Peggy13

16 hours ago, Bloodgem said:

I'm surprised they have only cancelled sailing out of the US.  

Me too.  We have an April 19th Cruise out of Barcelona.   They have to cancel that as they deny boarding to anyone that’s been in Spain.  What are they waiting for?

Just now, kernow said:

I'd have a plan B if I were you, RC's wait and see attitude meant they cancelled our 15/02 Quantum cruise just 3 days before it was due to sail when many people had already flown to Singapore.

Oh boy.  Well we are flying to Barcelona 3 days before also.  Might have to plan a backup land trip too.

We are also on that cruise - just waiting to see what RCL does.   If they can't sail to Italy, then where do they sail and do they give us a choice to stay on the cruise or cance with a future cruise creditl?  I can see a port charge or two, but I didn't book this cruise for a totally different itinerary.

Thanks for the review. Leaving this Saturday on Anthem. Looking forward to it.

Thinking of booking the Symphony out of either Rome or Barcelona for next year. Trying to decide on type of cabin - oceanview balcony or boardwalk view. We've always had an oceanview; never been on this class of ship before, but thinking since its so port intensive - might try a boardwalk view cabin towards the aft (instead of balcony). Any thoughts? Thanks.

You can text one of two ways:

 

 

 

Don't buy VOOM and use AT&T Cellular at Sea. AT&T charges: $0.50 per text sent, free to receive texts, voice calls are $2.49 per minute and data is very expensive, so I would plan on no data this way. No charges from the ship.

 

 

 

 

 

Buy VOOM for the number of devices you want online at the same time. If you have WiFi calling enabled on your phones, the phones will be fully functional (voice, text, data) with no charges from AT&T. If you can't enable WIFi calling, then you will have to use an internet messaging app, like iMessage or WhatsApp to text.

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Or buy Voom for one device and buy the texting function for the Royal IQ app to communicate on the ship. Can use Voom to communicate with home.

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Or buy Voom for one device and buy the texting function for the Royal IQ app to communicate on the ship. Can use Voom to communicate with home.

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If we buy the Voom while on the Anthem (for one device) - do we also have to set up something from our provider AT&T for a message/calling package too? For instance, if my husband and I want to text each other on the ship or if we need to text anyone back home? Will we have to buy the Voom for each of our devices? AT&T says we get free incoming texts, but cost to text out.

Enjoying your pics and review. We are going on Anthem in August for a 5 nighter to Bermuda.

We haven't been on a cruise in years, but we are going back on in August. Yeah. We like to book excursions other than RCL just by doing some research. Last time we were in Cozumel, we did a day pass for all of us at the resort "Nachi Cocum". It was the best relaxing day. We practically had the entire resort to ourselves. Now this was a few years ago, so now sure how it is today. Good luck.

We were also on that cruise - great review!! :)

We stayed in 7688 and 7690 on the Mariner (corner AFT and one in) - they were both awesome cabins. We loved them - triple cabins with huge balconies.

What would everone recommend if you are docking in St. Thomas and just want a good beach day, snorkeling not important? I've heard such great things about heading over to St. John and would try that if it's worth it but if a decent beach can be had on St. Thomas maybe we'll stick to that?

We've been to St. John's 3 times - it takes awhile to get there. The actual beach is small with no good lounge chairs (only small sand chairs) Last time we stayed on St. Thomas and went to Sapphire Bay Beach - beautiful. If you ask the taxi drivers, that's where they tell you to go. Megans Bay is overrated and too crowded. We had Sapphire Bay to ourselves!

Just wanted to says thanks Bonnie for those great AFT pictures - they helped us in choosing our cabin 7688 and 7690 for our Mariner cruise a few weeks ago - we loved those cabins and definitely would go AFT again!!

View from our Mariner balcony!!!!

The girls on a Cozumel beach.

I found an author I like - Jodi Piccault - and am on her 4th book this summer. You can't put them down.