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Yes, all of the regular Starbucks brand coffee in the Café Promenade is included in your cruise fare and the specialty coffees are included in the Royal Replenish package. On ships with a Starbuck's kiosk, the kiosk is not included in the package.

Going on the Adventure again for two weeks shortly....have to thank you again for the great advice to just try the ship and San Juan....this will be year 4 and already have 2016 booked for Adventure...

Here is a good link to check out

go to

http://www.shipcruise.org

on the right hand side click "alcohol drink package menu" under the information tab then find RC

Is time yet? Are you packed???

So so so so ready to go...

one more week until we are on for two weeks again...already have 2016 booked

Thanks for your great review and all of your pictures. Someday perhaps we will try this class of ship but not sure when that will be. Perhaps when the prices come down.

So glad to hear your views and experiences.

Glad you are getting the wifi to post! Thank you for sharing your views with all of us. Hoping that many of the issues are being worked out that many have had problems with in the past few cruises!!! Have a great evening Mark!

We always have a door sign and when our family is with us they have signs too. Depending on if we are celebrating anything depends on the extra celebrational signs

Love seeing all of the great ideas on this thread...love the christmas blankets on the bed too.....

Can't wait to board the Adventure of the Seas in a few weeks for another b2b! already have 2016 booked on Adventure as well. Love cruising out of San Juan and the size of the ship and the fantastic crew. Food is food. Not everyone is going to like everything.

Love this SHIP and going on fourth B2B in a few weeks and have another B2B booked for 2016 with the changed intineraries.

The crew is awesome and leaving out of San Juan works great for us too although we have have Baltimore and Bayonne close to us. We don't care for the schedules out of those ports and love the southern caribbean.

great start to your review and looking forward to reading more.

We were on the ship in March. Loved the experience of going out of NO. We didn't have the boarding issues many have posted since but we arrived very early. The food was excellent then and we had MTD.

The Blairs were great. Granted they are not Richard Spacey or Ken Rush or others but wow...he is very talented and I enjoyed the special show he did. She was our activities director. They work very well together with their crew and never had to wait for things to start and they added many things each day depending on what was happening with the weather. They were also everywhere out and about on the ship each day. I enjoyed that! Extra personal touch you just don't get on bigger ships.

We enjoyed the Serenade so much we booked two more on her!

Thanks for the kind words Rick, but there are many others on this forum who provide excellent info, yourself included.

 

Someday we will meet on a cruise, I'm sure.

 

Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family too!:)

And a very Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours Bob!!!

well there isn't anything wrong with Texans or country music...that being said.....fourth b2b coming up in 2015 on the Adventure of the Seas....she doesn't have all the upgrades completed but I loved the ship before....love the ship and love the crew...love love love the southern caribbean

Amazing the menus are changed on the American Icon again. It did have surf and turf on it when the crossing started and now that is changed again. Its just crazy. You have guests making reservations based on the menus and we are already worried about booking dining and show times and food choices do play a part in the experience. We are already paying premium for the ship and the choice to sail out of NJ rather than fly. We get that but I am not going to eat in pay restaurants all 12 nights of my cruise either. My choice and my thoughts...guess Anthem is going to be leaving my roster of cruises too..

We are not in favor of DD.

Hope it does not go fleet wide.

Hey Dick and Mari!!!! How are you all? I see Grandeur is on your sights now....we aren't fans of this DD either. I do have an anthem booked but might flip that too. I have been looking at the Grandeur also. We have gotten used to flying to San Juan.

I talk to SeaCruise....Mary....almost everyday on Facebook.

So glad to see you!!!!!

Glad you enjoyed. We can't wait until Feb for our fourth b2b on the Adventure. The crew is awesome and we look forward to coming home to our favorite cabin!!!!

While she may physically fit through the new locks, she won't fit under the bridge on the Pacific side.

correct ....at many captains corners...we have been told by the Captain that the largest Royal vessel to go through the new canal would be voyager class because of the bridge.

I have been following you on the Quantum and just had to continue reading your thread!!!! Please keep writing even if blogging when you get home. It is so refreshing just to see the city thru your eyes!!! I know i would really enjoy reading more! Enjoy your evening.

I knew you would be there watching this morning!!!!

Thank you thank you....what an awesome view you had this morning....love this!

thank you for sharing.....you take amazing videos. We greatly appreciate your work. Safe travels.

Many thanks to all of the reporters on board giving all of their thoughts and opinions and the many pictures!

Enjoy your sailing by our special Lady in the morning and your wonderful last evening on board this beauty.

Ocean Jewelers on Front Street in St Maarten. Love DJ and Bob...been purchasing from them for many many years. No pressure. Honest. That is all I ask and they have been that since day one. My pieces have appraised for more than double. I look for unique when I am shopping and has to catch my eye...these guys have the different items. Not everyone on the ship is going to be wearing the same piece. They design so so many of their own.

read the thread on the main boards and you will see a variety of answers.

I agree with your post. I have gotten the impression that DD is still having issues. The menus don't match what is on the RCCL website. That is a big problem. While I understand what many of the posters are saying on that....you don't know what you are going to wish to eat a year from now but if you don't book your reservations you will end up paying which is probably what they are driving for or eating in the windjammer. However...point being that if you have to choose your dining choices today for a cruise many many months away, you ARE looking at the choices on the menu. This is how so so many guests are making their choices. Lobster being a big issue and no one knows if just this sailing that the change is back to the Grande. Who knows right now.

No kids menus until a guest really gets major upset with GS and dining execs....come on...they new how many kids were on this sailing. Too many folks getting told that their problems are solved by going to the Windjammer to dine.

Not good answers. Now many are reporting on this Ripcord or fly thing that there is a charge yet our own cruise critic execs on board are saying no. Who is right? Suppose to be free and second ride or more rides are a charge if same day? Just too many variables.

Have seen several comments on the the seaplex as being underused... some like some don't. This ship hasn't had the greatest sailing weather till the past few days so maybe things are improving. it was amazing to see how many pages the thread went to and it was only a day or so into the sailing. Internet won't improve till it gets here and then what? Guess the techie ship isn't all that techie if you can't plug in.

Thanks for sharing your points....all spot on.

We followed the building of the Oasis and the Allure....but the Oasis was the big one...we were getting weekly reports and videos from Captain Bill who brought the ship across...it was very exciting.

Awe Peewee....so sorry to hear of your family not doing well this morning. I am a little shocked to say the least that they do not have kid friendly menus ready yet.

Not a good start to the cruise for sure for them. No where to get a regular beverage this early in the morning is crazy too.

Hope things improve for you. Know we are all thinking of you!