Matt Posted January 3, 2021 Report Posted January 3, 2021 What is something you've done or tried on a Royal Caribbean cruise that you'll never do again? An activity/strategy/plan/tour that you now realize after doing it was a mistake. Quote
SpeedNoodles Posted January 3, 2021 Report Posted January 3, 2021 The Escape Room. I've never done an activity that made me feel so incredibly stupid in my life. VoidoftheSeas, RWDW1204, Bazza and 14 others 17 Quote
Traveler Posted January 3, 2021 Report Posted January 3, 2021 Go to a "sell expert" lecture during a crabbiean cruise Hutcherl, RWDW1204, 4ensic and 3 others 6 Quote
sk8erguy1978 Posted January 3, 2021 Report Posted January 3, 2021 This might change with COVID but not arriving early to the embarkation port. Ogilthorpe 1 Quote
joshgates Posted January 3, 2021 Report Posted January 3, 2021 Try to call the captain to get permission to fly a kite on a sea day. Or the cupcake class. Ogilthorpe 1 Quote
Tira04 Posted January 3, 2021 Report Posted January 3, 2021 The 'Learn to play' session in the casino. I'm not a gambler and never been to Vegas but I thought it would be fun to have a 'play'session to learn. No one else was there and the staff were not very enthusiastic so they only explained some rules to me very quickly. Not exactly the fun session I had envisioned! Also, the art auction! It promised champagne that never materialised and was painful to watch as an art conservator! Haha. Nicci, Ogilthorpe and 4ensic 3 Quote
MicDay Posted January 3, 2021 Report Posted January 3, 2021 Stop packing so much crap we never used. I seriously need to be like some of you, have a cruise bag of the things we actually use. Neesa, RWDW1204, loki007 and 2 others 4 1 Quote
melmar02 Posted January 3, 2021 Report Posted January 3, 2021 Walk to 7 mike beach from the ship. Yes, it's walkable, but it was miserably hot when we tried. Then everyone was so grumpy that no one wanted to stay. Ogilthorpe 1 Quote
sk8erguy1978 Posted January 3, 2021 Report Posted January 3, 2021 @melmar02 made me think of another thing. Not leaving the ship with enough money. We took a cab to Paradise Point from Crown Bay with the hopes one of our ATM cards would work at a bank. Thankfully it did but I was silently having a panic attack LOL. Ogilthorpe 1 Quote
Jax Posted January 3, 2021 Report Posted January 3, 2021 Definitely Spectra’s Cabarat..hubby’s review; it was 54 minutes too long and 55 minutes of his life he can’t get back. Ogilthorpe and Pattycruise 2 Quote
cruisellama Posted January 3, 2021 Report Posted January 3, 2021 5 hours ago, Traveler said: Go to a "sell expert" lecture during a crabbiean cruise Good for a quick nap.. Traveler and Ogilthorpe 2 Quote
PaulRC Posted January 3, 2021 Report Posted January 3, 2021 The Art auction. What a rip off 4ensic and Tira04 2 Quote
ptod Posted January 3, 2021 Report Posted January 3, 2021 6 hours ago, SpeedNoodles said: The Escape Room. I've never done an activity that made me feel so incredibly stupid in my life. I find it helpful to swing thru a bar or 2 on the way to the Escape room.....ymmv Ogilthorpe and PaulRC 2 Quote
dawnelda Posted January 3, 2021 Report Posted January 3, 2021 Taking the RCL shuttle from the port to airport in Fort Lauderdale. Taxis are way faster. Ogilthorpe 1 Quote
MuttMutt Posted January 3, 2021 Report Posted January 3, 2021 Never going to take a pain med when rough seas are forecast and maybe not at all. They always make me a little nauseated but no matter what I did I couldn't get it under control. And I had some motion sickness stuff but had left that in Jamaica with my dive gear. Had two pretty I miserable days heading back to Galveston. Quote
teddy Posted January 3, 2021 Report Posted January 3, 2021 I'm not sure if this qualifies since we will most likely do it again, but the one thing my wife and I wish we had done differently on all our cruises is stay up later. We tend to keep our normal schedule of up by 3 or 4 am....which means we follow our normal schedule of going to bed early. It seems like every day we see things in the cruise planner that we want to go to that night, but we fall asleep. On the flip side, the ships are pretty much deserted that early in the morning. Marsha M 1 Quote
jagnew Posted January 4, 2021 Report Posted January 4, 2021 Add another vote for art auction! We also thought it would be a good idea to walk to the main Cozumel area from the non-main pier. We, uh, rode back in a taxi. Chawkjewel 1 Quote
S.Marie Posted January 4, 2021 Report Posted January 4, 2021 Overeating. My hubby and I wanted to fit as many dining experiences into our 4 night cruise that we wound up napping or falling asleep after every meal (and we did not accomplish much else!) WAAAYTOOO and Cile 2 Quote
