Joe01 Posted March 2, 2019 Report Share Posted March 2, 2019 Just checked the port schedule for Harmony this summer, and we dock with Liberty in Cozumel. Been to Cozumel twice before on Oasis & Harmony and seen it already. Would actually prefer if Royal offered the excursion to visit Liberty for the day. They should allow this every time that their ships dock together, or alternatively make it a Diamond perk. Do you think that this would be a good idea? I know that crew sometimes visit other ships for the day. The Cruise Junkie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baked Alaska Posted March 2, 2019 Report Share Posted March 2, 2019 4 minutes ago, Joe01 said: Just checked the port schedule for Harmony this summer, and we dock with Liberty in Cozumel. Been to Cozumel twice before on Oasis & Harmony and seen it already. Would actually prefer if Royal offered the excursion to visit Liberty for the day. They should allow this every time that their ships dock together, or alternatively make it a Diamond perk. Do you think that this would be a good idea? I know that crew sometimes visit other ships for the day. From a security standpoint, I would definitely not be in favor of this. From a curiosity standpoint, definitely. Not everyone is just curious, however. Also, ships would probably have to exchange manifests, not sure how easy that would be. craig403 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srp431 Posted March 2, 2019 Report Share Posted March 2, 2019 Same feeling as Baked Alaska, would be interested to see and visit other ships, but very unlikely to happen. Security is too important right now for everybody onboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomWolf Posted March 2, 2019 Report Share Posted March 2, 2019 While this would be a lot of fun for cruisers, it would have to be a logistical nightmare for any company to try this for so many reasons! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew72681 Posted March 3, 2019 Report Share Posted March 3, 2019 I noticed when we were in Falmouth a very high number of visitors badges around the ship. Would appear that a large number of crew is from that area and they allow them onboard to visit for the day. So there’s already a system in place to account for comings and goings of non passengers. It also meant lots of non passenger kids in the pools on Harmony that afternoon. Carlos A. and Baked Alaska 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe01 Posted March 3, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2019 Crew from other ships visit all the time, so as said, the system is in place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traveler Posted March 3, 2019 Report Share Posted March 3, 2019 I think it will be nice , but few things need to be set , for example , are the visitors allow to the free restaurants ? are they allow to the pools/flow riders ? are they going to be only as part of a guided tour ? will the DX package will work on the other ship ? The Cruise Junkie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickinSTL Posted March 3, 2019 Report Share Posted March 3, 2019 I'd just wonder if my Deluxe Drink package would be transferable to the ship im visiting for the day.. Also would I get Extra C&A points for visiting the other ship in port? lol Todd W, bhageerah, The Cruise Junkie and 1 other 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScooterScott22 Posted March 3, 2019 Report Share Posted March 3, 2019 There are many local groups that tour ships while in port. So there could be a similar process where there actual tours of the ships and it would not seem to be any more of a security risk than today. Now if the excursion was just to give access to the other ship, it seems that might create more problems. It would be possible that all people doing that excursion would be given an armband and be required to leave at a certain point. They would not need to be on the other ships manifest or anything. BUT the issue is what happens if someone “gets lost” and doesn’t make it to the departure. The only way possible would be if they gave you a Disney style magic band that had an RFID chop that could locate you anywhere on the ship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs. RoyalMoyal Posted March 3, 2019 Report Share Posted March 3, 2019 I love the flowrider, so I could sail on Grandeur then get to ride a wave in Nassau... that would make me very happy. I would pay for the opportunity. Often on port days flowrider times are limited.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twangster Posted March 4, 2019 Report Share Posted March 4, 2019 Crew are employees and subject to termination if they are so much as 5 minutes late for all aboard. Crew know not to fool around with deadlines and rules. Guests are customers who have long displayed a sense of entitlement and many are late boarding a ship on time expecting that the ship revolves around their entitled life. Cool idea for the 1% of us who would respect the rules and be off the guest ship and back on board our home ship. Bad idea for the 99% who would be late leaving, requiring multiple pages over the PA system and a man hunt to track them down. If a crew did that the solution is simple. Fired on the spot. When a guest sticks their middle finger up at the Captain and shows up late all the Captain can do is swear under his or her breath. tiny260 and SpeedNoodles 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos A. Posted March 4, 2019 Report Share Posted March 4, 2019 On 3/2/2019 at 6:41 PM, Andrew72681 said: I noticed when we were in Falmouth a very high number of visitors badges around the ship. Would appear that a large number of crew is from that area and they allow them onboard to visit for the day. So there’s already a system in place to account for comings and goings of non passengers. It also meant lots of non passenger kids in the pools on Harmony that afternoon. On Harmony while on Cozumel there were a lot of people (and I mean A LOT) with visitor badges (Travel Agents and special guests) everywhere. I don't see the logistic nightmare, it seems that RC knows how to handle this kind of situation very well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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