Elliot Chan

On 4/29/2024 at 9:29 PM, Lovetocruise2002 said:

Well if Royal and X are going to merge, I sure hope it's effective immediately. I have a sailing on Reflection in August. 

Most likely it will not be immediate though 

this sailing has ended 

On 12/3/2023 at 10:05 PM, Chris Edgar said:

 

Hello All,

I'm hoping I can gain some information regarding what Visa's are required for a cruise I have booked for April 2024.

I am a UK Citizen, and the cruise I have booked sails from Singapore and visits Nha Trang, Hong Kong and Shanghai and I fly back to UK 3 days later.

I have contacted Royal Caribbean for some advise and they asked me to email CIBTvisas.  I received a response from this company who advised to check their website to understand Visa requirements for this itinerary which I have done and apart from a Singapore arrival card, no other Visa's are required.  Can anyone on here advise whether this is correct?

I've seen on social media that Royal Caribbean will provide various forms to complete whilst on onboard.  

Any useful help would be most appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

 

Chris

I am going to answer step by step.

1.Singapore-no visa required(remember to do your SG Arrival Card)(Useful Link-Singapore Entry Requirements)

2.Nha Trang, Vietnam-no visa required too.(Useful Link-Vietnam Entry Requirements)

3.Hong Kong, China.

Hong Kong is a Special Administrative Region(SAR) of China which has separate border controls.-no visa required(Useful Link-Hong Kong SAR Entry Requirements)

4.Shanghai,China

China is a special case as it needs visas. To apply, you need to apply in person at one of these Chinese Visa Application Centres, located in London, Manchester, Belfast and Edinburgh.(Useful links-China Entry Requirements, China Visa Application, Chinese Embassy Visa Application information, Visa photo requirements )

Hope you will enjoy your cruise.

btw-check this out.roll call for your sailing

btw-Most Chinese people only speak Simplified Mandarin Chinese-I suggest you check out Duolingo to learn a bit of Mandarin, Thank You in Mandarin is xie xie-谢谢

btw-Spectrum of the Seas is catered for the Chinese, and after a few years for having Singapore(a Majority Chinese country) as its homeport, it is now going to reposition to Shanghai, and your cruise is a repositioning cruise. Do expect some sort of farewell form Singapore, as well as a welcome from Shanghai.

On 9/26/2023 at 6:55 PM, M.J. Grandsard said:

I have the drink package already and it was fairly cheap to what i normally pay for a Caribbean cruise.   We are staying for two nights before the cruise at the Marina Bay Sands.  Always wanted to stay there.  We aren't sure what we are gonna do in Hong Kong yet as I am visiting in January and doing Disney Hong Kong then.  We might either do a night tour or just go off on our own since we are there overnight.   We are gonna stay after in Shanghai to do the Disney park and possibly some city sight seeing.  We are looking into the dining package yet.  My GF has never done a Royal Caribbean cruise before so its all new to her, but we are doing the Hot Pot for sure as none of the ships in the states have it.

by the way,sichuan red is also exclusive to spectrum

did you book a guarantee?

On 11/14/2023 at 11:09 PM, SGlazylife said:

The roll call for spectrum seems a bit dead. But i should be joining for this cruise!

On 11/14/2023 at 11:09 PM, SGlazylife said:

The roll call for spectrum seems a bit dead. But i should be joining for this cruise!

ok

On 12/12/2019 at 8:48 AM, KristiZ said:

It is not.

It is included 

Golden suite is sky class

On 12/10/2019 at 3:16 PM, JBC1 said:

We will be in Golden suite next May, but don't know what the extra benefits are apart from separate dinning. Any input would be gratefully received.

 

thanks

John

Complimentary voom

On 6/26/2021 at 8:33 PM, Nacho Libre said:

New to cruising.  Does the Royal Up feature apply to suite class too.  I.e. we are booked in an Owners Suite for Oasis (Sky Class I believe).  Would we be eligible and what is up from that, lowest Star Class Suite I suppose?  Frankly, really like the layout of the Owners suite.

It should be the loft suite,by the way I these are the only ships that have sea class, sky class, star class(royal suite class)

On 1/11/2022 at 2:13 AM, AlwaysRollin said:

Wow these are great answers, thank you all for providing perspective. I think for now, we will be happy with our Balcony Cabins, and if we ever come across a sailing where the JS isn't quite double the balcony price, we may jump on it.... what I'd be afraid of is setting a new standard, and then not having the budget to spend on the other things like excursions and drinks etc... in the meantime, I'll try my hand at RoyalUp!

FYI,If you get a suite through RoyalUp,you do not get double Crown and Anchor points.

On 1/10/2022 at 10:58 PM, AlwaysRollin said:

I understand this may be a difficult question to answer due to differing opinions and what holds more value in a cabin to most people.  My wife and I have been on 3 cruises and have only stayed in ocean view balcony cabins on Oasis class ships (Harmony x1 and Allure x2).  We've got a booking in Nov '22 on Explorer for 8 nights to the ABC's (also an ocean view balcony cabin on deck 8), and we're looking at a 5-night sailing on Oasis in June out of cape liberty.  For the Oasis one, we are on the fence about "trying" a Junior Suite.  It's not that we wouldn't like it, but I'm just not sure that it's worth paying basically double the price of the balcony cabin.  Since it is a little shorter, the price isn't as high as it would by for your typical 7-8 night sailings, which is why if we did go for the Junior Suite to sample it, this would be a better opportunity.  However, the whole reason we decided on this June sailing was because it was only 5 nights and thus, cheaper, so we can fit it in our budget.   I should say, we are very grateful that we even have the financial ability to go on cruises; however, we try to be as frugal as possible to live within our means.   So I'm really trying to reach out to those of you who may have been on the fence before about stepping up your Balcony Cabin bookings to a Junior Suite and if you found it to be double the experience for double the price?  

As far as I can tell, the extra perks are a bigger cabin (no more side stepping to get around the front of the bed), full tub (has anyone taken a bath in it?), a walk-in closet, and a bigger balcony. Also, you get access to the Coastal Kitchen, but not the other VIP areas that Grand Suites and up get. 

FYI,

In addition,you also get Silver Lounge and Silver Dining access on Spectrum and Coastal Kitchen access is for dinner only

Does anyone know when Asia cruises will be released?

Spectrum of the Seas

11 March 24-14 March 24

Port of call:Penang 

3 Night Penang Cruise