Lori Rawlins

Ok total boredom here at work and all I can think about is I still have 3 weeks until we leave. Reading up on all the message boards makes it worse. I want to go NOW!!!!!

Sweet!!! We are going on Harmony Oct. 6th. I went on Allure last year as well. I would like to go on Symphony

I only do it for convenience.  Last June, I printed my Set Sail Pass for a cruise on the Mariner.  But I left it on the printer ? 

NEVER TRUST TECHNOLOGY, completely.  Ive had too many phones go out for no reason to trust anything to JUST my phone. I use my phone for tickets to EVERYTHING, but still always have backup printed in my pocket. I have this ridiculous fear that on my way into an event, or getting on a plane, or something....THAT is the moment my phone will get stuck in a boot loop, or something. 

This January the night before my flight to Vision of the Seas my iPhone 7 Plus just died.  One minute it was working, the next time I grabbed it it was dead.   Too late to get it fixed I flew to NOLA without a working phone.  
Last year boarding Symphony I used my phone to check in but once the ship started boarding and they needed to scan it, the Royal app froze and crashed.  I had a screen shot but it was buried in photos from a few weeks prior.  It was easier to reach into my pocket for my paper copy which is what I boarded with.
As a frequent flier I gave up using my phone as my boarding pass a long time ago.  So many times a paper copy works out better, a lesson learned from that time the gate agent dropped my phone, or it wouldn't scan, or Apple's infinite wisdom that when you turn your phone over it should kill the screen, except you have to turn it over to scan it to board the plane.  
I use paper always now.  Phone is a backup.  It's safer and easier.  Whether a plane or ship my paper boarding pass is always in my left pocket.
Plus once I'm on board and want to buy a drink handing a paper setsail to a bartender is a lot better than handing over a $1,100 smart phone.  
 

Harmony of the Seas leaving 10/6/19

Harmony of the Seas leaving 10/6/19

February 2020 Allure of the Seas out of FLL. Very first cruise!

September 15th on Oasis of The Seas out of Barcelona Spain (First Cruise ever!!!)

Sabrina, I have a couple of changes:
1.  Please add October 12, 2019 on Grandeur
2.  Please change Feb 15, 2020 on Anthem to Feb 7, 2020 on Anthem.
Thanks !!

Feel free to check our Master Member's cruise list to see if anyone is on your sailing.
https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/boards/index.php?/topic/2056-master-member-cruise-list/
 

I let them scan my app but I also take screen shot of the set sail pass on the app (the screen with the bar code) as a backup.

The Royal Genie is a personal attendant - kind of like Norwegians’s Butler, only better.  They take extra special care of their Star Class passengers.

Wow your first cruise?? You are going to LOVE it!! Which Ship?

I usually get a bit paranoid and super cautious when I do things for the first time.
I'm sailing on my first cruise this Jan, 2020 and I have been planning for ridiculous things ahah.
I am not missing the boat or complicating my vacation by not being prepared.
 
"better safe than sorry" overused by still so relevant!
 
Its weird because I'm bringing my old phone which is used as an alarm now on top of my current phone as an alarm so I make sure to wake up on time from the Hotel to the ship lol.
 
Made a huge list of things to buy before I get on the ship and triple checking all my documents, flight bookings, hotel bookings, excursions on/off board, and cruise bookings!

Good point! Thanks