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This will be the first season I know of since Anthem has been in NJ since at least 2017/18 that there will be no indoor pool for children during the cold weather months. . It is my understanding that there will be designated hours for kids at the solarium pool. I do not know what the hours will be or, if in fact, they will be limited.

In my experience Italian night is not night 1 or 2. the refund goes onto your account as OBC, check to make sure this happens. We lost money when someone told my husband it goes directly to my card, it did not, it should have gone to OBC first, then if I didn’t use the OBC onboard it would go back to my card. Needless to say I don’t leave my husband in charge of these things anymore!

You know your child better than anyone else. I was a latch key kid at SEVEN. We walked to and from school on our own, with the other kids on my block, we came home to an empty house. At age 11 I babysat newborns. Do I think any of that was “right”-I guess it was ok. My parents likely had no choice and the parents who had me babysit obviously thought I could handle it. The real challenge will be in a few years when he joins the roving group of young teens/tweens where an alpha male runs the pack and has the innocents engaging in highly questionable behavior. Prayers your son can stand strong.

Happened to my family June of ‘22 in Chops on Oasis. It was Father’s Day-I thought it was for that occasion! They ran a special, I think 5 for $50. thru just for this in Chops on Anthem-$30 per pic-no thanks! both times were dinner. They do not come around at lunch.

I was at Hideaway as well. The ocean water was a tad cold but fine once you got in (about 10:40am). We then went to the pool, and later went to the ocean and it was “practically walk in”…no need to dip quick to “get it over with”. The beach was amazingly clean-no seaweed and I noticed a net at the opening between this bay and the ocean that perhaps kept the big fish out. Chill beach is known for its stingray and shark (hammer?). I have hideaway booked for 2 more of my cruises. At $25 (the sale I purchased at) it was a bargain. I can’t say it would be worth that much more.

What casino level are you and what date was it?

Win/loss statements become available in January. See the link to make the request. Must be notarized https://www.royalcaribbean.com/faq/questions/casino-win-loss-statements

Only one offer of your own can be applied to one booking. ex. I sailed for 2 different weeks in February. I earned an instant certificate on each cruise. They each begin 2402C##. I cannot use both offers on the same cruise. however for March I sailed with the husband, who also gambled. We each earned an instant onboard certificate, mine for a free cruise, his for $ off. I purchased one next cruise booking reservation and called casino royale to do my booking. I inquired about adding hubby’s $ off certificate and we were each able to use our certificate on my free cruise. His $ off was added and helped cover an upgrade as well as port fees and taxes. My offer was an ocean view, and with his $300 off we moved to a balcony GTY (guarantee)-Royal will assign me a random balcony and I owed a $23. My OBC from next cruise went from $50 for ocean view to $100 OBC. because I moved into a balcony.

Solo will get double points-as long as it’s not a designated solo cabin (that can only hold 1 person (most ships don’t have this) in an interior, ocean view or balcony. You get 3 points per night in a junior suite or above. Royal up will not get you any extra points. Your points are based on the cabin you originally booked. also be aware you are paying twice the amount of your bid, as is everyone else.

Clearly if you e never reached this many points in the past or you would have received a similar offer. log into clubroyaleoffers.com and see if you have other offers, in addition to the instant onboard offer you received. You just need your last name and crown and anchor # come April you will receive an offer (in your club royale account) for a free cruise good for an interior cabin 7 day or less cruise and restrictions may apply (last year a lot of summer was blocked-also a ship cannot be booked until it’s out for a year)

As @F1guynz explained, you earn one point for each $5 you play its $5 of your money, or your wins(credits) on the slot machine sounds like you had a lot more play time for your money, therefore you earned a higher instant cruise certificate which comes with better cabin categories and has a higher trade in value. Additionally the list of cruises is longer for those certs than they would be for the lower point certificates. hosts now have the QR codes on their desk along with the list of points needed for each category of certificate

Adding, if it helps any….i was scheduled to be on the Bayonne cruise to Greenland when Hurricane Lee came traveling up the coast. Lots of worry if we’d make it to Greenland! In order to keep from going in front of the storm we set sail, as scheduled, and went to NYC pier )unscheduled stop) for an overnight (we missed Halifax). on my transatlantic from Southampton to NJ there was a storm, we missed Bermuda and went to Halifax (unscheduled stop) royal will do its best to keep the sailing, but may have to change ports, or just cancel some. in the case of the transatlantic a lot of the Brit’s were saying their insurance covered missed ports. My insurance did not. So read the policy to understand what you purchased.

Each travel policy is unique. Your best bet is to find your copy and read it or contact the company which you bought the policy from and make the inquiry.

They are open in the morning (disembarking day)….you can ask!

It would if they were not removed between sailings. I don’t know if the cleaners overlooked the glasses or the attendant forgot the lids on fresh glasses. These people are overworked. If they had cases of known Noro in the cabins they service those cabins received extra cleaning attention/which must add to their already stressful prep of 25 cabins between sailings. I prefer to err on the side of caution, however you can call it overreaction, I’m not offended.

