SteveinSC

Got my Royal Up email today, at 59 days out. It seems to limit the amount of people charged at 2, but we will have our 2 kids in the room with us, also. Am I understanding this correctly, that whatever I bid, per person, is capped at 2?

I gotta say....the pitch blackness of an interior room is IMPRESSIVE. When you wake up, you have absolutely ZERO idea what time it is. The biggest item thats a must for me is a clock.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/news/2020/02/04/coronavirus-diamond-princess-cruise-quarantined-passenger-diagnosed/4625907002/ Yikes.....

I missed that part.....yeah, within 13 days im just making sure I have original copies and guarding them with my life. First couple of cruises I went on was with my birth certificate....I guard my passport with the same amount of energy, Ive found.....so not much difference as far as concern goes. Not sure that helps? lol

How soon is your sailing? Just wondering if its still possible to get an expedited passport?

That makes complete sense. Makes me wish, when we booked our upcoming cruise with our kids, two rooms hadnt been SO much more expensive. Im all in on the drink package, but my wife refuses even the soda package (our family doesnt drink soda). So off I go buying each drink.....wish me luck!

Theyre a great follow on Twitter and Instagram, also. Some people dont like their brand of sometimes dark humor. For me, if the question is "did they cross the line, here?" SIGN ME UP.....?

This thread is a train wreck. I cant look away. Ive written, and promptly deleted, about 10 different replies or posts where I get on my soap box about everything from corporate greed, to introspection as it relates to spending and charity......

Man, I love The Onion.....

I asked this a while back, and the overall response I got was "if your ship has a Connoisseur Club" you can get, and smoke cigars. I believe Freedom and Explorer are the only ships that still have them? Someone can correct me if im wrong. OTHERWISE: the casino is the only spot to enjoy a cigar.

To each their own, or "you do you".....but if you want to find me, ill be over in God's water park with a wave pool: the beach.

It was a buggy day for the site. This afternoon I was looking at cruises with a co-worker and when you'd select a date.......dead air. Just a blank screen.

Thank you so much for the feedback! Very good info, and food for thought.

I imagine being on the southern side of the island helps.....cant imagine its too long a tender, either?

ME TOO, Matt! I came across it after seeing someone else say they were tendering in Roatan. I looked at our Itinerary in "Find A Cruise", then "View Itinerary Details", and "Explore This Itinerary". I couldnt locate it anywhere else, on RCs site in my booking, or other sites. what Ive learned is that if there are multiple lines using the port, Royal typically docks and Norwegian anchors (per the Roatan tourism bureau website). According to Cruise Mapper, Rhapsody is the only RC ship in port that day, with one Norwegian and two Carnival. I assume one Carnival ship is using the Mahogany Bay port, and the other is getting the 2nd Dock in Port Roatan? Who knows.....just fearful, having had bad experiences missing places due to rough seas and danger tendering, that we will miss Roatan. Id just have to find solace in a bottle of rum.

he lives on cruise ships....correlation? ?

Thats what Im thinking/hoping? I couldnt find much on it, other than that other port/company. I took that as a good sign, and figured id ask the best source for cruise related material ive come across....THIS BOARD!

One of the main reasons we booked the cruise we chose, was the stop in Roatan (my wife is from Honduras, and we wanted our sons to stop here, as our youngest hasnt had the opportunity to visit his mother's home country). Upon further inspection, I have realized we are tendering in Roatan, in April. Completely missed by me, upon planning this. Ive been to Roatan via cruise once. We docked, and I never saw a ship anchored. It never occured to me to think about possibly tendering (kicking myself for miss this detail.) My question is, how often is Roatan skipped due to this? Im not going to be so dramatic as to say it will ruin the cruise, but it would be a HUGE disappointment for my family. ANYONE HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH MISSING ROATAN? Only research I could come up with is that Carnival misses it a fair amount due to the difficulty with wind, and backing into dock at Mahogany Bay.

One of the greats....

Me too... I will ALWAYS opt for e-communication, or face to face. I hate talking on a phone.

I thought the same thing. If buildings in Miami shook...you know Caymans, Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti and DR, Bahamas, Keys felt it stronger.....

I have transferred a cruise to a TA that I booked myself. I just told them I wanted to transfer it, and gave them the reservation number. They took care of the rest!!! I also have booked a nonrefundable, as my wife said "there isnt a snowballs chance in (h-e-double hockey sticks) we arent getting on that ship." lol Shes an RN, and unless we are, literally, dying......were "fine".

Just looked on Rhapsody...nada. Appreciate the tip!!!

Does the chat/text feature work on ALL ships? They added Rhapsody today, to the app, and Im sailing on her in April. Just wondering if I will be able to communicate via chat with my group?

Congrats, and welcome to cruising! Youre going to love it!