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Standard adapters like the ones you can buy at Amazon, Walmart, Target, or any other retail location are allowed on Royal Caribbean ships.

Even with pre-paid gratuities we alway tip the stateroom attendant. If we use the MDR we will tip our waiter but these past few cruises we haven't used the MDR so our stateroom attendant gets it all.

I've taken this exact one on multiple cruises and I've never had any problems I also alway bring with me European power adapters so I can use the European power ports in the room as well if I need them.

I agree with what most people have said it is a matter of perspective. Since this is your first time booking a junior suite I would say keep it for the sailing and once your cruise is over compare your personal experience in a junior suite to your experience in a balcony only then can you make a determination if it is worth the extra money on the next cruise. Personally after I booked our first junior suite and completed the cruise the suite bug bit me and I can say we've never stayed in a balcony since. Just a warning it can be difficult to go back to balcony after experiencing a suite and the junior suite is simply the gateway that leads to even larger and larger suites.

The Points Guy is reporting that this past Monday Celebrity sent out notices to all travel agents advising them they are officially canceling all cruises in Asia through first half of 2023. Celebrity had cruises scheduled to operate out of homeports in Tokyo, Honk Kong, and Singapore all cruises were to sail on Celebrity Solstice. Solstice will instead now offer sailing to the Mexica Riviera. The article also noted that Princess Cruises has also cancel part of their 2022 Asia itineraries but they are still planning on resuming cruises from Japan this winter while other cruise lines are planning on resuming cruising from Japan this fall. This despite the fact that Japan even though Japan has reopened Japan has not reopened to tourism. Anyone not a citizen looking to enter Japan must be an international student attending school in Japan, a business travel traveling on official business, or foreigners who are long-term residents of Japan. Thus far Japan has not given any indication as to when they will allow tourist or tourism, including cruising to resume. Unlike Celebrity, Royal is not pulling out of Asia until 2023 although Royal has canceled all cruises from China and Japan Royal announced previously they will continue to off short cruises out of Singapore on Spectrum of the Seas. https://thepointsguy.com/news/asia-cruise-season-cancellations/

I agree with you about bionic bar when it was first introduced there were lines to get a drink, there were crowds of people taking pictures who where in line for a drink. We are on Wonder of the Seas right now there is literally no one at bionic bar and I've seen no one using bionic bar. The same was true on my previous cruises on Anthem in January and Symphony in October. I would like to see Bionic Bar replaced with something else because the WOW factor has worn off for most people. The North Star is a great attraction it had been a while since my husband and I had been on a Quantum Class ship so we were surprised to see Royal was charging to North Star on Anthem while the ship was at sea but there was never any shortage of people going up in the North Star while at sea and while in Port. We went up while in port only because I didn't think it was worth paying $29.95 to go up while at sea but had it been free I for sure would have been trying to book a North Star sunset ride to get a picture from that vantage point.

I've never experienced a false alarm on a cruise ship but I have experienced the mask dropping on an aircraft and making an emergency descent and you are absolutely correct people panic in that moment some don't put the mask on, while others put the mask on but they only covered their mouths when they are supposed to cover their nose and mouth. When I first met my husband he would always tease me about why I would always pay attention during the emergency brief and I would tell him you never know when you might need it and the ability to follow simple instructions in an emergency could be the difference between life and death. Something as simple as putting on an oxygen mask properly could make all the difference and yet I think I read somewhere that over 75% of passengers on aircraft don't pay attention to the emergency briefing. I like the new e-muster but passengers have to: A) take it upon themselves to actually watch and pay attention to the video, B) take the required time to familiarize themselves with where they are supposed to go in the event of an emergency, and C) how to use the emergency equipment.

I absolutely love Voyager Class vessels, I agree with a lot of what others have already stated some of the best cruise experiences that I've had have been on Voyager Class vessels. Don't miss understand I do love my Oasis Class ships but there is something to be said about a smaller class of ship. I haven't done a cruise on a Radiance Class ship and my husband told me he isn't interested in cruising on a Vision Class vessel but I do hope to one day either this year or next year get on a Radiance Class ship. What I'm wonder is when Royal decides to retire the Vision Class (probably won't happen before 2033) will they replace that class of vessel with a class of similar size or will they continue in the trend of building 4,000+ passengers cruise ships and let smaller boutique cruise lines takeover more that space Vision Class vessels occupy? Will we see cruise lines like Royal pivot back to building smaller brand vessels as their smaller older vessels inch closer and closer to retirement?

