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19 minutes ago, Host Clarea said:

 

No charge for chat on the Royal App.  Only reported to function on Harmony and Allure.

excellent!   So to confirm, I just download the app, add my friends and we can chat on there for free?   No need to buy a voom package 

I see there is a chat functionality on the Royal App.  Has anyone used this yet?  Do you get charged for it?

We hid and found some on the NCL Escape in March.  Planning on bringing another dozen with us to the Allure in July.  It's a lot of fun.

On 4/28/2019 at 2:01 PM, LynnSD said:

Here’s what I did -    I read many posts about Kotor here and on TripAdvisor. .

I ended up finding three tour companies that got good reviews and sounded great.   I emailed them with my questions, and chose one that was most helpful with planning the day.  

 

Since most cruise ports are only one day, there’s never enough time to see everything.  I hope you can someday return to your favorite spots.

Good luck!       Lynda 

 

thanks!

I'll be in Kotor from 9am - 7pm.   I want to do it all!   Is there a way to do a water tour (blue cave, Lady of the Rock, Submarine base) AND get up to Lovcen?   I'm concerned w/ traffic on the serpentine and  either missing the 1/2 half of the day (if I were to do land first) or missing the ship.

Thoughts?

How do I pick?  What would you recommend I see?   They both seem so amazing and this is a once in a lifetime trip.

14 minutes ago, Biker19 said:

Unless you are willing to switch between traditional and MTD, you are unlikely to get a choice on which level to sit. For that large a group, traditional might work better - don't worry about location in the MDR.

thank you!

thanks to you both!

Greetings.

Can you please let me know if there is a difference among the three MDRs on the Allure?     As an example, on the NCL Escape, all three had the same menu, but one was much louder, one was much slower and one was "just right".   Do you have a preference on the Allure?  I have a very large group - 15 rooms.  While I don't expect us all at one table, I'd like to be able to see/talk to everyone.  This is our one "ok, everyone regroup" point each day.

Thoughts?  Which do you prefer and why?

thanks!

Never removed, nor would I.  I'd talk to the managers first.  Removing the tip affects more than just that one person.

Hello!    We just booked our first MSC cruise on the Meraviglia in March of 2021.   My daughter has celiac disease.  How does MSC do with food allergies?

any suggestions are greatly appreciated.  Thanks!

15 hours ago, LipstickLeslie said:

We went on a few RCI cruises in the past couple years on Allure and always prebooked our shows so I could plan excursions and dinner times around show times. We're cruising again on Oasis in July and I've been waiting for them to release the shows and they haven't so I just called and found out that in March RCI no longer lets you prebook your shows. I'm so frustrated about that. We're a large group in 4 rooms and that's the last thing I want to do when I get on the ship is stand in some long line to set up our reservations... Any one else frustrated with this or is it just me.

I'm sailing July on Allure.  I was told today they will have them out soon.  the window is 60-90.

If it were me, I'd book now.  You can cancel/rebook if they go down later.

9 hours ago, bmask16 said:

I got an email a couple hours ago adjusting our April 21st cruise. We leave P.R. at 1:30 day 5 instead of 2:00, we get into Labadee day 6 at 10 instead of 9:30 and leave there at 5 instead of 6. No other changes are shown.

Do you think they'll limp along like this for quite some time, or do you think they'll cancel somewhere and do a drydock

I saw a couple of posts on FB regarding the Allure adjusting it’s itinerarh because it needs to slow down.  The comments suggest an azipod issue.    How does this get fixed?   We cruise in July so I’m hoping it’s done way before that 

thoughts?

Could you possibly take a boat over to Edina?  Pig Island is a bit off the normal scale 🙂

Has anyone been on the Allure since Dreamworks left?  What was the new show(s)?

thanks.

The drink packages for our 7/7 Allure sailing is $3 more pp during this sale than it was last week.   However, shore ex and internet were down enough to save me $160!   🙂

I haven't been on a MG on Royal yet, but the one we just had two weeks ago on NCL was great.  We had a private restaurant to ourselves.  NCL had appetizers and drinks for all.  There was live music and the officers came.   CC had name tags for everyone.

Our group had organized a magnet exchange and slot pull on their own.

it was hosted on noon the 1st day (an at sea day).  it worked well.  

I've read where some MGs have cruise ship swag or giveaways.  That would have been fun.

the one thing I REALLY wished we would have done was take a group picture.  By the time I thought of it, many had already left.  We had well over 80 people attend, so it was a lot of fun

Loving the review!  it's getting me quite excited for our upcoming trip on the Allure.  Glutton for punishment??  yes...yes i am!

12 minutes ago, JimmyL said:

They are just outside the tram stop at Columbus Cove. They do not approach you in the beach area. Not at the dock area either 

thanks!!

On 3/27/2019 at 7:27 PM, taglovestocruise said:

You are being overly kind in your description of the interaction with vendors behind the standing market as being unpleasant.  They are more bothersome than the street vendors in Tijuana.  I live in Southern Ca. near the boarder and cross it semi annually to satisfy my taco cravings. 

can you give more info on the street vendors?  I was naively thinking they wouldn't be allowed inside "the compound".  Do they come up to at the beach, or is it typically just at the dock.  Trying to prepare my group.  thanks!

16 minutes ago, tonto524 said:

I don't see the show on the cruise planner for a mid-May sailing.  Is it something that is booked on board/you just show up? Or maybe it won't be offered as the Dreamworks contract will be over then?

Thanks,

Linda T.

I suspect it'll be gone.   The blog post I read said all of the DW shows would be replaced with "family friendly shows designed by RC Productions"   https://www.*****.com/2018/12/07/royal-caribbean-will-cease-dreamworks-programming-its-ships-2019

I'd say ABCs, but I'd trust Bob's opinion on Grenada.    I don't think you can go wrong w/ either.

loving the review!  I do have to say that I too am a planner, and the title is giving me all sorts of fits of anxiety over here!  😉

10 hours ago, cb at sea said:

There are sharks in EVERY body of salt water...cove or open ocean....don't tell her that!  Bull sharks will even enter fresh water rivers......

The good news is they won't bother you.  We used to go the the Chesapeake Bay in Va.....there was a fishing pier, where folks were forever catching hammerheads....we swam and played right there.  No one was ever attacked...and hammerheads are not nice sharks.

 

Just tell her there are no sharks.....she'll be fine.

Lol.  Thanks 🙂