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wolfganghowell, we've managed to miss all the damage from the storms *KNOCKS ON WOOD* Sorry to hear you've not been as lucky.

Lerin, I'm sorry your cruise was a bit "off". We've had those vacations, too. Normally, we'd just have one part that wasn't up to par, but other things would make up for it, so it was more tolerable, but I think I'd be a bit miffed too at all the little things that just kept happening. It almost becomes comical after a while like you said...what happens next?!?!?

We've had our formal nights be on port days, and it is rough, and we'll have both on port days on our upcoming cruise, so it does happen.

I think our first cruise (on Carnival Ecstasy) was like that for us. It was fine, but we just didn't feel like it was "worth" the money we paid.

Happy future cruising to you and your family :)

I'm genuinely curious because I've not sailed Freedom class, only Voyager class. Since Galveston is so close, I'm likely to sail Liberty in the future :)

I promise not to bash anyone for their opinion, even if you say Florida Georgia Line is good music ;)

I don't see the humor in this. :confused: They had a Port side cabin, but when the ship docked, it docked on the Starboard side which is not uncommon at all.

Read it as if you're assuming the reviewer doesn't know the difference between port and starboard. Then it's funny.

(I'm adding words obviously...) "I booked this cruise and the person on the phone said I would be Port side... great! I'll be able to see all the ports when we dock. Well, they obviously lied, because we were never on the side where the port was. Always ended up looking over the ocean!!"

Thanks reedprincess, I thought I searched everywhere, but i apparently missed the costs to Pigeon Island.

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Looking forward to your review... I think we'll have the same itinerary, so I'd love to hear about it 😀. Glad you had a great time!

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When we visit next month, our thought was to visit Pigeon Island, but didn't want to take a tour or excursion, just kind of wander on our own. I didn't see much in the way of taxi pricing to go there.

On the way back, we'd like to stop at Antillia for a while.

Since usually we've made arrangements on other islands for the same driver to be back to pick us up, I don't want to be an inconvenience, but I'd also like to do it reasonably priced and not book a driver for the whole day.

Any suggestions?

go see the ice show!

Thank you!! I just found me reading material for the evening!!! 😁😁

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Sorry for that (not really). :o

 

You are most welcome and I'm glad you are enjoying!! :)

 

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ahahahahahah this is hilarious... I am so used to skimming over Legal Disclaimers at work, that I almost bypassed it. Then I was like, wait a minute... those aren't usually on the CC emails!!

I'm having a hard time working because I keep thinking of vacation things :)

No worries... Just meant when you got back. I'm one of those who like to have an idea of what might happen during the week so I don't over plan too early. 🤓 so I don't even know what I'd want to know yet.

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OT: Ashland, I think you're on the same itinerary as we are in a few weeks. (Kitts, Lucia, Maarten, Antigua, and Barbados) If you signed up, when did they schedule your meet & mingle? And if you happen to have the compasses, we'd love to see them. :)

Enjoy your trip!!

Nope, no Freestyle machines on Adventure.

Walking around the ship and looking at the various art pieces around the ship (especially in the stairwells) was definitely entertaining. There were some very cool things around the ship, but even more entertaining was the amount of downright odd artsy pieces scattered around. My personal favorite was the shirt that appeared to be covered in nipples in one of the forward stairwells.

Okay... this will be on my list of things we MUST find on our cruise (in 26 days, but who's counting?). :D

I think the only way she might see it is if she's on board and passes one of the "package purchase stations". But not online or on her account.

Lol!! Nah, tell her you have more views from people like me who just check back to see how many more Bon Voyages you received! [emoji4]

 

 

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That's exactly my issue... I've checked the thread every time I've logged in to see if you'd come back to say you'd seen all your good wishes. And my cruise is in 32 days, so I'm checking multiple times a day!

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Bon Voyage from nearby Richardson! Save travels to you and your lovely bride :)

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The price we got, which was $310pp INCLUDES gratuities, right?

I was told it DID by both RCCL and people on this board.

Do you know?

Mine did according to my receipt.

xxxxx Premium Beverage Package Special Offer $263.20 USD

xxxxx Premium Beverage Package Special Offer $263.20 USD

*Service Charge $94.76 USD

SUBTOTAL $621.16 USD

They told me that the $37.60 was the select package. I would make sure you take a screen shot of it, because they said they would cancel the package if it wasn't the correct price.

Went and took a screen shot of all 3 plans and then the close up of the premium package, just in case :D

Thanks for the heads up just in case I need them. Can't usually go back in time to get screenshots of what you saw if they change it ;)

My cruise planner shows $37.60 pppd for the premium package... I was charged 37.60 plus the 18%. Which is definitely less than the $49 pppd + 18% that I was looking at before the discount was showing online.

It's like a season finale cliffhanger of your favorite show... Did Gambee's neighbors walk the plank, fed to the sharks, or strung up like the horses?? Stay tuned to find out!!

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And unless I'm looking at the wrong thing, it's only good off of a new booking and 10% discount. Which, I suppose if they let you use more than 1 per booking, that'd be great. But it didn't look like you could use them for OBC or anything like that.

Saw five bottles of "Listerine" pulled out of one person's suitcase when we got called to the naughty room for my industrial size bottle of shampoo. (It really was shampoo and was on sale!)

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On our last cruise, we met up with some bartenders we'd had on a prior cruise. One of the drinks of the day on the first trip was a Key Lime Lemonade (essentially vodka Lemonade with key lime syrup). That became my drink of choice on our later cruise and they were giving me "grief" about not branching out. Since we had the drink package, I told the one bartender he was in charge of picking my drinks that day. I couldn't tell you all of the different things I had, but if you find a good bartender and tell them what you like and what you don't, they generally can pick out things for you to try.

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Thanks, Bob... I couldn't remember if the description had it before or not and didn't want to steer them wrong. Maybe I'll just tell them that they should wait and purchase on board to make sure it includes them if that's a necessity.

If they change the packages between now and sailing, it's not like they'd have a "grandfathered" package because they bought it before. (Could you IMAGINE how that would work!??!?!)

Cheryl

Last cruise our kids had the Replenish package and it was great. I was telling someone else about it, but when you go to the "compare packages" downloadable pdf, it doesn't say that non-alcoholic cocktails are included. I can't remember if it did before or not. We'll be on the Adventure if it matters.

http://media.royalcaribbean.com/content/shared_assets/pdf/menus/beverage_packages.pdf

Cheryl