WAAAYTOOO

You will be issued 6 (or 8, or whatever it is these days) wrist bands and only those people will be permitted in the restricted area. How strict are they about monitoring who is coming and going ? Unknown. With the suites area, they are very strict about monitoring who is allowed in. For the Nellie's Beach area (or wherever else cabanas are found these days), I have no idea.

I'm sure this all happened very quickly. Being put immediately on the defense and in that split second afterwards, he probably jumped directly to "...it wasn't my fault. I had no idea the window was open." Once you pronounce your "alibi" you are kinda stuck with it. I'm sure the grandfather didn't consider that there would be security cameras recording every moment. I don't see how the family or the attorney can possibly move forward with the idea that Royal is somehow responsible for this. It would seem that the only logical move now would be for the grandfather to accept the plea deal....if, in fact, it is still on the table after this video has leaked. If he doesn't, he's goin' down...

In Feb we stopped at Port Canaveral (Anthem) and we hired an Uber to run a few errands. I was very surprised how expensive it was. The Uber in CC was more expensive than it had been in Bayonne. I don't know if surge pricing was in effect but it cost us waaay more than we expected it to be.

If you decide to pick up the edge of the bed to slide a suitcase underneath, be very careful that you do not dislodge the beds from one another. They are "hooked" together to form the double bed and sometimes, if you pick up one end, you will accidentally dislodge the 2 and end up with separates. ....not that this has ever happened to me.... <eyeroll>

I'm sorry that you are not happy with the location of your "upgrade" but it is, in fact, an upgrade. Going from an inside room to an ocean view room is considered an upgrade. One of the dangers of using RoyalUp is that you do not know where you will be relocated and with the basic room accommodations the locations vary widely. That is why I recommend that people in a balcony category never try and upgrade to a different balcony category b/c sometimes you end up with basically the same room you started with but in a terrible location.

Yes, this is a very common phenomenon...particularly with first time or relatively new cruisers. I used to lay in bed or sit at my computer and just feel the ship moving ever so slightly. I have never found any cure except time. It does go away eventually. After you have cruised for a while it is not as prevalent although it still happens to me from time-to-time. I don't get sea sick so it isn't a problem for me but some people do feel nauseous. I hope you aren't feeling sick.

OMG I am SOOOO wanting to book one of those 12 night cruises to Greece and Israel. I had to force myself to close the browser and step away from the keyboard....

Granted !

Oh, you have PLENTY of time. Genies can make things happen very easily and very quickly. I expect, that, given the short turnaround in your situation, they will just skip the pre-cruise questionnaire. It is a big waste of time IMO anyway. The only thing that the Genie needs to know prior to your arrival is (1) what time you are planning on arriving, (2) what do you want to eat for lunch on boarding day and (3) what would you like for your arrival snacks. Everything else can be finalized/organized once you get on board.

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You are very welcome. I know you will love Star Class on Harmony. It's a one-of-a-kind experience (Star Class, I mean). On that email address, it is hm <underscore>g o t l (genie of the lamp). Sometimes that lower case L looks like a 1. So it is gotl

Even if it DOES rain every single day of the cruise, you will still have a great time. The good news is, you are on Harmony of the Seas !! There is plenty to keep you entertained....without ever going outside. The only theater that would be a bust would be the Aqua Theater but the rest of them are unaffected by the weather unless the seas are very rough. But rain alone should not affect the other theaters. Happy Birthday to your Grandmother !

No, you cannot contact anyone by phone but you CAN email someone and they will get you hooked up with your Genie. If you just booked this cruise I am not surprised that they haven't gotten in touch with you yet. Send an email to [email protected] Even though this may not be your Genie, they will put you in touch with your Genie. Be sure and include your name, your reservation #, your Suite number and sail date in the email. Someone will get in touch with you ASAP. Congratulations ! You are in for a real treat. We've been Star Class on Harmony 3 times. It's a wonderful ship.

+1 for the rental car option. National (and probably others, as well) does not have a one-way rental penalty in FL so you can rent the car at the airport in Orlando and return it in Cape Canaveral without paying anything extra. That way you have a way to get around to go out to eat, go to the Kennedy Space Center (for example) and keep your bags safe all day. You can return the car after hours. It is the right option for us, every time.

