markm

Good excuse to book a new cruise !

Thank you

So all the Captain has to do is press this:

When you show me proof that a cruse ship going slower if France is going to have any effect on the Environment I'll agree with you.

Set a lower Cruise Ship speed limit to reduce greenhouse emissions, are you kidding me? The world gets more ridiculous every day.?

Received and email from Royal Caribbean that our arrival time in La Havre (Paris) would be delayed by 2 hours due to speed restrictions. Ive read that France has proposed to the International Maritime Organization a plan to set a lower Cruise Ship speed limit to reduce greenhouse emissions . Does anyone know if the IMO has adopted it, or is it just the French
 
   
https://www.thetimes.co.uk › article › cruise-liners-may-face-speed-limit-to-c...

Lanyard, yes it may look a little goofy but just remember you in the company a few thousand others with lanyards and wrinkled clothes

Lanyard, yes it may look a little goofy but just remember you in the company a few thousand others with lanyards and wrinkled clothes

Lanyard, yes it may look a little goofy but just remember you in the company a few thousand others with lanyards and wrinkled clothes

Lanyard, yes it may look a little goofy but just remember you in the company a few thousand others with lanyards and wrinkled clothes

I have never been through that before..and I am in cattle class, never Sky or Suite...I am sure it was just a one off day...sorry it happened like that. Never been like that on my 12 cruises so far!

Alot of people really enjoy specialty dinning.The MDR usually has good food . I have never gone hungry on a cruise and choose to spend the money elsewhere.
 

I don’t doubt that they believe this to be true but if IS true then Royal needs a new ratings strategy. Many people (myself included) rarely give a “perfect” score to anyone...b/c where do you go [up] from there ?  That’s one reason I really dislike these kinds of surveys. If everyone is perfect (and NObody is) then there’s no need to ask and the surveys are a waste of time and resources.

Air2Sea gave us ours at the time of booking, although on British Airways its a PCB. I would call them back to make sure . Beware that some airlines have different procedures for advance seating. ie had to pay $52.00 per seat each way on British Airways, it would have been free if I waited until 24 hours prior to flight 

Looks like a lot of people get away with bringing scissors aboard. Received my Guest Ticket Boolket a few days ago and it says, "Prohibited items: Sharp Objects, including knives and scissors. (Note: Personal grooming items such as safety razors are allowed.)."

Be careful about choosing a pre-paid credit card (Revolt appears good ) I bought a pre-paid visa/master card, loaded it with a couple thousand only to find out once overseas it was only good in the US.

Excellent information about the the ships policy retrieving passports. If someone still thinks they would be more comfortable taking their passports ashore, suggest a Pacsafe Coversafe X75 neck pouch worn under your shirt. They are RFID and have a wire cable in the neck strap. I use one just to carry ID, credit card and cash when traveling abroad. Overseas a passport card only serves as a government ID and not a passport

Once you have entered the EU you are not required to carry a passport with you.  Many well known travel sources recommend not carrying your passport.  Pickpockets are common and a damaged passport such as water damage renders a passport useless.  
Ships have process in place when a guest misses the ship.  Before leaving a guest behind they will go into the safe looking for passports and secure them with the local port agent who will give them to a guest who has missed the ship.  This is standard protocol.
I often use a passport card as my form of ID when leaving a ship.  It's small, lightweight and waterproof.   Plus if I lose it or get pickpocketed my passport book is in the safe.  
I know you have talked about your St Kitts experience before but they were just wrong that day or there was more to the story like it was required for St Kitts residents only.  Many, many guests on closed loop cruises don't use a passport and use DL/BC.  How have those people left St Kitts day after day, week after week?  I have been there a dozen times and never had to produce a passport to leave or return to the ship.  No one on my dive boat took passports on the dive boat.  We all made it back onto the ship without any issue.  A wet passport is useless because water smearing is a common counterfeiting tactic.  A passport book on a dive boat would be a disaster waiting to happen.  If your passport ever gets damp or wet just start heading to a consulate right then and there because your passport is now useless.
Once you are in the EU you don't meet any immigration or customs agents as you move between countries.  Driving from Germany into France is no different than driving from Maryland into Virginia.  Reboarding a ship will not involve immigration or customs within the EU.  It's quite pleasant actually and on a B2B you usually don't have to leave the ship because there is no immigration or customs for cruises that stay within the EU.

Some balcony rooms have perks with them already, e.g., neighborhood balconies on the Harmony, for example.  That may affect your decision-making.

If you want to use your phone and take video consider a DJI Osmo Moblie 3 handheld gimbal. Its around $119 and works great with an iPhone and can be used with other phones. Zoom, stabilization, tilt, pan, slow motion, time-lapse and active tracking  

Suppose it happens, but we have never had a problem with anyone

Try not to overthink, yes Central Park can get a little warm during the day but its only a small part of the ship. During formal night spent some time the having pictures taken in a suit and was not uncomfortable

We are sailing in October. In May we booked 5 shore excursions through Royal. As soon as we hit the 90 day mark, I noticed that the total price for all 5 excursions had gone up over $300.00

We are sailing in October. In May we booked 5 shore excursions through Royal. As soon as we hit the 90 day mark, I noticed that the total price for all 5 excursions had gone up over $300.00