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  4. Royal Up Already?

    in Royal Caribbean Discussion

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    Just got an email today with a chance to bid on Royal Up opportunities for our Greek Isle cruise leaving Oct 9th on Brilliance of the Seas. Isn't this kind of early? Here are the minimum bids.

    Royal Suite $455

    Owners Suite 2bd $300

    Owners Suite $225

    Grand Suite $205

    Any thoughts? How do these minimum bids compare to your comparable cruise?

    Happy Cruising!

  5. Passport vs Passport Card

    in Royal Caribbean Discussion

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    What are people's thoughts about carrying their full passport vs a passport card while off the ship. Since we have both, I'm leaning toward just carrying the card and leaving the full passport back on ship in the safe.

    I'm sorry if this has already been answered. I tried searching for this specific topic but couldn't find one. There are a lot of threads here! 🤣

    Does anybody have a passport and vaccine card case that they like? Just one that just carries them both. I don't need any other bells and whistles.

     

    Happy Cruising!

  8. Ravenna to Venice

    in Royal Caribbean Discussion

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    4 hours ago, chumitz said:

    Has anyone disembarked in Ravenna lately?  We have a cruise in a couple of weeks and just discovered this Ravenna issue.  Our flight is at 11:20 in Venice!  So trying to figure out if we're actually going to make it.

    Need to know what time people are actually off the boat - how early did you get to a taxi or ride?

    thank you

    It might Not be an option at this point, being it's only a couple of weeks away, but have you considered flying out of Bologna? It's only about 1.5 hrs from Ravenna.

     

    Happy Cruising?

  14. Ravenna to Venice

    in Royal Caribbean Discussion

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    So we are flying into Venice but flying out of Bologna. Our TA could book the shuttle from Venice to Ravenna, but not from Ravenna to Bologna. RC told her that we would have to book that on board. They could only book round trip shuttles to and from the same destination in advance. Huh? 🤷‍♂️

     

    Happy Cruising!

  17. No more Covid test requirements to fly into U.S.

    in Royal Caribbean News and Rumors

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    4 hours ago, GatorCruiser said:

    https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/10/politics/us-to-end-pre-departure-testing-requirement/index.html cool 

    Definitely great news! It wasn't long ago we were going to need 3 covid tests getting to and from our Greek Isle cruise in Oct, but as of Sat, we'll only need the one to board the cruise. Hopefully by Oct that one will disappear too.

     

    Happy Cruising!

  19. Transport from Venice to Porto Corsini Ravenna Italy

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    1 hour ago, Missnlv1984 said:

    Hi I have also had the same problem. The price was so expensive to get from our hotel to the port in Ravenna €819 one way! So I phoned royal Carribean today. There was two pick up points the airport (but only if u arrive that day) and isola nova del tronchetto (again doesn’t come up a train station when googled) which had a pick up at 9.00am and 11.00am but u have to arrive 30 mins prior to departure. This was £91pp for return journey. On looking at getting from the hotel to the train station it’s costing €181 one way. Anyone else done this and got any ideas on If it’s easier to get a water taxi or a land taxi? 

    The Isola Nova del Tronchetto is the people mover station near the cruise terminal in Venice. This is where the busses  leave from. I'm not sure where you are staying, but if you have access to the Vaporetto, you can take the #2 and there is a Tronchetto Mercato stop which would only be a short walk to the station. This would be your least expensive option. This is what we are doing in Oct.

     

    Happy Cruising.

  20. Dining Times

    in Royal Caribbean Dining

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    On 5/10/2022 at 12:33 PM, Chuck586 said:

    What time do you prefer to dine and why?  In other words, when do you prefer to dine in the specialty restaurants???

     

    Thanks!!

    It really all depends on what type of activities we are interested in. As far as the MDR, we always choose My Time Dining. This always us the ability to adjust what time we eat. Eat earlier if there is a show we want to see. Eat later if we are coming back from an on-shore excursion. Even though you need to select a time ahead of time, you can change it easily once you are on board to suit your needs. Or just show up at what ever time you want and wait for the next table available, like a traditional restaurant. We've done this multiple times with a very short wait.

     

    Happy Cruising!

  22. 1st night on 1st cruise with Royal…

    in Royal Caribbean Dining

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    34 minutes ago, wordell1 said:

    The prime rib in the MDR on night 1 is usually very good.

    Also, I think dining in the MDR is a good way to start your cruise, especially your first one. Make sure to do the 2nd formal night in the MDR usually night 6 on a 7 night or more cruise. Also known as lobster night. They're not the biggest or best lobster tails you will ever have, but they are all you care to eat!

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