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Agree with previous posters..........get the attention of somebody that can assist you now........difficult to resolve after you leave the ship. Sorry for the headaches.

I understand @Starrynight0154......we have a sailing this weekend but no more Royal trips planned after that. Seeing my Royal login show 0 cruises planned would be depressing. Hope to visit NextCruise and find something for 2024 like the Vision 12 nighter from Baltimore or trying Wonder for the first time. Anyone have a great itinerary that we should consider?

@Doomslayer.......thanks for the advice. Our son will be home and get the mail for us. Good news is that we will have passports for our cruise in June.

Update-the online update tool now says our passports are being shipped and will arrive on or around................................... ....embarkation day .............at our house. ......................where we won't be... .......................................because we will have left 3 days earlier to fly to Florida.

We will (hopefully) be on Odyssey next weekend and try to get you a bear.

Thanks for the suggestions and reassurances. I can be a "type A" planner and not having a passport is causing significant stress. Fingers crossed that all will go well at check in.

11 weeks? Frustrating. I have spent countless hours on hold only to speak with a representative who says that they can't help me unless travel was two weeks away. Or one week away. Or today they said it had to be within 5 days due to a "procedural change."

We got back from Mexico in February. Sent renewal forms and passports to State Department same week. Expedited. Should have received them by now. But don't have them and most likely won't in time for our trip. Our Odyssey sailing from Fort Lauderdale is a week away, and we are without passports. We have birth certificates with raised seals, driver's licenses, and a marriage certificate to show my wife's name change from 30 years ago. What else do we need to show RCI at check in to be allowed to board? Anxious we might be turned away. Could use some suggestions or even reassurance everything will be ok.

Congratulations for 30 Years. There's an outside chance you might be the longest married couple on a smaller ship, but Oasis will have a few couples in the 40-50 year range. Most likely you have to earn your spot by volunteering and having to do the Tarzan dance or kiss in front of the audience.

We missed our excursion boat back to the ship in Nassau. We were at Pearl Island snorkeling and enjoying the sun. Beverages may or may not have been consumed. We clearly heard the announcement for guests leaving at 2 pm to gather at the dock. My wife and I both thought our boat back to the ship left at 3 pm. So we stayed. Everybody but a few workers had left the island. We ended up giving one of them a large tip to take us back to Nassau.

Agree with @ScottD.....the food you order is good, the drinks are plentiful, and the swim up bar and pool are nice. Beach is okay but a lot of seaweed (not just at Mr. Sanchos). We typically opt for a relaxing day and add the on site affordable massage.

Note to self........Wish I would have saved "Out catching thrills" magnet from cruise last month.

We were looking forward to trying it on Odyssey in couple of weeks. Didn't they also take away the VR attraction?

Thanks @t18c97.....

Just booked Beyond (March 2025/Southern Caribbean/Panama Canal partial). Excited to try our very first Celebrity trip. Question for those that have sailed this type of ship....if we are infinite veranda or porthole veranda, what areas of the ship will we not have access to?

Agreed the rate looks tempting. We are staying put in the JS this cruise. It has the split bathroom/shower and in a great location on the ship. Hopefully we can sneak into Coastal Kitchen once or twice.

We are sailing Odyssey in a JS during Easter. I think the sailing will be at /near full capacity. Just for fun, here are current bid ranges per guest for a Royal Up from a JS as of this morning: Grand Suite/1 Bedroom $ 90 - $1410 Grand Suite/2BR $140 - $6125 Owners's Suite $170- $6000 Grand Loft $420- $6175 Owner's Loft $ 665 - $6700 Royal Loft $ 950 - $11880 Anything look good?

Thanks @WAYNO, I think once we get past the luggage drop and the initial line, the check in has been speedy and quick. Maybe we are breezing right through it?

We have completed multiple cruises in JS over the past two years.......have not waited in a suite lounge. Maybe we will get lucky with our Odyssey sailing next month. What happens in the pre cruise suite lounge?

to answer the original poster's question.....B2B works pretty well. Just did ours mid February. We booked our cruises separately and had to move cabins between cruises. Room attendant was very helpful and all items safely arrived in our new cabin. We gathered in the Cosmopolitan lounge (on Navigator) at 9 AM and walked off ship together, thru customs, a brief wait, and then allowed back on ship with new sea pass cards. We never considered MDR lunch and went to Playmakers! Worked great!

@MacTac....which ship and itinerary are you taking? Some of us might be able to share our experiences based on similar ports.

I'll second (third...fourth, etc) the advice to get there a day or two early. Nice to arrive early and get a good night's sleep before the cruise. Several days if international cruise. Not worth the stress caused by weather or delays on the day of the cruise.

Late..............Like.

Just spent 11 days at the front of Navigator (another Voyager class ship). Our rooms on Deck 11 and Deck 6 were far forward, and we were apprehensive about excessive movement. Sailing downwind the first few days we never felt any movement at all. Heading back into the wind, there was noticeable choppy seas...enough they put out sea sick bags. Felt motion at times but nothing extreme. You should be fine.

I had similar issue with the Set sail pass. Try downloading to Apple Wallet or Google and it should show up that way.