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We were on Grandeur in September. My sister had Refreshment Pkg. She wanted 1 alcohol drink. She was told $14. You pay full price. It was one transaction.

We were in a JS on Odyssey in Dec 2022. I went to check out 2 towels and they said oh, you're in a suite. No need to check out towels. Fast forward to last day and find I'm charged for 2 towels. Called Royal when I got home to have charge removed. Always wondered how I got charged when my seapass card wasn't scanned once!

Yes! We were on a 5 night and they still had disco night.

My sister and I were also worried about going on Grandeur. We cruise every year with our husbands and wanted a girls getaway. We went last month for 5 nights. We've never been on a ship that old or small. On top of it, we had our first inside cabin. Always had balconies. We were nervous. Did we make a mistake? No!! Everything about it was good. We always found something to do. We are in our 50s. Stayed up til midnight every night (we don't do this with our spouses!) I have 2 complaints. The shower is tiny! And that darn shower curtain. Also I always felt so warm in the Windjammer. All those windows have heat pouring in during the day. We just didn't stay long. I hope you enjoy your cruise.

Yes, it's different. He bought his years ago at one of the bars. He didn't buy it in the Gifts and Gear section of cruise planner. His cooler bag is different. It doesn't zip. Just has 2 handles.

My brother in law brings his Royal cooler bag on every Royal cruise. They "refill" it for him. It's something like buy 4 get 1 free or something like that. He's been doing this for years. They last did it for him on Oasis in April 2022 and Odyssey in Dec of 2022. There was one bar that said they don't do it anymore so he went to a different bar and they did. *this was for beer

We booked an Ultra Spacious balcony on Harmony. For us and grandkids. Sleep 5. Has bunk beds. Google "cabin 7330 on Harmony" and you can see lots of videos. You have to book these well in advance because there's only a few. We booked 14 months in advance for our cruise this Dec. Back then paid about $3200 for 4 of us.

Yes, We were on Odyssey in Dec. There was a USB port on side of phone.

When you go to the Bank of America website to cash in your points for OBC, they will ask for your cruise info. Date, ship, reservation #, etc... it will eventually show up in your account. I can't recall how long it takes but someone else may know!

Your Visa points will be in your cruise planner before you cruise. You can use them to pre-book ship sponsored excursions.

If you do a search for Premier Pass on the Celebrity boards, you will see the same thing happened in 2021. Emails were sent by Celebrity saying it was an error and they got a refund.

The last time I walked through (April) they had security guys walking around. As a vendor approached me a security guard asked 'is everything OK ma'am'. I said I was fine. I was familiar with the sometimes aggressive vendors. The guard walked along with me for a bit and he was telling me that there have been so many complaints of aggressive vendors that they are trying to make it less stressful for the cruise passengers. I'm not sure if this is a regular thing now but this was back in April 2022.

We always get cabins near elevator. Never once heard noise. The cabin is far enough away from the elevators. Also love starboard side!

I've been cruising for many years and never had my feet and ankles swell until I turned 50. Now by day 3 I can't wear shoes to dinner. I need to wear flip flops! I now bring compression socks to wear at night and keep my legs elevated while in bed. It helps! But by the next night they are swollen again but at least they are fine during the day.

We just got off of the Odyssey. There is one outlet by one side of the bed. Wished they had another on the other side. The phone has a USB port. I plugged my cell phone into that at night. I can't answer the TV question.