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Just returned last week. The first place we encountered wanted $50 for one hour massage. 
I said no, and they asked how much I want to pay.  I said $25 for an hour.  
no negotiating they immediately accepted

4 minutes ago, Toddcan said:

 

I've never bought the Key until just recently.  The price for internet (multiple devices under one person) was only $3/day less than buying the Key.  For us, the extra $21, or whatever, in total was worth it.  Normally The Key "on Sale" is around $25/pp/pd, but we found it at ~$18 during one of the sales. Since Royal allows you to log-in and log-out , if one person wants to use multiple devices, they can.

It’s not just three dollars a day. The more devices you buy under one name, the price becomes cheaper. So say the Internet is $17.99 a day. If you bought two devices under one name, it is not $17.99 for each. The price goes down. The key not go down everyone in the state room has to pay that price.  So I guarantee you you paid more than three dollars per day.

The new class of ships is going to be discovery. The smaller class of ships will retire and a new discovery class will be introduced.  Smaller newer ships it’s been out for a while.

20 hours ago, Smiley_Man said:

Definitely only one device per stateroom.

No everyone gets internet. When you buy the key every person in stateroom has to buy the key and everyone gets internet. 
definitely not worth it, though the more devices you buy under one name becomes cheaper

Not close to worth it. It is the easiest boarding process ever on oasis class. I took 10 cruises this last year most out of Miami I went from my car in the parking garage on board in 15 minutes max. That is showing up at 11 o’clock with no key.  Everybody in your cabin Hass to purchase the key when you purchase Internet under one person with multiple devices. It comes out cheaper per day so usually the key is a lot more expensive to get lunch on the first day.  For the amount of money you’re saving by not purchasing the key, you could go to chops for lunch.  Reserve seating at the theater is a joke. Either way you gotta show up early to get decent seats not worth it at all.

On 3/19/2024 at 12:08 PM, crewsweeper said:

Prices are set by Port of Miami, not RCCL.

That's their current day rate regardless of length of cruise.

Unfortunately there are few nearby offsite parking lots with decent reputation.

Not true. Port price is $25. Royals terminal A is regulated by Royal. They can charge their own rates. Independence has cheaper parking rate because they don’t dock at terminal A. My son work at royal

We go every time to beach and get our cheap massages. Last year we paid $40 an hour. We know you can negotiate and tge farther down you go on the beach, the cheaper it tends to get.  Does anybody know what the going rate is now?

I went last May and we gave a guy $20. He just said to give him whatever but he was great and hand fed the fish. So it was awesome. At Tabyana beach in west bay. 

On 11/14/2023 at 7:36 PM, Ocean Boy said:

Probably cheaper to book the cruise than to buy tickets to one of her concerts.

She is not on the sailing. 

55 minutes ago, DeerJod said:

Always a great day at cococay

Nice when it’s only one ship in port. 

Keep a travel company. I used to use on that gave free gratuities and cheaper cabin prices because they book you as a group price. 
I had to start booking through Royal because my son works for royal and we get family rate or free stand bye 

40 minutes ago, DeerJod said:

Dinner

That’s why you can’t do MTD. Traditional you can walk in anytime between 5:45-6 pm right to your table. 

Best sleep I ever had. The whole theater empties after 1st break. 

Only if it is $75 or less. Not even close to worth it if more. 

The key is really not worth it unless you are solo. 
people all try to say oh well it was the same price as the Internet or maybe a couple dollars more. They do not understand that if you purchase the Internet under one person with multiple devices, it comes out cheaper the more devices you add to one person. Getting on and off the ships nowadays are so fast you do not need the key for that as far as shows on the bigger ships it’s still of no advantage you still need to show up 20-30 minutes before to get your seats, whether you have the key or not. If you want to give money to Royal, they love it go ahead and purchase otherwise it’s not needed. 

On 10/24/2023 at 9:39 AM, skaberriecake said:

Great price!! I doubt ours will get that low (7 day Harmony during the spring break rush)

 

I think we only have 1 tender port, need to double check.

Harmony never has a tender. No oasis class gets tendered

No to go. My husband was sick so I would go to MDR and eat with my kids and they would have a whole meal for me to bring him. But no you can’t just get it to go. Dinner is very quick now with limited menu. 

On 9/28/2023 at 10:19 PM, swingphi said:

Please wear water shoes 

No water shoes are needed in Columbus Cove. It’s very sandy bottom on that beach

Columbus Cove is an awesome place to hang out in labadee but not for snorkeling. Too sandy. Not rocky at all. Definitely more snorkeling in CocoCay. I am just not a fan of CocoCay. It’s like Disney. In labadee, we stay on the ship all day, and when everybody starts getting back on board, we get off and enjoy a peaceful, amazing three hours to our self. 

Yes I know how it goes. We live 2 hours from port canaveral, 45 min from port Everglades and an hour to Miami. We cruise a lot and are fortunate our son works at Royal so we get lots of free to near free cruises. 

8 hours ago, firefly333 said:

Idk this.  I thought I'd read a cabin could purchase internet and still use their free days on a different device. ..since they arent giving you a price based on status makes no sense.. It doesnt sound right to me. 

Yes you still get your day free if you buy internet. 

I bring a foam mattress topper king size. No problem. If traveling with my son I take king and fold in half on twin. I always take it when traveling with my husband who has a bad back. He can’t do the Kermit. So uncomfortable. Like a crap air mattress. We love our topper. We roll it up and put in a large duffel bag. 

On 7/1/2023 at 1:30 PM, Giantfan13 said:

We are Diamond on Royal but we have done 3 MSC cruises and another booked for October. The first thing about MSC. If you booked them in the States it is so different cruising MSC in Europe. They deal with an entirely different clientele and, while we feel like strangers sometimes, as most of the passengers are European, we enjoyed those cruises. Their shows are well done and the cast of their shows, at least the women, are simply gorgeous.

Royal has been nickel and diming its passengers to death and continually taking away things that brought many of us to Royal in the first place. We still cruise with Rpyal but we are now exploring other options.

 

Cheers

Len

What nickel and diming on Royal??  You mean MSC where they charge for a zip line. Shows are all free. 

9 hours ago, cruisefanatic16 said:

hi I never sailed on a royal Caribbean ship however will be sailing on symphony of the seas this September. how does royal compare to msc? 

 

in the meantime I am debating if i should book another royal cruise before trying in September. I was looking for Anthem of the seas from Southampton September 2024.

 

Any help please as I am confused. 

MSC is horrible in so many ways. They don’t care is your trip was bad. They food is terrible, nothing like listening to 100 different languages to start a show. I can go on and on. There is no comparison, Royal is 1,000 times better. 

 No problem. Easy