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I am on this cruise.  Looking forward to exploring Anthem for the first time.

I am on this cruise.  Looking forward to exploring Anthem for the first time.

I got my confirmation email immediately with the airline confirmation number.  However, it took me about 4 months waiting for the airline to make the ticket classes available to be upgraded.  Then I had to call them to pay the difference to change classes.  But I used a paid service to monitor the ticket classes, so I wouldn't have to watch that myself.
 

I used the Air to Sea for a one way ticket from Raleigh/Durham to London for a transatlantic cruise.  I picked the cheapest ticket that had the best connection.  After Air to Sea sent me the Delta confirmation number, I contacted Delta and paid a little bit to change the class of ticket to one that was up-gradable.  Then I used my miles to upgrade that class of ticket to first class.  It was worth the extra charge and use of miles to fly in first class from New York to London.  I think I ended up paying a total of $650 dollars plus the miles.  At the time, that same first class ticket was selling on the Delta site for around $10,000.

I used the Air to Sea for a one way ticket from Raleigh/Durham to London for a transatlantic cruise.  I picked the cheapest ticket that had the best connection.  After Air to Sea sent me the Delta confirmation number, I contacted Delta and paid a little bit to change the class of ticket to one that was up-gradable.  Then I used my miles to upgrade that class of ticket to first class.  It was worth the extra charge and use of miles to fly in first class from New York to London.  I think I ended up paying a total of $650 dollars plus the miles.  At the time, that same first class ticket was selling on the Delta site for around $10,000.

I have had 100 shares of stock since my second cruise with Royal.  Since I usually book inside staterooms, I have gotten the OBC many times as these cabins usually don't offer any OBC when booking.  Up until a couple of years ago, when I submitted my request for stockholder OBC, I would get a response that since I already had some OBC, I would have to have that removed (either by calling Royal or contacting my travel agent) and then resubmit my stockholder OBC request.  However, for the past two or three years, my stockholder request automatically applies the difference of the the two OBC amounts without me having to do anything.  For example, if I already had $50 OBC for a 7 night sailing, I now get the $50 stockholder credit ADDED to the original $50.  Previously, I had to remove the original $50 credit and then have the stockholder credit of $100 added.  
I have gotten the stockholder credit about 90% of the time since I usually only have travel agent credits.  It has been well worth the investment for me.
 

I have 100 shares of the stock and have gotten the OBC many times.  I can't remember exactly how many, but it is around 6 or 7 times.  It varies on the length of the cruise.  I have been denied the credit when I had the balcony discount.  Usually the credit was received when I booked inside cabins.

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The class was held under a covered area next to a hotel.

I found some photos of the excursion. We really had a good time. After we finished with the dance lesson, we had time to walk along the beach and do some shopping.

I have had 100 shares of stock since my second cruise with Royal.  Since I usually book inside staterooms, I have gotten the OBC many times as these cabins usually don't offer any OBC when booking.  Up until a couple of years ago, when I submitted my request for stockholder OBC, I would get a response that since I already had some OBC, I would have to have that removed (either by calling Royal or contacting my travel agent) and then resubmit my stockholder OBC request.  However, for the past two or three years, my stockholder request automatically applies the difference of the the two OBC amounts without me having to do anything.  For example, if I already had $50 OBC for a 7 night sailing, I now get the $50 stockholder credit ADDED to the original $50.  Previously, I had to remove the original $50 credit and then have the stockholder credit of $100 added.  
I have gotten the stockholder credit about 90% of the time since I usually only have travel agent credits.  It has been well worth the investment for me.
 

I just recently booked Enchantment of the Seas for September 3, 2018.
I am also booked on a B2B on Mariner of the Seas for November 12, 2018 and November 16, 2018
 

I found out that my issue occurs with Chrome only.  I tried Firefox and could see the two missing ships.  I also tried Internet Explorer and saw them but at about 5 times slower than with Chrome.  I determined that when I had Chrome sat at 100% zoom, the Grandeur and Ovation were off the bottom and the slider wouldn't let me move the screen down to see them.  However, if I changed my zoom to 90%, they "magically" appeared on the screen.  I have never had this happen on other websites, so I never thought of adjusting the zoom level.
 

