Jack805

Sailing Canceled by Royal Sadly on November 2, 2023 Royal Caribbean announced this sailing was canceled. Jewel will homeport in Boston instead, so Grandeur will stay in Tampa.

Navigator is looking beautiful in PV, and I’m sure will look just as wonderful next week with us there. Getting warmed up on the ship this week and will be fully ready for the sailing next week by the time Friday comes.

But I’m sure there’s a good chance I’ll still be found at Schooner a lot during the cruise.

@GoldenTimeHero Well now it was my turn for a delayed reply since I haven’t been on the boards in a bit, but excited for tomorrow to be back on board! I had a great time on my “teaser” trip a few weeks back, and the new Schooner menu has a few tasty beverages on there. Bummed “my” bartenders who took really good care of us a couple weeks ago won’t be there - they let a bunch of people go back home a couple weeks early if they had 6+ months on the contract, they said it was so they could get more on for a full contract before the February dry dock. So hopefully I find good bartenders, especially since this is leg one of by B2B.

Sounds like a good mission. I just added on the 4 night about 3 weeks before this sailing, so I can try and scope out the tiki mugs for you if you want. And Hennessy margarita doesn’t sound too strange to me, but more like a variation of a Cadillac margarita (which surprisingly most bartenders on board didn’t know by name, but when I said take a margarita and add a Grand Marnier float they did that just fine). I might also have to give a Mastercard a try since I just found out about that one too - mango and strawberry daiquiris combined.

Three of my sailings have lowest price I know of for DBP so I'm rebooking (and booking for the just purchased cruise - told my friend to hold off earlier in the week when it was still $10/day more knowing the price would drop, but not knowing the bigger price drop would be coming!) Fourth one might be lowest price too, but hadn't booked that one yet since it was still so far out, but looks to be possibly lowest price so I'll probably book it too. I keep track of my purchases too through screenshots when purchasing, as well as a spreadsheet for all costs for price tracking each, including cruise price, beverage packages, excursions, etc.

I was actually surprised on my last cruise that I had a paper copy waiting in my room on Day 1 without asking (and actually got one each day without ever officially requesting one). Not sure if it’s because I was on Vision (where they do a lot of printing of things, like photos too), or if somehow got tagged in my profile from asking on each previous cruise last year. But before it was requested from stateroom attendant when introductions are done on embarkation. ‘No matter how/why it came, it was much appreciated. I’m technologically savvy, but still enjoy the physical paper copy.

@GoldenTimeHero I tend to hit a few of the trivia sessions at Schooner throughout the cruise - especially morning and evening (post-breakfast and pre-late seating dinner) with some others sprinkled in. Bamboo Room is a nice spot too, especially with only two in the entire fleet. Haven’t tried the signature cocktails there (mostly because they’re just above drink package coverage price, and not wanting to pay the even small amount extra), but was impressed seeing they have different styles of ice for different drinks (have seen crushed and large cubes for drinks at Bamboo) Go-to drinks vary depending on taste and mood at the time, but Schooner bartenders on Navigator have always treated me well and served a good drink, especially since I keep coming back. Though as the evening goes on I tend to shift toward something to sip and enjoy, so often I end the night with bourbon either neat or on the rocks.

And I just booked another cruise with a friend, and getting the same message. I'm giving it the night to process. My card was charged by Royal, but booked through my TA's after-hours site so sometimes she has to call Royal to get everything squared away after a booking before it shows. I'm months out at least, and the cruise planner "sale cycle" is on the higher priced wave right now, so I'm fine to wait a bit.

Well, after talking to a friend we decided to book the Labor Day week so she can try out cruising. So now I'll be spending 1/3 of September on Navigator, which won't be a bad thing!

Woohoo! Those milestones always feel great! I'm excited for my September of cruises - I just booked another with a friend which will be a first for them. Looking forward to everything!

Apologies @GoldenTimeHero, I unfortunately didn't see your reply until today... But that can be good to do. I always find myself being drawn to Schooner Bar for drinks and do enjoy the bartenders there. Vision was great though, it was a smaller, older ship but has a great crew and is well taken care of. I actually just booked a 13 night on Vision for January, so looking forward to sailing on her again.

I had something similar happen recently, and actually took logging out of the APP and logging back in to have the recently booked sailings show. Though as with much of Royal IT, there’s no rhyme or reason and YMMV.

I’ll keep my eye out for the origami school with luggage tag folding class specialties . But receiving the actual certificate for sake pairing was quite unexpected, yet greatly appreciated by the whole group