maranelloboy05

I was really hoping for some longer Med cruises on an Edge class, wanted to try out the Retreat but not sure I can justify the $$$ on a 7 or 8 day.

Have now been able to upgrade our Oct '24 Beyond cruise to Premium Wifi and Premium Drinks for under the $200 OBC we got, still have $2 left. 🙂

I'm quite perplexed at RCLs suite pricing, it doesnt quite make sense to me to be many times the cost of a balcony for a suite. Parents are in a junior suite next week while my wife and I are in a balcony and they're paying double, that just doesnt work for me especially without all the suite amenities. We RoyalUp'd to a Crown Loft back in March and while it was great to experience the suite life I'm not sure I could say its worth much more than $1k-$1500 more than a balcony IMO. We checked and it wouldve been $18,000 for the two of us to book the Crown Loft outright, thats absolutely insane. On the other end of things we did book a suite for a cruise next year on Celebrity. $8,000 for a Balcony vs $12,000 for a suite with full Retreat amenities and $1200 in OBC, that is more in line with how I'd expect suite pricing to be, 50% more for an actual suite, not 300% like on RCL.

I got upgraded from balcony to Crown Loft suite back in March the day before boarding, we had a wifi package purchased and the suite concierge just moved it to OBC for us.

I havent seen any reference to this shuttle in the last couple years, any confirmation it still is running?

Did you do a separate one for Skagway or just the one for Victoria?

Thanks all, digging around I did see some reference that for others the ArriveCan they did for Victoria worked for driving across as well and some mention that you cant do a secondary one so might just risk it. They dont seem to be too strict for the cruise ship passengers.

I did a lot of searching earlier this year and could not find anything in Downtown, all the rental places are by the airport.

We did it last year and got a 4Runner, binder and some wraps......back again next month and I just booked an SUV direct through Avis for 1/2 the price.

Has anyone been successful this season, just curious about Canadian requirements and how that works? Assume I'll need to setup ArriveCAN while onboard?

How would you rate the overall service onboard? Anything closed or seem to be lacking? Booked for end of July and just a bit concerned over some of the staffing issues I've been reading about, have quite a few first time cruisers with us and worried they'll get a bad first impression.