You can but I would suggest you not do it like that because it will all be the same sign on for all 4 devises and if you all are all bringing more than one devise onboard (cell phone, tablet, computer, ect) and you each don't sign out of the devise your are using before signing into a different devise the system will randomly choose one devise and disconnect it automatically from the network even if that devise is currently being used and connected to VOOM. My suggestion is buy each package separately this way all 4 of you have your own individual sign in links and then you don't have to worry about being kicked off VOOM should someone forget to logout before login with a different devise.

London has quite a few international airport but from the US your options are limited especially looking for inexpensive tickets. I would suggest looking at Gatwick, and I think there are a couple airlines that fly from the US to Stansted. But your best option would of course be Heathrow but Heathrow sometimes isn't cheap at all.

Does this mean she will be an all weather ship? On the main page it was also mentioned that Royal is working of some type of event in New York as well after her UK sailing. It isn't particularly warm in either the UK or New York in the later months of the year so I find it interesting they would launch her from Southampton and are trying to get her into New York possibly after her UK sailings. Could ICON replace Anthem in New York or be an addition to Anthem in New York?

YES!!!!! The best perk of all two bathrooms. It is the worst when one person hogs the bathroom in the morning for 45 minutes or more but only wants to give me 10 minutes to s**t, shower and shave, oh the devil..... Okay I'm better now

Utopia Seriously Royal that's the best name you could come up with Utopia of the Seas.

I can't speak for everywhere but in Chicago liquor, beer, and wine prices are up across the board the days of one store being cheaper than the other are over in Chicago its terrible. There is a thread up right now where the OP stated they couldn't find crown royal at any bar on their ship and they spoke to a manage who said Royal and crown royal had a disagreement over price. This one thing is for sure you won't find it cheaper onboard the ship. You can alway buy the beverage package and cancel it and repurchase it if it goes lower. Another thing I've started doing is looking at the price of the refreshment package and subtract the difference. For me it put the UBP into a better perspective, right now the refreshment package is $34 dollars per day that means the I'm only pay $32 dollars a day for liquor. I'm the type of person who takes full advantage of the refreshment part of the UBP and the liquor part of the package. When I look at it like that paying $32 dollars more per day for liquor is worth it especially seeing onboard individual drinks are around $13 dollars for spirits. That $32 dollar difference comes out to about 2.4 drinks per day and Lord knows I'm having more than 2 drinks per day on a cruise.

My sister, her husband and child are on this same cruise that left on Miami on April 2nd. Spring break is in full swing and this is her first cruise since the comeback. I text her after reading this and she stated the ship is completely full 100% capacity but again we are in full spring break mode in this country so it is to be expected that ships are going to be at capacity or near capacity. However thus far she is having a blast, yes there are lines they've had to wait 2-4 minutes at times for drinks but the staff has been friendly and helpful from the moment they boarded the ship . She has eaten at the MDR past 2 nights and she had no complaints about the food in the MDR. I think people have to adjust their expectations going forward the days of ships being at 50%, 60%, 70% capacity is over so for those of who have gotten use to limited capacity on ships and no lines, no waiting there are now lines at bars and other venues. I'm sorry the OP lost their seat at the show but my question is what time did the OP show up to the show. Ten minutes before show time they release all seats with the ship being at capacity I'm sure Royal back to enforcing that policy where they release all seats 10 minutes out. I'm sorry the OP isn't having a good time but at least from my sister perspective there are thousands of people on board who are having the time of their lives soaking up the fun in the sun.

You are right Royal did wait until just after the announce that cruise would be allowed to resume, which has me thinking Royal had both a plan A and a plan B for Radiance. It would appear as though the New Orleans and Galveston redeployment was plan B, and perhaps the only reason they pulled Radiance is because they were not seeing the sales numbers they needed to see to justify sending 3 ships to Australia and felt like they had given the situation as much time as they could. This is why I asked what is demand like in Australia because here in the U.S. even before our government allowed cruising to resume demand for cruising was up. In fact some ships were "sold out" thanks to capacity restrictions even before cruising resumed. You had all three major cruise lines Royal, Carnival and NCL all stating future bookings were up, traffic on their individual websites was up in some cases over 100%, first time customer booking were up all before cruising resumed in the U.S.. To cancel an entire season on a ship that is already open for sale isn't a decision I think they made lightly especially just to send that ship to New Orleans on new itineraries not yet for sale. I think the financials/demand drove Royals decision, they must believe or have hard data that suggests Radiance will generate more demand which in turn should generate more revenue for Royal sailing out of New Orleans than it would sailing out of Australia. I certainly hope they send Radiance back to Australia in the near future but for now it appears as though Enchantment will replace her for the 2023/2024 season.

