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Which is why I always use insure my trip dot com. That way I can pick the coverage I want and need.

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Smart move IMO

I feel more motion on the top decks than I do down lower. I also suffer from Motion sickness (thank goodness for Bonine). I would say we have aft cabins 7 out of 10 cruises. Definitely can't do forward. But with that said we book lower, like Caribbe or Dolphin decks.

At $1000 more pp no thank you! For $2000 you could eat in Sabatinis and the Crown grill every night and still be ahead.

I agree.

As for port or starboard.....We just booked mini suite port on the Emerald deck because I called RCI and found out that there is a smoking section on the Promenade deck below the minis on Emerald Starboard. So if you are sensitive to cigarette smoke you might want to call RCI and see which side smoking is allowed on the promenade deck.

I also prefer the minis on the Emerald deck for privacy issues. You have NO cover on the Dolphin deck.

Also if your cruise is a ways out......keep checking to see if one of the end cabins opens up. People book them then change their minds on the whole cruise. Happens all the time.

On a recent cruise we had a cabin mix-up:rolleyes::eek:

So we went to the cabin assigned on the manifest and our set up was there as it should be. It appeared the mix up might not be resolved so we unpacked our clothing. By 7 pm that night they had our correct cabin ready and we left the mini bar in place. When we arrived in our new cabin a new mini set up was there. After getting settled in, the attendant who moved us knocked on our door and presented us with the blue princess give-away bag full of the mini bar items. Our new room attendant told us to keep it all.

 

I am just mentioning this cuz I would never have believed those freebee bags would carry that much weight. So there is your answer for moving any left overs.

Perfect....that thought never even entered this tired brain :rolleyes: Didn't want any tonic water to explode in my suitcase :eek: Thanks:)

Absolutely......with or without good legs :rolleyes:

No more sailing out of Southampton on rci from now on for me. It was the only attraction tbh. Now it's out of the window. I'm going to start checking out celebrity now.

 

And swoopys health is more important than smoking too. Sorry we went off piste.

No smoking on Celebrity in casino, staterooms or balconies.

Good.

 

It'd be great if they would ban smoking on all ships in the casino regardless of the departure port.

Celebrity did and there doesn't seem to be a problem because the casino is still packed.:D

Good Question. It's been so long since we have been on Royal. Would love to know the answer myself.:)

Probably not the right place to ask, but, we are doing a b2b and are changing cabins. I know we won't use everything in the mini-bar set-up on the first cruise. Will they give us something to put it all in so the room stewards can move it to the new cabin or should we put it all in our luggage :confused:

I used to use the patch. no side effect until I took it off when I got home. Then I started to go through withdrawal. It happened to me twice after having them on for over 18 days. AND I also left them on for longer than the 3 days they tell you to. Finally I gave up and just use over the counter Bonine. I like it better than Dramamine because it doesn't make me drowsy. If the seas are rough, I chew one in the morning and one at night. Have never had a problem and we do a lot of transatlantic cruises.

Good luck and enjoy your 1st TA....but be warned....you may be hooked :D

As I recall during the Diamond's renovation before being deployed to Asia the flat panel TVs & on-demand entertainment system were installed.

I think Diamond can be added to that list.....so now 4?

All the cruise lines are cutting back. Some don't even give you lotion.

We are Elite on Princess and Elite+ on Celebrity. We too have been disappointed in our last several cruises with Celebrity. In April we just did a 15 night Panama Canal on the Infinity. Now it had been years since we had been on the Summitt (same class). We thought the food was horrible. The staff snooty. The cabin filthy (which we had the room steward re-clean). I'm not a complainer but when there is toothpaste on the mirror in the bathroom and food (nuts) on the carpet.....I don't think it's too much to ask for a clean cabin. We also prefer the wine packages on Princess much better than X.

Princess's perks are much, much better also.

Happy sailing whoever you choose.:)

I'm also on the 9/22 sailing. All our dinner reservations are made. Booked IFly and puzzle room but not NorthStar. I keep checking daily. As for going standby, if I want to wait in lines I'll go to Disney World.

What is the puzzle room?

Thanks, I finally understand how it works.

Glad you do.......:o We are 9 and they gave us Choice dining and I can't get a reasonable time for dining on any night. 5 is too early and 9 is too late.:mad:

Just make sure you make reservations for each and every day, even if you don't like the time. You can always change on board. No reservations are given the latest times or if you wish to eat earlier it may be the Windjammer.

Just spoke to a representative at Royal and he said if you don't have a reservation then you just rotate dining rooms and wait for a table. HE said the wait is probably between 3 & 5 minutes. I find that hard to believe. This dining thing is becoming a nightmare :(:eek:

If you can get one on the back of the ship......go for it. Especially on Dolphin or Baja decks. Balconies are much larger and partially covered.

If you can get Dolphin or Baja decks......they are the best

Just so those reading know there are no true aft facing suites/cabins on the Coral.

They would be side of ship suites toward the rear of the ship. ;)

Ahhh...I was wondering :confused::rolleyes:

Thank you Donna and Don! Great info and most appreciated, will be our first time ***** a Royal Class ship.

Then you have picked the best cabins (either deck). The balconies on the Royal & Regal on the sides of the ship are like weather balconies. Don hates them. But we love the aft balconies.

Sometimes. Except when they don't.

Thanks.....Can't tell you how much of a help you have been :rolleyes::p:D

Yep....my TA has done it before.

No they aren't. I faxed in my request on February 5th along with my sister's request. My sister's OBC was applied but mine wasn't. Impossible as they both were sent in the same fax. I made a copy along with a copy of the fax confirmation and mailed it in. It's finally applied almost a month later. IMHO, poor service. :( I'm not a happy camper.

I have had the same problem with faxing in 2 requests for b2b cruises. They will credit one and not the other.

Now I fax the first cruise info in and wait a week and fax the other.