laumicmah

Hey there! Nice review. I have some questions, if you don't mind. We are 50 and live in Kissimme now so we are looking at the 3 day Mera with overnight at Ocean Cay reserve. Easy for us to jump on those now, from Kissimmee. And we too are frugal travelers. After our 1st cruise on Disney, in 2007, we have done many many Carnival and 3 Royal cruises. Loved Carnival for the frugality but they are a little too party ship for us. So my questions...does the drink package work on the island? And the buffet and burger carts, are they also free on the island? Do you know how much a drink package is for the 3 day, per person? Not sure what Yacht Club is that I see talked about a lot but we will book cheapest...if bumping to this Yacht Club is way extra cost then we also won't bother. Another question the hubby has is how the dress code is. We are not dressy people. No suits and ball dresses. Will khakis and polos for hubby and capris or sundress for me do fine for dining room? And t-shirts and shorts around the ship be okay? Thanks so much for the info.

Thanks! That is THE parking for the terminal? Do we have to pre pay now or can we pay upon arrival?

Is terminal 3 for Royal? Is park8ng $15 a day and is it an uncovered lot or a garage?

Yes they are. We could tell it was a cruise ship but was very far out on the horizon.

I now can answer my own question in case anyone ever wants to know. We went and sat on 2nd floor outdoor deck bar at Lou's Blues Bar and Grill. We sat at the railing on stools and got beers. You can look right out at ocean. We then went on cruise tracker to track the Harmony OTS and could see it pass right by. It was in distance and closest view was right when it first popped up in our view as it moved to the right it got farther out to sea but was still visible. We paid out tab and walked out to beach to see it from there. Pretty neat. We didn't get food there but could see and small it and it seems like it's delicious BBQ type food. ANd they had bands playing inside.

It's Harmony of the Seas leaving out at 4.30. Do they come close enough to coast to see from Melbourne Beach?

At a hotel in Melbourne and there are 2 ships going in and out of PC today. One RCCL coming in at 1pm for a stop from Northern Port departure (prob Balt). Another cruise line (can't recall) leaves from PC today at like 4 or 4.30. Was told be hotel Stagg we can see cruise ships from a waterfront restaurant here (forgot which one...Squid Lips or Frigates or The Mansion or Grille...all the ones he recommended). There is one Grills in PC and one here in Melboure. We don't want to go all the way to PC (about 40 mins) and hoping we can see from Melbourne somewhere. Anyone know and have suggestions? Is there closer to coast route for either departure...is there way to see the routes on map? TIA!