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On 5/8/2020 at 7:51 AM, Pima1988 said:

@Neesa I will never forget that passenger, we were on Adventure.  It occurred in the hot tub in the Solarium.  He may have had 1 too many drinks, but man oh man he was ticked.  I kept my mouth shut as he ranted.

Everybody was talking about how excited they were about going to the new Perfect Day.  That was when he went loose.  To him RCL screwed him big time.  He felt rightly or wrongly, that he purchased the cabana, and now it was all about getting it re-priced.  RCL sees it as you returned the item, it was placed back in stock and someone picked it up faster than you did.  

What made matters worse for him was by that time there were no bungalows, beach beds or clamshells available.  

Cabanas are the best impo.  My brother 1st said to me, you are crazy to pay 400 for a cabana, just get a lounger.  He is a finance advisor for millionaires. Than he stopped for a second, and said, ok, you are there for 8 hrs.  It holds 8 people, basically 50 bucks per person.  They give you guaranteed shade, sofas, loungers next to the beach and deliver food/drinks to you all day.  That is 1 cheap excursion since it actually turns out to be $6 an hr for a higher level of service.

We will not take a cabana on our next cruise since it is just hubby and I. We picked up the Coco Beach Club day pass instead.  Got it really cheap. (79 pp).  The fact is, like the cabanas, it is limited in numbers which we like.  The lunch menu to me is also worth it since it feels like buying a specialty restaurant.  I am a pool person.  Husband is a beach guy.  This is the best of both worlds for us as a couple.

My only hope is that the seagulls have not found out that Coco Cay Beach club exists.

@WesKinetic tieing into the seagulls.  If you want to get glares, feed the gulls.  We actually saw teenagers in the water at Chill throwing veggie straws in the air.  People were leaving the water and telling them to knock it off. They just kept laughing at how funny it was with more and more gulls coming.

Again, I don't know about south beach, but on Chill the attendants were amazing.  Remember to tip them.  Little known fact your bartenders on the shp will also be there at the bars on Coco Cay.  The attendants are contracted for only 4 weeks at a time. 

My favorite memories of our cabana are:

•  I ordered a drink and told her that I was going to the bathroom (2-3 min walk) I thought nothing of it.  I just thought she would leave it in the cabana. Walk out of the bathroom and there she was with drink on the tray.  What, huh?  You actually stood outside of the bathroom waiting for me?  This is ridiculous.
•  Mat floats come with the cabanas.  Chill beach has a roped off area in the water for only cabana guests. Hanging with people on the mats that were in another cabana.  The attendant is ankle high in water delivering drinks to those guests.  They never left the float.
•  They brought us fruit trays of sliced melons in the a.m.  Fruit kebabs in the afternoon.  
•  We had an amazing attendant.  The cabanas come with towels, don't check any out from the ship for the cabana. While we were in the water, she would take our old wet towels and swap them out so we had nice new dry towels as soon as we came out of the water.
•  You will get a special menu.  You can order anything and everything on it.  I got the portabello mushroom sandwich and a salad. I told my hubby of the off the menu chicken parm sandwich,  not on our menu, but they got it for him!  My BIL ordered so much food I was full just listening to his order.  He got a Portabello sandwich, grilled chicken breast, greek salad, funnel cake and salted caramel brownie (he weighs 160 lbs and is 5'9)  You also can go their version of the WJ on Coco Cay

Nice run down.  We're visiting Nov '21.  Just 2 of us, so don't need the Cabana, so were going to get the Club Pass.  Are chairs kept available, or is like what happens on the sun deck?  Are there also umbrellas available/

Going to be more contraction.  Would expect a shedding of the ships with higher operating/maintenance costs.   Even when we start up again, its not going to be a full fleet.  The loyalists will return, but those who've never sailed are going to stay away a couple of years.

Edge is smooth.  Will definitely sail again, and hoping Apex in the future.

On 6/16/2020 at 9:37 AM, Hince57 said:

My Nov 2021 cruise got nixed on Allure out of Galveston. Had a 2br AS (sad face).  Looking to book the same sailing/cabin whenever they reopen booking for its Florida sailings.  Anyone know when they'll open those sailings for booking?

I received an email from RCL to rebook our Mar 22 cruise.   We were automatically moved to the Liberty, but rebooked the cruise to sail Allure and made the move.  Will be leaving from FLL.

We were booked on a March 2022 cruise.  It was cancelled and we were put on Liberty (which we like).  Just received an email from RCL saying Allure will sail (I believe from FL) and we can get back on.   We don't know the itinerary, but we can move over at the same price as originally booked.  We'll jump if the itinerary is better.  We'll end up with a refund if we stick with Liberty.

On the Edge 22 Nov - hope the chaos is over by then.

My sister-in-law has.  In fact she's booked on Summit 2 Aug and they bumped her to Aqua

Any update on new ship placement with the delay of Terminal 3?  Allure was to home port in Galveston late 2021, but how can that happen with the Terminal 3 delay?  Have reservations on an Allure cruise in Mar 2022, but that wouldn't hold together either.    Also rumor that Athem could come to Galveston and use Terminal 2 with some modifications.