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Anyone care to comment on the weather as you head back to Bayonne?  Cruise Mapper is showing high rough seas for you!

It’s here!!!    Cruise Day!    

My biggest concern with 4 in a room is the bathroom situation.  If you are considering a Junior Suite…why not consider 2 OV Balconies next to each other or connecting.  You could also consider one OVBalcony with an interior across the hall.  With a 2 room choice you may need to book one adult with one tween in each room.  2 rooms gives 2 bathrooms.  A JS still has just 1 bathroom with a tub.

Of course price is most important but to me…so is comfort and convenience.

Best of luck!

Viator is my go to touring choice.  I’ve used them only on my land vacations and my satisfaction is 100%!   I am currently looking at a few tours if my May cruise Labadee stop ends up in Falmouth instead.  I am hoping Royal contacts us sooner than later to have plenty of time to reassess what to do on that day…and also to cancel what is already booked for Labadee.  

So happy to hear you foot healing process is stable!  I followed your story back when you were going through so many issues with the previous surgeries (I do believe there were more than one!).
It’s good to see you back on the boards!

They are included with the Refreshment package as well…but you do have to pay extra if you choose certain additions to the regular smoothie/ juice.

56 Days…..8 WEEKS to go!

Looks like all the closer sailing dates for Symphony have been rerouted to Falmouth, Jamaica sans Labadee.  Wonder if that will hold true for the May sailings as well.

My biggest concern (forgive me if I have already mentioned this) is the fact that we are sailing from Bayonne and typically cruises from there stop in Port Canaveral, Nassau, and CocoCay.  I just don’t want our cruise to become a “typical” sailing since we are the ones with this unique 2 Royal property ports and no Nassau!

2 hours ago, OCSC Mike said:

From looking at the cabin TV map, we’re pretty close to St. Thomas (but still doing 19.8 kts).

I’m not well versed in this stuff, but we left CocoCay over 36 hours ago. I feel like we should be able to get to St. Thomas earlier just be going a tiny bit faster per hour over such a long way. Maybe I’m wrong or maybe others enjoy being in port from 12-7pm instead of 9-5 or whatever.

Just some random thoughts. Off to breakfast, Solarium, etc.

There are 3 ships docked at St Thomas right now.  Weather looks lovely! 
And Wonder is arriving!

On 3/17/2024 at 10:57 PM, SweetPea said:

Here's the deal ...

We've rented an OTW cabana at Coco Beach in the past and loved it. However, on our upcoming cruise, i absolutely will not spend $4099 + tax on our upcoming cruise for < 8 hours. Yeah, i can't justify that as we are not sharing the expense. There are 7 Cabanas still left with a cruise date of 5/31. Good for Royal for getting 3 sold; we will not be one of them at that price. 

I thought about the Hideout Cabanas but i wasn't sure Hubs would go for a pool on a beach. By the time he agreed, they are sold out. 

Our intinerary is such that we're only getting off the ship at PDCC. Hubs won't get off the ship without a decent home-base where sand isn't getting in his nethers, IYKYK. He's totally a cabana man.

That said, which part of PDCC are you booking a cabana if Coco Beach and Hideaway Beach are off the table? South Beach? Chill Island? Not sure hubs would consider Oasis Lagoon?

Thanks for any input. 

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South Beach

I believe the contract we enter into with Royal has a statement regarding the possibility of changes occurring during the cruise and that we agree and understand this can happen.  Not sure there would be a reason to file a claim and for what?

I’ll be holding my breath until they release the new stop for my mid-May Symphony cruise!  It’s the first cruise out of Bayonne and we booked specifically because there was NO Nassau stop and Labadee and CocoCay were the only 2 ports besides the typical Port Canaveral stop!  My point…I DO NOT want Nassau!!!

Hoping Royal will add an additional island stop somewhere in the itinerary.  

You will be able to go to Guest Services once onboard and request an extra key for each room.  The extra key gets you into the room you will sleep in but you will still need to use the other key (with your name on it) for all room charges.  Same goes for the other extra key which will be for the older minor child booked in the room with Mom .  Definitely will be no problem at all!  No need for sneaking in and out of the other room.   
 

1 hour ago, jbrinkm said:

tentatively booked a half day river tubing to the beach that gets good reviews on Viator for the day we're in Falmouth.

I’ve used Viator tours several times in the last year and they are terrific.  Every tour guide I’ve had is great…very knowledgeable, great personalities, love their jobs!  

Since today is the 19th you can let us know if you had success checking in!  If not…then apparently tonight is the night!  
I am an EastCoaster and I’ve had 2 different check in dates for my May cruise.  It’s either March 31 or April 1.  No biggie to me…I will check the first date and if that one doesn’t happen, oh well, the second date will be just fine!

I’m following your adventures!  I will be boarding Symphony in 58 days with my two grandsons and their mom (my daughter ).  We have 2 OV connecting balconies.

I'm looking forward to your ship and food pictures as well as your “off ship fun!”!

1 hour ago, SweetPea said:

Pricing has been crazy on our cruise. The lowest i saw them for was $34.99. They are $64.99 now in the Planner.

Same for my May cruise!  Even higher for my Utopia cruise!

On 3/16/2024 at 1:29 PM, Cactus527 said:

This is why I pack travel hangers

What are these?  I ALWAYS need extra hangers!

What a great week of information and pictures and entertainment!  If I didn’t know any better I’d believe I just got off a cruise ship!   

Hope your trip home was carefree and on time!  Enjoy the next few months as your daughter moves along the path of maturity, adventure, fun, sadness, and the future!  The best is yet to come for all of you!  XO

12 hours ago, LandstromCruise said:

As soon as I win the powerball I am definitely getting one

Make sure you let us all know when that happens!!   

7 hours ago, Lovetocruise2002 said:

People were leaving in droves! Entire rows were emptying out. Sort of rude. It was not my favourite either, but still. I felt bad for the cast. Not sure if they are used to it or not. 

It’s definitely time for Oasis to be honored with a new show!  Seriously! Come on Royal…do something nice for your Oasis guests!

We were on Oasis in July and 2 of our 5 consecutive rooms were very warm…hot!  My daughter requested a fan and was given a large standing fan for the duration of the cruise.  Our room attendant told me there is a supply of fans for passengers who request them.

4 hours ago, WAAAYTOOO said:

One of the recent attendants began mumbling something about us invading his "kit"...so I suspect that the spare comforter is something that they use when they make up the room for the next guest.  Sorry...I don't care.  Just leave my nappy blanky alone !

That was exactly what our guy called the package…his kit.  But he was at least nice to us and did not call us invaders…lol!   And yes, he said it is there for the next occupants.  

It’s been great following along with you.  Your pictures are amazing especially those last ones of Miami in the early morning!  So colorful…just gorgeous!  I’m happy you had a relaxing pre-conference cruise!

Safe travels!