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I have the card and opened it with the free statement credit, extra points, OBC promo. It is one point for everything not cruise related. Anything RCL is 2 points per $. I also have a Marriott Bonvoy card because I travel for work. I get numerous points for using my card at Marriotts plus the standard points for everyday use. Here is the thing, Marriott Bonvoy has a cruise points program. I used my Bonvoy points to get a cruise discount on a RCL next Month. In some ways I'm thinking this MIGHT be better option. Also you can purchase RCL gift cards on AARP website if you are of that age for 10% off. So a free $25 for every $250 purchased plus the 250 points for using my card unless they count that as a travel purchase then its 500 points.

Cruising on Enchantment in a month and the Royal Up has spacious interior and ultraspacious oceanview as a bid option. There are only one of each of these cabins on the ship from what I can see, cabin 8012 and 8015. That means they are right below Windjammer at the front of the ship. Would you stay in either of these cabins? Why or why not?

My Bloody Mary was so bad I sent it back three times. Finally on the third time I accepted it but it was still not anything to speak of.

@Pattycruise Enchantment doesn't have studio cabins so I should be good there. The agent called Royal again and spoke with CA and they said that yes, since I am cruising solo in the cabin I will get double points. Diamond here I come! After March that is. I'm so excited for Greenland I can't stand it. LOL

@twangster I have 12 points to get to Diamond status so I thought let me take a cruise solo and get double points. Then I remembered I can use my Marriott points and get a cruise certificate. So I called Marriott cruise with points and the agent called Royal. Guess what Royal said no double points. LOL I told the guy wrong I'm looking at 12 other people that have all received double points going alone. Does it matter if its a guaranteed cabin? I'm going cheap just to get the last of the points so when we go to Greenland next year there are extra perks!

@KevinK You can also drive over the worlds smallest draw bridge in Somerset. It will take you all of two seconds! LOL Pick up some rum cakes at Kings Wharf and walk around the fort. There is a glass beach but I read somewhere that it is closed. We went to one that most people didn't know about and now I can't remember the name.

@KevinK Yes, we will get a two day ferry/bus pass that lets us go as many times as we want from wherever we want. Horsehoe Beach is usually pretty busy but Jobson and Church should be slower. In Hamilton(The city of Hamilton) not far from Goslings is the Bermuda Historical Society Museum and The Underwater Exploration Museum. Up the road a bit farther is the Bermuda Botanical Gardens in Pagets Parish. I haven't been yet but the Crystal Caves are pretty cool looking also in Hamilton Parish. Fort St Catherine is on the tip of Bermuda on St George Island not far from Tobacco Bay. I've never been to Tobacco Bay but heard its nice and might be busy.

@KevinKI didn't plan too. Just hopping the ferry from Kings Wharf to Hamilton and walking into Goslings and ordering a case of coconut liquor and mixed case of rums to be delivered to the ship.

@D Alt We went cheap on this sailing, we are in an interior cabin. Doing anything special? Our plan is to hit Goslings after we get of the ship and order my favorite coconut liquor! LOL

Thanks. I totally spaced looking for internet so didn't see the message. I am now looking again because my good friend has decided to cruise for the first time ever. I saw where internet is only $90 less then the Key for our sailing of 12 days. May go with Key but would want my friend to do it as well.

@twangster Thanks, I know that information because I've had internet on the ship before. It is just that they give you a discount on internet that can only be used on the ship which is 98% of the time more expensive then ordering it ahead of time. Or, it breaks down to almost exactly the same price so really it isn't a discount. That is more of why I wondered, I was hoping it MIGHT be a better deal.

One of the perks of platinum level is 15% off internet. How do we get that, is it only by getting internet once on board or can we use that discount some how ahead of time?

Be prepared to drink! My mother and I did CT on Oasis in Sept and wow, the wine kept flowing and it's all DRY. My mother enjoyed my share of the wine as well as hers. LOL

Just in 2022, 20 days. If we go from Jan-Jan, 32.

The room service and the additional 25% off food is NOT on the Key any longer at least not on the two cruises I have booked. One in Feb and one in April.

What a joke. I noticed the Key price went to 19.99 for our Feb sailing but now it doesn't list 25% off dining purchases OR room service. The soda package is $3 per day less. The unlimited drink package is $7 higher per day then it was two weeks ago. UDP same price. Internet, same price. Same on my April sailing except the Key is $1 per day less also without the discount or room service. Its a good thing I normally don't get these items or I would really be disappointed.

I guess I will just bring my 12 cans of seltzer water on board with me as planned.

There was a thread that Puerto Plata is being rerouted because the port will not be ready for another six months. You may want to see if your sailing was one that was being discussed. I know my Feb 19 sailing should be on the list for not going but it is not.

My mother is not celiac but stays gluten free due to allergies. I cannot speak to what they put in the sauces but Mom did not have any trouble. I would suggest however if you have not sent in the form for allergies you do so. If you put in the special request form noting she is celiac then they will not cook her food with anything else. My mother just let them know she was gluten free and our server asked if she was celiac just to be safe. Our server in the MDR would tell Mom she could not have a particular dish once she told them she was gluten free. Every day she had shrimp cocktail appetizers because she loves them and everyday the server would have two ready for her.

There was a secondary parking location but unfortunately it is listed as closed due to COVID with no reopening date. They are correct the parking is right next to the port and when we were there in Sept it was $25 per day. You can see if any hotels in Newark area will allow parking and then Uber over. I joked that we should just park at the apartments next to the port and Uber over. We drove around and there isn't designated parking or passes for the ones we went through! LOL Unfortunately all of my family has left Bayonne so I no longer have free parking.

On Oasis in September we were able to do Chef's Table for $75 instead of $99 by waiting till we were on board.

My dad is a disabled vet and neither of the cruises my parents have booked offered any type of discount. Every agent I've spoke with at Royal said it is only special promotions and they don't happen all the time. I have found looking at vacationstogo.com will show which cruises offer a discount, now whether that is through vacations to go or the cruise line directly I can not be sure.

I did this on Oasis at the end of Sept, my mother and I shared a 3 meat meal. If you are gluten free its not a real friendly place with sides. I had the burnt ends not the best I've ever eaten but not the worst, same with the brisket. The ribs were tasty. I watched one woman walk out with the three meats all in ribs.. the plate looked enormous. I had the cornbread as my side and my mother the cole slaw, both better than average. An 18% tip is added to the ticket.

We were on Oasis at our MDR was at 5:30 also I definitely wouldn't say there was social distancing at the tables. There was maybe 3' between us and the tables to my right and I had to slide sideways between two chairs and two tables to get to mine.

I don't drink coffee and juice or soda maybe once or twice a month. I do drink seltzer water/soda water, is this available at the bars or the freestyle machine? At the bars is there a charge? If there is a charge can I just get a soda package and drink the soda water? Thanks!