CrimsonCruiser

same to me. I just capitalized a letter so I didn't have to try to remember something new lol

Hitting the pool as your first stop when boarding is actually a tip @Matt recommends almost all of the time. I've never done it - something about being wet while waiting for my room to open just doesn't sit right with my brain - but it is a great time to hit the pools because most people either don't pack a swimsuit or think like me and don't want to dive in right away.

I love watching these in time lapse with funny carnival music Also...wonder what happened on that MSC?NCL? that started to leave then went back before Oasis left.

I had the same issue and just changed my password. Now I'm in and all is well. Hope they fix whatever it is that's not recognizing perfectly valid users though....

I can't comment too much on the laundry as we've not yet had any issues but we don't really send anything too fragile out either. BUT I can comment on being picky about clothes, flying, and having to pack wisely. Being from Chicago where the weather can 100% give me all 4 seasons in a single day AND hating to be cold I always like to have options with whatever I wear, so I generally try to pack light layers and dresses over things that require multiple components to make an outfit. That said, I do still pack some separates as well and try to have a bottom that can go with at least 2 of the tops I'm packing. And second is packing cubes. While they don't magically make things weigh less, they do help a lot in getting the best use of space in your luggage. I've attached a photo of one of my last piles in their packing cubes. Rolled and tightly nestled and for a 7-nighter lol

Theron, I hope it helps to realize that what's more likely is that the stateroom attendant cleaned the safe (as is their job) after you left the room and the officers weren't able to locate them at the time when they were searching. Turnaround day is hectic, fast and very very busy and the stateroom attendants are in and out of rooms and staff areas like crazy getting rooms stripped and re-set for the next passengers. Please don't think the worst of the attendant just because the safe was empty and instead file a lost and found asap. The cash may be gone (it is after all hard to keep tabs on whose cash is whose even in the best of circumstances) but I'm sure the documents and wallet and other non-loose items will be returned to you.

Filling out the lost and found with as much detailed information as possible as soon after debarkation is your best bet. BUT, it is important to note, that even if it's located quickly, it can take some time (up to a month I think is what I've heard) for the company that handles Lost and Found items to actually drop it in the mail. So, depending on how soon is "soon" regarding your wedding, you may want to prepare yourself that it won't come in time.

For the sailing this Aug 25

1 - There was scheduling?! I guess that makes sense considering how many people would be trying to use it at any given time but wow that seems like a bit of a hassle.... 3 - so glad to hear the food was changed up and delicious. I definitely did think they would have to switch up the menus (one can only have so much "royal night" lol) and it sounds like they planned ahead based on the stops. It never dawned on me that there would be laundry facilities on more than the lower decks. I know I've seen the rooms filled with towels and sheets up on deck 10, but I just assumed they were staging areas to fill the carts....now I wonder if they machines in there.... Good to know about the contracts. It would have been a more interesting social experiment to see how the crew got on if they were stuck with the same people for 9 straight months!

So now that the rabid interest in the world cruise has calmed down, I'm curious about some things and wonder if anyone knows or can guess on them: Passenger laundry facilities: it came to my attention that Serenade offers coin laundry facilities for passengers on the world cruise (not sure if for all passengers or just people doing the whole length) and I wonder how this came about. Obviously, we all know that the only non-industrial laundry on board is in the crew area for the crew. If passengers are using this does this mean crew have to compete with passengers for limited space? Did Royal build a second laundry area for passengers? did the crew one become a passenger one and the crew was given free pick-up drop off laundry? Crew contracts: 9-months is a pretty typical crew contract so I'm curious if Royal brought on new contracts specifically for this sailing or if they are still switching people in and out like normal. Food, water and gas: on a standard week long cruise, the ship is stocked on turn around day. but even the segments are in 3 month periods...so when and where are they stocking up on food, water and gas, and where are they dumping the black and brown water that can't be flushed back into the ocean? These questions have been bopping around in my head since day one and I was hoping the algorithm on TikTok would have brought me to a crew member who could answer...but it hasn't so now you guys get to deal with it lol. Bonus question: I have family on an Oceania world cruise right now, and she mentioned that, as the ship diverts to avoid war areas and piracy, they have a couple days where the passengers are asked to conserve water and some foodstuffs until the ship can restock (limiting showers, not as robust menus). Now obviously Serenade is bigger than any Oceania ship but, also curious if anyone has heard of Serenade doing the same?

I think you should feel lucky that they found the items. If you search lost and found on even this forum, you'll see that more often than not, the items aren't ever found, since turnaround is so fast and hectic. They were found, you have proof of that in email and now they need to get to you. be patient, I'm sure they're coming.

