Rui

3 hours ago, ScooterScott22 said:

@Rui you referenced what about DCL a pp did not like and I was wondering about your experience with them.  Have you done a number of cruises with the and any concierge?  

Well I've been on DCL for few times, stayed at concierge room all the times, and they were totally awesome.

Actually, I didn't know about RC except for their name "Royal Caribbean" (until these days) therefore due to Disney's popularity here in Japan (where I live), and unawareness of RC in Japan, I didn't come up to my mind to book a RC cruise.
After few nice and awesome cruises at DCL, we started looking for "another options" because we were kind of bored to go with DCL all the times and didn't like Disney's limited itineraries (b/c Disney has few ships) and now just "trying out" Royal Caribbean cruises.

After googling some reviews and thoroughly read the "I Dream of Genie" post, the perks SC has to offer made me book SC on Symphony right away!

So the bottom line, SC perks esp like Genie, Priority embarkation and a numbers of restaurant , and the size of ship of Symphony attracted us and made me book RC!

Well, that does not mean I am not worried about RC at all. DCL is more expensive & family-entertainment-oriented than RC (I believe) and this expensive price certainly guarantees higher "guests' quality" but this is just my pre-cruise opinion so please just forgive me to say this.

1 hour ago, Lovetocruise2002 said:

I used to say this too until my kids turned about 9-10 and then got bored with the "Disney" type shows.  Now, a few years later, I would have to say, DCL has the edge on shows if you have young ones but Royal has the edge with kids 10+.  Unless you are a Disney fanatic...but that is a whole other discussion for another place and one I don't care to get into 

 

I am totally agree on this, even I am a Disney fanatic..... I have an annual pass for Disney and I work for Disney...... 

10 hours ago, tiny260 said:

You might start out by reading this semi live blog

Then you can start asking questions, several of us on this blog have cruised Star Class.

Thanks! I've read this few times and decided to book a SC stateroom lol

9 hours ago, AshleyDillo said:

If you're on the Facebook you can join the Star Class group and make lots of SC friends there:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/368527716898873/

I didn't know this, thanks for share.

4 hours ago, WAAAYTOOO said:

Welcome to the Blog, Rui.  Congratulations on the Royal Loft Suite.  I know you're going to LOVE Star Class.

Thanks!!! I read tons of your post here and already helped me so much!

4 hours ago, Fairlynew said:

I sailed Disney once and never cared to cruise again.  Fast forward over a dozen years and we cruised RC last fall and I have already booked 2 more cruises with RC. And we were just in a guarantee balcony cabin.  Hope you have an equally great experience 

What happened to you at DCL lol

Hi there!

I'm soooo excited that we have just booked Royal Loft Suite on Symphony. I did't expect that's still available 

This is our first time on RC even we enjoyed Disney Cruise before, we hope RC provides us unique and unforgettable experience as well!

For those who sailed on RC (or maybe SC), yeah, it's you, please advise me what to do and we can be friends!