wstephensi Posted January 4, 2021 Report Posted January 4, 2021 Snorkeling in Ketchikan, AK. The excursion and staff were great, but the wife and I did not enjoy wearing a wetsuit. Nor did we look good in it. The daughters, on the other hand, enjoyed the excursion and looked great in a wetsuit. JLMoran, MicDay, Jax and 1 other 4 Quote
Crazycruiser50 Posted January 4, 2021 Report Posted January 4, 2021 Eat dinner in the Main Dining Room... After experiencing the specialty restaurants, we are unlimited dining package type of people for life. The service and quality of food is what the MDR used to be. Well worth the money in my opinion. (Especially when you catch it on a 50% off cruise planner sale) S.Marie 1 Quote
HeWhoWaits Posted January 4, 2021 Report Posted January 4, 2021 14 hours ago, cruisellama said: Good for a quick nap.. Better options for a nap elsewhere on the ship. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote
HeWhoWaits Posted January 4, 2021 Report Posted January 4, 2021 Sadly, the thing I will never do again isn't of my own doing. I will never eat at a midnight buffet again. Quote
KWong Posted January 4, 2021 Report Posted January 4, 2021 14 hours ago, cruisellama said: Good for a quick nap.. Power nap or "American Adventure at Epcot" nap? For one of our cruises we had way too much OBC so used it for an "island tour" in Roatan. The tour was fine, but it wasn't worth the cost. So I'll be making better use of my OBC from now on. WAAAYTOOO, AshleyDillo and cruisellama 2 1 Quote
cruisellama Posted January 4, 2021 Report Posted January 4, 2021 1 hour ago, HeWhoWaits said: Better options for a nap elsewhere on the ship. A fews years ago, Liberty of the Seas had a husband/wife sales team who were actually pretty entertaining. Hate to admit this but - liked listening to his watch talks. Quote
Psycho and Barb Posted January 4, 2021 Report Posted January 4, 2021 Buy meds on the ship. Psycho had a head cold one trip and had to purchase medicine from the ship's store at about the double our home price. Lesson learned and we now cruise full stocked. Quote
coneyraven Posted January 4, 2021 Report Posted January 4, 2021 We will never get off the ship with all of our luggage WITHOUT getting a porter again. What a nightmare lugging it all through customs. Then, in 2019, in Tampa, we used a Porter. SMARTEST MOVE WE EVER MADE!!! They knew the "ins and outs" of the port to get us through customs in record time. We almost felt guilty the way we passed everyone in line. Needless to say, we tipped well. From that moment going forward, THIS is the method we use. Porters are the Rockstars of the ports. Traveler, RWDW1204, Cruisegirl1976 and 8 others 6 1 4 Quote
KWong Posted January 4, 2021 Report Posted January 4, 2021 I won't sail through Port Everglades without having my NEXUS/Global Entry card. Similar to pp, it speeds everything up in the arrivals hall and allows you to book earlier flight times. You also get TSA precheck which, if I'm being honest, hasn't provided too much in terms of time savings at FLL. At YYZ I've saved over an hour versus my colleagues when we've flown out for business. Ogilthorpe, Gears, WAAAYTOOO and 1 other 4 Quote
WAAAYTOOO Posted January 4, 2021 Report Posted January 4, 2021 4 hours ago, Crazycruiser50 said: Eat dinner in the Main Dining Room... After experiencing the specialty restaurants, we are unlimited dining package type of people for life. The service and quality of food is what the MDR used to be. Well worth the money in my opinion. (Especially when you catch it on a 50% off cruise planner sale) I agree with this one. We have not had a meal in the MDR in a number of years. Ogilthorpe, Crazycruiser50 and JimnKathy 3 Quote
WAAAYTOOO Posted January 4, 2021 Report Posted January 4, 2021 One thing I will never do again - book an Oasis class ship in the month of January. There is a lifestyle group that charters an O class ship every January and they got me this year (along with @twangsterif I'm not mistaken). It really screwed up my B3B Star Class cruises ! They chartered the Oasis for the middle leg so I now have to come back after the first leg, go home for a week, come back for the second leg (which originally was the THIRD leg), change rooms and stay on for an extra week now. What a complete PITA. I will steer clear of any O class ship in January from now on. Jax, sammy79, JLMoran and 4 others 4 3 Quote
