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In answering the "how do you get a great deal?" question, my answer is flexibility. We are leaving next week out of NJ where we don't have to fly and are paying a little over $1600 for our cruise for a family of 4. Its the Adventure which isn't the newest ship and we are going to the Bahamas, not the most exotic of destinations and we are going during the school year which got us the Kids sail free promo and BOGO plus on-board spending. NOT in a balcony but a "Spacious Oceanview". Now that is a great deal! The children will miss a total of 5 days of school instead of 6 (Friday to Friday) because our district is closed on election day. If you can't be flexible on the date then look at the Voyager Class ships.

Also I wanted to add that I found my deal myself then called my travel agent. We booked it for around $2100 in August and in December my Travel agent called me to tell me the price dropped.

Thank you that was what I was assuming that was the case.

I purchased the 3 night dining package for Adventure of the Seas. Am I able to make reservations online? It seems like you can if you choose and pay for each one individually but not with the package.

They had a couple of different breakfast sandwiches too.

Perfect. That's what I was hoping. In our younger kid free years this was our go to spot for late night croissant sandwiches. Now life has changed and I'm looking for quick breakfast at the break of dawn.

Just off Freedom two days ago and yes, the servers in Johnny Rockets still dance. The poor souls. :) We ate there one night and it cost $46.96 for my family of four, including the 18% service charge. Yes, it's unlimited appetizers, burgers/sandwiches, and soda, but that's still pretty steep, IMO. We didn't order milkshakes, but had we done so, that would've taken the cost up another $23.60.

 

Yeah, yeah...you're on a cruise, you're on vacation, etc., but $70.56 to take a family of four for a burger and a shake seems pretty steep. JMHO.

 

Also, someone noted above that they serve complimentary breakfast in Johnny Rockets. True, but only on Oasis class ships, not Freedom class.

 

Breakfast options on Freedom last week were as follows:

Sea days: Windjammer, MDR (limited to a 60-90 minute window so check your Compass the night before), and Cafe Promenade (pastries only)

Port days: Windjammer and Cafe Promenade (pastries only)

Can someone tell me what the Cafe Promenade has for breakfast on the Adventure? Is it just pastries. Our cabin is above there and I was hoping that could be our quick go to breakfast spot.

So awesome. I have seen your other videos and showed them to my boys. I bought my son a gopro(knock off because he's 10) so he can make his own videos. We sail Adventure out of NJ 5/11/18. Our room is one of the ones overlooking the helipad. I showed my kids your other video of the Navigator to show them where our room will be.

Do they run movies at night on the pool deck? That could be a good alternative?

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Your photos are amazing! I'm looking forward to our trip on Adventure in 58 days. Just found one of your videos on Youtube. can't wait to show my two little boys(10 & 8) to get them pumped for our trip.

Thanks so much for posting! Can't wait to take a short drive to NJ and sail on her in May.

one more spin bike question - do they have clips, and if so what type (SPD or Look). trying to decide whether to bring bike shoes

Thanks so much for asking this. i didn't event think of it. Guess I will leave my spin shoes at home.

You guys are the best! If anyone sees a Spacious Oceanview please let me know if it was refurbed as well. Or even a regular oceanview. Booked in May on a spacious oceanview on the front of the ship

I figured they had totally done away with it with the addition of the specialty dining and other options on board. I bet allot of it did unfortunately get thrown away. I also miss the live bands every afternoon on the pool deck much more pleasant to listen to then trivia. It's ok I'll bring my headphones and playlist of Bob Marley. I am glad I got to see what it was like to cruise before corners got cut. Cruising is still the best vacation value IMO even with the corners cut and the new up-charges.

Its been a number of years since I cruised with RCCL. Does Royal Caribbean do at least one midnight buffet on a 7 day cruise? I know they did away with the nightly ones about 15 or more years ago.

Msnbc just showed Majesty in port ready to take more people today. The reporter even said they slept on the ship last night.

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Good luck on your trip. I just booked AOS in May and have been very interested in seeing how she is doing through all this. Love to know how you like the ship. Also love your screen name as I can relate in being research obsessed as well.

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I picked the anytime. But it said I was wait listed as it did for all times.

 

I could stand to lose a few pounds, but hey Carnival determine that after I've gotten on the ship. Lol.

monster16, we are on the same cruise. We are doing anytime. But we have to because we have kids.