michelle

Hope its going well - would love a review of the ship when you return, lots of interest now
that its headed to New Orleans in the Winter months

Embassy Suites, $9 cab ride from FLL to this area of town, Total Wine 1 block away and restaurants
and its 1 mile to the port.   Residence Inn Across the Street, Holiday Inn Express and Hilton Marina
all in this area and super easy to get to Port from here - just focus on 17th Street in FLL.
Just visited in August.
More high end try Marriot Harbour Beach, right on the beach and 2miles from Port

yep happy they are doing this but makes me think something new is coming...

woo hoo- have a great time!  that reminds me - only 34 Days until Quantum Embarkation for me!

if you love it - rebook onboard - there are some great offers out right now

yep glad she/he worked hard for you ! trust me what seem logical to me day in and day out
like a simple price reduction - is the most complicated part of my day at time :D

My TA did warn me about the cancellation and the consequences; sorry if I implied otherwise.  She did go to bat to simply adjust the rate.  However, it was some type of weekend or residential rate that put the balconies below the price of the oceanviews and interiors.  It was worth the hassle given the $300+ that we saved, but just annoying in the end.  Fortunately, we were able to get back into the same cabin, although there was a slight risk of losing that as well.  It would have just been more convenient had the rate been changed as I wouldn't have to repurchase everything and reenter all of our information.
 
Royal lost in the end as I reconsidered a couple of excursions in the process and opted not to rebook those with Royal and instead doing something independently.

You can ask for bed rails that maybe would work on the couch as well- and sometimes the
couches are actually beds they convert them at night - Ask your room steward for help they
will figure something out

Matt - you need to brush up on your hand creams! and lotions

Matt - you need to brush up on your hand creams! and lotions

Southhampton Airport (SOU) - 5 miles from Port
Bournemouth Airport (BOU)   - 3o miles
London - Heathrow  (LHR)     - 67 miles
London - Gatwick (LGW)        - 90 miles
 
Most people will fly into London, then stay either there or closer to the Port
Some of the hotels nearby are only about $100-$150 US per night

These have been reviewed as some of the top 5 apps.  I have not tried them out yet, Anyone else have?
Stole this from another site.  ;)

1.  Ship Mate App - is often hailed as the number one app for cruisers and for good reason. The app has all you will
need to plan an amazing time onboard and off. Organize your cruise itinerary, daily excursions, deck maps and you can
even reach out to fellow cruisers through their roll call function.   Available for free on iTunes and Android. 
 
2.  Deck Director -app is for those cruises with absolutely no sense of direction.  Containing detailed maps of
decks plans from all ships in a variety of fleets. You will never be late for group dinners again.  iTunes $4.99.
 
3.  Cruise Guard Control - app is useful for keeping control of spending while sailing. Let's you create
expense categories, double check bills for accuracy and cost compare with past cruises.  iTunes $0.99.
 
4.  Cruise Camera - let's you virtually connect to daily cruise life through various webcams installed on
nearly 100 ships on a variety of cruise lines. Additionally the app gives you access to more than 150 port cams
around the world. iTunes $1.99.
 
5.  Sea Sickness -let's cruisers overcome the dreaded sea sickness while onboard. The health app let's ill cruisers
use the touch motion sensor to display a virtual shore line or horizon, which is thought to cure sea sickness.  There are
different shore line themes and users can switch from day view to night view.  iTunes  $.099.

Southhampton Airport (SOU) - 5 miles from Port
Bournemouth Airport (BOU)   - 3o miles
London - Heathrow  (LHR)     - 67 miles
London - Gatwick (LGW)        - 90 miles
 
Most people will fly into London, then stay either there or closer to the Port
Some of the hotels nearby are only about $100-$150 US per night

Actually I disagree - about not to use agents - Many cruise lines HAL and Princess send the
offers for upgrades for my clients to me directly and then I call my clients the same day
IF RCCL sends to you, they know you booked with an agent - it kind of defeats the purpose
of them having you do the work-
 
but I have never taken 5 days to get back to a client in 22 years!

glad you have a good agent DonLC

I'd argue that it's not a reason to use that travel agent. When you find a good one, s/he is worth her/his weight in gold. When I ended up in the hospital 12 hours before my flight to Disneyworld and our cruise, having only one person to call instead of the airlines, Disney, hotel, and the cruise line was a blessing.

RCL recently sent me an email offering an upgrade to an ocean view for %50 off. I called them and they told me I had to go through my travel agent. Boo :(. After 5 days of waiting for my travel agent to get back to me I was told that for $35 a person I could get the new panoramic ocean view rooms on deck 12 of Navigator. An hour later my travel agent called me and said that I could only get a normal ocean view because the panoramic ocean view rooms were considered a "special" ocean view category and we're not part of the upgrade promotion. Long story but after talking to 10 people at RCL (the first 9 would not help because I booked with a travel agent) someone at RCL hooked me up and called my travel agent and changed my room to the panoramic ocean view room for only $70 when per the promotion it should have been $200.

I agree with Bryce G. I am price conscious and often book interior unless an ocean view or balcony are only $100 or so more per person as my family does use our balcony nearly as much as we use to when my son was younger. However, in Alaska, you miss out on a lot of scenery without a balcony and you're going to fight your way for rail space when viewing the glaciers. It was also nice to have a room to retreat to. We also ordered room service to enjoy when visiting Glacier Bay.

I did Alaska out of Vancouver in August 2013. 
 
Flights around that time must be jam packed because when we missed our connecting flight, and Delta was having trouble rebooking us on WestJet, they resorted to Air Canada who was booked thru 2 days or so. (We were scheduled to fly in EARLY the day before embarkation). We flew direct to Vancouver.
 
We selected it because we wanted Radiance instead of Rhapsody. Both are beautiful and newly refurbbed.
 
I NEVER get a room besides interior, except in Alaska. An oceanview balcony is HIGHLY recommended (coming from the cheap-o over here).
 
Snorkeling in Alaska (yes, you heard right) is an unreal experience. Also highly recommended.

Hey
I have sailed out of Vancouver and really liked it - the city itself is great to walk around
and has some great sites to see either close by or you can easily get trains up to
Whistler and see much more of BC while you are there.
 
I flew into Seattle and drove into Vancouver which is one option - but the Amtrak from Seattle
is a beautiful ride and worth doing from Seattle also - it leaves early like 7am to get you up
to Vancouver so plan on staying a pre-night or two in Seattle.   Likewise there are a few
bus companies that p/up from SEA or downtown Seattle that bus you over the boarder
Runs about $50 one way, per person.
 
Like DocLC said, Seattle is cheaper to fly into but you can still do that and have options
Vancouver airport if very easy as well and there are some budget hotels in the downtown
area that are nice in VAN as well.
 
Agree - love the itinerary and it has been one of my favorites as well.
Main reason you do not get bigger ships here is they cannot fit through the Panama Canal
to get to Alaska, and Alaska does not want bigger ships there either.  Smaller is better for
this itinerary. 

I have done both the discount bag and self-service laundry - I bring those little laundry detergent pods with me in a Ziploc and just check on it every once in a while - note though, don't get rooms near the laundry rooms unless you like to be hot all the time

:)Wow Hollywood - good job

Yep spot on  :)

Just getting off the Oasis and we had one bottle in carry on, and one in
our checked baggage - I usually do it all in my carry on's but this worked for me
Truthfully I think its whomever is working at the port that day as well.  just sayin'