No other issue but I know the ship is on heightened cleaning. Seeing that the glasses had no covers made me suspect they were leftover. On this particular ship I had a cabin with no toilet paper upon embarking (can you spare a square?) and no towels another time. So it’s either new staff issues, lack of time issues or poor work. Based on those things I felt the glasses had been overlooked and I was hoping for fresh glasses, as asked, but realize the “easy way” could be to just put caps so I marked the one glass where it’s not noticeable.

2 weeks ago on Anthem my friend told her attendant she wanted evening service. This was after she tipped him upfront for ice daily. He informed her he does that section in the day time as he does his other section at night. I was floored. She gave in and was miserable. The meaning of morning service was not what she thought. He also was a lousy attendant- no fresh towels a few days nor the daily ice she had tipped for. you are supposed to be able to choose when you want service. the layout of Anthem sucks for attendants in the forward section. I had an interior cabin and there were at least 4 attendants in that small corridor working on cabins it made no sense that such a small area had so many attending it. I suspected they were all new. My guy stunk One of the few times I did not leave an additional tip. Im currently on Anthem and I’ve not seen my attendant so we now seem to have morning service. So be it, next time I cruise I’ll leave a note with my preference

Context: Anthem has had norovirus onboard for at least the past 2 weeks. This is not surprising as the Northeast has high numbers of this. Last week’s sailing they resorted to deep cleaning of the ship and “deep cleaning of cabins with reported cases”. so I brought along wipes and spray for the 4 cabins in our party and did our own deep cleaning since we’ve no idea if our cabin had unreported cases or undeveloped cases. i noticed the glasses in my cabin did not have the little paper cap on them. I put them in the sink with a note requesting new glasses as these may not have been clean. Mind you we ran the water in the sink for a day,washing etc, before our attendant saw the note (due to scheduled cleaning). I had a feeling the glasses would not be replaced so I put a sharpie mark along the bottom side. Well the glasses had the paper cover put o them and put back on the shelf but the mark was still there! This indicates the glasses were not replaced! so, what do you do? Personally I don’t want the attendant in my cabin again. I feel given the awareness of norovirus this is gross conduct. Hubby wants the room made up. if you report this you have a disgruntled employee coming into your cabin. I can’t imagine what “get even” thing might happen, -potential for him to purposely run some norovirus infected item on our items, )crazy to think but it’s possible!.) Wait for the end of the sailing and put the comment on the survey? Other recommendations? if you use your glasses do the attendants replace them? Or just put them back and put new covers on then?

The “savings” they allege are not always there, and likely hardly there. As a D+ I would look for my savings and it’s not all sailings, and they were scarce. Additionally if you book kids sail free you likely don’t get savings from your tier, they don”t usually stack savings

Royal should have a shuttle and it will leave early enough to get you to the airport. Air2Sea does not typically book you so you will miss the first flight (their connecting flights are questionable). Otherwise consider doing a walk off with your luggage if you make other arrangements. Is this a TA originating in the states? If so you have customs to think about too. See if there is another flight that works for you and contact Air2Sead, they might still be able to make changes

what do the bookings reflect? Minors can be booked solo in a cabin that is connecting/adjacent.

I screen shot all the time. That way I can just have photos open and it is so much easier. I read about the set sail pass in the facebook group for our sailing and checked mine. 4 cabins linked and I can see 4 passes, open up another persons sailing and I see the same 4 and the 3rd person see 2 more I couldnt see and the 4th person-see 4 others but no passes for them....so missing 2 passes.....gone! LOL I' not gonna worry I think if I go far back enough in my photos I have the original screen shots of the set sail passes. Royal IT must be at it again. BTW-when I mention the passes are screen shot somewhere in my album....when I find them I will screenshot them again so they are at the beginning when I open my photos.

Stateroom attendants don’t care if your beds are together or apart or who is sleeping where.

Got off the ship in Nassau last week the area is amazingly different and updated. If you had taken me there blindfolded and removed the blindfold I wouldn’t be able to guess what port I was at. Looking forward to more positive changes.

On the Presidents cruise Michael Bayley confirmed kids are granted access to the solarium during cold weather. Any restrictions were not mentioned. celebrity announced kids will be permitted in the solarium on Alaska, The Balkans and Antarctica-I imagine in cold weather (said because I sailed Alaska in 80 degree heat). The hours are 5pm-7pm. Dinner time-so may not impact too many adults. Crappy for families with kids though! https://www.cruisehive.com/celebrity-cruises-to-permit-kids-in-adults-only-space-onboard/123994?utm_source=Cruise+Hive+Newsletter&utm_campaign=6240bd2ac1-CHV_RSS_News_InstantUpdates&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e04b47b456-6240bd2ac1-617187465&fbclid=IwAR3-cEtNnVOSCjt9jmHxXtSFL4NEopr86UFEFbRWzLQhVGoGyi_5BCrY2A8_aem_AVI2YJYLJz0P2YaoYM6wWRLAjmXaGY9CKJoWZIH4djnYC8yCOqEC3byhzXtP_g68Zmc