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16 minutes ago, Sox Fan Cruiser said:

What the poster means is if there are only 100 slots for the 11:00 boarding time and as a suite guest I pick 11:00, does that mean that there are only 99 slots left and therefore one less for a non suite guest. Because a suite guest doesn’t need a slot, does that take an opportunity away from non suite passengers. Does the computer magic know that I’m in a suite and not deduct from the count. I’m curious too. I’m bring 9 suite guests with me and don’t want to spoil it for others. 

No idea on their technology. 
regarding slots it has always selected the same arrival time by default for other guests in the cabin so I do not know if it counts as 1 per cabin or 1 per person.

in retreat they reached out to us to ask us our arrival time as well ( not sure if that is standard or upper suite only communication)

what I do know is we booked first available time slot and there was hardly anyone in the queue outside waiting for them to open the doors.

6 hours ago, OnTheJourney said:

How can you plan specific meals for a 2024 cruise?!  I see what you mean about not being able to fit any more cruises in after looking at your list!  Yikes! That’d be way too many trips for me. We’ve done 4 cruises since March (some due to covid rescheduling) and I’m about cruised out till the next one on spring. Ready for a few months at home to get caught up on other things. 

 

We look at each cruise, look at itinerary, literally sat there the other night discussing the restaurants, and made a list for each day. You can look at menus in the app for specialty restaurants and some of the mdr menus are already showing for our sailing.

we do our list as day number, whether it is a port or sea day any excursions, then restaurants we want to eat at that day and the time we want to eat. It fun. Yes we might tweak it a little closer to the time, but it helps us decide if we want any specialty dining packages, especially on longer sailings.

love cruising, nice to get away every few weeks. I think if we stuck to same ship/same line might be a little more cruised out, but since restart doing a lot more variety of both ships and lines to keep it fresh.

It was excellent last month when we were on. The best internet we have had in 30+ years of cruising.

Find me a cruise line that hasn’t gone up.

I just quoted a guest a 4 person standard balcony on Adventure RC for a  5 night sailing at $13,500

i can get retreat class for less than that!!,

When I did Europe on X is was predominantly US, Canadians and Brits.

Europeans (Spanish and Italian speakers) predominantly do Costa or MSC 

We did deck 12 albeit a suite and was wonderfully quiet.

Follow the green palm signs and takes you right to the parking by the terminal. 
 

when you cross the road just follow the building all the way down the end to the left to the entrance to check in.

2 hours ago, miched said:

I wonder if suite passengers can arrive at anytime does selecting a time  use a slot that could have been available for a non suite passenger?  
 

Happy cruising 🌊🚢🇺🇸🌅

Not in the slightest you go to a different section in the terminal that is only for suites.

2 hours ago, CruiserMickey said:

Thanks…I know all of that, but I am hearing and reading first-person accounts of what is advertised as being a part of the drink package is not actually what is being served. That’s why I am asking what the current stock is like. I don’t want to pay for a drink package thinking I can get a martini made with Belvedere (advertised) but is instead made with Absolut or Tito’s (I am allergic to both).

If you go in the app you will see exactly what cocktails are made at what bars with what ingredients. Never had any ingredient substituted

they have always said if they don’t have an ingredient they can’t make it.

28 minutes ago, CruiserMickey said:

 

I appreciate where you are coming from, but this is NOT my first-hand experience from my last cruise on Celebrity where many of the “premium” wines on the menu were not available and only lower tier “classic” wines were offered without another up charge.
 

I am hearing from others who have had the premium beverage package on Celebrity (remember…two tiers, so different than RC) that the top shelf liquors have NOT been available.

 

I want to know what is actually on board Royal Caribbean now and if RC is having the same supply or cost cutting issue that Celebrity is.

Never saw any of that on my x cruise last month. Got what I requested every time.

1 hour ago, OnTheJourney said:

We’re on X in spring so it’ll be interesting to see what we think. On the Enchantment back in March I seem to recall we were fairly well  pleased with the food. 

