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Royal's site never did show all available staterooms. I believe they limited it to about 15 per category. You can try the UK site which shows many more available staterooms: http://www.royalcaribbean.co.uk.

Bob - I know they never showed all of the available staterooms, but (unless I'm doing something wrong) they only show ONE - the one they choose for you.

Thanks for the link to to the UK site - don't understand why they get a capability that they took away from us!

Anne

I am so frustrated with trying to find available cabins on the "new and improved" RCCL site. I decided to use a couple of other on-line travel sites to find possible cabins before I try to book on RCCL. I'm interested in the Freedom departing May 1, 2016, but it only shows on the RCCL site. Any ideas as to why no one else lists it?

Or - has anyone else figured out how to see all available cabins on the RCCL site?

I've had success using a different browser. IE seems to work better than Chrome.

I'm on Liberty, got a house vodka and tonic for $6 + tip. The same price we have paid for a long time.

Here is what irratates me - we get this and other posts say "all cocktails are $10-$12". Is it that different from ship to ship?

We are purchasing a drink package for the first time on our upcoming Enchantment cruise. Will the soft drink cup work for hot beverages? DH usually brings me coffee in the morning and I bring an insulated mug, Can I leave it at home this trip and just use the supplied cup?

Each Diamond gets one free 24 period of internet per cruise. So that's two days free you would get if you both used your coupons.

Thanks, Bob. I was afraid of that.

We'll be Diamond on the Serendade, so we'll just have to pick a couple of days part way through to check in.

There was a long thread about this a couple of months back, but I didn't pay much attention. DH said something last night about logging on for a few minutes each day on our upcoming cruises and jogged my memory.

So, there's no longer any pplan that allows you to buy minutes and spread them across several days? It's a whole day at a time or nothing? That really stinks.

(We are on Enchantment and Serenade, if that matters.)

Lynne & I are cruising on the Serenades of The Seas on November 23rd of this year. We will travel to Ft Lauderdale from Bradenton, FL the night before and stay at someone's hotel. We are hoping for a package which allows us to park the car for the duration of the cruise, get a ride to the cruise (and hotel return) along for a one night stay at the hotel. Any ideas?

Jim

We are taking the 11-day Serenade cruise 11/2 and we're staying at the Fairfield Inn and Suites in Dania Beach. You can leave your car there up to 14 nights, I believe. I don't remember about a port shuttle, but most FLL hotels don't have free ones. A cab to the port isn't very expensive, though.

I was just looking through some recent Compasses and it seems that Jazz on 4 has pretty limited hours.

 

Listed times:

Day 1&2 10:00-late

Day 3 9:30-late

Day 4 7:30-8:30

Day 5 9:15-late

Day 6 7:30-late 3 acts

Day 7 9:00-late

 

Looks like day 6 has the most expanded schedule with some of the Cats ensemble making an appearance, in addition to the quartet a little later.

 

Does Oasis really not make use of this space at other times?

Would I be wasting my time checking it earlier in the afternoon?

By the Way, anyone know what "late" typically is?

Or maybe the Compasses are only listing when the acts are playing and it is actually open earlier in the day?

I haven't been on Oasis, but we went to the jazz club on Allure last Spetember several times. I don't remember that it was even open as much as you listed above. We had a great time when we were there, but the audiences were VERY small (sometimes just us and another couple). The poor attendance was very disappointing and I'm sure it was for the performers. They seemed to have a standard trio of musicians with various singers - a couple of times the singers from Chicago. All very good.

I expect they say "late" so that they can close up when the audience dwindles.

Thanks! I was hoping that was the case.

Sorry to ask another drink package question, but I don't think this one's been answered. I know that "premium" coffees like cappuccino are not included int he premium drink package, but what about alcoholic coffee drinks like coffee and amaretto? Would they be included since they use regular coffee?

What about college basketball? We will be on during NCAA Tournament 2017, Harmony. HUGE college basketball fan.

DH (Duke fan) doesn't allow me to book cruises during basketball season! We can't even travel unless he's positivley sure the games will be available where we're going.

Thanks guys! Who knew? I switched and got it fine. So, surprise, surprise, CC members are more savy about Royal's website than their own representatives....

Glad to help!

I'm trying to do online check in for my paid in full cruise on 9/12/15. When I get to the set up onboard account page I put in my credit card information but even when I scroll all the way through the box with Please Read and Accept Credit Card Information....it will not pop up the I have read and accept button. The only button it will allow me to click is the exit button.

 

Is anyone else having a problem with this today? Is it likely to be a weekend glitch thing? I called Royal and the guy I got just had me scroll the bar up and down the Please Read box and that didn't work....

I've had problems with checking in using Chrome. IE worked for me. Try another browser.

Any soft drinks available outside of the cocktail hours?

The DL is available 24 hours via your SeaPass card.

Thanks, Bob!

Thank you both! Do you remember about what time they open in the morning? My husband is an early riser and usually leaves the cabin for a while until I'm ready to get up. The DL could be a great place for him to hang out.

Bob (or anyone else), we will be Diamond for the first time on Serenade in November. Other than the happy hour drinks, what is available in the Diamond lounge at other time of the day?

We leave next week. Starting to think about packing. What did you wish you had packed? What did you wear the most during the day? We are on the Jewel doing the RT out of Seattle. Hard to pack for cold when it is so hot in Texas:)!

Try the Alaska board. The folks over there are incredibly helpful and there are MANY packing threads!

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/forumdisplay.php?f=55

can you get on the Oasis?

We discovered them on Allure, so chances are good!

Just to clarify...

 

Do you mean like a cake pop where it's a little round bit of cheesecake on a stick? (YUM!)

 

Or do you literally mean a lollipop like a Dum-Dum or the like? (Sounds disgusting.)

I never ate one, but it was more like the first thing you said - like a cylinder of cheescake on a stick dipped in some sort of white chocolate or frosting.

Thanks for the responses. Since Serenade and Enchantment don't have a Cafe Promenade, is there any chance another venue might have them?

We loved so many things when we sailed on Allure last year. The entertainment, the neighborhoods, the amazing food choices, etc. Believe it or not, two of DH's favorite things were the Dog House and the cheescake lollipops! I know we won't have a Dog House on our upcoming Enchantment or Serendade cruises, but I've heard that the lollipops are starting to show up on other ships. Can anyone who's travelled on Enchantment or Serenade remember whether they served them and where?

I won't promise him - I'll just let it be a nice surprise!

Yes, that cruise was chartered. We all had to scatter and find something else.

And many of are happily sailing together on 9/7!

We stayed here last September. Good, clean, free breakfast and within walking distance to restaurants and a shopping center. They had a port shuttle, but we took a cab for about $10-$12.

http://ftlauderdaleconventioncenter.place.hyatt.com/en/hotel/home.html?src=agn_ecm_em_trans_NEW_SP_FLLZA_EN_hwfllza_20140213_R13613589-36860943-1