Vera/Lee

I always like to be close to the Port the day before our cruise, but we are on the President's Cruise later this month and we're flying in the morning of the cruise. I booked through Royal's Air2Sea because of their commitment to get us to the ship.

2 hours ago, molly361 said:

Well my bid for the 2 bedroom Aqua Suite for Sunday's HM sailing is expired and my bid for a CL is still pending and I can't modify or cancel it .  Several reports on FB today of folks winning their RU's-

Good luck! It sounds like you might get the CL since you can't modify or cancel it.

9 hours ago, OHCruisinDad said:

As posted above by Daghis, my understanding of the free annual tier cruises is that they are now limited to a maximum of 7 night sailings.

Yes, I just saw that when I was doing research on the free annual cruise. That is a new change. 

My points have been reset to zero on "clubroyaleoffers", but my free cruise for being Prime has not been posted yet. I do have 4 offers which range from $500 off select cruises to free oceanview or balcony cabins on select sailings. As I said earlier, I just booked one of my free offers for an interior cabin for the President's Cruise.

On 4/13/2022 at 2:28 PM, RFerrington said:

I'm pretty sure that new ships ARE exempt from the Prime annual complimentary cruise.  I believe the ship must be at least 1 year old (not sure if that is sail date or booking date) to be eligible...but maybe something has changed...

Thanks! I missed that in the small print.

I'm still getting free offers. I had thought about using my free Prime cruise for the President's Cruise, but that sailing was included in one of my offers. I booked it. Then I checked for air and was surprised to see those prices have doubled. 

I believe the free Prime Cruises are for any cruise up to 8 nights, so Wonder should be available.

50 minutes ago, twangster said:

 

Not this week but that is just a temporary measure.  No reason to expect the show not to come back by 2023.  It's a very popular show.

Thank you! We are booked for next week.

6 minutes ago, twangster said:

Which home ports and itineraries?   
 

I’m on Harmony now and it’s been great.  Second cruise on her since the restart.  Oasis has Playmakers.  Harmony has Grease and Columbus the Musical but Oasis has the Aqua80 aqua show.  
 

You could pick either and not worry you made a bad choice.  It might come down to home port and itinerary.  

Is "Columbus the Musical" back on now?

Does anyone know when this will be rolled out on Harmony? 

4 hours ago, Vera/Lee said:

When the 50% off sale was going on, I was able to bid on cabins all the way up from an OV balcony.  I had two cabins booked, one OV balcony and one Neighborhood balcony and my minimum bids were different. I upgraded one to a JS and yes my minimum bid offers changed, but now I can only bid up 3 categories.

 

Correction: I can still bid all the way to a RLS with both of my reservations, so that did not change when the sale ended.

12 minutes ago, Starry Eyes said:

I am fairly certain the minimum bids are quite different depending upon the starting category.  Furthermore, one is able to bid on different categories depending on their starting category.  Now that I think about it, Are inside cabin occupants offered the chance to bid up 3 meta categories…I thought it was two? Edit…I see Biker entered info about insides generally not able to bid on JS while I was typing 

When the 50% off sale was going on, I was able to bid on cabins all the way up from an OV balcony.  I had two cabins booked, one OV balcony and one Neighborhood balcony and my minimum bids were different. I upgraded one to a JS and yes my minimum bid offers changed, but now I can only bid up 3 categories.

39 minutes ago, topnole said:

I would bring them because I would want my brand diaper.  Many brands didn’t work well on our kids.   So you don’t want to be stuck with a brand that creates a lot of clean up issues.  Just pack them in a soft sided bag you can store in another suitcase on the way home.  If

driving, hopefully no problem.  And some airlines don’t charge for baby stuff.  Southwest certainly doesn’t. They really aren’t that hard to bring.  
 

Also, may want to pack some disposable pads to put under the crib sheet.  

Thank you!

11 hours ago, matj2000 said:

Best Tip:

 

Wait until the kid turns 3 years.

 

That is my professional opinion.

