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We have stayed here twice, new in about 2017 or so, nice property, just not a lot of good food options in the area in our opinion. Easy drive to port next morning. I'll stay there again though when driving down On I-55

I am at the Residence Inn in that cluster. The Marriot, Courtyard and Residence Inn are with in a walled gated compound togeather and share pool. Very nice at all of them, modern. Free shuttle from airport (shared). Great Cuban resturants with in walking distance no more that .8 miles. Recomend "Latain Cafe" on 42nd st. Many locals, great food, reasonable price. Won't know for sure till tomorrow but Uber shows $15 to port.

Even if it is 1000 per day IT IS WITH Covid NOT because of Covid, most have other more serious conditions that caused their death.

I've done more than 3 twice now, both time I've been told it would not be a problem, they just have to get permission (I think they said shoreside) but it only to them a few minutes to obtain that permission. Just my experience

One of the guests in the GS gives room number and then says table for 4. OP should just be prepared for more questions and if access for all 4 is denyed, be graceful. Oh sorry I didn't know that a Jr Suite couldn't have lunch with us.

Absolutly NO pros to keeping the TIP culture the USA. But the only way to get it changed is to remove the archic and redicoulus USA Bureau of Labor's Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) rules for tipped employees that allows for them to be paid as low as ($2.13/hour) which is much much lower than minimum wage and then make the customer make up the rest. Yes if Tips don't bring that up to minimum wage the employeer has to kick in, but it still put the onus on the customer. USA only civilized country that does this!

So it could have just been a one time delay or ? Not always on the Dot at 00:01. sometimes it is even later than your 30 minutes.

Who's self reporting??? Vrs who's going to just ride out in their cabin for a day or 2????

Just like my advice to a new cruiser who asks should I eat in the MDR or buy an UDP for specialty restaurants. For someone in a full suite who has never had access to CK, I say eat your meals in CK this cruise, that way you now have a baseline that you can use to make an informed decision the next time you stay in a suite with CK access. Definatly agree with @twangster "food is personal that will vary for each guest." and both food quality and preparation can and will vary ship to ship. I personally will not spend money on a UDP when I have CK access, I'll save that for when I'm not sailing in a suite. JMHO

It has been a few years now, but have stayed there. It is off to the right just as you come into the island. At that time was a typical Springhill stay nothing special nor at that time anything disappointing. Do not remember any places to eat within walking distance.

This is the problem with America these days. No one can just take a humorous comment (and that one was) as what it was meant to be, funny. They have to feel they were offended or slighted. Jokes are jokes that's what they we meant to be. Funny

the only problem with the Oasis Class ships sailing out of Galveston is it is the exact same itinerary every single cruise. At least now it changes a little each week

All the more reason to use a good Travel Agent.

You really have to wait until you get on the ship to find out how they do it. Royal seems to give quite a bit of leniency to their management staff, so what you find on one ship may be different than how it is handled on another ship.

Can you blame them for filling the ships, they went 18 months with no income and still had to maintain the ships. Every single cruise line is experiencing the staff shortage. I have been told some of the issue is the US State Dept being slow on issuing visa's (don't know that for sure but i respect my source). That said next summer should look significantly different, that should then reflect our new normal. Just try to be patient and enjoy the fact that we can cruise again!!

Don't need to spend HOURS. 15 minutes a day, 3-4 days a week, for a month or so gives you the answer to most of these repeat questions.

Better this than the pre-cruise flight.

work around has been movies in theater and other smaller venues around the ship. other than that there is not much else they can do as a workaround.

it is Business if you double the cost and it cuts attendance in half you're still making the same profit. if you can even get 55% of normal attendance then you've turned more profit. Besides now you have even happier customers since it is less crowded

It is recreational use in many states now, so they are more likely to take the risk than in the past. Besides if they get turned over to US authorities with our liberal prosecutors they know they are just going to be told not to do it again and suffer no real consequences. Couple that with the fact that the ship authorities want as little confrontation as possible with guests

@brillohead Not my TA, me, I just didn't want to hassle her by asking her to go back and make the payment after she processes final, Yes she could have up until a few days before sailing (not sure of the exact cut off 2 or 3 days I think much like online package purchases) Yes you could go to Guest services and pay money on the account, CASH, they will not just do a credit card charge with out something specific to charge it to and that can't be something that has not yet posted to the on-board account. Even if you pay it in CASH you will still see all the daily gratuity charges on the bill, one line item for each day it is charged. Keep in mind you may see it on the invoice/bill as 2 separate charge on the same date but the are for separate days of gratuities. The reason a lot of people, myself included is the don't want to clutter up the invoice/bill with the extra line items for paying gratuities.

that has been my experience twice this year

And she could lose her package, without a refund if you get caught. In fact they would probably revoke yours also. I've seen people sharing and I also seen the bar tender take the time to walk over to them and politely but firmly tell them if the see it again they will lose their drink package. The experienced ones see a lot more than you might think.

I tried this last month as when I emailed my TA she missed the sentence to add pre-paid gratuities to my final payment. Guest services said could not do it as they are only set up to receive notification of pre-paid from shore side or bill it as the do on-board using whatever procedure they have in place on the particular ship. My experience has been it post the 2nd night for the first 2, then nights 3, 4 and maybe 5, then the next 2 or 3 all on the same night depending on which night and out they trigger it to post. Best bet is to make sure it is pre-paid at final payment.

this past February on Harmony, there was a lot of sport on at ON Air across from Boleros