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We're booked for Zipline at 10am and Coaster at 1pm. How long does the Zipline take? Will we have time for lunch? Does our reservation time for the Coaster matter, or can we go anytime?

First time at Labadee, and we have a cabana at Barefoot Beach (fabulous, only $399, I was shocked). Anyway ... are there lockers available close by?

We're visiting Jamaica with our family and would like to do a private tour. There will be 12 of us, 6 adults and 6 kids ages 6 to 17. We're open to either a land-based tour or one on the water. We don't want to spend a fortune, maybe $2-3K? Would love to have recommendations.

Starlink on Radiance?

I agree! $32 off an $80 bottle (for example). The only way it's not a benefit is if you're doing a dining package for more than one night, it carries the same discount.

Yes indeed! Just hit Diamond and no longer care about points in the least!

Thanks everyone for the assistance!

On the Wonder, the other side of the boardwalk is all booked up, and the last eight rooms on this side are available. Is there a major obstruction blocking the Aqua Theatre and wake view? Anyone got pics? Thank you!

Thanks! Great examples. I've looked at cruise receipts and indeed received a discount on two. The others had larger special discounts.

We've recently made Diamond and have 4 additional cruises on the books. I've never received a C&A discount, and I've always asked if there's any additional discount for my C&A level. For those of you who have received the discount, is it itemized on your Cruise Vacation Receipt? What were the circumstances of your reservation to get the discount? They all seem to be 30% off or 2nd passenger 60% off (or have been for the last 4 years). If that cancels out the C&A discount what good is it??

Thanks all! I see that "Opening Schedule" and "Deployment Schedule" are the key phrases for advance notice of these. I'll watch for Fall 2024 to come up.

Very good! Let me rephrase... "How soon do you expect RCCL to start taking reservations for Nov/Dec 2024 Cruises?".

Just an estimate, when would they typically open up November and December 2024 Cruises?

That worked! Tedious and time consuming but it worked!

Yeah, I see that now! Working on it!

We've always done traditional early, but 5:15 is just too early so just today I called and switched all of our future bookings to MyTime. (FYI, the wait is under 5 minutes this evening!!! Shortest wait I've had in ages!) Anyway... the person I spoke to said we can't choose a time now, but have to visit the restaurant as soon as we get on the ship and make reservations then. This didn't seem right, based on what others are saying in this thread, that you can make specific reservations online. So, I visited the Cruise Planner and sure enough I was able to select a time! It appears that you only select a time for the first night, and all other nights will be the same, is that correct?

Yep, I can see what you've all pointed out. Although you can get MOST of the ports from San Juan, even visit Barbados, you can't hit ALL of the same ports. The cruises from San Juan are only about $300-500 less for two (balcony) and you still have to fly to San Juan, although for us in the Tampa area it's about $500 less for two round trip to SJ than to Barbados. Hotels are in the same range of prices both places. So maybe just $800 to $1000 more for the Barbados cruise, which isn't a deal killer.

Why? The cruises cost more You have to fly to Barbados and that's expensive Cruises from Miami and San Juan cost less You can go to almost all of the same ports as you can from Barbados (although not the exact same itinerary) ?

I hear you, but I've had just as many frustrations with a TA. The TA is on vacation (a cruise) or busy or ??? and RCCL will barely even talk to you if you're booked through a TA. I prefer to book direct. I seriously doubt a TA would have done any better.

HA! Now original cruise is back. WTH? Why do they do this and jerk people around? Oh well, I like our new sailing date better.

Update - problem solved (mostly) I called again and got someone in resolutions, she had seen this happen before on a different sailing. For whatever reasons, some high level department in RCCL has closed this sailing - or more accurately, changed its status to appear in the system as if it was never opened for booking in the first place. She couldn't open the record, and said that not even the financial department is able to open these. She said that the cruise may eventually open up and actually sail, or it may be cancelled, or the trip itinerary might change. However, she did find a resolution for me. Our goal in all this is to ensure we can take a cruise on this ship, this itinerary, in a Jr Suite, in April 2023. Today, we booked an earlier sailing; same ship, same ports, same level of cabin, paid another $500 deposit. She made notes in our record regarding all of this. If the cruise is eventually cancelled we'll get either a refund or 125% FCC on the deposit. If the ship actually sails I'm a little fuzzy on my understanding but I think they refund $300 and keep $200 as a change fee -- If so I'll try to get a better deal. Note that the alternate sailing dates 4/1 and 4/15 are filling up, and I think it's because others are doing exactly what we're doing. There were fewer Jr Suites this morning than last night.

Thanks everyone! Unfortunately it seems like Twangster may be right We want to take a cruise in that same timeframe so if they don't send us anything soon I'll need to call and bug them. You'd think they would want us to go on another cruise, right? [Edit: also we had a great rate on a mini-suite and this is the cruise that puts us over for Diamond ]

We just discovered a future sailing has been cancelled, it appears because the ship is going to drydock earlier than planned. I called RCCL and they said to wait for an email with instructions on what to do and what options we'll have. Does RCCL usually offer the same level of cabin at the same price on an alternate sail date? Is there anything else we should expect?

We were on in November. She was outstanding! Really fun and liked wine, you could tell she enjoyed the job. Anyone remember her name?

We're on Allure now. Previously on other ships (Harmony 3 months ago) one of the benefits of paying for a wine tasting was that they would sell you bottles of the wine you had just tasted at a 20% discount. This is no longer the case, at least on Allure. The wine steward just informed me this has been discontinued.