3 years ago, my daughter in-law was planning the wedding of her dreams and a honeymoon in Italy. It was canceled twice because of Covid. So, they got married at a Courthouse and started their family. Hopefully by the time their son is 3, they will have another child. You can never make up for time lost, but I hope this cruise will be a honeymoon that they didn't get. They would never leave their baby for a week, so this way we all win because my husband and I get to spend time with our Grandson.

21 minutes ago, Honeyroastedmelnut said:

While it won’t be the cheapest price, you can pre-order diapers to have waiting for you in your cabin. One less thing to pack/haul. Definitely plan on needing way more diapers … much better to return with extras than to run out!

Thanks. Where do you pre-order them from.

10 hours ago, tunisbridal said:

We will be cruising with my daughter and son in law and 10 month old.  Would anyone have any tips or advice for us?

We are getting ready to cruise with our son, daughter in law and 9 month old grandson. We have two cabins and was disappointed yesterday to find out we can only order a play yard for one cabin (the one he is listed in). It has been ordered. One comment was to bring our own fitted sheets, so I just bought two. I hope I bought the right size (38 x 25.5).

1 hour ago, Biker19 said:

I thought you were talking about cabin "Sales". The lowered min bids inside Royal Up just invites more bids, but not sure it makes much diff - folks probably bid already before the sale, so the sale being over won't affect those bids.

I had a bid in for a JS, but when Royal had a price drop over the week-end I called and upgraded for less than my RU bid. So, on the last day of the RU 50% off sale I canceled or lowered all of my bids. I'm wondering if I will get another RU offer with my new JS cabin listed or since I have several bids in, will I be stuck with those offers.

Allure! 

12 minutes ago, orville99 said:

We put the bid on a CLS at 7:42 this morning, and received the Congratulations email and new stateroom assignment at 3:03 this afternoon. When I checked the booking engine this morning, there were still 5 CLS (all side-facing) available, so I took a flyer just for yucks to see what would happen.

Congratulations, that's a great price. 

3 hours ago, firefly333 said:

I saw where someone sailing march 20 got their notice today of acceptance. I'm waiting for the following week march 27..so might hear within the week. First time so it's just for fun.

Good luck! I'm waiting to hear about March 27 too.

4 hours ago, KayRaeRae said:

Just got my 1 bed Aqua for 3/6 Oasis!!

Congratulations! I'm excited for you.

5 hours ago, twangster said:

The tribute band on Quantum class changes frequently.  I've seen Journey tribute, Led Zeppelin tribute, Aerosmith tribute, etc.  

 

Sometimes getting close you can see the band in the app.  

We love the Journey tribute band! Last month, Brilliance had a Frankie Valli tribute band. The Headliners are always awesome and I believe they all change frequently.

Do I need a form for traveling with our Grandson if his parents are traveling with us. He is in my cabin, but our cabins are linked.

33 minutes ago, Russ Lomas said:

Thanks. Got the upgrade today. $190 Canadian (about $150) total from interior to balcony for March 12th on the Odyssey

Congratulations Russ! 

56 minutes ago, Deb1953 said:

So last night I got a notice from my Credit Card company of a charge and it appeared to be my bidup amount.  I had NO email, yet when i went to my cruise it now said I had a GSsuite and a cabin number.  Then I got an email from my travel agent.  As of now, still NO email from Royal about the upgrade.  All of our online info has been updated so we are happy for the upgrade..... That was on Tuesday for this Sunday sailing.

Congratulations!

9 minutes ago, Deb1953 said:

A friend we are sailing with got her bidup from regular balcony to a spacious one.  My bid on the Owners Suite now says Expired, but my bid for the Grand Suite still says pending. 

 

 OS expired and GS pending sounds like good news to me. That's just a guess.

6 minutes ago, Deb1953 said:

A friend we are sailing with got her bidup from regular balcony to a spacious one.  My bid on the Owners Suite now says Expired, but my bid for the Grand Suite still says pending. 

 

When is your cruise?