Matt just posted the details.
 

Royal Caribbean Press Center
 

We were told by the captain before we got to Skagway that we would have to tender since the pier was not safe for pedestrian traffic. We had to board the life boats to get to the pier.  I took a bunch of photos to post but since we have non-voom, I can't get one picture to upload.  I will add them when I get home.  I found out that the life boats do work!

We were told by the captain before we got to Skagway that we would have to tender since the pier was not safe for pedestrian traffic. We had to board the life boats to get to the pier.  I took a bunch of photos to post but since we have non-voom, I can't get one picture to upload.  I will add them when I get home.  I found out that the life boats do work!

Just a quick update to let you know what I found out.  I called the travel agent and they said they couldn't figure out why it wouldn't let me reserve the My Time Dining.  They gave me a number to call Royal to get them look at it.  I called the number and think I got the Guatemala call center.  I could hear many operators talking in the background and many were speaking Spanish.
But back to my topic:  The woman I spoke to said that she didn't know why the website wouldn't allow me to select times.  She guessed that maybe they would load later, but admitted that the message I got was odd.  She was able to access the reservations and made all the dining reservations for me.  They are now showing up in the calendar.  I can even click on the Modify button now and see the available times, in case I want to make any changes.

Just a quick update to let you know what I found out.  I called the travel agent and they said they couldn't figure out why it wouldn't let me reserve the My Time Dining.  They gave me a number to call Royal to get them look at it.  I called the number and think I got the Guatemala call center.  I could hear many operators talking in the background and many were speaking Spanish.
But back to my topic:  The woman I spoke to said that she didn't know why the website wouldn't allow me to select times.  She guessed that maybe they would load later, but admitted that the message I got was odd.  She was able to access the reservations and made all the dining reservations for me.  They are now showing up in the calendar.  I can even click on the Modify button now and see the available times, in case I want to make any changes.

My nephew would probably have loved to eat dinner at JR for dinner too, but I really like the MDR.  I hated missing it once, but it was a travel agent perk!  I would have to admit though, that I DID NOT like the my time dining experience on Harmony.  It was very disorganized and it seemed that the waiters, assistant waiters, and even the head waiters were all confused on how things were supposed to be going.  I had my time before on Oasis and it was handled well.  Due to the menus not matching the tv listing, we never really knew what would be on the actual menus once we arrived, but we aren't really picky eaters, so it didn't really make much difference to us.

I was on Harmony the week of March 4 this year.  I have attached a photo of the lunch menu from one day that I ate in the Main Dining Room.  They also had much more on the buffet than I had seen on previous ships.  There was a station with a build-your-own stir-fry and many prepared meats and side items.

I will try to do a summary with food photos later, but for now, here are the menus that I had on my recent Harmony of the Seas cruise.
 
This was the first time that I had seen these "new" menus.  We ate in the Main Dining Room every night except for day 5.  
 
I will note that even though all 7 of the week's menus were available to see on the TV, they were not listed in order.  For example, on the TV, they were listed like Day 1, Day 6, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5, Day 2, Day 7.  And each of the menus were not actually served on the day that the TV said they would be.  In addition, each menu was slightly different that what was listed on the TV (most items were the same, but every day perhaps 1 to 3 items had been replaced with something else).
 
Day 1 for now:
 
 

Has anybody seen this deal or is it a glitch?  I was wondering if anybody had looked at a junior suite on the November 28th sailing?  Has anybody booked it?
 
Michael Poole?
 
I was just looking around and found a single rate of $70 for junior suite, but when I clicked through to the end, it jumped to $400.50!
 
I have uploaded two screen shots to show what I found.

The next cruise woman on Harmony said that we should check the next cruise office every day this week as she had exciting news coming out! She said that she couldn't say exactly what or when but that we have news this week while onboard!

Does anybody know why Freedom is still in port? My sister is on now and said captain made an announcement during dinner but she couldn't hear it.