Linda R

22 hours ago, WAAAYTOOO said:

I haven’t seen a breakfast hang tag since the restart.  I don’t think they’re a “thing” anymore.   AFAIK, you can still order the continental breakfast from room service for $0 but any kind of hot food will cost $$ unless you’re in a suite.

We had the breakfast hang cards on our cruises this year, including one last month.  But they are not often sitting out, they were in a bottom drawer.  If I do not see them in the future I will ask for them. 

21 hours ago, Mike n Ky said:

You live in Montana and you are Pinnacle? Wow.

Yes!   I started sailing in the 80's.  I lived in Seattle in the 80's and 90's.

Not really understanding your question/problem.  Both cruises involve a foreign port, thus would not see a problem with PVSA rules. 

4 hours ago, Ampurp85 said:

The thing was you changed it. If the other pax is just a no show, you often don't get the extra points.

Yes, plus I had my TA take care of it.  So not really sure what she did.  Maybe she even canceled and rebooked?  I just know that I went solo and got double points, so was a happy camper.  

10 hours ago, TXcruzer said:

There will not be double points in this scenario, since the booking was not solo at inception

I got double points after changing the cruise to solo.   So, not understanding.  But I definitely did get double points.

On 7/15/2023 at 8:38 AM, WAAAYTOOO said:

I will advocate (again, as usual) for the individual accounts.  Dan and I do not play well together so to keep our sanity (and relationship) we each have our own account.  Yes, it costs more...but I really like having the flexibility to change devices without having to worry about kicking him off.  I do understand the "logoff" concept....I just don't do it well. Very soon (October) I will no longer have to worry about this and I CANNOT WAIT !  Pinnacle, here we come !  Everyone with their OWN complimentary Voom account !

Congratulations on Pinnacle.  We just turned Pinnacle in April and are loving the benefits, including a free cruise in October.  

We often get into Florida late at night, like midnight.  We still get a hotel and some sleep.  Then head out to get on ship about 10am.    Since your cruise is a little over an hour away, Port Canaveral, you can stay either place.  But getting transportation from Orlando to Cape Canaveral area is harder to come by, and more expensive,  at that hour. I would stay in Orlando at the airport.  Then travel to ship in the morning.   

I did this in January.  The second person was unable to go, so I went alone.  I did pay the extra fee for going solo, usually 1 1/2 of the total fee, but depends on your loyalty status and the cruise, etc.  Also, when you travel solo you get double points.  I had never gone solo before and did enjoy it.   

7 hours ago, OCSC Mike said:

The OP is asking about interiors. The bed is either along the back wall facing the door or on the side wall facing across the room.

Oh yes, I see that now.. Tnank you 

 

Hello,

Here's a snapshot of the deck plan of Deck 7 on Allure:

 

It looks like the 3V and 4V cabins have the same color! How are we supposed to tell them apart?

It matters because I believe the 4V cabins have the head of the bed along the side of the room and the 3V cabins have the head of the bed at the back of the room.

This would not apply to earlier classes of ships as I am pretty sure all interior cabins on Freedom-class ships and below have the head of the bed along the back of the room.

 

 

 

That's great for balcony class rooms (which is the usual question of this type) but this poster wants to know about the interior rooms.  I have no idea if they follow a similar pattern or not especially since it isn't even obvious from the deck plans where the door is on some of the cabins.

Are you asking for the location of the bed?  Like it is near the balcony or near 

 

Hello,

Here's a snapshot of the deck plan of Deck 7 on Allure:

 

It looks like the 3V and 4V cabins have the same color! How are we supposed to tell them apart?

It matters because I believe the 4V cabins have the head of the bed along the side of the room and the 3V cabins have the head of the bed at the back of the room.

This would not apply to earlier classes of ships as I am pretty sure all interior cabins on Freedom-class ships and below have the head of the bed along the back of the room.

 

 

Are you asking where the location of the bed is?  Like it bed is near balcony or closer to the hallway.

 

I have been skipping main dining for the most part. It would take two hours on average to go through the meal. Lately I prefer grabbing some quick meal and use those two hours doing something more entertaining. 

Lately it seems with the new limited dining room menus, they are much faster with their service.  In fact, too fast in my opinion.  We had our whole meal done in 30 minutes.  They brought both appetizers at once, instead of separately as I prefer.  Before those were done the main course arrived.  And desert not far after that.  They could have asked if we had a show first, and if not, slowed down the service to enjoy it more.  That is my opinion anyway.  I am not a big fan of the MDR anyway.  At least not in last few years. 

