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On 11/14/2023 at 10:38 AM, budmeister said:
To the vegan poster- the following link has a video that shows the menu and a lot of the food.
We had no problems eating at the beach club, they only brought the vegan starters (double portion, which wasn't needed since it's a lot of food) and a vegan burger with grilled veggies and the fries. The bun fell apart but it was all really good!
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7 minutes ago, rockmom said:
So it's ok to add more people to the suite lounge/happy hour and Coastal Kitchen, but not ok to toss in the wifi? That's pretty messed up, at least in my opinion. I still think it's wrong that they don't include wifi with all full suites across the fleet.
Agreed, especially on ships that don't have CK and a JS doesn't give you suite lounge access. The cost even on those ships between balcony and JS is significant enough wifi wouldn't break the bank at all.
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2 hours ago, travelchica915 said:
I made reservations in the app for 7:45 each evening (that was earliest I could get except one night at 6:30). We plan to go sooner than that to see if we can get seated closer to 7. I have no idea if it’ll work though!
It works, they also have a line for those with reservations - use it even if you're trying for an earlier/later time but have a reservation for an alternate time since they just pull you up and seat you then! We had no issue on Mariner doing this.
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14 minutes ago, S.A.M.J.R. said:
That's what she will probably do. But are A & B the correct "choices" to have Option 2 work?
As long as she brings B - the bridging document she could wait on the name change on her passport. BUT if she has the time and wants to make it smooth overall, she should also do A.
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1 minute ago, Scottdalfonso said:
We sailed 10\1 on Oasis and the meet and greet was fun, I only stopped by but it was fun, I was really active on the group in general, so I actually got recognized by people randomly throughout the cruise which was both funny and a bit weird, lol. We had a group slot pull, as well and a few other things scheduled throughout the week.
I had every intention of doing the sail away meet and greet but we landed at Playmakers and met a great couple we were having fun chatting and getting to know. I always plan such activities loosely, because some days they work and some days they don't. I had been active in the group so was sorry not to meet people but it was one of our best cruises so no regrets! I was happy not to be recognized though, I am not that memorable I don't think but my husband still laughs about the time we were on a cruise many moons ago and started talking to a group near us at Quest and when they put 2 and 2 together they said "YOU'RE ShillyShally?" No idea what reputation I had to them but my husband isn't buying that story either lol!
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23 minutes ago, Scottdalfonso said:
FB groups have taken over- they are MUCH bigger than any current Roll call on this page, and they are able to schedule events and activities right on the group. My last cruise had over 1000 people on the page, and a meet and greet on day 1 had at least a few hundred of them pop up for at least a minute or two.
Yep, they had a few meet ups scheduled for our last cruise on the FB group. I thought I might even go, until relaxing and thinking about doing anything other was not of interest 🙂 But reports were those that went had a great time!
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33 minutes ago, ONECRUISER said:
If that's one I remember she was Mad, didn't want him to Benefit. She went on and on about it
Ha, like knowing an ex can get social security on your benefit if they qualify. Doesn't impact the benefit for the primary person but I've talked many off the ledge who were mad about it!
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You inspired me to check but no changes since last week for my cruise for Oct 24 - Key still $32.99, Voom $19.99, DBP $74.99... It's a 9 night with ports we know we'll be getting off at so we may not bite on DBP this year, definitely not at current B1G1half.
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1 hour ago, sgmn said:
On Serenade in September I got 1litre Evian bottles with the water package
Good to know. I’m fine with the off label I got on the Mariner since I had ordered it through gifts where it says brand may vary. But for our next cruise it specifically says Evian Water Package in the planner!
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2 hours ago, Tree_skier said:
I purchased it with the expectation that I will receive 12 1L bottle of Evian. If I see 12 bottles of 500ml off brand water in the cabin I'll be off to GS for a refund. That isn't what I ordered or what they marketed. There is no fine print that indicates they can substitute a lesser quantity which the typical off brand bottles would be.
I'm going to screen shot it too and will do the same. I'm hopefully optimistic Mariner was just running through current quantity but $19.99 for small bottles was a money maker for them!
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33 minutes ago, GimmeOcean said:
Good to know... they shouldn't be showing the 1L bottles of Evian in the gifts section if that's not what they're delivering.
Agreed. I didn't push it since we had ready access to bottled water with our deluxe package I just didn't love the brand but was fine and drank a ton of it!
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2 hours ago, orville99 said:
The worst RoyalUP bid that we won was the first one that we bid on - upgrade from a JS to our first GS. The problem wasn't that the cabin was in a bad location (it was actually in a great location), but that DW fell in love with GS.😱
It has been the suite life ever since😇
HAHAHAHA, can totally relate - this was us last cruise, and now I'm suite (GS or higher) or bust!
