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I totally forgot that they do the 9 night Canada/NE sailings.  

I was looking for a cruise for my dad on the Enchantment of the Seas for this summer out of Baltimore.  He wanted to book something just in case they do start up like was talked about recently.  Very weird schedule for Enchantment.  It is doing 5 night Bermuda cruises and it is 1 cruise every 2 weeks.  There is nothing scheduled between the cruises.  They cruise on 7/10, 7/24, 8/7, 8/21, 9/4 and 9/18.  

Temperature check station

1 hour ago, Tough as Leather said:

Found these images by Kenny Chia.

 

Would anyone familiar with the cruise know what this 'station' is for? 

 

 

Departure paperwork, etc.

 

 

 

Riley Tench was posting some videos on YouTube while he was on the Quantum of the Seas.  I haven't seen any other besides his and Chris Wong's.

When I called RCCL to due  my lift and shift, they said that the first confirmation I would get would not have the adjusted price and there would be a change fee.  But they would send the confirmation to another department and in a couple of days I would get my actual confirmation with no payment due and the fee taken off.   When I got my confirmation a few days later, it was like they said, my original price and all the perks that I had.  I did a lift and shift from December of this year on the Anthem to December of next year on the Anthem.  Next years cruise was actually about $600 more and it didn't cost me anything.

30 minutes ago, JAMESCC said:

I know it's gonna take a while but what does everyone think about these vaccines they say are might be ready. I mean this year is still a goner, and part of next year but maybe late spring 2021 if these vaccines work. It's gonna be a yearly thing which I don't mind. I get the flu shot yearly. I never did before but I got the flu so freaking bad last year March 2019 that I wanted to jump off a building, it kicked my butt. I will never go without a flu shot again. I didn't get the flu this year so I'm hoping it works going forward.

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Unfortunately a vaccine is not fool proof.  Many people get the regular flu vaccine and still get the flu.  

9 minutes ago, Ourusualbeach said:

You can’t.  The restaurant for the first night is assigned by Royal.  It can be changed on board subject to availability.  Many times they don’t even make a reservation for you and you pick all your restaurants on board. 

Ok, I knew I could change the first one set by them but was hoping to be able to book the others ahead of time.  Thanks for the information.

This is the first time we have bought the 5 night dining package.  I realize that we picked the first night that we want (day 1 or day 2), is there any way possible to book the other nights before hand or do you have to do it onboard? 

Thanks,

The price per day for the Ultimate Drink Package works like this example

$50 per day per person 

7 day cruise

$350 per person for the week 

18% gratuitie would be $63 per person

So the total per person would be $413 per person for the week.

The second cruise we booked with RCCL was chartered out.  I was a 7 day cruise out of Port Everglades.  I was upset as the only cruise I could find was a 5 day out of Port Canaveral.  We had already booked all our flights so we flew down as planned, rented a car and spent 2 days in Key West prior to the cruise.  It does happen from time to time and we dealt with it in our own way.  We did learn that a 5 day cruise is not long enough for us, lol.

I got all these from cruisedeckplans dot com.  These are not my pictures.

These are from 2016

On 12/6/2019 at 9:28 AM, mizLORInj said:

One of us did the Thermal spa: Not once did another person enter the smallish dry sauna during the many visits (at least once each day, usually 8 AM & 8 PM) with temperatures ranging from 104 in the AM to 140 in the PM. The wet sauna was preferred by the guests and the tropical/cooling mist shower was also very nice but watch the tropical setting as it overheats slightly shortly after startup before settling into a more manageable temperature. The heated loungers are nice; the room is on the cool side, so bring a robe/towel. No one uses the laughably oversized complimentary men’s shorts. Plenty of towels available in the locker rooms and sauna area and plain and fruited cold water in a gathering area on the right before the locker rooms. Bring footwear as well as the wet sauna floor is hot, hot, hot.

I was looking at booking the Thermal Suite on the Anthem for our cruise next year.  What all is included with it and how long is the sessions?  I see on the cruise planner it says 15 minutes.

Thanks for the information, I'll certainly check out there website.

1 hour ago, PORT ROYAL said:

 

Large, crowded, busy and noisy.

 Thanks, sounds like one place to avoid.

RCCL got back to me on their Facebook page.  They stated it currently is scheduled to go to Dickenson Bay Beach, but that it could change.  

I am doing some research for our group for our cruise next year.  Was wondering if anyone has done the Royal Caribbean excursion Antigua Beach Express?  It shows the beach is a 10 minute drive from the port so I don't think it is Ffryes Beach.  I was just trying to figure out what beach it is.  Thanks in advance for any assistance you can give me.

Looking at putting a bar crawl together for our cruise on Anthem of the Seas.  From reading several reviews and looking at the deck plans, these are the bars I have come up with.  Anyone know if all these are correct or are there ones that I am missing?

Thanks,

Brass & Bock Bar

Bionic Bar

Boleros

Casino Bar

Music Hall Bar

North Star Bar

Pool Bar

Schooner Bar

Sky Bar

Solarium Bar

Two70 Bar

Vintages

For us a 5 night is too short.  We try to do at least 10 nights or longer.

We have had the farthest aft cabin on deck 11 on the Oasis and deck 12 on Allure.  Loved it both times.  Like others have said, I don't know what the view will be after the drydock, but we had great views of the aqua theater and the movie screens.  Noise was not an issue for us at all.  It is great if you live to people watch.

Thanks for all the replies.  We are still over a year out from our cruise but trying to figure some stuff out.  

Are there other themed parties on the Anthem?

From looking at the website cruise deck plans, it seems Anthem is like the Oasis class ships where the beds are flip flopped every other cabin.  Looking at pictures for 10268 the bed is by the balcony and the head of the bed is forward.  Room 10270, the next cabin aft, has the bed by the door and the head is aft.  Further down the deck, cabin 10278 has the bed by the door and head is aft.   

So from following the patter, by cabins should be 10264 bed by balcony head forward and 10262 bed by door head aft.  Can anyone that has had these cabins confirm this please.

Thanks,

From some of the research I have done, I know that there are freestyle Coke machines in Sorrento's and also at SeaPlex Doghouse.  I take it there are also freestyle machines in the Windjammer also and are there any other freestyle machines?   Thanks!