whitsmom

This is how I roll too!

My price for Refreshment Pkg went down From 707.60 (for 2) on our 10 night cruise to 471.60. With savings of $236 I purchased it! I have been watching it for a bit. Our cruise isn't until October 2023. I tried to do this for our two 2024 cruises but it won't bring up anything to purchased.

Well, I couldn't help myself! I booked Odyssey of the Seas for mid-July 2024 and will be taking our Granddaughter with us for her high school graduation gift (her request) so Italy, Greece and Turkey it is! I'm so happy that she picked those places as we haven't been there yet so that is a win-win for us too! We will also be flying Delta One as a surprise for her. Good thing I have a while to save up for this trip.

It was a little over $450 for a suite Vs a ocean view balcony so decided to jump on it since we could get all four suites in a row side by side.

Thanks for the heads up. We will definitely do that ASAP!

I have 4 suites with 2 guest in each suite. The suites are all together side by side. The suites are for only 2 people each.

The first time we went we flew into Vancouver and flew home from Anchorage. This trip it will be Seattle round trip. Hopefully, we can use our companion fly free coupons thru Delta.

We are going with family to Alaska (Ovation) in June 2024 and we decided to book Jr Suites (4) for all 8 of us. My Son-n-Law thinks vacation needs to be at the beach so it took some talking to convince him that he will love Alaska. After showing the family pictures and videos from our Radiance cruise in 2018 they all are excited now!!!

We did the Northern Passage (Radiance) with a 3 day land tour post cruise and loved every minute. We didn't do any strenuous as Hubby just had a stint placed a month prior but we saw whales, eagles, totem poles, glacier caving, dog sledding demo, panned for gold, rode the train and etc. There are excursions to fit all fitness levels. There were all ages on that cruise. We just booked the Ovation for June 2024 yesterday taking the family. We booked 4 Jr suites. We will be in our mid-60's and the youngest will be 16.

Same for us

This is what we do - phone is in airplane mode and we use WiFi calling and we use the $10/day on land if needed only. We own our own business so we need to be reachable if needed.

I tried to like it but couldn't so we left early; however, my adult grandson loved it and stayed for the entire performance!

It is on your key card; however, you get Key luggage tag for disembarking.

My daughter & SNL went on the Symphony a couple of weeks ago and they could watch the Aqua show from their balcony. I'm not sure what cabin # they had but they loved that location.

We ate breakfast in the main dining room and we got fresh squeezed orange juice even time.

I have ordered a few door magnet signs from Zazzle that can be personalized.

We were on the Jewel (Aug 19-31) for the British Isles 12 night cruise. We had a balcony and was out there a lot. I love a balcony and we had perfect weather the entire time. We loved everything about the Jewel. The crew all seems to go above and beyond. The WiFi (surf & stream) worked great for WiFi calling and emails and what little surfing that we did (we didn't stream anything). The food was good and we had the best servers and the Head Maitre d' made it fun no matter what time of the day we were in the dining room. We used the dining room or the pizza in the solarium as we aren't fans of buffets (too many hands touching stuff). The shows were good and our excursions were all RCI excursion. We had no complaints with the Jewel! We are on the Jewel (October 2023) for the Fall Foliage cruise.

The inside passage has land visible on both side more that not if my memory (we did northbound on the Radiance) serves me correctly. I get sea sick easily and I take Bonine at night. I start taking it about 2 days before cruise so that it is in my system and I haven't had problems since I started do this. I have been told that taking Ginger helps; however, I haven't tried that yet to see for myself.

When we flew to Amsterdam last month Delta changed our 2-leg flight to a 3-leg flight so I packed a carry-on with 3 days of clothes and all the underwear just in case. Our luggage arrived with us but I would pack a carry-on at least to be on the safe side.

Also if you set your bags out the night before (they give you tags for "key") then you bags are in a separate area from all the others making it easy to find your bags and be on your way without having to drag them all out on debarkation. The key was definitely worth it for us.

When you disembark, the Key luggage is in a separate place from all the others making it easier/faster to get your luggage. That was way better!!

We are the same way! It is WELL worth it for us.

I am guilty of over packing. I did a little better this last trip but still over packed (in my defense, it was my first 12 night and first Europe cruise).

I got stung on my ankle there the 3rd week of July this year. This is the first time ever getting stung. I rubbed sand on it and the lifeguard had vinegar to spray on it and it stopped stinging after about 30 mins. The lifeguard told me that there were lots of baby jellyfish....

Another perk to the Key is the disembarkation. You get Key tags for your luggage and it will be in an area only for Key luggage making it easier/faster to find your bags if you don't want to carry them off.