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Me and my husband are looking into the Uxmal ruins. I know the drive is 1.5 hours one way. We aren't going to chance it so plan on booking through the ship.

Mango Pina Coladas, Cucumber Martini, and the Chocolate Martini are a few of my favorites.

There is one particular dessert in the traditional dining halls called 'Chocolate Sensation' (or something fairly similar- not sure why I can't remember it... I said its name every day for a week) that I had to have every night. If I had a different dessert before that, I'd still need to feed my craving with the Chocolate dish right after.

 

That's why I'm going again next Feb :')

We were just on the Allure and the chocolate sensation wasn't on the menu anymore. My hubby had to get chocolate cake which was similar.

We will be flying to Barcelona next June. Wondering if we should fly in on a Thursday and do two nights? Nervous because we have never been outside the United States other than a Caribbean cruise.

June 17th 2018 and August 26th 2018

Me, my husband, and daughter will be on the June 17th sailing. So excited but scared...we have never flown farther than Fort Lauderdale. I have a lot to learn between now and then.

According to the Royal Caribbean website, the port time in St Maarten was 8 AM - 5 PM, which was the same as my Harmony cruise in January. If you had to leave before 5 PM, I'm sure there was a valid reason .......... ask the crew! From my cruising experience, they try their best to stick to the schedule unless there is some circumstance that causes them to deviate.

 

As for leaving San Juan at 2 PM, it takes the Harmony about 19 hours to reach Labadee, the next stop. If you left San Juan at sunset, you wouldn't reach Labadee until just before sundown ............ giving you only an hour or two there.

 

The Harmony is a big ship and doesn't have as high a cruising speed as some smaller ships. For me, ships like the Harmony ARE the destination, especially if you've been to all the Caribbean ports a few times. I'll get off the ship and walk around for a bit, but happy to return after a few hours to free food, sparkling pools, air conditioning, and clean rest rooms!

 

As others have mentioned, it might be a good idea to plan ahead and look for itineraries that suit you BEFORE you book. Celebrity, for example, now have some overnight stops.

I never looked at it that way. We will be on the Allure on the 18th and I was bummed out they took and hour from Puerto Rico. But my husband reassured me that 6 hours is more than enough time their in the summer time. Plus we plan on just walking off the ship and just winging it anyways.

We have been on deck 8 boardwalk balcony and loved it so much we booked the same room this year. Room 8327. View was great and never any noise issues. Not Oasis but the Allure. We also had a great view on the ocean and the aqua show as well.

We will be doing that cruise on the 18th of this month. If I remember correctly reservations for things opened up in January. We purchased a over the water cabana at Nellies about a month ago. We did have to call and we are not suite guest. In Puerto Rico we are just gonna walk off the ship and tour it ourselves. Free trolley up to the Fort and then walk our way back down. St. Maarten we are using Bernards tours...we have heard wonderful things about them.

Great review. We will be on her on the 18th of this month. Family of 6. Glad to hear the Park Cafe has breakfast burritos. We usually hit up the WJ but I'm trying to talk my husband into skipping it for breakfast. I a light eater in the morning and he tends to eat too much since its a tad overwhelming with all the options.

Since you are in a suite you can get on barefoot beach. We just booked a over the water cabana at Nellies for our June cruise. I'm very happy with our purchase because its just gonna be a beach day for us. Hope you get a few more answers.

Our hotel had a shuttle service called Star Transportation. We booked them for our trip back to the airport and after we got off the ship was headed back to the airport at 8ish.

Stayed at the best western west state 84 road twice. It was nice affordable and a short ride to the cruise port

 

 

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That's were we are booked this June. Paid around 80. Last year we stayed at the Hampton Inn next door and this year the room is 170ish. That area is prefect for us because across the street is the shopping center for last minute grabs and the Sports Bar for dinner.

I was on the January 8th Oasis of the seas sailing. I carried on two bottles of wine, and checked in with my luggage 40 (yes, forty) cans of Perrier, 18 20oz bottles of water and a twelve pack of caffiene free diet coke. They came through without a hitch. And then with an empty fridge we had lots of cold drinks in our room. I had done something similar to this on our Navigator sailing last year also without problem. On the navigator sailing they had opened the packaging and inspected it but it still all came through -- on this recent oasis sailing they didn't even do that.

 

If you're thinking "that's a lot of luggage space", it's simple -- I brought a collapsible and sturdy largish backpack that held the perrier and sodas and checked it in as it's own bag. The waters easily fit within the rest of our luggage.

We will be on the Allure in June. I plan on getting the alcohol package for myself. If I bring on sodas for my daughter do they need to be bottles or cans? I would rather Carey on a 3 dollar 12 pack then pay 8.50 a day. She had the soda package last cruise and actually got tired of it.

Thank you for this thread. I am still trying to convince myself to get the package. My husband said to just get it and enjoy not having to worry about drinks while on the cruise. Then I'm a cheap person that forking over 400 right now kills me...lol. But I do enjoy a my wine, beer, and heck anything really...lol. And with us docking in Labadee it's a plus for having the package.

We will be on the Allure June 18th and already booked our entertainment and dining.

We will be on the Allure in June and I am torn on weather or not to get the drink package. It is on sale now for a discounted price but everyone seems to be complaining on drink price increase. Still seems it would be a good deal for me since I am known to be a lush on vacation..lol. Just wonder if the prices on basics like cranberry vodkas are more then the 13 dollar limit?

We always do the package for one device...there are three of us. The only time we use the Ipad is at night to send out our daily email and update to our families.

We were on the Allure in June. Deck 8 aft boardwalk balcony. We absolutely loved it...booked the same room for this June. The noise was never really a issue..we brought along a travel fan anyways. My inlaws are actually going on the next cruise and got the balcony next to ours.

We used the British Colonial Hilton. Think it was 60 pp but you received a 40 dollar credit pp to use at the bar restaurant. It was like a 10 minute walk from the pier.

We made Jamaica a beach day and went to Doctors Cave beach in Montego Bay. Found a private driver to take us and pick us up. The beach was awesome and clean, the food great, and the drinks strong. Had a great time there and only got approached twice if we wanted weed...but that was all outside the beach area.

My husband wore a nice suit both nights..just changed his shirt and tie. I wore a knee black cocktail dress both nights. We keep it classy but simple. I did see many women with floor length gowns on the Allure and a couple men in tuxs.

The balcony for sure. We stayed in a boardwalk balcony and loved it.

We used Royston. He was amazing. It was just me, my husband, and daughter. He took us everywhere and drives other places most tours won't. He also provides bottled water, beer, and Ting(a grapefruit soda) and he picks up lunch. Cost was 45 pp and that provided admission into the brimstone fortress. We enjoyed every minute of our tour. At the end it was sad to go.

I suggest watching from the theater at least once. The show was great. We had a aft balcony on deck 8 and was able to watch from it but it just didn't compare to being at the show itself.

We just dined at Chops..3 people and a few drinks. Our waiter was awesome. He made our dining experiance probably the best on the ship. We tipped him 32 dollars...32 being a weird number but I like myour total to me a even amount.