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DH and I have gone to JR's both times were on Freedom and enjoyed it. Is it the best burger that we have had, of course not. Is it even better than Guys on Carnival, not always...but it is something different and we enjoy the atmosphere and we use the b1g1 shake coupon. I enjoy the JR breakfast though, that is not charge (or wasn't the last time we were on Freedom).

 

I must admit that when we sail Harmony in November, we won't bother going to JR's simply because there are so many other eating venues on the ship.

Last October on freedom and on indy JR was not open for breakfast. Just for lunch and dinner(well actually till a very late dinner). Did it change recently that they open for breakfast like th oasis class ships?

Airfare for four of us $3650

Cruise 7nt - $5900 crown loft

Cruise 7nt - $4100 inside and b1 cabin

Internet for 7 nights- $220

Gratuities - $1000 automatic plus a littlr extra for good service

Rental car - $180

Hotel stay - $950

Taxi to fll to rent car -$30

Total $16030-OBC $800 =$15230

We have to fly across an ocean and the continental us so flights are almost 25% of the costs. This is for 2 weeks on a b2b and 4 nights hotel. Two nights before the cruise and two nights after before flying home.

This is a little splurge for us as it is our first time in a full suite. The price was not much more than 2 cabins so decided to book it.

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I in have taken that same belkin unit on all of our cruises. Have never had a problem with security.

Is there a fee for the Costco card? Any bonus for signing up?

No annual fee and no bonus.

From our third cruise we have stopped leaving a credit card and gone strictly to a cash account. It was because of the mysterious charges that a lot of people also experience that led me to do this after the second cruise.

The amount of time i have spent settling the folio on the last night is a lot less than trying to deal with rccl on the phone weeks after the cruise!

I booked a next cruise balcony room onboard last june and it was $100 deposit. Also opted to take obc on the future cruise. Well in feb moved the balcony room to another cruise and kept the future obc of $100. Finally upgraded to a crown loft suite and rccl rep warned me that i would lose the $100 obc as it wasn't offered on the current promotion. I told her that the $100 was from a next cruise booking. She asked me to hold on while she checked some things. Came back and said that i would keep my next cruise obc but it would now be $200 since we went to a suite

Just yesterday had to move a next cruise $100 obc to an inside stateroom. Was informed by the rep that my obc would drop to the correct $50 amount.

I would recommed taking the obc amount immediately. That way it would not matter what happens later as you already got the obc.

Blue planet and ocean aria are the other 2 big shows.

Definitely on oasis class ships. Not on freedom class as they are open for lunch and dinner. I dont know about the other classes.

Your one hour on the ship before other passengers arrived was better than what we experienced on allure sailing june 23.

We got off the ship about 11:00 am and waited in the terminal for customs. We were waiting in the terminal for customs. No one showed up and then finally we were told to just board back on allure. Baddest part of this was the fact that new passengers were already on board and the line to get back on was quite long.

We actually boarded 20 minutes after the new cruisers started boarding.

Only happened on the grandeur this past feb 9 day sailing. Have never seen this offered before or after that sailing.

Believe me i was shocked. I just bought one day at about 6pm. Made good use of the one day premium drink package for 2 dinner seatings and a sea day of drinking.

On grandeur in feb they allowed us to buy a drink package per day. I think it was day 4 or so. You could buy it for day 4 then skip a day or two and buy it on another day if you wanted.

The bars were pretty empty the whole cruise. I believe the food and beverage manager needed it to help with the poor salea.

On board it said to cancell with in 24hours. I take it to mean within 24 hours of boarding and getting your first beverage using the package.

Last sunday on allure it wasn't so smooth. We sat at thenschooner bar till 11:15. Escorted off the ship and sat in the terminal for 5 minutes or so. Then was told to walk back on the ship. Did not have to see cpb officer or anything. Could be that cpb did not have enough agents as there was still a line waiting to get through customs for that mornings departure.

As we were waiting and probably walkingoff the ship they were letting the new passengers on board. When we finally got back on the ship there were quiet a lot of passengers on the promenade already.

Thisnwas quiet differnt than the other b2b we did on freedom and indy.

You would need to cancell by day 2 to get a refund of the package price.

Yes, you can cancell within 24 hours and pay the going rate of the drinks you have ordered.

You can get the drink package on day 2 or 3 but you will be paying the current package rate on the ship. There will not be a 20% discount.

Just looked on the compass and there is a central park tour scheduled for 930 tomorrow on day 6. Hope this helps op.

I also want to add you shoud watch the how to train your dragon on ice show. It was well done also.

Officially not allowed. However there were friends in another cabin that had no problem bringing water on board. Heck i saw quiet a few families lugging cases of water before the cabin was ready. This was on allure leaving fort lauderdale the past 2 sundays june 19 and 26.

I would rather take a land taxi. Land taxi will bring you right to the beach or coral towers. With the water taxi you have to walk from the dock to atlantis which is about a 15 to 20 min walk.

Just left coastal about 830 and it was pretty quiet at that time. Probably had a busier early sitting as everyone probably wanted to catch the 8pm show of mama mia.

They are doing 2 different menus. Tonight was vineyard, nights 2 and 3 will be harvest, then back to the vineyard menu for night 4. Was explained they would be alternating the menu that way.

I am allergic to seafood so my wife and mom will be eating there for the next couple nights. My son and i will be eating in the mdr as there is nothing on the menu he would eat. The host did offer to book a table for 4 for the week even though only my wife and I are in the suite.

Thanks for the info. We leave on the Allure Sunday! Thanks for the info on the drink card, did you notice if there's a coffee card? We're doing MTD- fingers crossed! We've booked Giovanni's Table one night. Looking forward to Mamma Mia, booked it the first night, water show the second night.

 

 

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Momma Mia was very good. Be warned that it is about 2.5 hours long. There is n intermission halfway. Hope to meet you on sunday.

On allure right now and the 10 drink card was offered this morning on day 4. 10 drinks for $79 and i believe tip is included.

 

On grandeur it was $79,plus tip making the card $93.22 which doesn't save you much.

Sorry it is $79 plus 18% tip. So $93 for 10 drinks.

Did you notice if they offered the 10 drink card at any time?

And a price if they did?

 

Thanks.

On allure right now and the 10 drink card was offered this morning on day 4. 10 drinks for $79 and i believe tip is included.

On grandeur it was $79,plus tip making the card $93.22 which doesn't save you much.

The pricing has generally been the same on all ships but people confuse online pricing before the cruise with on board pricing. The current price for SURF online before the cruise ids $9.09 for one device. The package can be shared across as many devices as you want but only one device at a time can be online.

Someone replied they bought surf on harmony for $9.99 a day. On allure it is $12.99 a day.

A few months ago before the big rollout of this surf and stream it was $15 a day on allure and oasis and i believe that at that time it was equivalent to the surf and strem package as people have reported that they were able to stream movies onboard.

So what used to be $15 for one device and $22.50 for two devices minus your c&a discount is now $17.99 per device minus your c&a discount. Thats an increase of 20% for one device and 60% for two devices.