WAAAYTOOO

Wow, I hadn't heard of that before. Sounds complicated !

We sailed on Allure over Thanksgiving last year and Giovanni's was open on embark day. We will be on next month, again. I would think that they would LOVE for you to use your booking perk for lunch. I'm sure it would save them money as the lunch menu is somewhat smaller than the dinner menu. I think it is a GOOD idea though. I may do this myself ! I don't have the CP perk but lunch at Giovanni's on boarding day sounds really good. The last couple of times we have gone to Sabor but I have been consistently disappointed in Sabor on the O class. I really am NOT a fan of Jaimie's so maybe we will go and enjoy Giovanni's. Great idea !

LOL. That's tooo funny. At least mine ARE chronological by sail date. I was able to FINALLY get to my Set Sail page to print out the Set Sail passes...but I had to reboot in order to get to the luggage tags. I had to go through the "Already Booked" link that Twangster noted. If I sign in to my account first, there is no getting to the set sail or luggage tags links. Improvements, but still very lame.

I LOVE the port at Baltimore. I completely agree - so close to so many population areas - including mine ! The PROBLEM with Baltimore is....where do you go ? We have gone to Bermuda sooooo many times now. I love cruising so I don't mind going to Bermuda over and over....and over and over again. But unless you have at least 9 days to cruise, you cannot get anywhere else. Once we're retired, if we are still in the Metro DC area (which I pray we are NOT !) then I will take FULL advantage of the longer trips on Grandeur (or whichever ship is here) but until then, I guess it will continue to be Bermuda. We do have a Christmas/New Year's cruise booked for this year and it will be our first out of Baltimore (12 nights). Looking forward to that one ! ...and one day we will take the New England cruise too. We are primarily winter cruisers so the options out of Baltimore are very limited this time of year.

This is great information ! Thanks

I thought about that too !

In fact, none of the radiance class (except for Brilliance) or Vision class are on there. Maybe it's the category of refurb that they've listed. Some are major dry docks and some are minor refurbs.

I used to do this...book out as far in the future as possible, but now with the suites being all non-refundable, I can no longer do that. Also, changes in the rules for casino prices have forced me to make more short-term plans. We'll have to see if it works out or not. I know it has definitely caused me to cut back on the number of cruises I take.

Welcome to the blog ! Sorry to hear this. It's unfortunate, given that it is ALL Royal's fault. This website monstrosity is unpardonable. I would be irritated, too. There's no way to predict when a sale might pop up. Just keep looking.

No, I don't think there will be a phone number that would be associated with the ship. Just do your best. If you know, before you leave in the morning, that you are going to miss your dining reservation, call and cancel before you leave. But if you think you will make it back in time but just don't....well, they will wait 15 minutes and then give your table to someone who is waiting. It's a courtesy but sometimes missing your reservation just can't be helped. Do your best and enjoy the ability to be spontaneous !

Bummer. You will be getting off as we're getting on.

My guess is the answer to whether you can give your daughter a drink on either your package or your Diamond coupon is "no".

This sounds very ominous. Not in a good way....

If you wait until you're onboard, the most popular Barefoot cabanas will definitely be gone. If you don't care which one you get this might work. I don't see them allowing you to do this without paying the price difference though

I fear this is the true answer

On Allure last Thanksgiving we were in a "hump" balcony on 8. I loved being on Deck 8. We were also on 8 when we had our first 2 BR ATS. 8 is great because of its proximity to Central Park. I will not, however, stay in one of the hump balconies again. While the extra deep balcony was lovely, it is a LONG walk to get to those hump balconies. Because the hump balconies are located "behind" restaurant row, you must go either all the way forward or all the way aft to get to the hallways and then walk all the way back to the hump area. I have the same aversion to the ATS now. If you don't mind walking, they are great rooms but for me. No thanks.

When we have traveled in Star Class, which includes wifi, each of us got our own login code. We never tried to add additional devices (we only used our ipads, never our phones) so not sure what would happen if we tried to have all 4 devices going at once. I doubt it would have worked.

That's right. Don't let them figure it out !

Is this a B2B for you ? Are you staying on for 8-15. We will be on 8-15 April.

I've never even seen this page !! I will try later today. Thanks !

Yes, you can take food from elsewhere into the pub. No problem

First, congratulations ! ...and welcome to the blogs. Whether or not you go to Atlantis has much to do with how long you will be in port. Many Nassau stops leave by early afternoon and since the Atlantis tours don't normally start until 9 or 10, it doesn't really give you very long in Atlantis. So, if you are going to be there well into the late afternoon, I would say it's a viable option. If you are leaving port in the early afternoon, I would say save it for another time. I have only done a trip to Atlantis once and I will say that it was VERY crowded. There were busses to take you to the resort and they were jam-packed with people from all cruise lines. The lines were long and it was a poorly organized trip, logistically. The resort is beautiful. When we went, the aquarium was included in the excursion but I think they have since dropped that from the itin so not sure if it's still included or not. Personally, I think the only way to enjoy Atlantis is to go on a land cruise and stay there...but that's just my opinion.

Yes, the only rule is that at least one original name must remain on each reservation. So you can change 1 person in the room but at least 1 of the bookees ( I know there's no such word !!) must be the same as what was originally booked.

I'll bet they do, Tony !

I tried to go to checkin to see my seapass and that link did not work. Hope they get it working in the next week or so. I have to print it out along with my luggage tags.