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We order wine for the stateroom from time to time. Since there is no corkage fee, I'd rather get the wine in the stateroom and take it to the dining room. Many times they would look at me like I'm from Mars when I tell them I have some wine waiting for me in the dining room. This way, they don't have to search for it.

Do you walk into the dining room with your bottle. Do they charge a corkage fee to walk in with a bottle?

With the "Wine and Dine" packages gone has anyone tried pre-ordering wine through the website's "Gift and Gear" tab. We are thinking about ordering our bottles now as the website prices look better than those on board. The site says bottles can be ordered to the room and dining room. Any thoughts and experiences would be appreciated.

Is the wine and dine package available on adventure now? Does it make sense to pre order through gifts and gear on line?

Sweet!

So diamond and in a GS, we will have access to both lounges and get three drinks loaded per person on our sea pass card?

I usually do formal reviews on the site, but I've got some thoughts:

 

The cruise was great. Seemed like the Champagne bar was understaffed at times, but everywhere else was fine. These 5 port routes are so busy that the ship almost seems like an afterthought; all day in port, get ready for dinner, dinner, show/drinks, bedtime, repeat. That being said, I'd do it again just to get to those ports.

 

First time in a Grand Suite (hard to afford for anything but these southern routes as I cruise multiple times a year) but I definitely liked it. I probably didn't use enough of the perks to justify it (on this route at least), but the big room and location (1324) were definitely nice. I really liked breakfast in Giovanni's as well, definitely a nice perk. Didn't even make it to the suite dinner with captain/officers as we were wiped out after being in port. I didn't go to the suite bridge tour either as I was diving in St. Croix, and my wife decided to sleep in.

 

Calypso Cruises (Barbados) and Spencer Ambrose Land/Sea tour (St. Lucia) really made the cruise, as did my shore wall dive in St. Croix (the shore wall dive is privately booked but uses the same shop (Cane Bay Dive Shop) the cruise does for boat dives). Second time to St. Croix off a ship and it is really the "purest" stop there is right now among those on the route (only 60 visits from cruise ships last year). Rumor is if Guantanamo Bay closes the base may move to St. Croix (requiring a full rebuild of the existing base) so it will be interesting to see what happens there in the future.

 

I didn't do a tour in St. Maarten (had just planned a beach visit anyway, love Mullet Bay beach), and did the Royal Yacht (Sailboat) Race tour in Antiqua. That tour was ok but I would have liked it to have been longer.

Thanks for the info. We have a GS for our June cruise. We've enjoyed the GS on our Explorer and Oasis cruises in the past, but this is the first suite we've had on Adventure. Question...is the Giovanni's breakfast made-to-order like Portofino's on Explorer or do you just pick up breakfast from Windjammer and bring it into Giovanni's? Not a big deal, but just curious. Also, did you find the concierge lounge unusually crowded in the evenings, what with the 19th Hole now used as a Diamond Lounge. (And, I know, I'm frivolously asking about such first world problems...)

Thanks everyone. Saved the day and got seats on the 1:30 flight to JFK.

Any idea how late we can get off the ship? How late can we use the concierge lounge?

Looking for some advice. We are sailing on Adventure in June out of San Juan. Our airline changed out return flight home, from a 10:55 am departure to an 8:55 am departure. Anyone know if that will be enough time to disembark, get through customs and get to Munoz airport in time (at around 8am) for an 8:55 flight?

Does adventure offer a reserved breakfast area? We loved the explorer suite breakfasts.

Since you have a grand suite.... Have dinner on your balcony on a calm night at sea. Suites can order the MDR meals. Do it up and get a bottle of wine. Enjoy the quiet and romantic setting. Get the concierge to deliver a cake. My husband did that for my birthday.

Any suggestions for private beach cabana rental...preferably orient bay. Something quiet and luxurious for a small family of three.?

Does Adventure offer a suite breakfast in Giovanni's like they do on Explorer ( in Portofinos). Do they offer a special lunch area like Explorer (take your windjammer food into portofino's)?

So long Explorer! Loved having her sail out of Bayonne, so close to home. Many happy memories aboard her.

Overwater cabana at Barefoot Beach.

The best day on Allure? Every day, except for departure day when we have to get off the ship.

They replaced our cards for gold cards when they explained we got the upgrade.

We were upgraded on board the Oasis. We used our door key to our intended balcony room only to find another family in our cabin. We all freaked out. We stomped down to guest services. Turns out our new cabin was actually a grand suite. Needless to say we were very surprised and very happy. Best thing Royal ever did because we got hooked on the GS's and have never turned back.

The OP posted they had a choice of either CL or 19th Hole, and they chose tbe 19th Hole

And if there is a choice ....... 19th hole all the way!!

Wow. Never knew to ask and it was never offered. Good to know. Thanks.

Good to know. We have arrived in the CL to standing room only.

Did they use the 19 th hole for suite passengers as well,

Did you use adventure ocean? If so how was the staff?

Total bait and switch!!!! Liberty prices are insane. They have to be a joke. We are done after our last explorer trip in june with RCCL and the North east and will go back to flying to a cruise. He'll at the prices of the liberty we could fly to China to meet the Quantum. Perhaps that is the twisted rationale.

As with most of the long-delayed reveals related to the Quantum class, we are a little bit frustrated with the lack of information having to do with the details of the Grand Suite. We are long-standing Royal Caribbean customers, and enjoy our Grand Suites. But having booked our Grand Suite almost a year ago when the Quantum reservations opened up, we'd sure love at least a few more details of the stateroom we've paid for. If I'm not mistaken, all the other Quantum staterooms at least have a floor plan and rendering. I'm sure this sounds really petty in the grand scheme of things, but it seems like Royal Caribbean is really dragging this whole Quantum experience out for even it's most loyal patrons. (And don't get us started on the lack of summer 2015 Quantum bookings.) Are we missing something???