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For our cruise at the end of April, our bud was accepted 2 days prior to our sailing. The bid was pending without me being able to alter it for about an hour and a half before I got the email it had been accepted. I hope this helps.

The ease of it all. Once you’re on the ship, all you really need to worry about is having a good time. With a land based vacation there’s usually a lot of coordinating between parties and vehicles and activities. On the ship, the activities are planned. You simply show up. The fact that there’s always something going on at all times. I know you can get that an an all inclusive resort but not for the same price. Being out on the open water and the calm that comes with that.

We bring something like this. It’s super lightweight and folds down for space in luggage. I always get mine for less than $10 so I’m not super concerned about it lasting. My current one has lasted for a cruise and about 7-ish day trips places. I love them. I don’t put anything valuable in the outer pockets so if they try to pickpocket me, they get only things like tissue or sunscreen.

When we sailed out of Port Canaveral last month, there were not specific lines that I could see and no one asked or directed us based on boarding times to enter the building. When we went to board the ship, it was announced that you shouldn’t board until your time had been announced but they had 5 people scanning barcodes and hundreds of people trying to board. I also didn’t see anyone turned away for having a later boarding time. To me, it didn’t seem like they cared about it. The suites, pinnacle, and the key guests boarded first and that was the only time I saw people turned away if they tried to board before their time. We had a 10:30am check in and an 11am board time. We got on the ship by no later than 11:30am.

I had the same experience on my computer. I tried a mock booking on my phone and I was able to get that to work. That was about 11am EST

We sailed at the end of April with a GTY cabin and we were offered RoyalUp and won it

I agree with the surveys being generic. I rated a few things on my last cruise below average and was expecting to have a space to give a more in depth reasoning why. I was shocked when that space didn’t appear. The things I rated had to do with the internet being completely unreliable and a lack of organization in some areas. Nothing major but I wanted to explain so the crew didn’t face backlash. I ended up putting a very long explanation in the only box I was given. I hope they read it but they probably didn’t. This survey gives me the feelings that other surveys give (Starbucks, Dunkin, Chili’s, etc) where the staff only get rewarded if it’s the top score and everything else is considered bad.

On the Mariner last week, we had to book on the app on the ship. We could not book ahead of time.

Mariner of the Seas has one. $20 per person and a minimum of 6 people. You don’t need to have 6 people. You pick the time you want to do it and then show up. We did it last week and it was very fun. I definitely recommend it. Our guide was not super involved. He checked in at the 30 minute mark and the 10 minute mark. Other than that, he did not seem super involved. We called out for a hint once or twice that seemed to go unheard.

We were on the Mariner from April 23-April 28. We had a similar situation in the Main Dining Room. We did My Time Dining with a reservation for 8:15pm every night. We would drive t 8pm and only had to wait in line one night. The wait was only for about 5-10 minutes. We were sat at the same table every night which is something I love. There did seem to be a little bit on confusion for the first few nights. There was a man running around the dining room with a laptop marking tables that were open or tables that had people sitting on them. Many of the nights, instead of going around the tables in the middle of the dining room, they led us through them which was a tad bit uncomfortable because we got really close to other diners. It did feel like the wait time between courses seemed a bit long. But we chalked that up to there being a lot of meals being prepared and as long as they kept the drinks coming, we didn’t mind waiting. The staff was amazing! And always made sure to say hello to us when they saw us. Besides the dining, we did have a few discrepancies on our account where they charged us for drinks instead of marking our drink package. But guest services took care of it super quick.

We received our upgrade email from RoyalUp 3 days before we sailed. April 20th for an April 23rd sail date.

Is there an approximate amount of time after they’ve accepted your bid that you get the email? Basically how long would it take to process? I checked this morning and all bids except one were expired with the remaining bid still pending. I know tentatively this leans more towards that bid being accepted. But I just want to know now. Lol. We cruise in 3 days and at this point, I had given up on hoping for one to be accepted.

I haven’t been able to add anything to my cart for over a month. I have to call if I want to add things to the cruise. Which is a shame because I want to add a couple of things but it’s not worth the long wait times on the phone.

The cruise is 16 days out. So I don’t think it’s that. I’ll give Royal a call today and see if it’s something else. I’ve tried different times as well as different browsers and clearing out my cookies. Thank you for your help

Can you only reserve it once you get on board? Every time I try to add it under the cruise planner, it tells me something went wrong and to try again. The two people in my party do have MTD. I made sure of that

Maybe this is my nerves making me over think this but when I was looking for cvs testing near me, one says not accepted for travel and the other days accepted for travel I have searched for only the antigen test. Is there more than one rapid antigen test? The top result is much closer to my house but I don’t want to go there if it won’t be accepted by Royal.

We’re 30 days out for our second cruise. It’s our first one out of a bigger port. Our first cruise was out of Baltimore. We didn’t know how we would like cruising so we tried a smaller ship. I fell in love and can’t wait to be back on a ship. This cruise will be going to the Bahamas and Haiti. I booked us an excursion to feed sting rays and I simply can’t wait! I love being able to do things on a cruise that I normally don’t get a chance to in my normal life.

I would love to know this as well. I sail on Mariner in the end of April. I can see Studio B on the Royal App. I was also able to look at the most recent Cruise Compass from Mariner and see that they did have shows listed. Royal’s website says the ice rink costs extra money. Can someone confirm how much extra per person? Is the cost for the show or the free skate or both?

Does anyone have any experience getting reimbursed by CareFirst for buying the tests from Royal Caribbean's site? They seem expensive compared to other tests available. I'm heavily considering this option as my testing method for my upcoming cruise at the end of April. But I want to know if my insurance will cover the full amount or if they'll only cover a partial amount. I've looked at everything they have online but it only says they'll cover the cost of the test, taxes and shipping. I could absolutely see them only covering up to a certain amount because there are other tests available at a lower price.

The app told me the exact day check in started.

Have fun! I’ve still got 39 days! But the excitement is definitely building

If Royal’s website shows that suites are sold out but you can still bid on them through Royal Up, does that mean they don’t have any to give out and it’s just a glitch in their system?

We got the email later in the evening. Submitted three bids. Fingers crossed

Questions about bidding. If you submit multiple bids on different rooms and they accept one of the lower options, can you go back and rebid on a higher room or are you stuck with the lower option? For example, a balcony versus a junior suite. This is our first time doing RoyalUp and we placed a bid on everything we could.

We sail on April 23rd and haven’t heard anything from RoyalUp. The website says check back when we’re 30 days from sailing. We’re 45 days right now. I was hoping to put in a modest bid on an RoyalUp for the chance to upgrade. We’re on a GTY interior. You’re so lucky to get a RoyalUp so soon!