Villageidiot
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Not my experience. On our last cruise after the first two nights they had a coke for me and a hot tea for the wife waiting every night. Really appreciated that
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People spent hours flying to avoid about three hours of driving down the freeway?
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Liberty OTS GTY balcony locations typically?
Villageidiot replied to RCIfan1912's topic in Royal Caribbean Discussion
Booked a guaranty balcony on Explorer in April. When I booked I looked at the available balcony cabins and made an educated guess which would be available when mine was assigned. I then checked for videos or pictures of those cabins to verify no obstructions. Made the booking as a guaranty was almost half the price of choose your own. Cabin was assigned pretty much where I thought and was fine. The price made it worth the gamble to me. -
Just off Explorer T/A to Rome. Plenty of scooters parked in hallways.
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It's about 2 miles to the New England Aquarium which is really nice. Also the aquarium is close to Faneuil Hall and Quincy Marketplace. The latter has some great food places.
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Magnetic dimmable light for bathroom
Villageidiot replied to Eyeonhevn's topic in Royal Caribbean Discussion
We have the Wyze lights and they work well. We also have these that my wife uses for accent lighting in the living room. They are magnetic, rechargeable and dimmable. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BFJD142Z?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1 -
Post cruise surveys
Villageidiot replied to YoungFamilyExplorers's topic in Royal Caribbean Discussion
This wasn't my experience on Oasis in February. Crew members would mention the survey but never asked for "10's". We praised our waiter and her assistant to the head waiter. He told my wife to fill out the survey and give them a good rating if we liked their service. He never mentioned giving them 10's. Leaving in a week for a TA on Explorer and hoping we aren't hit with these requests. -
Any pillow thicker and fluffier than a sheet of paper (wife's words) aggravates an old neck injury. I always travel with my own pillow. Fortunately being so flat it takes up very little room in a suitcase.
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Some AT&T plans allow you access in Latin American countries. Check your plan. We were able to connect in Honduras and Mexico.
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Cell phone usage in port
Villageidiot replied to plasticmaster's topic in Royal Caribbean Discussion
AT&T will cover Honduras and Mexico along with a lot of other Latin America countries. You have to be Unlimited Elite or Premier I believe. Easy to check on the website though. It worked fine on our February cruise to those ports. -
We've had good luck using the wifi on the ship + wifi calling on our phones. Others have reported using whatsapp with good results. Both require at least a one device internet plan. Good luck and enjoy your cruise.
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I believe you can make an appointment to go through security at Seattle. Also you can have an issue with drawbridges as happened to us. Added 20 minutes to the trip and some passengers were really sweating it out. Our flight was after noon so we just let them off first so they could run for it.
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Once upon a time I lived in remote section of West Texas. One of the highlights of a two hour trip to the big city of Del Rio was a stop at Rudy's. Highly recommend it
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We have AT&T and had service at least in the port area at every stop. Used airplane mode while we were between ports.
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Bought these for our last cruise and they worked great. We did discover that you need to put them close to the deck to prevent them being triggered every time you roll over. Highly recommend
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We sailed to Alaska the third week of September in 2021. Weather prevented us from leaving Seattle until day two and cancelled our first port stop. Every other port stop with the exception of Juneau was eventually cancelled because of weather. We did do Glacier Bay though. We found in Juneau that most facilities had already closed for the season. We had a nice spacious balcony that was mostly unusable due to rain and wind. YMMV
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Can the family in the other eight cabins chip in to help the one brother with the higher cost? It would be about $125/cabin based on what you wrote. I would propose this if it was my family going on a great vacation. Hope it all works out and you enjoy the cruise.
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Only when I go into the diagnostic part of the slot machines I own. That's a weird screen to pop up without having the attendant key .
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They had Dr Pepper in the freestyle machines on Oasis last month out of Miami.
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T-Mobile Service on a Cruise
Villageidiot replied to PG Cruiser's topic in Royal Caribbean Discussion
If you have AT&T Unlimited Premium or Unlimited Elite you have call, text and data in 19 Latin American countries. No problems in Roatan on our last cruise. -
Let's take a poll on once a day cleaning!
Villageidiot replied to Phillip Diamond Plus's topic in Royal Caribbean Discussion
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