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19 hours ago, Ashland said:
We got an UpBid on Liberty to a OS for the Oct 5th Canada N/E itinerary...My bid was very low but the original price point was was over 15k (and all were still available 2 weeks before sail date) we were all in at just a bit over 4k.
This is my hope for next fall - we have a suite gty but expect of course to land a JS, so hoping we can Royal Up to GS or higher since right now even picking our own cabin is $4k higher and a GS $7.5k higher, heck even the suite gty is $2.4k higher than when we booked!
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9 minutes ago, The Fun Researcher said:
Thanks for this. That's about the cheapest it gets in the cruise planner (not the gift section). I purchased the 12 pack of 1L bottles for $22.99 (plus grat). The gift section has it for $19.99 but I can't select my particular sailing. I'm happy with the $3 difference and knowing I'll have the waters.
I purchased the 12 pack for our next cruise too in the planner instead of gifts to hopefully get Evian liter bottles instead of the smaller off-brand ones. I could manage to drink those 2 cases posted above, I drink a lot of water! On a cruise both with and without vodka added 🙂
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Are you sure it isn't 3860 that's part of a connecting set? Those are larger according to their deck code.
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32 minutes ago, Cruisin'4Us said:
Thank you. I wasn't sure if Barefoot was one of the exclusions of the Royal Up program.
Nope, we had a JS and royal-upped to a GS - got all the perks as if we booked it straight 🙂 Now are spoiled!
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17 minutes ago, Cruisin'4Us said:
Will a Royal Up upgrade to a Junior Suite or a Grand Suite permit access to Barefoot Beach?
Thank you!
Grand Suite only. But if you book a cabana on barefoot beach you can also get access regardless of cabin booked.
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34 minutes ago, xeriod said:
Taking my grand daughter and her Mom on a cruise that just goes to Ensanada , Do we need anything in writing from the Dad ? They are married and he can't go as he will be working. Thanks
It's worth bringing something in writing and notarized where he acknowledges and signs that he is aware of the travel. They may never ask but if they did it can get sticky quickly!
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1 hour ago, Travelalot76 said:
Does anyone know what the size of the water bottles are order from Royal are? The image has a size, but is that true to what is actually delivered? Thanks.
On Mariner earlier this month they were the regular sized water bottles from bars and delivered to the room (16 oz I think).
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9 minutes ago, George C said:
I did it , only problem is I am addicted to suites now and have never booked anything else since.
Ha yep, same, just did this last cruise and now suite spoiled!
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7 minutes ago, The Fun Researcher said:
Like all classes there are the plus’s and minus’s.
Love:
The 270 lounge
Fantastic Solarium
Lots of music and music venues
A few new novelty experiences like iFly, Northstar and bumper cars
Reasonable connection to the sea
Don’t love:Lack of ice rink
Smaller Promenade area
Lack of one beautiful MDR, instead it’s chopped up into four themed MDR’s all serving the same menu. (they fixed this with Quantum Ultra class)
Overall we would sail Quantum class again. It has enough pluses to keep us happy.
Thank you!! Appreciate you sharing - I expect I’ll have a similar view should we sail but many of the positives definitely sound appealing!
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1 hour ago, The Fun Researcher said:
Very interesting, looking at your signature, we've sailed identical ships. (except swap Mariner with the two Quantum ships we've done.) Almost all ships the same with the majority being Freedom and Voyager class. 👍 👍 👍
I'd like to try Quantum class but haven't had one align right yet!
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Just now, The Fun Researcher said:
Couldn't agree more. While I like the Oasis class for numerous reasons, to me, the biggest drawback is the connection and views to the ocean. This is one thing the Voyager and Freedom classes excel at.
Agree, it's why I prefer the Voyager and Freedom classes. I'll certainly sail the Oasis class or higher in the future but likely only if booking the whole family.
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On 10/18/2023 at 10:02 PM, molsonschooner said:
it wasn't that many years ago that Liberty was the largest cruise ship in the world
16 years 🙂 I sailed on one of her first few weeks in 2007 and 3 more times since. 5th time planned for next year and can't wait to see her again!
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Yet another Royal Up question
in Royal Caribbean International
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You will get updated cruise documents with new tags, yes you can arrive when you want, and yes, you'll be billed the upgraded gratuities BUT I'm not sure if they simply offset it from the bid or not - I couldn't figure it out when we got the upgrade on our cruise last month but my updated docs showed I had paid the correct gratuities so no idea on that one!
Congrats though, enjoy!!