Vancity Cruiser

On ‎2020‎/‎03‎/‎15 at 10:29 AM, Michael B. said:

To all that have been screwed out of the 125% credit by Royal Caribbean because they are resuming cruises on April 11th (when, clearly, they said they were suspending operations for 30 days on March 13th), here is the proof:

 

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Don't worry, they will NOT be resuming cruises on April 11th.

................thus killing the Alaskan cruise season.

The government of Canada saw this thread and said 'hold my beer'. They have banned all cruise ships until July. This means no Alaskan cruises as even round trip out of Seattle would require a foreign port of call per maritime law.

I love the heading of this thread

I Can't wait till all these threads are buried deep in the boards and we are all discussing which excursions are the best, wether paying for the upgrade cabin is worth it, and should dress code being enforced. I miss those days

Assuming all lines will follow suit

1 hour ago, monctonguy said:

All fun and games till your on a cheap half empty cruise and get quarantined for a cpl weeks in ur cabin, and watch people die around you....then you will really appreciate that cheap fare...

The mortality rate of people who die from the Corona virus is less than 1%. And that is if you have pre-existing conditions such as cardiovascular disease, chronic respiratory disease, or diabetes. It is less than .5% if no pre-existing condition.

Painting a picture of an apocalyptic scene of people dying all over the ship is a little far fetched.

Even for those that are unfortunate enough to catch it, symptons are coughing, sneezing, and fever. Sounds kinda like the flu millions of people get every year.

The deaths are from folks over the age of 80. These same folks would succumb to the "common" flu as well. Unfortunate but nothing to panic over.

6 hours ago, monctonguy said:

This will cripple the cruise industry at least temporarily if this becomes the norm....one crew member not feeling well equals being blocked from docking...there will be a lot of cruises to nowhere half empty.

Cheap fares? sign me up! I'm not one to buy into the media fear mongering

On ‎2020‎/‎02‎/‎18 at 8:54 AM, twangster said:

More cruises.

My fondest cruise memories don't generally involve my cabin.  

This ^^^^^ And I can"t stress this enough.....this^^^^^^^^^

Of course, there isn't necessarily a right answer to this question, it is just a matter of preference. Some people are on the ship purely for relaxation and so the balcony makes sense. Myself, I cruise for the experiences. I've often said I don't even need a cabin just get me on the ship. I'll sleep on a deck chair and shower in the gym. (My wife disagrees with this philosophy).

Symphony is doing one sailing hitting both in January 2021 and one sailing hitting both in February 2021. I am booked on the February one!

There is also milk and chocolate milk available in the windjammer for breakfast.

On ‎2020‎/‎01‎/‎24 at 8:33 AM, GlowTheWeird said:

Can’t wait til these are available to book....  Gives the west coaster that royal ‘fix’ til we can get across the nation for a longer cruise. 

Totally agree! So jealous of those folks who are able to take an uber down to the port for a weekend getaway cruise  

On ‎2020‎/‎01‎/‎06 at 8:40 AM, DublinFC said:

Not having been to either one just yet I have to agree that I think having 2 Perfect Days might be a bit much.  Let people choose which private island experience they want.  Perfect Day has options for just chilling out or trill experience so there is argument that you can have your pick still.  See-see what happens. 

I personally love the private island experience. I booked a Symphony itinerary specifically because it stops at both Perfect Day and Labadee! 

My wife and I love to book on deck 8 on Oasis class, just because we love walking through Central park every chance we get.

My wife and I honeymooned on Oasis back in 2017 and it was awesome!!!! Central park is amazing. We book now book cabins toward the rear on deck 8 when we cruise Oasis class just to make it easier to stroll through central park every night on the way to dinner. It sounds like you have great excursions booked so I my only advice would be to book your onboard shows as early as possible. Try to see them all including the aqua and ice shows as Oasis class entertainment is second to none. Enjoy and CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!

No luck for my upcoming Symphony sailing

Michael Winkleman has entered the chat............

I never use the souvenir cup. Soda is available at all bars and at the refreshment station in the Windjammer. 

From what I understand Chick-fil-a has chartered both and neither is completely full. Also as it is a corporate trip perhaps not everyone will be out on the island. Have seen some pretty cool pics of the ships docked side by side.

Hopefully Royal doesn't view this as a test to potentially dock 2 Oasis class on same day in the future.

When we were there last week we had a cabana on Chill Island. The cabana included towels, floating mats, Bluetooth speaker, cooler with ice and waters, snorkeling gear, bar and food service from our cabana attendant. He gave us wristbands and said they were good for everything on the island except ziplining and helium balloon. Shocked, I asked if it included the water park. He assured us it did. We were shocked as it was not advertised that a chill island cabana included access to the waterpark. We asked him to double check so he asked another cabana attendant who said yes it was included. With this information my wife and I decided we may as well give the slides a go. We wandered over to the waterpark only to be turned away and told it was not included. Wasn't too bothered by it because we weren't planning on going on the slides anyway but found it amusing that a lot of the employees seemed misinformed and unaware of what was what.

Just noticed that Navigator is now showing as being in Cococay on the same day as Allure on the 25th. This is new as up till a few weeks ago Allure was the only ship scheduled for that day

You can't go wrong with your decision but I would have to agree with others on here and give the slight edge to Symphony because of the shows. Cats is AWFUL!!!!!!

1 hour ago, Flacruiser99 said:

I Like to go to Sunset beach http://sunsetsxm.com/ and watch the planes land.

Is this different than Maho beach or is it part of it? I'm not actually interested in this, I'm looking for a relaxing beach, not one with planes roaring overhead.

1 hour ago, Ray said:

This is a clothing optional beach 

Coney is trying to set me up lol

We have an excursion booked for the morning when in St. Maarten next week but would like to find a nice beach to relax at in the afternoon. Any suggestions?