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Rooms offered through Royal Up are not necessarily available. In the off chance someone cancels that room category they would have bidders lined up to sell to last minute.

I always order by the names I want.

Went on my Jan 20th cruise telling my wife I had a surprise for her in the room. Nice surprise. A letter stating that her tote was out of stock (even though is showed in stock on the website) and we would get an onboard credit or our credit card refunded, neither has happened!

Oh yeah, every cruise we get a balcony on its mandatory lol, as long as no one is in the rooms next to us at the time.

Thanks for the heads up. I was finally able to buy my wife the sea turtle beach tote. I forgot to look for it until I saw this post. It has been out of stock for awhile.

From what I read so far you should stay out of the casino. You do not get a "free" cruise, you pay for it in the casino. Plus you have kids so when you want to take your "free" cruise you most likely will be able to because they are offered during off peak seasons.

Empress

Sovereign

Independence 

Mariner

Monarch

Enchantment

All from Port Canaveral so far.

Do any of you take your passport with you when you leave the ship?

On 7/8/2022 at 1:04 PM, KJones said:

Our one regret was not getting massages (additional cost). We will definitely go back to during future Costa Maya stops.

Did you find out how much the massages were?

Looking at the website it looks like you have to make a reservation as they only want 28 guests at a time.

I always thought nacho cheese was fake no matter where it cam from !! 

I did that online and in the app still nothing as of today.

20 hours ago, Brett_FL said:

Definitely not the kind of BF and CM sales they once had. I think the big savings maybe in the cruise planner right now more so then the cruise fares.   

I just booked a cruise Friday 11/25/22 and it is still not showing when I log in so I am wondering what sales in the planner I am missing out on!

On 7/14/2021 at 8:54 AM, PG Cruiser said:

EDIT:  If ever I got off the ship, it was only to get some Conch Fritters by the port.

Sorry to bring up an old thread. Do you have any recommendations on where to get some conch fritters in Nassau. I haven't been off the ship in Nassau since before COVID.

On 8/12/2022 at 4:20 PM, Momof4crazytocruise said:

Our general guide that we use is

Cabin attendant - $50-100 (more if the kids are with us)

MDR - $20-40/each server

Bartenders - $1/drink, or if we're going to be there a while, $5 with first drink. 

Room Service - $5

We also leave $3-5-ish on the table in the Windjammer if we eat there.

We also tip excursion guides and wait staff at all inclusive resorts. We pack a bunch of different denominations. 

This is all great advice.

I typically grab a water and a margarita at the same time. Need to stay hydrated if your going to maximize that drink package! 

15 minutes ago, Eddie Ireland said:

And let's just say you wanted to kick start your day and have a drink with breakfast... is that cool? Asking for a friend .....

Yes this is required to take advantage of the high price you paid for the drink package. You can have a sit down breakfast in the main dining room and order fresh squeezed OJ, mimosa, screwdriver, bloody mary etc

On 7/19/2022 at 7:07 PM, KyleW2 said:

Hey all! Sailing on Independence in September and just curious what everyone else is seeing as far as the pricing for the Deluxe Beverage Package? Right now, ours is varying between $77.99 and $84.99 depending on the "sale". Thanks in advance!

I'm on the same cruise and same month and I am seeing the same prices. 

13 minutes ago, bobroo said:

Grillz Tiki Bar opens at 7am, 7 days a week. The view of the water is nice, but not spectacular. The better view though is across the parking lot to see how long the line of embarking passangers is. 
 

Once you see that line become non-existant about 12:30-1:00, order a final round. Pay your tab and enjoy the easiest embarkation ever!

Solid advice right there!! Stop there for breakfast before every cruise.

38 minutes ago, Toby said:

Either have we.  On on our last cruise, the bartenders at Schooner didn't need to see our Sea Pass card after the 2nd day.  Not sure that is a good thing! 

Think nothing of it. They are extensively trained to have great memories as a part of their employment. 

I hope this is the new bottom for RCL stock, I just loaded up on a bunch more shares @ $36

On 6/13/2022 at 1:22 PM, Michelle westley said:

Booked Explorers of the seas for our 25th wedding anniversary as it was advertised as having 110 million Refit this has not been done and they are refusing  to give a refund but to me this was sold under false advertising as we would never have booked a 20 year old ship without it having had the work done so as Two disabled people have now lost the money we had saved for our 25th wedding anniversary and my husbands 65th birthday so thanks for that RC as this would have been out last cruise due to my husband having working age dementia that will only get worse so by the time we save up again to Replace the money we have lost he will be to ill to go as this would take 3 years to save I really do hope you can sleep at night 

9 minutes ago, LovetoCruise87 said:

...then eat!!!

and then Drink!!!

Yes I have had many excursions cancelled at CocoCay just for wind issues. If it rains all day, read a book or go to the bar, play BINGO. On your sea day the Capt will do his best to get you to nicer weather.

Yes I was looking at this as well. Started freaking out I couldn't schedule 2 weeks out. My sail date is May 16th so I hope to get something the Sat or Sun before.