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2 hours ago, BirdTravels said:

A few pages back, there was a question about tea selection. 

 

Thanks, Bird! Looks like I may be packing some Twinings for use on the deck and in the stateroom. 

2 hours ago, BirdTravels said:

This probably sounds like a ridiculous question, but what brand of tea are they offering on board these days? I'm kind of particular about my tea, and have been disappointed in the past with what they've offered.

Do they still have coffee and tea available during the day, outside of meal times?

1 hour ago, bobmacliberty said:

 

I remember going there sometime in the early 90s.  There was a big area at the end with a LOT of different flavors of soda available to taste.  There was a group gathered around one area laughing and snickering.  That's where there was some sort of Italian soda that people tried and almost always immediately spit out and made a terrible taste look on their face.  I tried it and did the same.  

As @pstone1  said, there was a Coca-Cola exhibit at Epcot, called Ice Station Cool, the later Club Cool. The Italian flavor was called Beverly, and it was a tradition to get Epcot newbies to try it. 😝

Our favorite there is called Kinley. It was described at Club Cool as being from Israel.

That whole pavilion has been demolished, as the Future World area of Epcot is being given a major update (planned well before Covid). Supposedly they will be bringing back Club Cool when it's all completed.

Got ours just this past Tuesday at exactly 49 days (though they weren’t available until evening that day). There does not seem to be a separate link for Luggage Tags on the new Royal Caribbean website dashboard. They are the second to last page of the Guest Vacation Documents, which are accessible from the “Stateroom Details and eDocs” link for the cruise in question, once the eDocs ARE available.

If you are good with normal coffee and whatever tea bags they provide, you don't need a card or package at all. Ice water, Coffee, Tea (iced or hot), lemonade, milk and juice at breakfast are included in your fare.

I am aware of that. What I wondered is if the coffee card was limited to drinks that actually contain coffee, or if it could be used for non-coffee-containing specialty drinks like chai lattes. I probably shouldn't have mentioned plain tea, I meant more specialty drinks that are found at Café Promenade and Latte-tudes.

The standard coffee shop stuff. Lattes, mochas, etc.

What about non-coffee drinks? Tea? Chai latte?

Thank you. Looks like if I want to book, I'll have to pony up the $500.

Think of it as that much less you’ll have to pay on final payment. :)

What is the advantage to subscribing to a thread if you don't want to receive the emails? The whole purpose of subscribing is to be notified if someone responds to a post.

I subscribe in order to keep my favorite threads/boards listed in my User Control Panel to make them easier to find, but like the OP, I prefer not to get an e-mail notification when someone replies to a thread to which I'm subscribed. I have enough clutter in my inbox and I check CC often enough to see when someone has replied to a subscribed thread.

OP, if you subscribe to a thread or board, you should get a drop-down option for Notification Type. To avoid getting e-mail notifications, select "No email notification" from that drop-down menu before you click the "Add Subscription" button. To turn it off for existing subscriptions, you may need to unsubscribe, then resubscribe and select that option.

You can also set your preference in your User Control Panel to subscribe you to threads that you reply to, but not to send you e-mail notifications. In your User Control Panel, click on Edit Options in Settings and Options on the left sidebar. Scroll down to Messaging & Notification and select the Default Thread Subscription Mode. You can select "Do Not Subscribe" if you don't want to be automatically subscribed, or No Email Notification if you want to be automatically subscribed, but don't want to receive emails.

Hope this is helpful!

Do NOT worry about local times...it doesn't matter TO YOU....you're on a ship, and MUST GO BY SHIP'S TIME! Whatever the ship's clocks say, is the time. Do not worry about local time at all. Your guide will understand how this works. If you're on a ship's excursion , they go by SHIP'S TIME. Bring a watch...do NOT use your cell phone for the time.

It is possible to use a cell phone to keep ship time as long as you turn off the auto-update on the time, and manually set it to ship's time.

I know this should be clear, but just want to make sure. Well, two things, actually:

 

1) With the 1 device plan, is it 1 device per person for the entire cruise (say, my laptop OR my phone, etc.), or is it 1 device at at time?

 

It sounds like 1 for the whole cruise, but that actually sounds crazy. We're recently off the Celebrity Summit and routinely switched between laptop (me) or iPad (hubs) and phones, as one doesn't want to schlep around a heavy device all day, and it's still only logging in for one passenger at a time.

 

Anyhow, please fill me in on how this works, if you wouldn't mind. We have no problem buying a package per person, but a package per actual DEVICE sounds ridiculous.

 

2) I could give a rip about streaming on board. Not cruising to watch Netflix. But I don't see an option for JUST surfing without streaming, and the bundled beverage package and internet ALSO includes streaming. Huh??

 

 

Lord, I love cruising, but I HATE cruise pricing, and figuring out all their stupid obfuscations.

 

Help, please.

When is your cruise, Peri? I booked our British Isles cruise, coming up in May, more than a year out, and when the Internet Packages showed up on the cruise planner, only the Surf+Stream package was available, but later on, the Surf-only packages popped up. So you might want to keep an eye on your cruise planner as time goes on for the Surf-only packages if you’re still several months out.