 

That post was also 6 years ago... a lot has changed in the industry since then. 

 

That post was also 6 years ago... a lot has changed in the industry since then. 

Oops, I did not see the date of the post.  That explains it. Thx

7 hours ago, chrismelissa said:

Good Evening everyone, has anyone stayed at the Holiday Inn Port of Miami before , looking to stay there next year, is it a good hotel, any good resturants near by, 

I stayed there last month.  Was decent hotel.  Good price.  Plus the airboat ride we booked picked us up, and that was one of the hotels they pick up at.   Also it is right across the street from Bayside, good location.   Bayside has lots of restaurants.  Also shops and bars.  And is waterfront.   You can see the cruise ships from the hotel, so close to the port.

On 12/19/2017 at 6:04 PM, tonyfsu21 said:

Suite Guests and D+ get an invite to a sunset sail away at one of the ports. On Thanksgiving (Harmony) it was Labadee and the highlight of our cruise! The views were spectacular and we can’t wait to do it again.

I was just on Harmony last month, we are Pinnacle.  And had  no invite to Helipad?

No set time on when cruises are released to book, but summer of 2025 will probably be out in the fall, usually November.  Based on other years.  I am waiting for spring transatlantic to be available.  I cruise this coming October and wishing it will be available then, but I have doubts.  They are currently booking for first 4 months of 2025, but not all cruises.  

13 hours ago, Matt said:

I recommend (and have used) this one: https://amzn.to/3pNccdx

This is the one I also have.  Works great.

If you booked thru TA she/he would know.  I think there are 2 shuttle times.  So, you probably need to find out which one you are on.  And plan to arrive maybe 1 hour prior.  We recently took a cruise out of Ravenna.  I think our shuttle bus left at 10:30.  But not sure.

I have no idea what is going on, but wanted to say that there are always cancelations last minute.  So hopefully you will be able to get your cabin changed.   Plus someone in a balcony may get their Royal Up and open up better balcony for you.  Hope things work out.  

Symphony, Oasis class is the best!

I have sailed over Halloween and yes people dressed up.  Mostly adults, as not a lot of kids during that time.  There was a party and costume contest.  Also decorations thru out ship.  Was fun.   

Just now, Linda R said:

We stayed at Hotel Rialto, excellent location.  I would definitely stay there again. Since you have to take water taxi (no cars) you also take your luggage.  The driver loads and unloads your luggage for you. 

The shuttle to Venice has to be water taxi of some sort. Am not sure if 12 can fit on one boat but I do think there was room inside boat for 12.  There was just 4 of us and we had lots of space.  But mostly wanted to sit in back outside for the view.   We paid about $150 I think.  Well worth it.  Loved having a private taxi and would do it again. 

The water taxi to transit center was less money as not as far as the airport. 

7 hours ago, MLH said:

What hotel did you stay at?  Is the water taxi doable with luggage? How much was the water taxi from the hotel to transit center.We are already booked on the shuttle. We are a party of 12and I read there was a shuttle from the airport to venice.

We stayed at Hotel Rialto, excellent location.  I would definitely stay there again. Since you have to take water taxi (no cars) you also take your luggage.  The driver loads and unloads your luggage for you. 

The shuttle to Venice has to be water taxi of some sort. Am not sure if 12 can fit on one boat but I do think there was room inside boat for 12.  There was just 4 of us and we had lots of space.  But mostly wanted to sit in back outside for the view.   We paid about $150 I think.  Well worth it.  Loved having a private taxi and would do it again. 

1 hour ago, WAAAYTOOO said:

This is very useful information.  It’s the first time I’ve heard this.  

Yes, in previous post the rules to qualify it said in cabin with "two gualifying guests" that kids sail free.  That means 2 full paying guests/adults.

Also, for kids to sail free, you need 2 paying adults in the room to qualify.  So having adjoining cabins will not work unless each cabin has 2 paying adults.  We took our 3 grandkids and had 2 cabins with 1 adult booked in each cabin, so disqualified us from the kids sail free program.   But all worked out and we just paid for all 5 of us.

We recently took cruise for 2 weeks in Greece.  We stayed several days in Venice before cruise.   We took water taxi, very close to airport, to hotel in Venice.  Then another water taxi to the transit center in Venice to get a bus, operated by Royal Caribbean, to Ravenna cruise terminal.  The ride is 1-2 hours.   We took the Royal Caribbean bus back to Venice airport after the cruise.  Worked out very well.  If we do that cruise again, I would do the transportation the same way.