cjappert

Last month we did our first cruise, I did the excursions I wants ( beaches and such) and my husband did the ones he wanted ( zip line, atv tour, seadoo tour) . I was wondering how common is it for couples to do separate excursions? are we weird for doing this ? lol

we are leaving from NJ ( which is great since we'll be driving down from Canada)

 

day 1, 2,3 are at sea

day 4 Puerto Rico

day 5 St- Maarten

day 6 Antigua

day 7 St. lucia

day 8 Barbados

day 9 St. Kitts

day 10, 11, 12 at sea

We are currently booked on Anthem of the seas for a 12 night southern Caribbean. Other ships available for this are Serenade and Grandeur. Which ship is best for a long cruise like this? Our kids are 8, 3 and almost 2.

 

Plus if anyone has done Southern Caribbean please give me some tips/recommendations for excursions and stuff!

 

thanks!

thank you! I just called them! the price stayed the same they just added the 400$ of OBC . WOOOOO!!!

I thought they were 24/7!! I called the number on the site and it said they were closed?!? I was super confused... i'll try again!

That price is the same I think , hopefully it stays like that till they are open and I can call! wooooo this made my night! I was super excited about the 600$ we saved by changing to the 30% off sale ( we had the BOGO at first) and now its even better!

 

this is pretty much as good as its gonna get for me right? I shouldn't expect any bigger sales?

We have 2 connecting rooms booked on Anthem of the seas for a 13 day southern Caribbean cruise. We are booked with the 30t% off promo. Now the WOW promo came out with the 30% off + OBC ( 200$ per room in our case) Can I just call and get them to add the OBC? I'm not sure how this works.

lol, sorry Anthem!

Does AoS? I didn't even consider this when I booked!

thanks everyone! this is making me feel a lot better! we have 5 sea days on this itinerary, so it made me a bit nervous.

We are booked for a 13 day southern Caribbean on anthem of the sea. I'm starting to second guess it now. This will only be our second cruise. Our first was with Celebrity on the Reflection. The AOS is quite a bit bigger than the Reflection. I've heard from a few people that they would never go back on a big ship like that because it was so crowded, all they did was wait. Now I'm nervous!! I'd love to get some different opinions on it.

 

Also, is the premium drink package really 80$ a day?? that's what its tell me ( in CAD $) which seems to be pretty high!

thanks to whoever told me about the 30% off deal, we saved 600$!

i don't even see the 30% off sale on the site? where can I find it?

thanks ill look into it! I'm used to planning 2 week vacations to Disney world, which is an insane amount of planning , so im up for the challenge! lol

thanks! ill look into it! the problem is that I didn't see any 2 week cruises with those ships.

Hi!

So we are new to cruising. We've done 1 cruise a month ago with celebrity cruises, concierge class. It was amazing, the only issue was that there was no daycare for our 16 month old... which is what brought us to RCCL.

 

here are some of my questions

 

1,We are a family of 5, 2 adults, 3 kids ages 8, 3 and 15 months. We just put a deposit on a cruise with RCCL for next January but I just want to make sure I'm doing everything right. Its the 12 nights southern Caribbean on anthem of the seas. Does this ship have any rooms that holds 5 other than the suites? Right now I have 2 connecting rooms booked, but I would love to have everyone in 1 room!

 

2.Do they ever have better promotions? it seems like they aren't offering much compared to the other companies. Do they ever have the pick1, pick2 type of deals? and if they do would we be able to apply them to our reservation?

 

3. We are sailing out of NJ, which is amazing since we're Canadian and its only a 6 hour drive vs the 26 hour drive we usually do to Florida! How long does it usually take to reach "warm" weather from NJ? Should I be cutting out the 1st and 2nd sea days as too cold?

 

that's all I can think of right now...tia!