WAAAYTOOO

I agree with Lovetocruise2002. The activities where Star Class gives you priority are awesome on the Q Class ships. The only major restaurant that is missing on Q Class is 150 Central Park but I did miss it on Anthem. One big drawback on the Q Class is that all of the SC suites are a long walk aft. I missed deck 17 when I was on Anthem. The Coastal Kitchen on Anthem is far less impressive than on the O class ships but the food was just as good. Of course, the Q Class ships do not have a Suites Lounge at all and that’s a big negative.

Love that cheesecake !

There are no limits on any food quantities or types for Star Class (with the single exception of Starbucks pastries). There have never been any limits on appetizers, sides or desserts for anybody.

Wow !

If she is going to the shipyard at Newport News, it is going to be very pricey !!

Anytime you reprice your cruise it is essentially a cancellation and rebooking. That is why you cannot reprice after final payment. At that time, a cancellation penalty is invoked and it no longer becomes profitable to reprice. You can easily check the current prices by going to the RCCL (royalcaribbean.com) website and : Find a cruise Select the box for how many nights Select your ship Find the month of your sailing at "Leaving Any Date" Apply Find and select your sail date # of rooms - Continue # of people - Continue Cabin Type - Select Cabin Category - Select If you find that the current price is less than what you paid, and you have not yet reached final payment, ask either your agent or call RCCL and ask them to check to see if you can save any money with the current pricing. The only thing you have to be careful of is...you might lose onboard credit or some other perk that you had in your original booking if you want to take advantage of a current lower price. You should be able to price adjust whether you have refundable or non-refundable deposits. The only time the non-refundable issue comes up is if you decide you want to change the ship and/or sail date of your cruise. But for price adjustments it will not matter what kind of deposit you have.

No one knows for sure, of course, but I strongly suspect that the Allure change of itinerary would have been due to the known propulsion problems with Allure. Roatan is a long way from south Florida. Of course, the chances of the cruise actually going to Nassau (if your cruise is coming up in the very near future) may be diminished as well...but I wouldn't think that they would re-schedule Roatan if the original itin was changed due to Allure's azipod issues.

You realize that you will forfeit part of your deposit if you change the ship and/or sail date, right ? Since this is a full suite, there is a $100 per person penalty for cancelling a suite.

This is probably just the Crown & Anchor loyalty reception. Sounds like they’re holding it in 270 so there will likely be a roboshow of some kind.

Congratulations !!

I have a medium-sized pair of scissors with me and have never had an issue. They are certainly not SHEARS but they have about a 2" blade on them. No pointy tips though

I'm only guessing, but I suspect they will expire each day.

Welcome, David !

So happy for all f you. Have a GREAT time !

We have run across Mario a few times and he has always been very friendly an approachable.

Agreed. We have never had ANY problems with Luggage Valet

The only problem with opening the luggage is that it takes up twice the floor space but if you only have 1 suitcase it should be fine.

Yes, once the new casino year started (1 April) the percentage discount for comped upgrades changed significantly. We used to pay about 40% of the discounted (BOGO or whatever offer they are pushing) rate but now we’re lucky to pay 70% of the discounted rate. Very disappointing.

I think there is a way to directly purchase a cruise but we always just used the points for onboard credit.

My experience is that there are plenty of table games that permit smoking. It doesn’t bother me unless smoke is wafting directly in my face but it does stink. No doubt.

Enjoy your extended vacation and remember that you are now enjoying what should be someone else’s great vacation (through no fault of your own). Your good fortune is their disappointment. ??? I’m so glad to hear that Royal is doing the right thing for you !

Yippee !!

On our one-and-only inside cabin on Grandeur, we had to do this as well. Be careful if you lift up one side of the bed. The double bed is actually 2 single beds that are connected. Without knowing it, we inadvertently disconnected them when we lifted the one to slide the luggage under it. In the middle of the night, I awoke to find myself submerged in an abyss which had developed between the two (now-loose) beds. It took the attendant to fix whatever malfunction we had created. We laughed and laughed over that one.

Not to hijack your thread, Traveler but I have a disembarkation tale to pass on. As most of you may recall, it was 1 year ago that LIB in Galveston lost our luggage at the terminal. Since that time we no longer leave our bags outside the night before disembarkation; instead, we choose to keep our bags and walk them off when we disembark. Ok. Nothing unusual about that BUT our car wasn’t coming to pick us up until 9:00 and the last thing we wanted was to leave the ship with the early birds and then be stuck out in the hot Texas sun for an hour or more. I asked the Suites Concierge if she could help us but her time for walking off luggage was too early and walk-off scenario for later departures included stairs which was a no-go for us with all that luggage. So, we were left to our own devices. We decided to leave our suite at 7:30 and wait at Boleros on deck 4 until 8:30. It was perfect. We found chairs next to power outlets and our hour passed quickly BUT we could see the departure line getting longer and longer and longer and longer. We were suddenly not too happy with our plan. They had security posted strategically to keep the line jumpers away. If things had been left to me, we would have just made the long and sad trek to the back of the line but Dan is smarter than me. He went up to one of the security guys, told him we were in a suite (our luggage tags confirmed that as well), and to my utter astonishment, he took us some circuitous route through closed doors, past barriers, past long lines of people all the way through to a special exit kiosk. Even our Concierge never took us that far ! As a matter of fact, last year when we disembarked, our “expedited disembarkation” was a ticket to the back of that very long line. We remarked at the time, “I could have done this myself. What did I need the Concierge for ?” I’m sure this saved us at least 40 minutes ! So the moral of this story is....don’t be afraid to ask for what you want. Sometimes you get it and sometimes you don’t. Luckily for us, this time, we did.

The Cruise Director on LIB told us earlier this week that they were coming out with a new Compass design this week. I guess that’s it !