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On 6/27/2017 at 8:34 PM, Farminger said:

My wife loves the Miami Vice. Half Pina Colada, half Strawberry Daquiri, All tasty. Don't have a particular fave myself.

Another vote for the Miami Vice.

12 hours ago, rjac said:

A suggestion for your teens....leave them home, just kidding. I do not think you will be able to access their room with your keys. What you can do, once you are on board, is go to the guest services desk and say your daughter "lost" her card key. They will issue you a new card for her since you both are booked in the same room. Hang onto that and use it accordingly. Or your husband can do the same claiming your son "lost" his card. 

You don't need to lie.

Just go to Guest Services and ask for another card with access to the door but no charging privileges. I will be doing this in August to get my family access to my deck #17 suite.

8 hours ago, JOhioState said:

I just got back from a week on Harmony and can now confirm that they do not do the dancing fountains show.  However, "The Fine Line" show in the Aqua Theater was one of the best Royal Caribbean shows that I have ever seen.  It was awesome!

No fountain show? WTH?

6 hours ago, CGTLH said:

Only major things I can think of...

Upgraded lunch buffet. No need to carry off/back a towel. Beach isn't as croweded. (Maybe perk) no loud obnoxious drink sales [On Oasis by Columbus cove they had a vehicle playing loud music going around selling coconut drinks]. A bar is very close by.

I liked the proximity to the bar and washrooms. The buffet I found to be a bit of a let down, considering it was "upgraded" from peasant class...

We'll be back there this summer and springing for a cabana so our family in peasant class can join us heh

13 hours ago, Sabrinaklai said:

I have also purchased the deluxe beverage package but have heard that in sky class I might not need it.  What type of beverages are offered in the sky lounge?

Drinks in the Suite Lounge are somewhat limited. Small selection of beer and wine available from 1100-2300hrs. A smallish selection of mixed drinks available during happy hour from 1700-2000hrs.

No frozen drinks available at any time.

If sailing Sky class, I would have to buy the drink package.

Hi all.

Using a travel agent has it perks ( as heard on many podcast episodes....). I repriced my upcoming Anthem cruise and contacted my TA to get 1500 off...he came back with an even better price...,my daughter was FREE !  We saved about 2500.

The second guest 60% off sale is advertised but I have not seen kids sail free to date.

You might want to have your travel agent (you do all use an agent,right?) reprice your upcoming reservations.

2 hours ago, WorldWacky said:

Okay, thanks Matt. So if I understand correctly, we'll be going to the same dining room each night and we just choose the time. 

My confusion came from an email I recently received from my agent that contradicted information I've found in my research. It made it sound like we could go to ANY of the dining rooms if we wanted to. Here's a portion of the email:

Food and service at the four main restaurants onboard -- Silk, Chic, The Grande Restaurant and American Icon -- are varied, so you can enjoy an array of experiences and venues if you choose. 

Anthem of the Seas features Royal Caribbean's Dynamic Dining concept -- no fixed seating times or tables and no main dining room -- which debuted onboard sister ship Quantum of the Seas. On Quantum, it wasn't too popular, and Royal Caribbean, to its credit, took the criticisms to heart and made key changes to Dynamic Dining on Anthem, including the introduction of Dynamic Dining Classic (DDC).

DDC reverts to a fixed-time seating model -- a traditional option among virtually every cruise line. On Anthem, passengers can dine at 6 p.m.or 8:30 p.m. with the same tablemates and waiters, albeit at a different restaurant each night. (You'll rotate among the four main restaurants throughout each sailing.) Or, stick with the original Dynamic Dining Choice, and eat anytime between 5:30 p.m. and 9 p.m., either by walking in or making a reservation ahead of time. Both dining options can be pre-booked.

You have an old email. You must have booked a while ago..

Now the Anthem has traditional dining and MTD. With traditional, you'll have early or late seating- same time/table/assigned tablemates each night.

With MTD, you can make reservations for whenever you choose, or just go wait for a table.

On 2017-01-27 at 9:46 AM, klaconqueso said:

 

HAHA! It's what they call their veggie burger. :) 

 First a post about alcohol free beer...now a post about meat free burgers......

I'm afraid of what might come next...

Non-alcoholic beer?

That's a thing???

heheh

I'm going to suggest that if RCI thought they could make more money sailing from the West Coast then were their ships are currently deployed, they'd be there. Hell, they probably would have never left.

They are advertising  a big time headliner to perform a special concert.

I wonder if Bonnie Tyler is available?

 I don't bother with luggage tags.

I show the porter my luggage documents,they pull out pen and write my cabin number on the tag. If they are friendly, I give them a few bucks and magically my bags show up at my cabin a few hours later.

My next 2 cruises we'll take our luggage right into the terminal and our genie will detail some muscle to bring our bags up to the room right away.....not going to lie, kind of excited about that. 

13 hours ago, Mushroom said:

Which ship has the waterslide (not the kiddie type) now other than Harmony? Thank you! 

Harmony, Liberty, and Adventure are the only ships to currently have water slides.

Bring layers. It can range anywhere from chilly to scorching hot in Canada at that time of year.

Contrary to popular belief, we don't all live in Igloos.