twangster Posted January 4, 2021 Report Posted January 4, 2021 27 minutes ago, WAAAYTOOO said: One thing I will never do again - book an Oasis class ship in the month of January. There is a lifestyle group that charters an O class ship every January and they got me this year (along with @twangsterif I'm not mistaken). It really screwed up my B3B Star Class cruises ! They chartered the Oasis for the middle leg so I now have to come back after the first leg, go home for a week, come back for the second leg (which originally was the THIRD leg), change rooms and stay on for an extra week now. What a complete PITA. I will steer clear of any O class ship in January from now on. Some of the Voyager class are popular charter ships in the winter after Xmas. There is a car dealership that offers a free cruise with a car purchase and a few other companies that like the Voyager class to charter. Smaller, cheaper, easier to fill, amplified, cheaper in winter, etc. Charters are a definite down side to Royal. I've had a number of charter takeovers and it does completely mess up plans including the January 2022 Oasis date. I'm secretly hoping that masks are still required just to mess this charter up. Jax, Ogilthorpe, WAAAYTOOO and 1 other 3 1 Quote
DJsMrs Posted January 4, 2021 Report Posted January 4, 2021 Main Dining Room - We really like exploring other options (when we travel as 4) - having said that, when we travel as 10 with the whole extended family - MDR is their favourite, especially lobster night, which we don't understand but we go (it's never as good as it's cracked up to be - cracked... ha - see what I did there ) Stay up later and take an afternoon nap to support this decision Try staying on board on a port day when we've been to the port before (except Puerto Rico - where it seems a lot of people stay on board). I've yet to experience a quiet ship while everyone is off beaching. Quote
Ampurp85 Posted January 4, 2021 Report Posted January 4, 2021 The art auction goes without saying but for me it was not getting off the ship/visiting CocoCay. I have been on quite a few cruises but my first one with RCG I went with a complainer who didn't want to do anything and whined when I tried to leave her alone. We never left the ship and was always in our room by 10:30. My next cruise I plan to get off at every port, stay up later and enjoy as much as possible. ehw51, PRebecca, Ogilthorpe and 4 others 7 Quote
JLMoran Posted January 4, 2021 Report Posted January 4, 2021 I'll never do a dolphin swim again. Really neat, but definitely a one-and-done. stevendom57, Cruisegirl1976, rjweber3 and 2 others 5 Quote
sk8erguy1978 Posted January 4, 2021 Report Posted January 4, 2021 8 hours ago, Crazycruiser50 said: Eat dinner in the Main Dining Room... We will eat in the MDR on occasion, usually with friends but that's about it. However, this gave me another reminder... I'll never do traditional dining again. Don't like to be locked to a time & we had a bad match with table mates. They spoke a different language most of the time. They were friends and speaking natively was easier for them... It made it awkward for us unfortunately. Ogilthorpe and Sharla 2 Quote
DunkelBierJay Posted January 4, 2021 Report Posted January 4, 2021 I won't eat at Wonderland again. It was fun, but...the food was... RickinSTL, WAAAYTOOO and Ogilthorpe 3 Quote
Gears Posted January 4, 2021 Report Posted January 4, 2021 Any and all 'Port Shopping' seminars... One of our first cruises...naively thought this was a good idea. Ended up being "Make sure you visit the Diamonds International and pick yourself up some rare crap-o-lite jewelry!". Curious how there is a Diamonds International at every port of call... Ogilthorpe and Traveler 2 Quote
rjweber3 Posted January 4, 2021 Report Posted January 4, 2021 Any bus tour in Mexico. We've done several. All were hot, smelly and slow. Gotta be a better way to spend a day. Ogilthorpe and WAAAYTOOO 2 Quote
Sharla Posted January 4, 2021 Report Posted January 4, 2021 I never want to eat traditional dining again, I choose MyTime so I can do specialty dining or pizza or Windjammer. As someone who likes to stay on the ship if at all possible I never want to get off the ship in Nassau or Cozumel again if I can help it! Mrs. RoyalMoyal, Ogilthorpe, rjweber3 and 2 others 4 1 Quote
KWong Posted January 4, 2021 Report Posted January 4, 2021 46 minutes ago, Gears said: Any and all 'Port Shopping' seminars... One of our first cruises...naively thought this was a good idea. Ended up being "Make sure you visit the Diamonds International and pick yourself up some rare crap-o-lite jewelry!". Curious how there is a Diamonds International at every port of call... Yeah this is something you learn after your first time going to one of their "seminars". Only reason to go is that they sometimes have giveaways. Personally, I'd rather do just about anything else. In the past I've read that the Port Shopping folk aren't a direct hire by the cruise lines but rather by a third party representing some of the onland shops. It seems to make sense given that I've seen the same stores pushed on Princess, DCL and Royal, but I wonder if anyone can confirm? Quote
MKMAJ1 Posted January 4, 2021 Report Posted January 4, 2021 Go to Breezes in Nassau. It was like the Motel 6 of all inclusive. Quote
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