We just did X and found their food to be night and day far superior to Royal. 
already planing ours meals for next year on X as unfortunately can’t fit any more cruises in this year.

I have found several windjammers to be sub par post Covid compared to pre Covid. That said always found something I could compromise with. I would call it high school cafeteria bad though.

22 minutes ago, CruiseMomTX said:

In Cozumel take a taxi downtown and. wander, eat shop, drink, eat at Guitdos

In Costa Maya go to El Fuerte for the day 

lots to do 

 

Oh and taking the stairs is good for your health...coming from something that is out of breath after 2 flights, lol.  Relax and enjoy your vacation!!!!!!

It’s good if you don’t have arthritis in your knees!

3 hours ago, Eddie Wilson said:

 

Dear Tag, DW and I are considering transAtlantic, with 3 previous sailings do they have additional things to do during the day?  That is, does boredom start?

 

We just got off a 9 day, the last 3 days of which were at sea and Labadee, DW did not exit ship in Labadee, so for her 3 days in a row on board.  She said she was bored for  a bit.  Can only do so much trivia.

 

Thanks, Eddie

3 sea days in a row sounds like heaven to me! 
 

sleep in - get up for lunch (might catch brunch if I’m lucky) 

go play poker / slot tournament/ blackjack tournament 

visit thermal spa 

have a siesta

get up for dinner

heck the day is almost gone 🤣😂🤣

I just look forward to the days of doing a transatlantic with 3 days of relaxation and nothing!

On 1/31/2023 at 10:48 AM, smokeybandit said:

I've never seen this.

 

What I usually see is 3 elevators within 2 floors of where I am, but it's the elevator 5+ floors from where I am that ends up coming to me.

Seen it lots of times unfortunately 

13 hours ago, PhillyFan33579 said:

Why didn’t you use the suite entrance? I know you said you didn’t notice it, but every cruise I have been on post COVID has had a separate line for suites, pinnacles and the key. 

The last time we were in Miami they didn’t set the lines up until long after the queues started forming and had been set up with signage.it was disorganized chaos at best. No one had any idea where to go.

and yes we were in a suite and there were lots of people in our line that were not in suites because of the lack of signage. 

10 minutes ago, Ourusualbeach said:

Or there were never any balconies offered.  Vision class has that a lot given that there are so few balconies to start with

Agreed, not every category is held in group rate. Although I’m surprised if the TA had a group (as they offered ocean view) why they couldn’t book the balcony and move into the group. (Albeit at prevailing rate)

7 hours ago, squadron said:

My TA books me with the group rate and Refundable.  The deposit is larger however under the TA or at least is with the parent company she works for.

The OP stated they wanted a balcony and the TA only had ocean view left at group rate. It is likely the TA already sold all the cabins they had for Balconies at Group Rate. 

2 hours ago, ARandomTraveler said:

Any reason you can't (or don't want to) book on your own, directly with RC, so you can book the room you want with a refundable deposit? 

They can book what they want with TA just not under group rate.

2 hours ago, Orange jeep said:

I am looking to book a cruise with my TA and inquired about a group rate with a refundable deposit.  I usually book NRD and a balcony.  The TA told me the only available category with a group refundable deposit would be ocean view.  Since the cruise is so far out…March 2024 should I book the ocean view and as I get closer to final payment upgrade to balcony?  
Any advise would be appreciated.
 

If you want a balcony book it now under nrd.  Prices will likely only increase and if they do drop the TA can get a price match. 

The issue is they want group rate with refundable. The cabin they want may already be sold out in group space. 

If you mean NCL Jade you are on the wrong cruise line thread.

We love Indian food so that’s a plus for us. Some of the other items like the Vidalia tart are old options so no change there.

That’s why I love the new MSC elevators. You press the button in the lobby for the floor you want. It then directs you to elevator A B C or D 

no one can press buttons once inside and never a long queue either.

just saying ! Perhaps time to adopt a similar system on RC.

I didn’t get the memo and have not completed. Does that mean the ship is still in port awaiting me to complete before they can set sail 🤣😂🤣