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It is treated like a normal disembarkation. You would leave the ship as if it was your final destination and then return to the ship and go through the embarkation process as if it was your initial point of departure. Royal treats B2B as if it is two separate cruises and you do check in on both cruises and they issue two set sail passes. Staying on the ship for a B2B is the same disembarkation/embarkation process except they do it in a lounge or separate area and most times you have to actually leave the ship proper and turn around and walk back on for customs purposes and saying that all passengers have gotten off.

After you check into your cruise at 45 days out be sure to look at your set sail pass if Royal has not informed you of your room location. The last 4 digits of the barcode on the pass are your room number so you can see where it is. We have two GTY cabins booked for next year. For us, who book casino cruises, the casino will comp $200 free play if you pick a GTY cabin. This is new and we do not care where we are on the ship as long as we are on it.

After check-in boarding passes can be accessed by selecting the person at the top of the app screen. They will be on that page.

Never had an issue with Nachi but we do know the owner and bartender well so that probably helps. Will be there again next week and look forward to a relaxing time.

That's alright. We will welcome Mariner of the Seas with open arms. Just wish they would schedule her for some 7 night cruises that go to Cayman Islands and Jamaica. The Oasis class ships are too big and we used to sail B2B on the Freedom class ships (Liberty) for a varied port experience that we thoroughly enjoyed.

Having been on both ships I would recommend Harmony for a first time cruiser. It will depend on what your and his likes are however. If you want a laid back sit by the pool and not a lot of entertainment time then Mariner is your ship. If y'all are looking for more entertainment options then Harmony is the choice. You cannot go wrong on either one and once he experiences his cruise he will be hooked.

Not sure of the protocol out of Sydney, but on all our sailing out of the US the Suites and Pinnacles go first with the D+ next and so forth and so on. We rarely get suites and the D+ embarkation is about 5~10 minutes after the loftier folks get on. This year all our 11:00am boarding times have been more like 10:15~10:30.

I guess it depends on the CBP officials as to the protocol. For our B2B on Allure out of Galveston we met in the lounge, checked all our documents but had to walk down the ramp turn around and walk back again. On Liberty, when she was in Galveston, we had to completely disembark, wait in the lounge and get back on. Fortunately we were allowed to be the first back on-board.

We always book the lunches instead of the dinners, especially Izumi Hibachi. The chef at the Hibachi told us the menu is the same, just the price is different. Some of the other venues have a slightly different menu but they are close enough for us and it is less hectic for lunch than dinner. The prices during the BF sale have been great for our upcoming cruises.

If you have offers that do not list an itinerary you can log in and do a mock booking. In the list of the filters at the top there should be a button that states "My Offers". If you click that it will filter the list to only those in the offer. If you have multiple offers it will list them as below: Drag files here to attach, or choose files... Uploaded Images

It will depend on when you are sailing as to if the Christmas decor will be up. Yes, you have to reserve the shows and they open up around the 45 day pre-cruise mark. Keep checking the days prior to that as they will fill quickly. There are also more shows available so my recommendation is to look at one of the Cruise Compasses for the Allure sailings from Florida and try to pre-plan what you want to watch and on what days. The other thing you will have to get used to is the shear size of the ship. There is a lot more walking and many, many more things to do so again check the Cruise Compasses so you are not overwhelmed with all the options. As for the shows, you must see Mama Mia so plan for that (2 hours and 15 minutes). Blue Planet is different but the staging is nice. The Aqua Show, if you never have seen one, is superb and of course the ice show is great. Not sure who you will have for the headliner show but the last several for us on Allure have been outstanding. You do not reserve the headliner show but if you think you will like it get there early for good seats. For Coco Cay we always pick the Chill Island chairs and get there early to find a good seat under a palm tree. We get off the ship and immediately turn left and follow the path there. It is close to the eating area and restrooms.

We have never been lucky enough to have the same room on our B2B cruises. It is not a problem and as stated the stateroom attendants have been super helpful. We love getting back onboard before everyone else and we actually go back to our old room and move our luggage to our new one and unpack. We do arrange this with the old and new stateroom attendants so they can clean our new room first to have it ready for us. For the turning Diamond during the first leg, we had that exact thing happen. We went to the Loyalty Ambassador and she took care of everything. It was great to get the new perks on the second leg.

