Reigert2008

Thanks! We're still taking things slow and are trying to avoid public transportation as much as possible. We've been looking at a couple of excursions that may work, but we also enjoy walking and tend to walk pretty far anyway We were last in Grand Cayman with Disney way back in 2013, and i think we ended up about half way without even trying and was just wandering through town hitting up shops and such.

Question, is it walkable to Sea Wall BLVD from the Springhill suites? I;m thinking more about sidewalk availability and such. We are staying at the Springhill for a future cruise and the hotel itself looks great. Thanks!

Hopefully, someone can answer this. We would like to visit Hell, to send our post card. Can you walk from the cruise port? It looks like you can, but wasn't sure if sidewalks or safety issues would prevent it. Looks like about 6 miles each way, which wouldn't be out of the ordinary for our "wandering around" for the day. Thanks!

I agree, the MDR staff always let us know how important 10s are and on our last cruise was event mentioned that if they get all 10s they get an extra day off. It’s really uncomfortable for us since they’ve already earned a 10 with the amazing service. I know they really want everyone to complete the survey and Royal needs to find a better way to incentivize passengers to complete the survey, so the staff aren’t “begging” for scores. It’s a small thing, but t leaves us with a bad taste right at the end of the trip.

It probably be best to have your travel agent reach out to Royal. You also may want to contact the special needs department, here’s the link to the form. https://www.royalcaribbean.com/resources/guest-special-needs good luck!

It’s best for each adult to login separately using the same information they’d use on the Royal Caribbean site. Of course for children, they may not have personal e-mail yet, so you can see theirs on your device. also I’d print out all your documentation since it’ll be easier to show that than scroll through phones and worry about dead spots in service.

The long standing suggestion is to. It have a before noon. Its also recommended to be at the airport no less than two hours before your flight, so for a 9 am flight, you really should be at the airport at 7 am. yes, I understand many people don’t get to the airport that early before a flight, but that is the general recommendation and I follow it. I’ve also never missed a flight, so YMMV.

You should call Travel agent or Royal to get a direct answer and explain your situation. It’ll be much faster and you’ll have an official response. good luck.

When you book through Royal there’s an option to prepay the gratuities. Your TA can also add them to your invoice, so I’d contact them to have them added. If you booked direct with Royal, then you may need to call.

Here’s the link to the National Hurricane Center. I keep an eye on this throughout hurricane center both for “fun” and for vacation hiccups. https://www.nhc.noaa.gov

I’d suggest moving to a good travel agent. They are skilled in these types of things and can ensure you’re getting the best price for your needs. I’d highly recommend MEI Travel (this blogs sponsor). On the main page there’s a box to fill out and they will assign you an agent. Be quick,you only have a short window to make the move (maybe 30 days?) good luck.

personally, I wouldn’t rely on ships internet for anything that would be time sensitive, such as trading stocks.

I think people really just want to know the date. Much like the app tells you the date that check in opens, it would be cool if it had a line that said "earliest you can test" and then list the date. We've gone through this several times and even now i second guess my test day. It's just an extra step that could be made simpler and no one wants to show up at the port and be told "oops you were a day early on your testing", but people also don't want to travel all the way to the port and then test positive for thier pre-night stay. We recently did a quick 3 night cruse that left on a Friday which is far different than our normal cruises, plus we were driving, so we needed to plan ahead so that we had a hotel room for Wednesday night, but couldn;t book until after the test just in case we needed to cancel.

Royal really needs to put a chart on the site that states if your cruise leaves on <this date> then the earliest you can test is <this date> They literally could have done this on day one for the whole year and alleviate a lot of confusion for people.

Was this through an airline or through Air2Sea? I’ve never used Air2Sea, so I’m not sure how that works. If it was through the airline, was the entire party on the same confirmation number? For Southwest, if you’re not on the same confirmation number then you don’t really count as a “traveling party”, so we’ve started making sure we’re always on the same confirmation number when flying with the in laws just in case anything we’re to happen.

I think this is all going to lead to confusion for the passengers and maybe the crew. No vaccination needed from Galveston, but then you can’t get off the ship in Grand Cayman. It seems like it would have been better to wait until they worked out the details with each stop and then drop it. While those of us on the board are well versed in the policies, the general public may miss some of the fine details and then be upset when. Of course, it is the passengers responsibility to know the policy, but we know someone will miss it or their “not as good” travel agent will misinform them of the policy.

For those of us in “regular” rooms , I always recommend to make reservations for anything that will take one. This could be shows, speciality dining, my time dining*, breakfast in the MDR, etc…. I feel I t’s better to have the reservation and not need it than it is to need the reservation and not have it. Since the restart things are changing and things are different on each ship so some places may not even accept reservations any longer, but if the app will let me make one, I do. note: you only need my time dining reservations if you are not in the traditional dining options. Also not everything in the app is a reservation, some items are just reminders.

As all the lines (probably) eventually move towards this method, It'll be interesting to see what happens if someone with COVID needs specialized care and the ship has to return to port or skip a port. For us, that has been a big reason we have supported having the vaccination requirement. In our minds, it lessens the chance of our vacation being interrupted. Not that it's foolproof now, but gives us that warm fuzzy feeling.

I don’t fly with Delta, so I don’t know what happens if you miss your flight. Is that ticket just gone or do you get a credit? Will they let you fly later in the day without extra charges? If it was me, I would weigh all these things and determine if the savings are worth the stress. We live by the rule of being at the airport 2 hours before the flight for domestic travel and even at our “little” home airport in Louisville, we’ve seen people miss flights by showing up less than 2 hours. For us, it’s worth it to “sit around” post security and not deal with rushing through. good luck!

It’s available in the app, so I looked at one of my upcoming cruises at the pool bar. It’s $4 a can plus 18%, so $4.72 a can. it’s included with the Refreshment package and I’ve gotten that package recently for $22.99 per day, so it may be a good investment.

I would work with your TA to note the reservation and I would also contact the Special Needs department (form below). I'd fill it out as best as possible and there is a box for "other items". They will contact you at some point, but you can also call them. Good luck. https://www.royalcaribbean.com/resources/guest-special-needs

We were on the Indy a few weeks ago had this pending as well on our credit card bill. However, it never "hit the bill" so it was probably a "test charge" for incidentals or whatever like Hotels generally do. We also did receive a refund of about $5 due to port taxes and fees being lower, so maybe they "charged the card" to make sure the refund would go through. Either way, only the refund hit the card.

You just contact your TA and provide them the ship, sailing dat, reservation number, etc. there’s a form they fill out. We use MEI and our TA handles it all after I send the info, so it could be different with your TA.

We put them on our pin board. We're avid Disney Pin collectors and now have a subsection for "cruises of all types" and have some of the Disney ships we've sailed on. Never thought about Royal pins until we received our Platinum and now Emerald pins. We're excited to get our Diamond pins in early 2023.

While there are no stated numbers, I did find this in my cruise documents for a recent cruise. We thought it was funny since we always tease my father in law that he brings too many clothes for a 7N cruise we each pack in a “carry on” size bag and have no issues. Last weekend we did a 3N cruise and packed in one carry on bag for the both of us.