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You should book Alaska for itinerary.

 

Holland, Princess, Carnival, Norwegian and Crystal are the only cruiselines to have permits to go to Glacier Bay. If Glacier Bay is on your "must see", you should be able to find a comfortable price point in your budget among these five cruiselines.

 

I am headed to Alaska this summer on Princess.

 

Have fun planning!

Thanks!

I am too looking at Alaska 2016. For a secondary question, I understand RC doesn't go to Glacier Bay due to restrictions. Many people say this is "can't miss" as far as Alaska goes.

Anyone want to convince this "loyal to Royal" guy that I shouldn't look at other lines for this trip?

My concern has been that RC doesn't go to Glacier Bay. Despite being fairly "loyal to Royal", I think this will combine to me looking elsewhere

Cruise critic - RCI - has always been overly positive compared to the rest of the internet. The consistent negativity is a recent turn of events.

In October on Brilliance, I was able to utilize HDMI, no universal remote necessary. Also not in a suite. It would simply come up on a blank channel 3.

Also, last March on Navigator, I SWEAR it also had a (somewhat different) setup that specifically mentioned HDMI. However, I had nothing to test with.

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The windjammer is fantastic for dinner. They once screwed up our table in the MDR and we ate in the windjammer every night. The atmosphere is so much different than at breakfast or lunch.

Our last cruise, went with Grandparents who couldn't take the long MDR meals. Pleasantly surprised at how good Windjammer was for dinner. Like others have said, nicer experience than breakfast/lunch.

I have posted this before, but I know that HDMI worked on one of my cruises and I am fairly sure it would have worked on another. No remote required. Balcony room.

This past March, I was on Navigator. Didn't bring any device to use, but I believe it was set up to use HDMI. This past October, on Brilliance, I took my Playstation and it worked beautifully. Just turn to channel 3, where nothing was on, and it worked.

There has been a change, from what I can tell, for in cabin hookups. My last 2 cruises, Brilliance and Navigator, allowed for HDMI access via "channel 3" without a need for a universal remote. Played my ps3.

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We've never been, partly because you can get the Filet in the main dining room for $15. That makes the upcharge for the app/sides/dessert $20, which never seemed worth it.

(If the filet would be the steak you would get)

On using the HDMI, any special tricks involved, or was it a part of the existing setup? In the past, had to use a samsung universal remote to make it work, but I SWEAR last cruise it had the option to use your own HDMI device (didn't have anything so I didn't pay attention).

I had success in the past using a universal remote on a different ship. It was a samsung tv. I took a harmony remote, noted the model number, and programmed it before the ship left the port.

Since that time, I have been on the Navigator after it's drydock, and I SWEAR it had an option for using your own HDMI device built in to the tv software. But of course, I didn't take anything to check that time.

On our last cruise on the recently dry docked Navigator, they had a new interactive tv system. One of the channels seemed to be for your own HDMI device (it literally said something to that effect). Unfortunately, not see expecting this, I had nothing to test. Curious if anyone else saw this/had any experience? I am not a frequent cruiser so forgive any confusion.

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This actually may be outdated information. In the past it was true, but on my most recent trip a couple weeks ago, there was a channel that indicated it was specifically for plugging in your own HDMI device. Naturally, as I was not expecting this, I didn't bring anything to test it. This was a part of the new interactive TV system I have not seen before. Granted, I am NOT that frequent of a cruiser

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I took a universal remote last time, and was able to get it working. Wasn't easy by any means.

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There was zumba on our recent Mariner cruise, but my wife said it was not very good at all. I don't know what that means exactly.

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