Dicey

our concern is if there will be any issue if the person comped for the junior suite that the grandparents will be staying, if switched, will not be staying that room.  

There will be someone staying in the the other room.  We are traveling with our 8 month old in May.  We each have a junior suite from the casino and booked separate rooms with one of the the grandparents as each our guest.  We upgraded one of the rooms to a suite and want to change it so that we're in the same room (suite) with the baby and the grandparents in the junior suite.  

On 3/20/2023 at 9:08 AM, Matt said:

If you have 2 rooms booked and all you want to do is swap who stays in which room, you can just do it onboard.

Go to guest services and ask to have keys swapped.

We've done this when my wife is booked in one room with my kids and I'm booked in another, but we want to move kids into one room and me and my wife into another.

Do they allow swap between a suite and junior suite?  

On 10/12/2022 at 9:17 PM, Nye said:

I saw this too and had the same question. I’m cruising at the end of January 2023 and my daughter will be 8 months. I hadn’t had a chance to call so thanks for sharing the info you gathered. How much was the cabana you looked at because I’m seeing prices over $1,000 for a cabana which is way more than I’m used to paying and I don’t know if the price was adjusted based on my booking time or what 

Yes the regular, non breach club, cabanas are going for $1000.  We contact RCL via email with the same question.  Will let you know if they respond and what they say.

We were going to book a South Beach cabana for our May 14, 2023 cruise with our daughter who will be 9 months by then and noticed a minimum age 4 restriction.  Called RCL and the rep confirmed the restriction and said our daughter will be denied access to the cabana but couldn't explain why there's a restriction.  So our daughter is allowed on the beach but not in a cabana?  This doesn't make any sense.  Has anyone ever had issues bringing an infant to the cabana?  Thanks!

Our last cruise was in November 2021.  Then we were blessed with our daughter and had to stop cursing.  Doctor’s orders.  Now we’re ready to cruise again and we’re booked on this sailing.  We will be with our 9 month old daughter and will be mom’s first Mother’s Day.  Very excited!

3 hours ago, PRMLVM said:

What is a folio, and where can I view it?  

From the RCI site, I see that Club Royale members earn two things:   Tier Credits, which place you on a "level" of earned rewards (free drinks, various free cabins, internet, etc).  These just accumulate.   Then there are Reward Points, which give you discounts for things (spa, dining, excursions, the free play games you reference, things like that).  These expire at the end of the cruise.  Are these what you're referring to?  We can turn these into onboard credit, as long as we do so by the end of the last night?  And we do this only through the casino host?  

so many questions, but I see I'm not the only confused one!  Thank you for helping to educate me!

The folio is the bill.  you can view in on the tv in the room, supposedly on the app but its never worked for us, or ask guests services to print a copy  There's usually one outside your door disembark morning.  

The casino credits we're referring to will appear on the folio at the end of the cruise for players that qualify.  Not sure if this happens automatically or needs to be requested as it was different for us on every ship we've been on.  On the Allure the host came over and told us, like an FYI, that all our points will be applied to the folio as credits.  When we mentioned it to the host on the Oasis he replied, "ok I'll put you on the list", like this had to be requested.  On the Anthem we were told this happens automatically by the system when there's enough points.  Yes, it is very confusing so check with the hosts but expect a different answer every time you ask.  

27 minutes ago, PRMLVM said:

A fellow player seemed to be redeeming/applying "something" to her bill.  Would that have been her winnings? Her reward points?

This sounds like the casino credit applied they apply to the final folio.  Players that accumulate enough points receive credits from the casino on the last night.  It appears on the folio as category - credit, description - casino comps.  Not sure how many points are required but you can probably check with the host.  The credits vary greatly from ship to ship, based on our experience.  

22 hours ago, Palaceboy said:

New to this free cruise lark.   Wife played on our cruise a couple of weeks ago and won a free cruise which we booked for September.  On the last day I scrapped over the prime threshold and also won a free cruise

gone on the offers site and my certificate is there.  I click to see what cruises I can take and all is get is a very blurred and unreadable version.  Used my iPad and iPhone but the same happens.  Anyone any ideas to how to solve it 

Have same issue on viewing on mobile devices - it's probably not work properly on mobile/iOS browsers.  it works fine on a computer/laptop.  if it doesn't look right when it automatically opens just close it and open the file directly in downloads folder, the itinerary is downloaded to your system when you open it from your computer.  

