FionaMG

Yes, imagine having to sort out all of this mess without a TA batting for you. How many hours would you have to waste getting the run-around from Royal?! 😬

Yes, imagine having to sort out all of this mess without a TA batting for you. How many hours would you have to waste getting the run-around from Royal?! 😬

But that has happened to others. Most of them stem from the last round of Black Friday CP purchases/refunds.
Too many! Even with the help of my TA, my head is spinning.

Yes, as long as you don't need to be right beside the pool you'll be fine. 😊

My birthday twin to the day and year!

The pricing the suites on Anthem is WOW (and not in good way). Seems to be about double what we have been paying on Quantum.
The GLS we had on Quantum cost around $13,000 NZD in total, now that is the cost PP.
 

They're starting to load the Oz sailings now. There are two on Voyager and two on Anthem currently showing.

They need to invent pool chairs that have a toaster feature. After a certain amount of time the chairs pop and push you out.

Happy Birthday @AshleyDillo!  Wishing you many more to celebrate while cruising!  😊 
Yesterday was my son’s 44th!  Ughhh, no idea how that happened…those years just flew by!  It turned into a great day as living in RI brought us about a 92% Eclipse, so all my grandkids were over and all my kids and it was just an awesome day celebrating 🥳.   The grands absolutely loved seeing the Eclipse!

Happy birthday @AshleyDillo! 🥳

Thanks so much!  Helpful and practical!

British porters don't expect to be tipped at all but if you are tipping them it's best to do so in pounds. Nowhere in the UK is going to happily accept USD the way they do in the Caribbean islands so in order to use the money the porters would have to take it to the bank to exchange it, which is a fair bit of hassle for not a lot of return, especially once the bank takes its cut.

DH turns 60 this year and we would have been onboard for it but I just wasn’t happy booking hotels, visas, flights and vaccinations only to find out really close to sailing that it was cancelled. 
so we decided to change and do Vancouver to Sydney instead and then realised flights to Seattle were cheaper and got a cruise up to Alaska to make it a B2B2B for just a bit more than the difference in flight costs from Scotland!
 

British porters don't expect to be tipped at all but if you are tipping them it's best to do so in pounds. Nowhere in the UK is going to happily accept USD the way they do in the Caribbean islands so in order to use the money the porters would have to take it to the bank to exchange it, which is a fair bit of hassle for not a lot of return, especially once the bank takes its cut.

Sorry! This is a few days late...Happy Sailing!
April 2024
4 - AshleyDillo (Independence) 
5 - Snotarni (Freedom)
13 - RWDW1204 (Odyssey)
15 - MLH (Liberty)
18 - AshleyDillo (Independence)
18 - Snotarni (Mariner)
19 - Hoppy2BHere (Allure)
20 - tingtang (Icon)
20 - Fastfaller (Symphony)
21 - Crusin and Boozin (Oasis)
22 - AshleyDillo (Independence)
27 - calvin669 (Icon)
28 - melmar02 (Harmony)
28 - VinceC (Symphony)

South Pacific again... I knew I shouldn't have gotten my hopes up for new itineraries. 

The email goes out as soon as it's accepted although some people have reported receiving notice of the charge on their credit card even before the email arrives. When acceptance happens is another story. It could be anything from the day you submit the bid to the day you board the ship.
The new cabin number doesn't come in the email but you can log into your booking online or on the app and it will be right there grinning at you. 😁

The email goes out as soon as it's accepted although some people have reported receiving notice of the charge on their credit card even before the email arrives. When acceptance happens is another story. It could be anything from the day you submit the bid to the day you board the ship.
The new cabin number doesn't come in the email but you can log into your booking online or on the app and it will be right there grinning at you. 😁

Mine came today at 10 days out from boarding day.


@Lovetocruise2002  I used your lucky "8's" trick Sabrina 🙂
 

Test loads are up ahead of next week's release.

My soulmate and I were on the Antarctic leg of this cruise in January. It was definitely a Royal Caribbean style cruise, but with quite a few differences that made for an even better experience. First your questions:
1). Laundry:  Only World Cruisers have access and it was a special (very small) area that was created just for them. It did not cause any confrontations 😉, but the scheduling of time in there was an ongoing “process” each week. I do not know the details, but the World Cruisers (and Royal Caribbean) needed to be totally organized to make the scheduling work. 
2). Crew Contracts: They seemed to be just like regular cruises. Crew rotates in and out on normal schedules. Our favourite bartender was going to rotate out and then get back on to Serenade for the last few legs of the World Cruise.  One of the senior Food & Beverage Mgrs rotated out just after our leg and should be back on the ship soon. Staggered rotations for everyone (as usual). 
3). Provisioning & Port Issues: This is a great question. I did not sense any issues at all, but I did sense a big advantage … variety. The food varied noticeably as we moved from one region to the next.  I had the best Filet Mignon at sea while docked (for two days) in Buenos Aires AND I was in the MDR.  The entertainment was much more varied and plentiful.  More variety of enrichment lecturers and topics.  More variety of climates (93+ deg down to 30ish)
We seriously looked at another leg, but could not make the timing work. We could never be away for the entire cruise, but would look at other interesting legs if they ever do again. 

Curt from Canada

Test loads are up ahead of next week's release.

Yes. And printers. But you do need to have purchased Internet access.

And especially so when the person responding is travelling herself.

I was about to ask what's this... totally forgetting that it was April 1st and thought it was a legit thing then saw the 😎 float in the water...