What is demand like right now in Australia? It isn' just Royal that has pulled a ship out of Australia, for the October 2022 - April 20023 season, Carnival has done the same they are only sending the Splendor back to Australia for the time frame mentioned, while the second ship that was home-ported in Sydney will go to Jacksonville Florida. And they still haven't announced what if any ship will replace Carnival Spirit in Australia. At least Royal has announced Enchantment will go to Australia in 2023. Granted Enchantment is not Radiance but I'm thinking the reason they pulled Radiance for the 2022/2023 season is because they are not yet seeing the vigorous return of demand that they've seen here in the U.S. and/or even in Europe. For the European summer season late April 2022 - October 2022 Royal will have 10 ships sailing from various homeports all throughout Europe. If the demand is there Royal finds a way to put the ships there if they are pulling a ship out it has to be a sign that perhaps the Australian/New Zealand market needs more time and less ships while demand slowly returns.

Oh know I would have love to meet you... I think as more people in Caribbean are vaccinated the testing requirement may go away maybe this fall but I don't know when the vaccine requirement will go away perhaps in 2023.

What My husband and I are on Wonder on April 8th we live in Chicago which together with the state of Illinois finally some weeks ago dropped all covid restrictions. However on Tuesday March 22rd we put our masks back on when ever we go out grocery shopping or other things, we stopped dinning in at restaurants if we don't feel like cooking we order and pick up our food to go with our mask on. We stopped having people come over to our house, we've limited our interactions to phone calls or FaceTime with family and friends. The reason we are doing this is because our goal is to pass that test get on Wonder of the Seas on April 8th. In my opinion this is what I'v been asking for since the beginning of the pandemic. The government give me the information but let me make my own decision on what mitigation and precautions I want to to take. When people post on here that they've tested positive and had to cancel their cruise last minute I do feel for them but I also wonder if they took the necessary precautions in the weeks leading up to their cruise to protect themselves to make sure they pass the test. Learning to live with covid as we are now doing does not mean covid no longer exists and as long as cruise line require pre-cruise testing each person has to make an individual choice leading up to their cruise. What I ask myself is this what is more important to me? Not wearing a mask while grocery shopping over the next 2.5 weeks? Hanging out with friends and family, dinning out and sitting down inside at a restaurant in this cool dreary Chicago weather? Or not wearing a mask while cruising stacking up the sun and dinning at Mason's on Wonder of the Seas in the warm waters of the Caribbean? It a no brainer the Caribbean wins every time so I do what I must to make sure I pass that test.

The CDC is just one piece of the puzzle what we all have to keep in mind is cruises from the US all stop at at least one international port. I know a lot of focus has been placed on the CDC and rightfully so. However as much as we all would like to see the pre-cruise covid test dropped I don't think we will see cruise lines take that step just yet especially out of the US. I think dropping the required pre-test would only be done when destinations in the Caribbean feel comfortable enough and have enough of their population vaccinated. Right now more that 50% of Caribbean residents still have not been vaccinated, and most islands still have covid requirements that cruise lines still have to abide by. It isn't a free for all just yet I think it still going to take time for that pre-cruise test to go away.

