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9 hours ago, semala said:

Nope. Specifically told no one, crew or passenger, is allowed off until Icy Strait Point on Tuesday.

This is part of RC press release at https://www.royalcaribbean.com/notices/travel-updates

Radiance of the Seas® sailing on Friday, April 26, 2024 from Vancouver

Unfortunately, repairs for technical issues on Radiance of the Seas® are still underway. As a result, we’re going to need some extra time to get the ship ready for you. We’ll still board on April 26, 2024 as planned. However, this means that our sailing will now depart on Sunday, April 28, 2024. Please note that due to U.S. Customs and Border Protection restrictions, all guests must board on April 26, despite our departure on Sunday.

These are showing available on page 7 of the wine list using the link in post 2 above.

Non Alcoholic Wines

221 Sparkling, Sutter Home Fre California, USA

231 Chardonnay, Sutter Home Fre California, USA

241 White Zinfandel, Sutter Home Fre California, USA 251 Premium Red, Sutter Home Fre California, USA

Use the steam chamber,  aka the shower stall, in your bathroom.

Hang winkled garment inside away from the shower spray by running it to the far away side away from your clothes and run only hot water spray for a few minutes which will result in very steamy surrounding. 

Avoid being in chamber for long period when doing the above! 😉

4 hours ago, Woozisuzi said:

Thank you! and the 1 person 2 devices can be used at the same time? 😀

You can use two different devices with the 1 person 1 device plan to save $ but both devices can't be online at he same time so the online device must be logged off, either before manually or by being kick off when the other goes online. This is the way DW and I use the onboard internet as neither of us must be online at the same time.

1 hour ago, time4u2go said:

How do you consider the OP's item to be an extension cord?  It doesn't have a cord.

The link in post 45 above also pertains to not allowing power boards.

We were on Anthem this past January and only Spectera Caberet needed reservations.

I've even seen 60 minutes internet package offered onboard towards the end of our RC cruises which IMO is for this purpose. I saw this offered on our last cruise, on Anthem this past January.

5 minutes ago, Another_Critic said:

From/to Cape Liberty: I've sailed Anthem 8 times (4 TAs, Bermuda, CA/NE, Bahamas, eastern Caribbean),  Oasis 1 time (Oct 2021), and Liberty 1 time (Sept. 2023 CA/NE).

 

Liberty was a nice change after sailing Anthem multiple times.

Our feelings are similar after our sixth time on Anthem out of Cape Liberty this past January.

Main theatre shows were alright seeing them the first time but we didn't bothering seeing them again.

It was 5:00 PM for our early traditional dining on Anthem this past late January.

We had that cabin, #6292, on one of our cruises on Anthem and there is a service corridor directly under that cabin. There was some food cart noise very early in the morning and throughout the day as the corridor is between Jamie's Italian and Cafe Two70 kitchen/service areas with an elevator down to the MDR kitchens on deck 3 and 4. There is also a door from that corridor out to the promenade walkway and the crew would use that area for their break time so often they would be just below that balcony having conversations, sometimes in their native, not English language.

28 minutes ago, Sunshine3601 said:

Were you on the Jan 18th sailing?   I was suppose to be on that one but cancelled.   Hope you had a great cruise.

Yes to both of of your questions. Seas were fairly calm and the non-specialty dining onboard was very good in spite of recent posts here about lousy food onboard RCI.

On 1/22/2024 at 9:50 PM, Sunshine3601 said:

If you can do without internet on day 1, just use your phone for as long as it works once onboard, then day 2 use your free diamond day, then buy internet onboard for the remaining days of your cruise it may end being cheaper than buying pre cruise for the entire cruise.

We did something similar on the 11 night Anthem cruise we came back from earlier this week.

We are Cdn and didn't bother with cell phone coverage plan in US thus it would have very costly to use our cell phone for data. We left our phone on airplane mode with Wi-Fi on for our entire stay in US..

We skipped day 1 as we had free Wi-Fi internet at our hotel before going to Cape Liberty later that morning

Then we use wife's D+ two free 24 hrs for days 2 to 3 and 4 to 5 followed by skipping having it for day 6. 

I then used my two free 24 hrs for internet for days 7and 8 and 10 and 11 skipping having it on day 9.

I could have used my internet credit to get the last three days for $21 but felt we didn't need that.

Doing the above gave us internet while in US for almost all days, except two at no cost.

There are many included drink that can be had at no cost onboard. These include coffees, teas,  water included flavored ones and juices. The soda package is just another of RCI rip offs. I boarded my recent 11 nights Anthem cruise with a six pack of small, 710ml bottles of Coca Cola Max and wife and I only used 4 while on board.

We did this with our 16 and 17 years old grand daughters. After our cabins were assigned I called in and had our cabins changed to side by side ones. Onboard wife and I got key cards from GS for the cabin we were not in so we slept together and grand kids did also in cabin next door.

Yes, you can disconnect or log off from the Wi-Fi the device you are personally working on and connect your other device without affecting your wife's device. Your wife can do likewise with her device.

We've gotten ship's discarded casino cards for free on our past cruises. Enquire at the casino casher desk if these are available. 

Also I've seen them in the ship's library for use by guests.

What I did to complete our check in for the Anthem cruise we are doing next week is to add a credit card and then when onboard remove the credit card and make our account a cash one which has always worked for us on our pass cruises.

Being Canadian I prefer to settle our onboard account in cash as we typically have $ US gotten when the exchange rate has been better for us. 

Normally you must board at least 90 minutes prior to sailing so by 6:30PM.

11 minutes ago, taglovestocruise said:

I have always carried two coffees out of the DL in the morning to take back to the cabin and drink on the balcony. 

I've also done the above.

There were transfers from both Bush and Hobby airports when we sailed RC from Galveston.

We've always used one way car rentals to get to and from Port Canaveral for our cruises when flying into and out of central Florida airports. These have always gone well and provided transport the day before for meals and shopping as we typically fly in at the least then. Usually I drop off our luggage and other passengers at the port before our cruise before returning the rental car and then am alone without bags to take the rental car shuttle back to the port.

You only have 48 hours after your initial booking to do the above.

12 hours ago, ONECRUISER said:

Actually I was lucky when Concierge called me up in my Cabin and asked if I was going be at upper Tier Party. They had Captain give me D+ Certificate that day, this even though still had couple more days to reach actual point level. We'd just started a 13nite Cruise. She even sent me down to get Status on my Card updated. Though this was about 15yrs ago. Know it doesn't happen, but it did to me

Similar to what happen when we hit D+ on a cruise. 

We were on B2B cruises and booked while onboard the first cruise to stay onboard for a 3rd cruise on which we hit the C&A points for D+ status.

I think it helped that the LA was also in charge of further cruise bookings and we also booked with her while on that third cruise a 15 night Oz cruise leaving few months later. I had mentioned to her that third cruise we were currently on and had booked with her would make us D+ for the Oz cruise. She was the one who offered us D+ status and its privileges on that cruise.

29 minutes ago, smokeybandit said:

Aren't smoking areas basically the same on all ships?  Port side of the pool deck and the promenade deck.

On Quantum class ships the smoking area on the promenade deck 5 is in an outdoor covered area or pavilion on the starboard aft section side..

When we were on Radiance class ships ,which includes Jewel OTS, the outdoor smoking areas were both on the port side. One was on the pool deck 11 midship just outside to the rear of the solarium and to the far side of the outdoor pool. The other was on the promenade deck 5 toward the bow just outside the entrance to the theater.

Inside it is in the Casino on deck 6 just forward of the centrum.