class Luxury vacation into Iceland (no hostels for my crew) Want to hit major things like Northern Lights Viewing (#1 priority) Glaciars Icecaves Hot Springs 'Holiday things' since it is peak season I hear for that I don't want to personally drive for hours a day, I'm also not completely sold on riding in a bus for hours a day....I like to go somewhere, stay in a suite for a couple days....then daily go out and do something fun, have a nice meal in the evening and then do it all over again the next day. Who's got a travel agent they have worked with on something similar?

It certainly can be frustrating. I think its ship size. I gambled the same way I always gamble...and on Granduer I made Prime first or second night, first sailing of the year. Same thing on Serenade.

It's like the invisible fence on deparkation as soon as you get to the start of customs. Except.....true/funny story...i reached into my pocked handed the genie his tip and we left out customs. Reached back into pocket to tip porter 5 minutes later and realized instead of the wad of singles/tens for porters I had a wad of hundreds for the Genie....I sent him a What'sapp note "Gave you the wrong tip, how do we resolve since I can't get on and you can't come out".....30 seconds later he was standing next to me.

At the end of the day I never got a chance to see how to take money out of slots. I hit 4 of a kind at Ultimate Texas hold'em with max bet on the table first night and then pull a 3k hand pay out of Huff and Puff with only $300 in night two. So I had plenty of money for the rest of the cruise ;). Came home with a few thousand more than I took, drank bottles of wine nightly, bought a bunch of Jewelry for the girls, gave out tips.....yadda yadda yadda. Little disappointment that I am 17 points out from prime after sitting at the tables for about 10 hours total over the course of 7 nights and never betting below $50 Trips, $50 ante and $50 blind at hold 'em.

Ahh hell.......

They certainly don't seem to promote it heavily. We were going to just hang out in the big pool since we've already done basically all of CocoCay on previous cruises...but now the daughter is thinking she may have to take the opportunity to do the slides again.....and trying to talk me into it (which is a hard no)....but will make for a more interesting time on our sailing.

So for some reason I was looking over Royal C's website this morning..... Specifically this page: https://www.royalcaribbean.com/cruise-rooms/ultimate-family-suite Which states as part of ammenities FREE ADMISSION TO THRILL WATERPARK I had not heard of this before....can anyone confirm/deny?

Yup, that's my question. I've been on just about every other class of ship with Royal, breakfast in Windjammer, Chops, Coastal, in even the MDR once or twice....no Rye bread ever. Any chance Oasis class ships have rye bread so I can get me some rye toast in the mornings

Color printer is non-functional. So I printed my tags out on the laser....which means they are black and white. Think this is an issue? What if you're in star class?

Interesting, I don't usually play slots.....I can sense all kinds of alarms going off sitting down and typing in I want 3k in my slot though. I will keep this is mind as back up plan.

Maybe if i ask the Genie to ask the host.........it sucks that deep down I already know the answer I'm going to get.

So I've been Prime in Royal C's Casino for several years. I didn't cruise last year so now I'm back down to choice because my last time out was August 22. I've grown accustomed to simply taking cash out via my room account (AT NO FEE) because I was prime. This means carrying a lot less cash for me (and the BS of going to the bank to get it). But now I'm back to choice. Has anyone talked to casino host/concierge/club royale email/operator and discussed having fee waived prior to cruise start? I know by the third/fourth day they usually start waiving it based on your gambling........but I"m not sure I want to bring enough cash to get there. PNC literally closed my local branch so now I have to drive 25 minutes one way if i need more money than an ATM will give me (yes I live in the country)

So I've been Prime in Royal C's Casino for several years. I didn't cruise last year so now I'm back down to choice because my last time out was August 22. I've grown accustomed to simply taking cash out via my room account (AT NO FEE) because I was prime. This means carrying a lot less cash for me (and the BS of going to the bank to get it). But now I'm back to choice. Has anyone talked to casino host/concierge/club royale email/operator and discussed having fee waived prior to cruise start? I know by the third/fourth day they usually start waiving it based on your gambling........but I"m not sure I want to bring enough cash to get there. PNC literally closed my local branch so now I have to drive 25 minutes one way if i need more money than an ATM will give me (yes I live in the country)

Cabins come and go. I just booked "the last" cabin on Symphony for a July 5th cruise on Saturday.....cruise was listed a 'sold out' and no longer could be found for 3 days...today....a room popped up available.....so someone else now gets to claim "booking the last room". They also place automatic courtesy holds on rooms for people that just start looking and it stays 'held' for several hours on the back end.

This has been considered...but at the end of the day I need to be honest with myself...I'm a dude...that's too much like work

So I've sailed Star class before, so not first rodeo, it is however my first time where I am 'thinking' about actually asking for something. Here goes....usually we sail as a family...but Wife and son are in Italy for a few weeks in June/July. Decided last minute to take daughter on a cruise (July 5 on Symphony). Wife LOVES and I mean LOVES (says she has never been able to find anyplace that makes it as good) the Key Lime pie at Chops (it is different than the key lime pie other places offer on board). I was 'thinking' I would ask the Genie to drop me off a piece packed for travel the last night/early morning departure....it's only a 2.5 hour car drive from the port so it should stay good.......but not sure if this is too unusual....looking for input from other cruise veterans before I even ask the Genie.

Only room I have been in that come with a blue tooth speaker was the royal suite on Serenade. So, no, if you want one, bring one.

They will stock you with Redbull as well if you ask them for it.

I always ask the concierge to arrange private table with a window for dining ahead of time and then follow-up as soon as I board ;).

Also.....I always travel with this: Everyone's device gets charged....only 1 plug used https://www.amazon.com/Charging-Station-Thopeb-Included-Cables/dp/B07WGY6KBQ/ref=sr_1_6?crid=1BQ5D0A06IRP6&keywords=4+port+cell+phone+charger+station&qid=1691948801&sprefix=4+port+cell+phone+charger+station%2Caps%2C174&sr=8-6