I believe that they have discontinued the use of Loop. There was not even a mention of it 2 weeks ago on Oasis. I think it proved to be more work than it was worth as the Genies had to access Loop comms on a computer. I would not worry about this at ALL. You won't miss it. Email now and phone comm once you're on the ship. That's by far the most effective way to comm with the Genie. This is very interesting to me. Frankly, I don't see anything on the Holiday Menu that you could not get, as Star Class, anyway. It's not as if they are offering some kind of hand-carved standing turkey or anything... Maybe there is some of the wine that you would have to pay "extra" for. I hesitate to give advice when it comes to eating...everyone's tastes are so different...but if it were me, I would steer clear of the MDR menu. We have been disappointed one too many times with MDR holiday menus. I would stick with Chops and just add anything that you want. If you are desperate for turkey then just let Luciano know that you are going to want some turkey from the MDR (ahead of time) and they will make sure that they have some for you, in Chops. Our experience with the turkey from the MDR has been horrible, but maybe you will get lucky !! The bottom line is....you can get food from the MDR ANYtime you want it. It's best to give them a head's up so that they can have it ready for you but if there's something you want that is not on the menu, just ask. As long as they are serving it somewhere on the ship, they will get it for you. Anecdotally, last year when we were on Grandeur (realizing this was not Star Class, of course), we had the Unlimited Dining Plan and we were told we could not eat at Chops because of their special "holiday" meal. As it turned out, there were no takers for the ridiculously priced holiday meal and they didn't even offer it. We ate at Izumi that night but we could have eaten at Chops without any issue, had we decided to. I don't think the holiday menu is quite as popular as they had hoped it would be, fleet-wide. IMO it's waaay overpriced for what you get.

The clearest (to me, anyway) and most recent example of this is with The Key. They started out selling it at a price point that made it profitable for them. Then, they immediately raised the price, only to bring it back down again to the original "profitable" point to make people feel like they were getting a bargain, when it was, in fact, the point that they wanted it to be, all along. Subsequently, there has been some fluctuation in the price of the Key, mostly around the differing ship classes. It's simply not the same value on the smaller ships as it is on the bigger ships and they've had to adjust that price down....but it is pretty much still holding at or above their original introductory price on the big ships. I'm not saying this is a bad or misleading practice. It's marketing. But sometimes you can see how it works, and it's fascinating (to me).

Since this is your first time flying, I will just reiterate (probably totally unnecessary) that you must be at your gate and ready to board your plane at least 30 minutes prior to the scheduled departure time. My daughter, as worldly as I thought she was, totally missed a flight not long ago b/c she fiddled around and was late to the gate for boarding. They will close the airplane door around 10 minutes before departure and they will NOT reopen the door, even if you are standing on the other side ready to board. Have a GREAT TIME !

Congratulations, JT! You are on a wonderful adventure. The most important thing to remind you about is that you must have the proper documents to fly and cruise. These are really the only things that will keep you off the ship. Everything else can be improvised, if needed, but if you do not have the proper documents at the port, they will turn you away.

Yes, unless you are booked in a Grand Suite or higher, where the Suites Concierge can help with booking reservations prior to boarding. The trade-off with purchasing the dining package at a discount is that you must wait until you board to make reservations. Those who pay full price, get first options for dining locations and times. That being said, you should have no problem getting your first or second choices for dining times at the restaurant you want. There will be a kiosk somewhere on the ship (ship-dependent) where you can make all of your specialty dining reservations as soon as you board.

Likely, you are still too early. When is your cruise ? There is really no schedule of when the dining reservations will open...it varies widely. Sometimes, you just to wait. Keep checking.

If a passenger is added to the cabin, the cruise fare will be recalculated based on current prices but Royal is always happy to take more money from you. The only possible restriction with adding a passenger at the last minute would be if adding someone upset the balance/availability of life boats. My guess is that this would be unlikely to be a problem if your son was a single, but it could happen. Otherwise, I don’t expect there would be a problem with adding someone to the room as long as they realize the fare will most likely increase.

Then I assume you are suggesting that you would add someone’s name to the reservation and you would simply be a no-show. That won’t work either b/c they would reprice the ticket when you add someone. The cruise fare would be significantly higher, almost certainly.

Unfortunately, you will not be able to do this. At least 1 name on the original reservation must remain. Since there is only one name on the reservation, you cannot transfer this cruise reservation. I’m afraid that at this point, you will lose all or the greatest part of your cruise fare due to cancellations policy.

We were on that cruise (it was actually a RCCL Blog group cruise) but I never even saw any of the people in this film although the only one I would have recognized would have been Kelsey Grammer. We were staying on Deck 17, too !

It depends on the stateroom category. I know that the balconies and above have fridges (coolers, really. They don’t keep stuff very cold at all) but don’t believe that the interior and OV categories do.