CowboyMedic

2 minutes ago, 25yrannfamtrip said:

Our cruise is for this coming week and we have not received any notice. Are you sure? And does this apply to all cruises are just from certain ports?

All Royal Caribbean cruises originating from a US port will not sail for 30 days after midnight.

1 minute ago, SpeedNoodles said:

I think they timed the announcement with the closing of the NYSE.

Or President Trump's announcement declaring a national emergency.

We were supposed to leave at 7 CST tonight to cruise on Adventure tomorrow, kick in the gut. Spring Break plus 7 year anniversary trip.

I did not know this either until you brought it up. I love this feature.

Same. I started using MEI Travel after recommendations from this site. I feel like my TA has taken great care of me and she is amazing. She always answers my emails within a few hours, sometimes the next day if I send it later in the evening.

19 hours ago, FManke said:

Does anybody know anything about Pullmantur? Until the posting about Grandeur, I had never heard about the company.

Currently Sovereign and Monarch are cruising with them.

Splendour and Legend are currently with Marella formerly TUI as Marella Discovery and Discovery 2 which is also partly owned by Royal Caribbean as well.

We just booked a back to back on Grandeur when we heard that she was leaving the fleet. It is my goal to sail on every ship in the fleet at some point. 

Been away for a while from the board but booked another cruise, well 2 for our first back to back. We will make Diamond at the end of the back to back.

Grandeur of the Seas - June 6th, 2020 - 5 Night Bermuda

Grandeur of the Seas - June 11th, 2020 - 9 Night Canada and New England 

Enchantment of the Seas - November 25th, 2019 (4 Night Western) - Thanksgiving!!!

March 14th, 2020 - 8 Night Eastern Caribbean - Adventure OTS

#1 Liberty of the Seas

#2 Majesty of the Seas

Only been on two so far so it's a very short list.

Back from our cruise on Liberty. I think we did fairly well but decided to be a little more lenient on our carb intake. The first night in the MDR we decided to split the Royal Cheesecake then our waiter brought another one for me, I was like what but just decided to go with it. We only ate desserts at dinner, stay away from potatoes, ate plenty of veggies (I even asked for double veggies instead of potatoes), stayed away from bread. We were in grand suite so we had plenty of drinks available from 4:30-8. The wife stuck with white wine and I stuck with long island iced tea with diet coke (I know the triple sec). We probably stayed below 100 grams which is still low carb compared to the normal American diet but much more than what we have done lately. We came back about 3-4 pounds heavier but that will come off quickly. Overall I think my wife and I did well. We also walked a lot and tried to use the stairs as much as possible.

December 16th, 2018 - Navigator of the Seas

2 hours ago, mom2mybugs said:

Im thinking maybe overnights somehow.  Jane

They would have to turn this into an overnight trip with that much to do on the island especially with the new pier that is going up instead of tendering.

8 hours ago, F1guynz said:

The Australian website has changed as well. It still seems to have a number of issues.

In the meantime I have found I can access the cruise planner and the old website by using this link.

https://secure.royalcaribbean.com/mycruises/processLogin.do

The site seems to work okay using this.,

Thank you, I need to print off all the information for our cruise on the 18th.

Our first two cruises, including the one in two weeks, we did on our own but the next two, had to cancel Symphony TA unfortunately, we rolled over to MEI thanks to this board. I get emails from my TA every time that a new sale comes out saying that she is constantly monitoring the prices but no drops so far because we booked so early or those type rooms have sold out.

12 hours ago, CowboyMedic said:

I read this a little bit ago and cancelled and rebooked. Got 25% off one excursion and 20% off the other two. Saved me around $65-70 for two people.

I went back and figured the difference and we saved $144 with this sale. Original was $710 with $300 OBC used, new price is $566 with $300 OBC used.

35 minutes ago, Matt said:

Yes, you can cancel and rebook any pre-cruise purchase without calling RC. Here's how: https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/2016/10/29/how-cancel-and-rebook-pre-cruise-purchases-royal-caribbeans-cruise-planner

I read this a little bit ago and cancelled and rebooked. Got 25% off one excursion and 20% off the other two. Saved me around $65-70 for two people.

New offer that has come out for shore excursions. I have already booked three excursions for the upcoming cruise in two weeks. Can I go ahead and cancel those excursions and then rebook them? All three excursions would be at a lower cost. Would I have to call Royal Caribbean to do that?

Thanks for all the advice. Salt is actually a good thing on Keto because it does help retain some water. That is one of the reasons why people get the "keto flu". Not enough salt and water then they get dehydrated. I try to drink between 2-3 liters of water a day which is 4.4 to 6.6 lbs. A liter weighs a kilogram which weighs 2.2 lbs. My wife are looking forward to this cruise since it is our 5 year anniversary. I'll make sure I pay close attention to ingredients while looking at the menus.

Has anyone been on a cruise that has been doing low carb or Keto? My wife and I recently started it and our first cruise on it will be in 19 days on Liberty OTS. We know what we can eat and I vaguely remember what the MDR and Windjammer have from our last cruise. We did book Chops Grille for one of the nights. We did set our dining preference on the RC website to low carb already.

On 3/15/2017 at 11:47 PM, CowboyMedic said:

Symphony of the Seas- October 28th, 2018

Sadly we had to cancel our TA on Symphony.

8 hours ago, tiny260 said:

Hello everyone, my name is John and my wife's name is Jaye, we have been Royal fans since 2000, tried NCL before that and thought I wanted something better, stepped away once because I wanted to do the Panama Canal and Royal didn't do one (Did Disney once because my daughter paid for it) . I stopped cruising between 2006 and 2012 while I got the kids out of college and married away.  I live close to Tulsa, OK, I can't say land locked because theoretically there is a way to get from Tulsa to the Mississippi river and then to the Gulf. I have been reading and using Royal Caribbean Blog since I started cruising again in 2012, I just never used the forums, like the poster above I had been using Cruise Critic. I joined yesterday and have been trying to add details to anything that I might know a little about. I'm a Diamond member working my way to Diamond+. I'm able to get in one cruise a year with the limited amount of time off my wife gets, she works in Education.

Look forward to using this forum.

Welcome, I'm just right down the road in Broken Arrow and my wife also works in education so I know how it is. Our vacations are scheduled around spring break, summer break, fall break, and Christmas.

Marc will be moving from CD of Majesty to Independence.

3 hours ago, clmsnskr said:

The first one you find that meets the following criteria.

1) Is in your budget
2) Is in the time range that you can travel
3) Has a voyage that lasts for as many nights as you want to travel.
4) Name ends with "of the Seas"
5) Floats.

Perfect for picking a cruise.

Our first cruise was on Majesty of the Seas and it was a wonderful experience. Not all the bells and whistles of other ships but it was still a great ship. Was a short 4 days to the Bahamas. We will be going on Freedom Class, Voyager Class, and Oasis Class for the next three cruises. Looking forward to seeing the differences in all the different classes. Quantum Class (Anthem) will hopefully be the next cruise we book.