CrimsonCruiser

I'm also going to echo Inside cabin. While I've never done it, I saw into one on disembarkation day on our first cruise and I couldn't imagine trying to move around with even one other person. Let alone being in there with only the awful aritificial yellow light as your only source of light. Of course maybe I had such a a ? reaction because I was coming from our Grand Suite ?

He's the boss for a reason! Lol But those sound DELICIOUS! definitely going to make a note to ask for them in 50 days!

those diamond perks man...*so close* just 2 more cruises

Just parroting what's above - the current extension has the booking deadline set for Sept 30, 2021. (which I'm so psyched about!!!)

I may give that a try! I'm always down for extra points!

Lol. I did - just for funsies...it's $3,000+ more per person than what we initially paid? #DatSuiteLife

This would have been the first year I tried to do it....then i got switched from Indy to Odyssey and there is just no way the price I paid is ever gonna get lower. lmao But I'll for sure keep it in mind for the next times!

I didn't have enough points before the freebie cruises were removed (thanks COVID) but I did get enough to add on $100 OBC which was great and I still have points left over. I haven't opened the app much since the pandemic, but I will get back into it now that cruises are coming back. I imagine the freebies might come back by 2022 when cruises are more back to normal.

I do agree that there still exists the worry about people gaming the system but I think that will always be a problem. I know, for us, we only ever get the soda package which is under $10/day. If we were to go up to the UDP it's a $50/day difference...that's suddenly SO many more drinks and neither of us really care to do more than a couple the whole 7+ days. I had no idea there were drink cards! Maybe I was never on a cruise that did them or maybe I just wasn't at the right place to hear about them but yeah! I would totally grab one of those if they came out on our cruise!

So I was thinking about drink packages and my desire to want to try more than 1 of the new cocktails on board and I realized...Royal should have a drink package add-on. Right now, the only drink package that includes alcohol is the deluxe which can be quite pricey/useless if you are only going to be sipping one or two drinks a day. (i don't drink coffee and usually get my OJ in either windjammer or room service) An add-on would be a flat rate for a certain number of a specific drink type good for the length of the cruise. Perhaps one for straight wine, straight cocktails/mocktails, shots, beer/hard cider etc etc. Obviously the more expensive the drink, the more expensive the add-on. And add-ons could only be purchased after purchase of any non-deluxe drink package. They could go up to an extra $100 total i guess (really don't know the price of good booze lol). So an example using myself. I'd buy the soda drink package for the standard per person/ per day rate. Then get a cocktail add on for, let's say, up to 7 drinks at a flat rate that's let's say...$60. Then those 7 drink vouchers get added onto my sea pass account and I just swipe my pass at the bar when I order. Once I run out of vouchers, or if I opt to get wine or shots or something not in the add-on category i picked, I would be charged the normal per drink rate. What do you guys think? And more importantly...how can I get this idea into Royal's heads?

What are the savory bites? Like ..what's in them?

Hmm.... I think he's a super cautious person. He didn't even want to post a room tour until he got the okay (despite other crew on the same ship posting about other areas) so I think maybe, to him, silence is safer than anything else. Which, being a super cautious person myself in certain things...i guess I can understand that. More than once, I didn't even want to post about having a hard day at work because I was worried it might look bad for the company and I could be targeted for trashing them or something. Better safe than sorry I guess.

I got a nice promo email from RCI today about all the free things you can do on Odyssey and ugly and North star were still included. So it seems to vary all over the place.

I think you might have better luck commenting on the videos directly. He doesn't seem to spend a lot of time here

My cruising list isn't quite long enough yet to be impressive but Freedom was my first ship and I'm glad for it because she sold me on being cruiser for life!

I got the mini power strip (3 outlets) for 2019 cruise and wasn't able to take it on. Royal has banned any and all extension cords/power strips. Just in case you didn't know.

Always always ALWAYS get those little tea lights. Even though we always get a suite and don't need them in the main room, they are KEY for the bathroom at night. Not having to blind ourselves with the massive overhead light at 3 AM is awesome and 2 of them in a Grand Suite bathroom provides the perfect amount of light for dark-adjusted eyes.

I saw my check-in for my Sep 11th yesterday night (sun 7/18). I hadn't checked since maybe...that wednesday so it was some point between there...

So far, I know I won't be going on Vision class again. it wasn't a bad experience but the ship (Enchantment) felt too small and dated and there wasn't much to do on my own. If RCI gives them a more impressive amplification, I'd probably try them again, but I think they are too old for RCI to really care about or even be able to refitting them to be like the larger ships . Plus, they do offer cruisers of a different variety an calmer ship since the Freedom and newer classes gear more toward high-energy fun.

This is all really good information to know! I, too, booked with a TA based on kick-backs and now I kinda feel bad that they are losing some of their commission to give me this OBC. Service has so far been okay but, now, knowing what I know, I think I may wish to book onboard for that OBC bonus and then grab an MEI agent to handle the booking after.

Since labadee is a private island you have to book this excursion through Royal Caribbean's Cruise Planner. Once you're logged in, go to the Shore Excursions Tab at the upper bar and click Labadee. There are a couple of reservable, covered options that I've seen: various cabanas, beach bed and bungalows. Based on reading, the bungalows seem like cabana-lite and the beach bed is a bungalow-lite. Cabanas are the most expensive and seem to offer the most options. Hope that helps. All that said - there's no NEED to book them at labadee as there are a lot of seating options available and food spread around the island.

AK adventures did it with Travel Spree on the adventure trip. It's on this vlog https://youtu.be/Bfr3ojYOqLM

Lol I have wondered it Gold platinum emerald?? I don't go buying a lot of precious stones but boy does that order seem wonky. I think it has to do with the fact that they added emerald in after the fact to have a bridge step between platinum and diamond.

Thanks for the link!

Hi all! I was wondering if anyone has general ideas about the prices for the classic Soda package onboard? We'll be getting OBC through our TA that will only be accessible on board so I'm trying to determine if we're really screwing ourselves by waiting. Currently it's showing up as 8.99/person/day on Cruise planner with and without sales (my guess it's not getting any lower).