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3 hours ago, theotherchad said:

I see a number of folks wondering if this is going to be a "free" option like Perfect Day or Labadee. 

 

There is no way this would ever happen in Cozumel. The local government and tourism boards would not be praising something that would essentially have a major negative impact on Paradise Beach, Mr. Sanchos, Nachi Cocom, etc. This is a new beach resort just like the existing ones, except owned by Royal Caribbean, and by the way, they own a bunch of other businesses at every port you stop at.

 

Not to mention the fact that to be like the private islands, they would have to build a new cruise dock. Not gonna happen, given the enormous investment they already have at the existing port facility. 

I can’t imagine it happening either for the reasons you stated. 

The other destinations such as Labadee, Costa May and Coco Cay did not have established activities, restaurants and tourist activities that Cozumel offers. This new idea would be in direct completion for all the island and the people. 

We will not be going to the new destination. We will go diving with the same folks as always and enjoy the wonderful restaurants, shops and wonderful people on the island.

We've been on 60+ Royal cruises and have never bought a drink package and yes, we drink

On 2/7/2024 at 9:30 AM, BillOh said:

I was happy to see Voyager back to a location/date we can sail on her again.   She was our first cruise in 2006 and got us hooked on cruising.   We love the Voyager class and it will be perfect for this 5 day itinerary that we did last year on Mariner - PC to Labadee and Coco Cay and a couple of sea days! Now off to look for what has changed since 2006.  Did they do away with the fountain urinal in the men's room near the WJ?   Off to read recent reviews and youtube!

Great story! 

On 2/7/2024 at 4:40 PM, ONECRUISER said:

Nice, first time I was on Voyager was 25+ yrs ago!

She was our second Royal cruise in January 2006. We are doing a B2B on her starting on Feb. 19th.

It's amazing how people can have total opposite experiences on the same ship. We sailed on Grandeur a couple of weeks ago and had a fantastic cruise. We thought the ship was in good shape and the crew was fantastic.. Granted, she is an older ship and she is worn but, I think it adds character. We did not see or notice some of the things that the OP showed in their pictures. I guess we were having too much fun to notice all of that.

I'll sail on her anytime.  

I'm sorry that you had a bad cruise.

On 1/6/2024 at 8:53 PM, JDsafeman said:

Just checked...mine too!   

I was trying to make a final payment on one and they all show Paid in Full.

Same here!! 😉

7 hours ago, orville99 said:

From what we have seen on our recent cruises (B2Bs in July (Wonder), September (Grandeur), and October (Mariner)), IMHO the bubble has already burst. On Mariner, you could count on at least 3 different announcements from the cruise director each day hawking the spa, the shops, future cruises, excursions, or dining. Watching the passengers both on board and in port, there was a lot of wandering through the shops, but very little purchasing going on.

We got off Ovation on the 15th after a 9 day cruise and we also noticed that all the shops were empty during the whole cruise.

Oldest: Monarch

Newest: Ovation

Favorite: Not sure, Love the Freedom class and Ovation

We had 1100 on a Baltic cruise on Serenade. Loved it!

22 hours ago, Ashland said:

We just sailed recently in OS's on Serenade (D+) and found the WJ to be just fine.

Same for us. We ate in the WJ nearly every night except for when we did specialty dining.

Looked up the menu for our Allure sailing in a couple of weeks and it looks like the same old menu. 

1 hour ago, Big_G said:

 

We're not WJ regulars but the times we've had dinner there usually it was below half capacity and there was no need to make announcements. I have no problem with the MDR food but the noise level in there reminds me of Wright's Farm (Rhode Islander reference).

I'm right there with you. We've never heard an announcement in the WJ in the evening. It's much quieter than the MDR and faster.

WJ and specialty restaurants have become my favorites. Not a fan of the MDR anymore.

It seems to me that it was free at one time but, I'm old and my memory does fail me at times.

We cruised on Grandeur a couple of weeks ago. We had a fantastic cruise and the crew was fantastic. We nicknamed her the Happy Ship as everyone was having fun.

We love the older ships. We sailed on Grandeur last week after a week on Liberty and had a great cruise on both. We Grandeur the happy ship as everyone was having a good time. Also sailed on Vision in April and are looking forward to returning to Serenade next week. We haven't been on an Oasis class ship since Allure in 2011.

On 7/19/2022 at 6:04 AM, Surfguyxxx said:

I love this site for learning new things!!!!!  I always thought that you got your status "after" the cruise you achieved it on .  We're sailing this August on Explorer OTS and on that cruise we hit Pinnacle (701 points, finally 😅).  I guess we'll receive the actual Pinnacle "benefits" on the following cruise which is when I assumed you'd get your rewards, which for me, that cruise will be on the Serenade for a 13 night Panama Canal cruising in September.  And, truth be told, I never knew you got a Pineapple Cake and wondered why all Pinnacles were called "Pineapples"; duhhhhhhh 🤣

We are exactly in the same spot. We will be at 701 after our Liberty cruise and will be on the Serenade Panama Canal cruise with you.

Enjoy your cruise! We have a group of friends from Texas that are with you. We did the Baltic in 2019 on Serenade and loved it. 

2 hours ago, JOHN 57 said:

My favorite beer on the cruise will be blue moon, and 2d dos equis.

Yep, that's mine too!

We will be at 701 after our Liberty cruise on September 4th. We will be glad to be there 😁

We always write "Not interested in any products" on the pre service questionnaire and have not been asked to purchase any products since we started doing so.

On 5/10/2022 at 4:17 PM, John&LaLa said:

It can be a lot of work, so fine with me

On 5/10/2022 at 4:42 PM, Cigar King said:

I think it's unethical NOT to spell it out when the rules for the pull are defined.  

 

 

Ditto

3 of the last 4 of our cruises have been the same way. We were on Adventure in December and it was the same way then too. I have changed all of our future cruises back to traditional.

Not on Voyager but, we had one on Radiance on the top end part of the complete circumnavigation of Australia just before the shutdown. The air conditioner decided to start acting up and it got extremely hot in the room due to the angle that the sun could shine in the cabin. We almost went to the solarium to sleep because it was way to warm in the room. We sure were glad when the second leg started and we got to change rooms. Other than that, it as ok. Like others said, it was a long walk to the back of the ship but, it walked off some calories. 😉

Mine fits in my backpack along with my camera, iPad, etc