I don't do the seminar ones, but I do like to go to the stores in port. So far, I've never been pressured to look at anything. I go up to a person and say "I'm here for the charm" and they dig one out of a box and hand it to me without any pressure or upsell. Even if I linger and admire the other shinies, they tend not to bother me. But it is just a charm with a loop to go on a bracelet you should already have. I have so many at this point that this year, Im planning to take them on board and see if I can find a "gold cut by inch" to make into a bracelet for them

It's not a cabana but we did the Beach Beds at Breezy Bay last year. I thought I'd hate them but they were quite comfortable and nice to chill on. Plus you still get two chairs under an umbrella, two floating mats and a cooler of water. The curtains close if you want some semi-privacy. We enjoyed them well enough, and it was very nice that the bed we had was right in front of a snack shack. and the cost, at the time at least, was bout $150 or $200

good to know! When I do the virtual tour online it just says "king bed" instead of "royal king" and even in the room details it doesn't say "a royal king bed that converts to two twins" like most listings....feels like they're hiding it lol

Fingers crossed it is truly sorted out for you @zibnark! you deserve a great vacation after that

The rooming situation on the suites is actually a real bummer if you're not a couple of family with non-adult children. My mom and I kinda ran into this as we consider bringing one of my adult friends along (her spouse is very adamantly not leaving land ). Because she is family in spirit but not blood, and a fully grown adult worthy of her own semi-privacy, I wanted to get a suite that would give her her own real bed in an area that was either closed off OR, a suite with a pull out sofa that is not at risk of being disturbed if one walks by. I looked at the crown loft suites thinking they'd be good only to see that for all that space, there's only 1 traditional king bed (doesn't look like it splits) and that the sofa bed doesn't have any way of being curtained off. It almost seems like we'd have to get a 2 bedroom suite or force one of us to pay a solo subsidy T_T

Can confirm the hand soap is still the bar soap. We travel with a dollar tree softsoap pump because of how awful the bar is.

We used Royal's shuttle bus on the cruise before last and booked it onboard. In fact, it was regularly an option in the cruise planner starting about midway through the cruise. It told people to go to guest services to book. For Ft. Lauderdale it was $20 per person. They use shuttle buses. And they assign you a departure time based on your flight (before noon or after). We didn't use it on our last cruise because the option through our pre-cruise hotel was $5 cheaper per person and could book it in advance so we didn't have to worry about anything being filled up.

When our 2021 8-night eastern with this itinerary cancelled Labadee they replaced it with Nassau. So that may be in the cards for you two as well.

No, nor do I think you, an over 21 adult, could use his card to get adult beverages because his card will always register as under 21. It's probably best for the friends sailing along to take advantage of the wine/champagne and soda they can bring on board and then buy their drinks a la carte. If it's as you say, that they don't drink enough to justify the package, I'm sure a couple drinks a day won't be too hard on their wallet.

Curious what the video title is for Indigo Traveller? I pulled up his Haiti series but it wasn't clear in which video he tries to get to Cape Hatien. I also want to add port stops were cancelled in 2021 when the President was assassinated. We were on Odyssey that year and sure enough, a week before our trip Labadee was changed to Nassau due to the situation in Haiti. I had somewhat expected it and had been keeping an eye on things after seeing the news while in the gym. I imagine there are multiple factors that play into a cancellation, not just the physical safety at Labadee, but also the safety of the local staff, the safety of the ship on arrival and departure, the increased chances of stowaways, the ability of staff to get to work...heck the security monitoring Labadee may also have been pulled to deal with local unrest too.

@Ampurp85 No! My colorful hair sister in christ "Disgusting"?! i don't know who hurt you....was it weiner circle...did they give you a milkshake?!

I unfortunately agree. I've seen and heard more and more stories of hidden cameras in lamps, false mirrors, alarm clocks etc. Not to mention the horror stories for single women travelers who have to barricade their hotel room doors against break ins.....

Like the others, I plan to be back aboard about an hour before all aboard time (to avoid any delays and any super long lines). If I want to play in the port area, I aim to be back around there 2 hours before. Once, in Curacao, I only gave myself 1 hour to play at the port area and I guess I misjudged how long I'd be there because i ended up stepping foot on board exactly at the all aboard time. My mom, who had gotten back before me, was joking that I was gonna be a pier runner but luckily our room faced the dock so she'd just toss my stuff down to me It was only funny because I made it on time but the hustle to get back was very nerve wracking

I have two fairly conspicuous black blink cameras in my home to keep myself safe and to be aware of what may or may not happen while I am not there or asleep. At one point, one of these 3 inch by 3 inch pure black cameras was mounted against an all white wall in the open in my kitchen while I watched my landlord and her hirees do work in my kitchen. My landlord NEVER noticed it. I told her, "just so you're not freaked out, I do have a camera in there" and she's like "where?" and I told her exactly where to look and she couldn't see it. I had to literally stand under it and point it out for her to see it. So I can see how smaller cameras placed in areas people wouldn't generally look can be hidden but still recording.