My way of going "low carb" is to only pour it on waffles (and if you substitute club soda for some of the milk, you get a lighter, and crisper waffle), and not the heavier pancakes. :D

Fascinating. And how much of the milk should be substituted? Or is it a trial and error process? Does it work with waffle mix?

If I were to pre-order the 12-bottle package on the cruise planner, and decided it wasn’t enough when I was halfway through the cruise (we’re on a 13-night cruise), would I be able to order another 12-bottle package while on the ship? We’ll be on Brilliance.

The chart I’m looking out from the TFL website says the Daily Anytime cap for Zones 1-9 is £17.20, while the Daily Off-Peak cap is £12.10. Or should I be looking at Zones 1-9 + Shenfield? Our first journey will be after 10:00 a.m. on a Saturday, so that should be off-peak.

Never mind, found the chart that lists caps for "beyond Zone 9," which apparently Gatwick Airport is. Your info is correct, Cotswold Eagle. But I suspect you already know that. :cool:

I have used contactless from Gatwick, but to London Bridge, not St. Pancras. But that doesn't affect the answer to your real question [emoji6]

 

Yes, a Thameslink or Southern service does count against daily capping. However, if you are starting from Gatwick that will be the Zone 1-9 cap, which is £31 if you start in the Peak (early morning), or £19-30 Off-Peak. It depends how much more you use the card that day in London whether or not you hit the cap, of course.

 

Gatwick Express fares do not fall in the cap, but can still be paid by contactless/Oyster

 

 

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The chart I’m looking out from the TFL website says the Daily Anytime cap for Zones 1-9 is £17.20, while the Daily Off-Peak cap is £12.10. Or should I be looking at Zones 1-9 + Shenfield? Our first journey will be after 10:00 a.m. on a Saturday, so that should be off-peak.

Has anyone used Oyster and Pay-as-You-Go to travel from Gatwick Airport to St. Pancras International in London on Thameslink? Is that fare counted in daily capping?

Bonefish Grill on Semoran.

+1 for Bonefish on Semoran. If Bob is referring to the one that I’m thinking of (next to the Hampton Inn & Suites), there are actually quite a few restaurants in that area: IHOP, Bonefish, Carrabbas, Longhorn Steakhouse, TGI Friday’s, Chili’s, and Hooters, all within walking distance.

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Our cruise is May 2018. Currently 269 days out. When we booked, there were just a few shore excursions available, now there are 44. Hoping more pop up. Drink packages and internet packages were not available when we booked, but they are now. Dining and activities still not available. I just keep logging on to see what's available, but we probably won't start reserving anything until at least November, when we start looking at air fares.

Only Surf + Stream is available on my British Isles cruise on Brilliance next year, and it's $14.39 per day for 1 device. No multi-device packages available on Cruise Planner as yet, but we're still 283 days out. Hoping maybe the Surf-only and/or a deal will pop up closer to sail date.

I see you had an overnight stop in Dublin, as we will next May on Brilliance of the Seas. Do you have to be back to the ship by a certain time the first night in order to get back on? Or is the ship open for access all night?

The right color is close to your nipple color....yep...that's right! Unless you're going for some "glamorous" look...pick a neutral near the color of your nipples...that will be the most flattering color for you.

How does one go about finding that match while browsing cosmetics at my local Ulta? :confused:

I have a feeling they booked a slot for Freedom at Port Everglades as a backup plan while they waited for word as to whether Port Canaveral would be open in time.

Oasis of the Seas departing from Port Canaveral? Gotta think that's a typo on the Royal Caribbean website.

According to the Port Everglades schedule, Majesty, Freedom and Disney Fantasy have all diverted to Port Everglades this weekend. Wonder if there is terminal damage, or if they will re divert the Sunday Ships?

I wonder if they got them on the Port Everglades arrival schedule as a backup plan.

Bob, from what I've gleaned, painfully, from most manufacturers, is that what they call "surge protection" on a USB charger with a two prong plug is actually "voltage regulation", where the output of the charger is shut off when the input voltage is too high, not like a surge protector that dumps high voltage to ground.

Would the "voltage regulation" be the same as "overcurrent protection"? Because this is a unit I'm looking at for our next cruise, and it specifies overcurrent protection. It doesn't show in the photo whether it has a two- or three-prong plug, but the description indicates "flips up/down prongs for easy, compact travel," which makes me think it's two-prong.

http://www.ebags.com/product/merkury/quatro-25-watt-4-port-usb-charger-white/314951?productid=10434087

So there is no way to combine the pre-paid discounted price with the C&A onboard discount, correct?

What do you use to keep track of time? Your cellphone or a watch.? I would love to use our cell phone but it switches time zones automatically so I don't think that is a good option unless there is some way to turn that off.

 

 

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The iPhone has the ability to turn off the "Change Automatically" setting. I would imagine most other phones do as well.