MagicMike

4 hours ago, Host Clarea said:

 

Mine was 110 baud, and we were thrilled when it went to 300 and then 1200!

and 56K was the bomb!

If you are on traditional dining, you will be assigned a table in either chic or grande for the entire sailing.  If you are on my time dining, you will be assigned a table in either American Icon or Silk, depending on what is available at the time you are dining each day.  I would imagine you could request one over the other, but you may have to wait.

I'm on that sailing also, looks like upper 60's for the high, too cold for my blood for swimming. We were just going to tour the dockyard this trip.  

This does not even start until tomorrow

Our 12/6 Anthem sailing, the deluxe package is $42 now with a BOGO 50% deal, it was the same a few weeks back with a 30% off and $45 when it was 20%.  There is absolutely now way to figure out what the $ discount is, you can only go by what the price is. 

There is a new Quantum class ship coming in 2020, perhaps to Cape Liberty

11 minutes ago, Iamcruzin said:

It's not running on Anthem for my itinerary sill sitting with the 20% off.

The drink package on my anthem sailing next month has been "on sale" for months now, either 20%, 30% off or BOGO50.  Either way, the price has been either $42 or $45.  The sales are bogus as they never disclose what the price the % off is based on.  

On 10/21/2018 at 9:16 AM, danv3 said:

 

It happened earlier this year.  Harmony I believe.  

 

And to be clear, in this case it wasn't just that the card was taken, but that later the guests who took it entered my friends' room with it after it had been "deactivated" by guest services.  

 

I'm sure this sort of thing is very, very rare.  But it would also be very easy to avoid even the chance of this occurring by just handing everyone their own card.  

Seapass cards do not indicate which deck you are on . only the cabin #.  If you are in cabin 11648, the seapass card only says 648.  Anyone stealing or finding your card would have to try and access multiple cabins to find which one it worked on.

57 minutes ago, Wine-O said:

We sailed April 2017 out of Tampa and brought on a case of water.  Not sure when this policy was changed, but I'm going for it.  The worst thing is I will have to throw away 12 bottles of water.  

Keep in mind the new policy also states that the 12 bottles must be carried on, not checked.  We used to check a case in Bayonne all the time, but have not sailed since the changed policy as of 9/1/18

The coke freestyle machines do offer Mr Pibb.

Dang. You beat our group by 2 minutes.

We finished in 32:52, the countdown clock in the picture I have shows 27:08 left.

12/6/18 Anthem $42, been fluctuating between 42 & 45 for the past month

If I were to average 3-4 beers a day.

 

ADD 2 BOTTLES OF WATER A SPECIALTY COFFEE AND A FRESH JUICE

And my other half averaged 1-2 beers and maybe 2-4 cocktails a day

 

ADD 2 BOTTLES OF WATER A SPECIALTY COFFEEE AND A FRESH JUICE

MAYBE ONE OR TWO SOFT DRINKS (SODA-POP)

-----------------------------------

 

I always get the DELUXE plan and my wife always gets the ROYAL REPLENISHMENT(n0n-alcohol)

We always come out ahead.

 

We always sail the Caribbean and always keep a few bottles of water or cans of beer in the fridge.

.

 

It adds up pretty quickly.

 

bosco

This is no longer allowed, in order to get the deluxe plan now, both adults in the stateroom must purchase it.

You might want to take a look at the Royal Incentive Rewards program that allows you to buy certificates but not for a particular sailing, this would lock in a rate, then you could redeem the certificates for the winners.

You will lose the free berth if you fall below 8 cabins, but you should not lose the OBC if it was based on gap points that were available to the for the group as that should be protected if they were assigned as a Royal Recognition Gift

You can also ask your travel agent to put the OBC on one cabin. I do it for clients on occasion.

I seem to recall a couple of time where then has sailed up the Hudson to the statue before heading out.

If you are on a ship that docks at the dockyard, Dolphin Quest is just a really short walk. You can book directly here

https://dolphinquest.com/bermuda/

what is the price with the 35% off? My September sailin gstill shows 20% at $46 per day

Disney just announced the NY sailings for Fall 2018 on the Disney Magic:

10/4,10/19,10/24 & 10/29 5 night sailing to Bermuda with 2 days in port

10/13 6 night to Bermuda with 3 days in port

10/09 4 night Canada Cruise

9/20 NY to Quebec

9/27 Quebec to NY

11/3,11/10,11/17 7 night sailing with stops in Castaway Cay and Port Canaveral

11/24 6 night from NY to San Juan

There are sailings on the Magic out of NY in September, October and November of this year.

The new ships are scheduled for completion in 2021 & 2023

My September Anthem sailing shows the drink/voom package at $54 and the discounted drinks only at $46

As a general rule on cruises of 5 nights or more, the final option date is 120 days before the cruise. At that time, all unsold cabins will be returned. Royal does however have the right to review and take back any cabins at any time prior to that if they so desire.

In the US, https://www.cruising.org/cruise-vacationer/cruise-travel-guide/clia-agent-finder those are the levels of accreditation that the agents in that particular agency have achieved. We have different levels here in the US, from top to bottom:

ECCS-Elite Cruise Counsellor Scholar

ECC-Elite Cruise Counsellor

MCC-Master Cruise Counsellor

ACC-Accredited Cruise Counsellor

These levels are very difficult to achieve, the lowest, ACC requires Many hours of training courses, live or online tests, at least 5 ship inspections, 2 personal cruises and a minimum of at least 12 booked cruises in a 2 year period.