Ashland

We stay at the Hampton Inn & Suites in Elizabeth NJ. Great location and recently refurbished. Our most recent stay was last October. The hotel offers a comp shuttle from EWR to the hotel.

I too am disappointed with the new phone in for RCI. However I got through easily the other day to add our gratuities by just opting for the "book a new cruise" and the "live" rep answered quickly.

Take care and all the best to you.

If you have any problems after reading the above post just ask your cabin steward and they will put in a request for an electrician to come to your cabin and help you. Don't be concerned about doing this. It's usually easy for my DH to hook up our Firestick but on a couple of RCI ships we've had to ask for help and were told that they do this all the time. We of course gave a thank you ($) to the crew member that came to help.

You'll be able to spot their shuttles easily...no need to call.

Just leave the card in place and last night of cruise go to guest services and pay any balance you have in cash.

We did the KSC as an RCI excursion once and it was great.

I saw and used the shuttle from POM to MIA ($10.00pp) but didn't notice the option offered from POM to FLL. What was the cost of that?

Hated season one and hoping season two never happens.

We've had a few and at one time I mailed them to a poster here on CC. He managed to give them to some other posters that wanted them for their collection. Our most recent (Feb) Explorer cruise I filled out the card to opt out of receiving that one. I think that option is new.

We always bring our Firestick and have no problems watching Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu etc. etc. etc.

We're long time RCI cruisers but we cruised on Celebrity Summit this past March and loved the ship. It's been completely upgraded and beautiful and the OceanView Cafe is one of the best buffets we've seen. I would absolutely sail on Summit again.

I love the Malin & Goetz bath products in the RCI suites. Peppermint shampoo & Cilantro conditioner.

Easy...just don't get in a taxi that won't use the meter.

With that late flight arrival you should absolutely stay in Orlando. You might consider the hotel at the airport and then take a shared shuttle from there to Port Canaveral cruise day morning. Try Cruise Control or Cortrans among many that are highly recommended on this board. Also book it as a return as well.