CrznTxn

Even if you change cabins the process is quite easy. We talk to both room stewards if we are changing cabins and pack our fold-up clothes and they want us to leave our hang-up clothes on the hangers. They move everything for us and we are usually unpacking by 10am. They know we are B2B and they tidy up the new room early. When we are able to stay in the same cabin they just give us new towels as we keep the room tidy anyway.

It has been hit or miss on the log in for me. Some days it is fine and others I have to try twice. On looking at the deck plans, I have had it come up with the plans not displaying. I've found if I double click on the upper right just above the deck plan selection bar, the deck display comes up. You might give that a try.

On our sailings on Liberty of the Seas they always had a meet and greet up in the lounge in the saucer that was published in the Cruise Compass. They would bring in some small snacks and started it off by having each person introduce themselves and which branch of service and when. After that it was an open forum and discussions ensued. Was always well attended.

Of all the shows on Harmony, you must go and see Columbus, the Musical! It is a funny, well performed show that the performers love. We have been many times on Harmony and we never miss going to that show. If they are able to have the second Aqua show Hideaway Heist - Big Daddy's Hideaway, which you can only schedule on the ship, you have to go see that too. It will be on the last sea day and there will be two shows. Hope you have calm seas and no rain so they can perform it.

That has been the case on our last several cruises, especially the shore excursions. With the higher tier level the "add-ons" have decreased and we take advantage of the BOGO dinners, drinks and other perks that we spent $$$ on before. Doesn't make us cruise less, just don't spend as much as we did before.

Depends on how many Pinnacles and D+ passengers there are. If there are quite a number then they restrict the happy hour to them. I have had the pleasure of being kicked out during happy hour even though I am a high D+. Seems shorts and tee shirts are "not appropriate" evening wear. Any other time they had no problem. Oh well, my vouchers still worked at the other bar and I didn't want to talk to them anyway.

CrznTxn - August 19 thru end of the month on Mariner, or at least I am sending the SO on the ship. They are still making me work out of the office until further notice so she gets to have all the fun.

On all of our recent cruises they have retaken our photo at the port. We upload photos but it seems that their standard operating procedure now is to take a new "fresh" photo of you as you are now. I guess they believe folks will upload an old photo that makes them look 10 years younger.

This will be the second leg of the wife's B2B. She was excited to get on the previous week's sailing that she decided she would stay for another while I stay home and mind the fort. Nice when you are retired.

This will be the wife's middle section of her B2B2B. She loves these size ships and has several cruises booked on Mariner through early December while she leaves me at home.

There are two cruises that we always take every year that are the same, early in the year for birthday and mid-year for anniversary. They are usually on the same ship and although they have the same stops we meet different people and arrange our schedule so each one is different. The ships are so big that we do not have any issues trying new things that we did not get around to before. But that is just us.

My wife requested a new lanyard for her that has the snap/take apart near the end. she gets so tired of taking it off her neck and now she can un-snap it to had to the waiter or others. I also got a heavier duty plastic card holder to go with it because she kept wearing the lightweight ones out. Made her very happy and is one of the first things that go in her backpack when she is packing. It's the little things that count.

Yes, you can limit the Sea Pass charges on your children. Check with Guest Services when you get onboard. Take the cash and pay down your charges daily. I do not think they will put money against your account for a prepay but I have not tried it so it is just a guess.

If you are sailing out of Galveston you do not even leave the ship. You meet in one of the ship lounges (Comedy Club on Harmony) and Customs and Border Patrol come onboard and check your passport or other papers. They then give you your new sea pass card and you are good to go. If you are changing rooms, go to your new room during the first leg of your trip and meet your new room steward. We do that and they arrange moving your hanging clothes and suitcase to your new room. Has been great for us, plus we give them time to refresh the room and then go unpack before anyone else. We get some really dirty looks when we come out the closed doors in the hallway while everyone is waiting.

They finally opened the Express Check-in for Galveston last week and it is sooooo nice. You go to the folks at the front of the terminal and are placed in the front lobby with the Key guests to wait in the AC which is nice at this time of year. Then they let you upstairs early to your own check in area and it is very quick. From time of going up the escalator to sitting in the waiting area was all of 5 minutes. Really love this program and hope I get this in the future. Also hope RCCL does not make this the way Southwest Airlines does it and make it a pay option. So, boys and girls, check those boarding passes before you arrive at the terminal to see if you received the upgrade.

There were many "hot" areas on Harmony the last two weeks. The walkways and elevator areas on some floors were hot while others were not. Seemed random but noticeable at times. Never stayed long enough in those areas to really affect me, except for waiting for an elevator which takes forever.

Clo O'Conner is Cruise Director since May this year. Should be there when you go. The captain can change at anytime due to vacations, etc. Can't help there.

If you used the barcode trick and it showed a room, you will not get bumped. We do this often and never had a problem. The wife is on the same cruise, and she is in a GTY cabin. This is a back-to-back cruise for her so I do not think they will throw her off.

The details from @Traveling Mike apply to the actual reservation and not the "extras" like the drink package, excursions, etc. Those you can book and rebook with no penalties. We do that many times and generally Royal is quick on the refunds. Only exception was during the COVID era.

We started with X and then due to our location to the Texas port went with the other cruise lines (I still cringe at that one) until we sailed on Royal and have not looked back. With our D+ status and Signature for the wife in the Casino the perks make it unlikely for us to consider moving to X unless they decide to move closer. I look at the perks and for us they are a game changer as the free internet, drink vouchers, BOGO dinners and others allow me to remote work for a cost that we cannot justify anywhere else. We are about 12 months away from Pinnacle with our current bookings and look forward to those perks as well. We receive offers from the other folks but the wife definitely says no to them. All that said, if X offered reciprocal perks and status across the board, and sailed out of Texas we would be tempted.

Most of it is having the robots perform certain tasks around a specified course for time. The sponsoring company is down the road from my mom and these are a big deal in the STEM world (spoken from a true nerd). Will be interesting to see what the kids come up with. Much better than some of the other charter groups we have had on previous cruises.

The wife and her two best friends are sailing on this cruise while I stay at home. She has been waiting to sail to Perfect Day again and could not wait to book this one.

My wife and I will be on this cruise as we always take that week. It is my annual birthday cruise and this will be another year I officially become older than dirt, many years over.

Captain Jame guided us through on many trips on Liberty of the Seas and was always our favorite captain. He will definitely be missed and our prayers go to his family.

Just heard Captain James, long time captain of Liberty, then Allure passed away from complications of a heart attack. He was always nice to us and we spoke with him many times on our multiple trips on these fine two ladies. He will be missed by all.