8 hours ago, AlohaLivin said:

Would you please elaborate? My parents sailed princess quite often 20-30+ years ago, but we have not and so I don’t know how the casino programs compare. 

With RCL the players' perks and rewards are not consistent on all ships and the "hosts" are more like casino entertainment directors than player services.  We've been on the Navigator, Allure, Anthem and Oasis and what we received from the casino of each ship varied greatly.  The casino "hosts" are more involved with running tournaments, events and selling lotto tickets than they are with players.  

The casino perks at Princess were consistent on all our sailings, on the Caribbean, Regal and Royal.  The host always asked if we wanted dinner reservations and if there was anything else we needed just ask.  They can comp pretty much anything.  The casino elevated our Captain's Circle status to their highest, Elite, so we can enjoy all the complimentary offerings without having to complete the required sailings.  The casino program at Princess is better integrated with the rest of the cruise line.  They do things to try to make you cruise better overall.  

RCL feels like a novelty casino.  It doesn't have the authority to do much and player's just gets kickback back based on points.  And the "hosts" are not really hosts.  

As gamblers we think RCL needs to improve their casino program.  The Princess casino attend to players' a lot more and closer to what you would expect from casinos on land.  

3.4 oz is plenty for us on 7 day Caribbean cruises.  

We've made reservations for people travelling with us through the casino and $100 sounds about right.  This was for a balcony.  They'll tell you casino reservations have different rates than online and what they're quoting you is the friends and family so it's not going to be % off the prices on the site.  

Times Sq is not far from Cape Liberty and you'll be able to get out of the city pretty quick on a Sunday.  The Lincoln Tunnel is a few blocks from Times Sq and once you're out of NYC it's all highways to Cape Liberty.  You'll be there in less than an hour.  

We get the Surf + Stream and its borderline useable.  Speedtest with a VPN consistently shows single digit speeds, usually 5 or under.  Can't imagine it being significantly faster even without VPN.  Anything less than this is pretty much useless and you'll spend more time buffering than enjoying content.  If you intend to use it for media Surf + Stream is a must and even then don't expect it it work seamlessly all the time.  But you're on a ship so this is expected.

We've replaced an existing casino booking with another offer but not sure if it's different if your booking was paid for.  But can't you just cancel your existing reservation and book a new one with the casino offer?

Espresso martini and Curacao cosmo 

We usually get off for a couple hours and grab lunch at Grills in Canaveral.  Other than that we stay on ship for most of the day at that port as well. 

However, the last time we were on the Anthem in Nov 21 it docked at terminal 6 instead.  According to a crew member the Independence was at terminal 1 that day and has precedence over other RCL ships at Canaveral on the same day.  The Anthem (leaving from Bayonne) is only at terminal 1 when it is not being used by another ship but does not have any priority to dock there.  It just docks at an available terminal and they do not know what terminal until the day of.  This is according to a crew member we asked so not sure if this is entirely accurate but just sharing what we were told.  

On 3/22/2022 at 8:10 AM, Johar4469 said:

If we were to bring wine with us on board do we have to drink it in the restaurant.  I know they charge a corkage fee or something but what of we just drink it at night in our room.  Also I'm guessing I can't bring a wine opener can i

You can bring a wine opener.  We usually pack a couple of them with us.  

Just toss whatever fits in the safe.  We've left valuables around the room before too and never had any issues.  They won't touch it.  There's nothing to worry about.  

There may be exceptions to the complimentary beverages in the suite lounge because of limited capacity.  When we were on the Oasis last October we got any drink we wanted (beer, wine, cocktails, whiskeys) at any hour bar service was available so YMMV.  

Booze is a must.  The model ship is cool too.  

We like to people watch so we prefer aft-facing.  It can get a little noisy though, especially when they have exercise programs on the basket ball courts in the morning.  The ocean view was too quiet for us.  I guess we're not very private people.  

If you don't have to pay the fee charging to your room is the best option.  With a good travel credit card on file for onboard charges you'll earn rewards.  It's like a casino marker with better terms and cashback.  

We uploaded our photos on the app and they still took our photos on boarding day and used it for identification.  We also had a bunch of other issues with the app.  Safety tasks marked incomplete after we completed them, entertainment and dinner reservations not correctly reflected, account information never available.  The app is not reliable.