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They will charge you at least $10 for every extra entree after the first.

But you can get more than one appetizer I have heard, is that true?

The point being having the ability to buy the bar-fly a drink if one chooses without digging any deeper into ones pocket.

 

Thinking outside the box should allow a paradigm shift in ones behavior.

Got it, and you can use it for that.

You are correct, 15% added to the price of the package at the time the package is purchased. No further gratuties added when ordering drinks.

I knew you would confirm or correct, I love your postings, you are wealth of information.

It is included in the package cost. One time charge applied to the amount of the package. I think it is 15% not sure

Eat.

Got it Bob, that is usually my main problem!!!!

Does anyone know if you can use your phone on the ship? I thought I heard they now offer that service, if so do you know what the cost is?

Since RC went green and your a C&A member, how can you utilize the two-4-one drink coupon if you purchased a drink package?

What difference would it make at that point? you have unlimited drinks you have already purchased.

Did you join the Crown & Anchor? If you did you can log into the members section and it will tell you what the perks are for your status. I believe you would be a Gold Member. If you did not register you should do so, not sure if they will go back and pick up your past two cruises. Someone with a bit more knowledge may know the answer. After you have cruised a certain amount of cruises I do know that you get a Suite discount

First time on Voyager Class ship, what should I do, see?

I have not been on all RCCL ships, but to date I really liked the Brilliance

You would think that it is lower, but from RCL's perspective, you actually paid more, and IMO that's at the core of their pricing scheme. To get the $300 OBC, you part with $1834, and the OBC costs RCL ~$100, so they get $1734 net revenue from you. If you use your C&A discount, they get $1784. If you take the OBC "deal," they know you'll probably spend $200 of it on shore excursions or in the shops (where they get a hefty % of the cost rebated to them). If you take the C&A "deal" they know you'll probably spend that much on board out of pocket, so they come out ahead either way.

I understand what you are saying but I would spend that money anyway, so I would travel for less money if I don't use my " benefits " as a C&A member.

Saw this thread and wanted to ask if what I found was correct.

I logged on " without " my C&R login and found a cruise for a total of $1834.70 with $300.00 OBC so in reality the price is $1534.70.

Went back in and logged in with my C&R login and the price went down to $1784.70 with no OBC.

So am I understanding this right? if I act like a complete new customer who has never sailed on RCCL before I can actually buy this cruise for $250.00 cheaper than a C&R member?

I understand the overalll price is less as a C&R member but the OBC I know I will use and if it wasn't there it would come out of my pocket at the end of the cruise anyway.

The first thing I always do is head to the MDR and check to be sure we have the table we want .

Next thing is head to the Specialty restaurant, they have the menu's for every night of the cruise, we look over the menu's and decide which night we will eat there.

If a new ship, we will start exploring to get to know the ship.

Get some lunch and hopefully get in our cabin then back to exploring

4 days till the Explorer Christmas Cruise

Bev - we are also watching it and are on your sailing. Just to make matters worse - we are sailing the Freedom from Dec 28 to Jan 4. She hasn't had a full unaltered itinerary for weeks.

 

Between the propulsion issues on both ships and the departure/arrival port issues for the Freedom/Explorer - it has been interesting.

 

We'll hope for the best.

M

Amen to that, we are on the Explorer on 12/23/14 and then on the 2 day sampler on Freedom on 1/4/15 Waiting to see how everything goes for us. On a lighter note, we are on the Enchantment on 1/30/15 for a Super Bowl cruise, haven't heard any issues with her!!!

Maybe use one of the offsite parking venues?

That is another option, however i am one of those that like to go when i want to go. Not sure that will happen this time. Well, I guess I will just have to book another cruise when Terminal #1 opens so I can see what it is like.

That's exactly what they told us for the 12/4 cruise that left T10 and returned to T6.

I was thinking of trying to get ahead of it and park my car at terminal #6 before we left, with my luck the damn ship will come back to terminal #10 like they said.

Just got off the phone with RCCL and they " assured " me that the 12/23/14 sailing of the Explorer will be leaving and returning to terminal 10. I just don't get that warm and fuzzy feeling that will happen.

We are on the 12/23/2014 4 day Christmas cruise which just goes to labadee with 2 sea days. Hope that all goes well. Still not to sure about disembarking. We are suppose to leave from terminal 10 but just not sure where we will be coming back to.

Well, it will be what it will be, not going to let it bother me when I am on the ship.

We are also on the 12/23/14 Explorer cruise, I was told by someone that if there is only one RCCL ship in port it will return to the terminal it left from. I guess that is not true because Explorer left from terminal 10 and returned to terminal 6 and is the only RCCL ship in port today. Guess we won't know until the 27th when we return. I do know we are scheduled to leave from terminal 10

Well that kinda dispells the theory that if there is only one RCCL ship in port on a given day it will return to terminal 10

Just watched the Explorer come back in this morning and a Carnival ship was docked at terminal 10 and Explorer went to terminal 6, there goes the theory that if there is only one RCCL ship in port it will come back to where it left from.

Our cruise documents for the 12/23/14 Explorer Christmas cruise say that we will embark at terminal 10, is there any way of knowing ahead of time if we will be coming back to Terminal 10? I believe the only other ships in Port on the 27th when we return are two carnival ships.

Our cruise documents for the 12/23/14 Explorer Christmas cruise say that we will embark at terminal 10, is there any way of knowing ahead of time if we will be coming back to Terminal 10? I believe the only other ships in Port on the 27th when we return are two carnival ships.