I've been to Rome several times once on a cruise and I've gone inside the Coliseum each time I've gone. However my recommendation would be if you are comfortable with public transportation and trains would be to take the train from Civitaecchia to Rome (the station at Civitaecchia isn't far at all from the cruise port and in Rome you can have a local guide meet you at Rome Termini or there are other ways to do a local tour that takes you inside the Coliseum for way less money than what the cruise lines charge. It is a very popular route so there are trains leaving in each direction every 10-15 minutes and it takes about 45 minutes to an hour to travel between the stations. On our cruise when we took the train our train tickets were like $11.00 euro oneway and $9.00 euro to come back (they have dynamic pricing). If you are looking to save a bit of money and can navigate public transportation I would highly recommend you take the train to Rome and start now looking for local reputable guides or local tour companies to take you on the tour of the Coliseum. If you plan everything in advance you can see everything you want to see enjoy lunch in Rome (and who wouldn't want to have lunch in Rome) and still have time to take the train back to Civitavecchia and not miss all aboard. When we did it I planned everything out we got off the ship early and we were back onboard the ship almost 2 hours before all aboard time so there was no rushing at all. I don't know if your cruise is stopping in Naples as well but in Naples we wanted to see the Amalfi Coast and Sorrento but Royal Caribbean's prices were in my opinion outrageous. Instead I did research found several reputable local tour companies that actually pick up at the cruise port in Naples we book a semi-private tour maximum 6 people they showed up in a stretch Mercedes Benz van with just 6 captain chairs in the back there were 3 couples a semi-luxurious van not 60 people crammed onto a bus. And our driver was our tour guide born and raised in Sorrento so he was extremely knowledgable. This excursion seeing the Amalfi Coast and Sorrento having lunch on the coast going to all the local places large tours can't or don't go to it was the highlight of our cruise and we didn't even pay half of what Royal Caribbean was charging. Of course lunch was not included in our price we paid for that separately but I still have dreams about that meal that is how good it was. For anyone doing a European cruise I would strongly recommend they do their homework on the ports of call and look up local tour guides because I feel like you get so much more for your money going local than through the shore excursions desk.

NCL is far from all inclusive. It may appear through their marketing tactics that they are much competitive than Royal but that is only until you get onboard. I've cruised with NCL several times and I've found they nickel and dime you a lot more once onboard than Royal Caribbean does especially on their newer ships. Things that you think are included in the base cruise fare you find out are not included and you have to pay extra to enjoy them once onboard. I know Royal does this as well but NCL takes the cake in my opinion with it comes to onboard hidden charges. Free to Sea may seem like it is a great deal before you get on the cruise it isn't until after you on the ship you realize what Free to Sea covers and what it does not and believe me there is a LOT free to sea does not cover or is excluded from free to sea and you have to pay more and most times you don't find out until you are there at the venue. And don't be fooled by the free Wifi that free Wifi basically only lets you check emails, send emails, look at very basic websites. If you want Wifi like what you find on a Royal Caribbean ship you have to pay extra but if you don't know that before boarding the ship and you need "real" Wifi not the free Wifi now you have to pay full price for "real" Wifi once onboard the ship. The free to sea program a great marketing tool in my opinion but nothing more than that. Royal in most cases charges more up front than NCL but in my experience I've always ended up paying for it on the back end on a NCL cruise. I'd rather pay more upfront and know what I'm getting than pay less and be nickeled and dimmed once onboard. This is just another reason why I'm more loyal to Royal than NCL or other cruise lines as well.

This is what Royal should roll out fleet wide. On our last cruise they only had the 12oz non-resealable cans which are the worst.

Yes as along as you take the test within 24 hours of your departure back to the US. So if you are going to go the at home testing route I would suggest you take the test on the last day right before you go to bed this way you know the test results are within that 24 hour time frame just in case your flight experiences a lengthy delay. Fingers crossed the CDC follows other countries lead and at the very least drops all testing requirements for fully vaccinated travelers. It would be nice to see the testing requirement dropped altogether but I'm not sure if the CDC is ready to relinquish that kind of control just yet.

I would caution against airline credit cards unless you intend to be loyal to one specific airline or one of the 3 major airline alliances (Star, OneWorld, SkyTeam). If you are looking for more flexibility and are not looking to be loyal to any one single airline there are better travel credit cards that earn points that you can then transfer to almost any airline for miles. I would take a look at Capital One Venture Card they have a whole suite of different Venture Cards, Chase Sapphire, American Express Gold, Citi Premier just to name a few. Another reason you may want to look at a non-airline credit card for travel is because over the past 2 years many US airlines have devalued a lot of their miles or points meaning that redeeming those miles/points for free travel now cost more miles/points than it did before the pandemic. There are positives and negatives to having an airline credit card or a non-airline credit card but if you for instance fly jetBlue this week, Delta, next week, Southwest, then United, American it may be better for you to go with a travel related credit card that doesn't lock you into one specific airline. And the good thing about some of the cards I mentioned earlier is you get more points than you do with many airline credit cards on everyday purchases and many of them will also allow you to transfer your points to an international carrier which in some cases have better mileage/points redemption offers than US carriers.