On 3/3/2017 at 3:56 PM, WAAAYTOOO said:

Day 6 - Cozumel

 

We had breakfast in the CK as usual and decided we would get off the ship around 10:00.

 

We had reservations at Mr. Sanchos on this trip.  We had been to Nachi before but it was our first time to Mr. Sanchos.  We took a taxi.  I can't remember what the cost was but I want to say $17 each way for both of us.  It's about a 15 minute drive.

 

We enjoyed Mr. Sanchos very much.  It seemed bigger and slightly more festive than Nachi.  There were DEFINITELY more people there than the time we went to Nachi.  I think the cost was $55/pp of which I had already prepaid $5 each so we owed a balance of $100 when we got there, which we paid in cash.  I had 1 strawberry daiquiri and a couple of cokes.  Dan had a couple of drinks....can't recall what they were.  We ate a big lunch but overall I'm sure they made plenty of money off of us.  I thought the [pool] water was freezing.  I wandered in and finally dunked myself.  I went up to the swim-up bar and that is where I got my one and only adult beverage.  I quickly scampered out and got back into my lounger where I remained pretty much the rest of the day.  Dan went into the ocean for a while but I didn't.  We finally met up with 2 of our friends who had come separately and we all rode back to the ship together.

 

Dinner tonite was supposed to be a second visit to Chops but I had done a bit of sleuthing and discovered that tonite was lamb shank in the MDR.  This is Dan's absolute favorite meal on any cruise ship so I didn't want him to miss it.  I had also decided that I wanted at least 1 meal on our beautiful balcony so tonite was the night.  I had originally hoped that we could make it a "family" affair and have all 6 of us eating out there together but alas, everyone had decided to do their own thing this late in the week, so we dined alone.  The big table on the balcony comfortably seats 6 so it was a shame that it was just the 2 of us but also very romantic.  Of course, since Dan was having HIS favorite meal tonite I was CERTAINLY going to have mine, too, so I AGAIN ordered cream of mushroom soup from Chops.  Honestly, I cannot even recall what I had for my main course (I don't eat lamb, so it certainly wasn't that !).  I think maybe it was prime rib.  Anyway, we had asked to have the food delivered at 6:00 and it was right on time.  They delivered it all together (I thought maybe they would deliver the soup separately since it was coming from Chops...but it all came together).  It was delicious and I was sorry that I had not forced the issue of eating out there more often.  

 

The rest of the evening, I'm sure, was spent in the casino.  No shows tonite.

 

Edit:  UGH. I knew I would forget something.

 

Tonite was the night that the boys up in 1724 had their big shindig.  They had been inviting every person they ran into in the casino, all week, so we were ready for a crowd.  They had been working with Alex and Seapaul (their room attendant) all week.  I think they ran poor Alex ragged.  It was to begin at 8:30 but we got there at 8:00 to try and help, if we could.  There was already a LOT of food there.  There were meat planks from Jamie's and cheese, fruit, cracker trays, champagne, wine, but I noticed that there was no bread to go with the meat trays.  Thinking that people would want to make sandwiches, I said "hey...where's the bread ?"  My God, what a mistake that was !!!  I should have just kept my mouth shut.  Jim #1 (there were 2 Jim's.  We refer to them as the Jim Twins) got on the phone with Alex and before you knew it, there were entire carts full of food coming in...most of it from Sabor !  How they got quesadillas and tacos confused with bread, I couldn't tell ya'.  All I know was that, in the end, there was enough food to serve 500 people !  Jim #2 began to panic.  We were OUT of places to put food even with the huge tables inside and outside.  We had to start turning carts away and having them remove food.  I don't recall whether they ever got bread or not !  I think they did.

 

I remarked to Alex (who showed up to witness the mess that had been created) what they were going to do with all of this food that was either rejected or left over.  I was horrified at the thought that it would all go to waste. She assured me that it would not.  Apparently all of the "extra" would be taken down to the crew area and consumed by the crew.  I don't know if this is an "official" process or not.  Probably not.  Certainly it would never be allowed by American sanitation codes but when you're in the middle of ocean I guess just about anything goes.  So I was assured that the crew would eat well and not to worry about it going to waste.

 

We left about 10:00 and we saw the Jim Twins later down in the casino so I guess the party went until around midnight.  I'm sure the others up on 17 were not particularly thrilled with the party but it didn't go REALLY late so I guess all was well in the end.

Day 6.pdf

Thanks for your super informative review.

We are sailing in 1724 in August. Also on my reservation ( err, credit card bill) are my folks, in-laws, and brother/sister in law. Also travelling with us but in separate unlinked  reservations are my 2 aunts, and aunt and cousin.

My wife and I were hoping to have a sail away party on our balcony. Is this easily do-able? I've heard rumours genies being able to arrange it with a selection of food and some beverages too. Is this easily achieved do you know? Are there fees associated with it?

I'm also optimistic that our genie might be able to get Poppy the troll to slide by.. my daughter will lose her mind!

Thanks in advance.

Love the big ships. The difference is I need to book a balcony ( or a suite) on the Oasis class as I feel there is a disconnect with the ocean. 

On the smaller classes I've been on  ( Freedom and Radiance) there is the outdoor promenade deck and the helipad. 

No such luck on the big ladies. But I love the amenities. I felt much more crowded on the Radiance then I did on either the Oasis or the Allure.