I haven't seen any in Windjammer that I can remember. On Allure there is one in Loco Fresh and two out by the pools. On Liberty there is only the one out by the kids pool. I know on Norwegian Sky they were in the buffet and it was convenient after lunch/dinner but not when out by the pool.

We were finally able to reserve one of our favorite shore excursions for 25% off which is less than most of the time. Did not work for our cruise leaving in two weeks but did work for the several we have booked for next year. It was not even listed until the Black Friday sale and so we were glad it showed up and at a great low price. Not everything as stated before was discounted but there was enough that we saved some real money on some items we were looking to book. As always, Royal has our money in their coffers for the next six months which helps their bottom line, not necessarily mine.

You need to check with the activities director if they will put up a volleyball net for you in their unused free play time. I have seen the courts unused many days and people shooting hoops, kicking soccer balls, etc.. The ship has sports equipment and should be able to provide you with the volleyball. FYI, the activities staff is part of the cruise director staff and I would reach out to them as soon as you get onboard. Try asking some of the muster drill folks as the sports staff double duties in these positions and if none are there the ones that are can generally point you to one of them.

Congratulations on the 100+ points. It's all the perks in the loyalty points earned that count. My wife loves the shampoo and double amenities we receive now that we are past the 340+ mark and cannot wait to ask for the robes each trip. The BOGO dinners are a treat, even though we usually use it on the least expensive dinner option. The fresh ground coffee in the Crown Lounge is my treat each morning and the morning and evening snacks there are really nice. It will be a while until we reach the "magic mark" of 700 but all the perks add up to make each voyage more enjoyable and actually less expensive.

Sorry you had that issue on Symphony. On Allure they have water, fruit drink and coffee at Cafe Promenade and water and fruit drink at Sorrento's. They also had the same selection at El Loco Fresh and Park Cafe. Was this all week long or just one time? I would have asked Guest Relations about this or one of the staff at those eateries.

Costa Maya has a tram that runs from the ship to the port entrance. Cozumel does not but they do have folks that will take you from the ship to the port entrance via wheelchair for tips. My son had a similar issue and he used those to get to the port.

The crew should be given hazard pay for the deep clean. I was on the September 15th cruise and of all our cruises this was the worst and totally from the "Island" cruisers. I cannot express the rudeness and behavior that was on display last week and the total disregard for other passengers and crew. I can say it was not the total group but there were enough that it made me think if we wanted to continue sailing with Royal. We thought we were on a C....l cruise. I hope they are refused passage in the future from RCCL but money talks and if we find them on another of our cruises (believe me we are checking now on who is large group cruising with us) we will walk.

If you won it through the casino you can ask most of the other gamblers around you and they would be very happy to take it off your hands. The other suggestion is what we do and that is save it until Christmas time and give it as a gift to someone we know will drink it. They do not know we got it for free. We have a cabinet full of champagne and wine that we "gift" to our friends then. They love it.

B2B is generally easy. They have to legally disembark you for the first leg and embark you for the second leg. We have had this done a couple of ways, once where we met in a designated room and Customs came in a checked us out and in (loved that one), and all the others where we met in a location and they guided us off the ship and then right back on after giving us our new room key. Could not have been easier. You do have to have your disembarkation/embarkation paperwork (sea pass card, passport/birth certificate, boarding pass either paper or on the app) with you.

The only large lobster tails that we have found lately is in the Izumi Hibachi. MDR not so good.

"For You" is not on our Allure cruise in a week but is on our Harmony cruise in November.

I stand corrected. Have seen that on other cruise lines but have not seen the offer with RCCL. Will have to look into that for next season.

You would take the 7 night Casino comped cruise through RCCL and the rest of the adventure you would have to schedule and book yourself. RCCL does not act as a travel agent and schedule other land based travel. That said I would talk to a good Travel Agent who may be able to do that for you.