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2 hours ago, Sea Dog said:

I see you changed your on screen name. I like it but curious why you changed it?

😄 I like "Ken at the Beach"........Kind of like a fun "Jenny from the Block" ish vibe.😁

12 minutes ago, LuCruise said:

We currently have a Central Park Interior (refundable) booked for 3 on Oasis for a future cruise. Got a great price.

For $135 more, we can book a Balcony Guarantee.  If we did this, it would mean switching to non-refundable which isn't a definite no, but we prefer to book refundable, especially when it's so far out.

 

Curious...for those that booked Balcony Guarantee, what room did you end up with?  I'm assuming a true balcony is very unlikely (esp as this will be March/spring break), but did you end up with a Central Park Balcony or Boardwalk Balcony?  (Or regular balcony?. But guessing none of these).

 

For a BW, it might be worth it...even though location wouldn't be ideal and most likely far from aft and high up), but not for a Central Park Balcony which is the same room as our booking but with a small outside space that doesn't even see the ocean.

 

When you call, ask what category of Balcony GTY it is.
That is if it is XB or XN balcony GTY. If it is XB, it is an OCEANVIEW Balcony (true balcony as you put it) GTY.
If XN, it is a neighborhood balcony.
Then go from there.
We see if XB is available, since many times we cannot see on the website, but the reps can see it from their end. For XB, we have usually been assigned D3s on deck 7, 8, 9, and in pretty good locations.

Good luck and let us know what you decide.

Marietta, best wishes for Charlie.

@Momof3gurlz

Deb and Andy, enjoy your Hawaii trip. Would love to see pictures.

16 hours ago, grapau27 said:

Dinner tonight.

UMM UMM UMM😋. That looks like a curry trio (or Shrimp Masala, Rogan Josh and Butter Chicken) with Saffron Rice and Kachumber salad?

2 hours ago, lenquixote66 said:

Tomorrow is Toby’s 80th.birthday.We are celebrating in my house.

Happy Birthday to Toby!

16 hours ago, Ocean Boy said:

You should follow your doctor's advice. That is why you have him. I really need to stay out of medically related issues on these boards. Sometimes I just can't stop myself.

LOL! But you and Brillo are the in house professionals and we appreciate your two cents always.

17 hours ago, firefly333 said:

Hopefully this is the last hoop to be officially florida. Changed drivers license ok, insurance cheaper her. Got rid of their progresso thing that plugs into your steering wheel, that says I brake too hard. Have to send it back before sept 21. My cruise leaves sept 13, hope I get their little bag to send it back. 

 

Title for car and license plates got me. I was told by the nice lady who did my license just bring my title and proof of florida insurance. All my papers for my car didnt make it in the move. None. Some things didnt arrive. Have to move on. Sent for a new title and texas sent it back. Instead of original date it has the date as date I requested the duplicate title. Whoa there, we need proof you owned the car more than 6 months. So I went home and pulled up emails from the nissan dealer from the salesman and nissan thank you for purchasing you nissan here. Work orders, and receipts addressed to me by name with the VIN # of my car. Yes of course proof of insurance going back. Oh we need the exact date you purchased the car, and the sales receipt. The dealership changed hands and all older paperwork was erased off their computers and stored at dallas dodge. Dallas dodge phone system says press 0 for operator and then repeats the same in a loop. I've pressed 2 for sales, a few times managed to get transferred to financial and their mailboxes are always full and they dont answer. I've called 30 to 50 times.

 

The email from the original sale had my salesmans private cell phone number on it. Left him a message he returned. Thank goodness he returned my call and eventually knew someone to call that no one else could do.  Meanwhile I've sent another request to texas same form as before asking if they can send a registration or something with original date, that florida wouldnt take the title they send. But I now have my sales receipt to go back in tomorrow new appointment.

 

Florida seems like a scam to me. If I had purchased a new car in the last 6 months I have to pay a new sales tax on it??? Even though I paid it to texas? Really? I kept asking if I cant get a copy from 2020 of my sales receipt of buying the car do you really mean the only way to get a new title would be to pay the assessed value of my car sales tax? Yes they kept saying if I couldn't get the sales receipt with the exact date I bought it I had to pay sales tax on my car which only has 24k miles on it. Sales tax I'm assuming would be thousands. It's also $225 extra if you never had a license plate in florida before. This sure seems like a money grab to me. 

 

I think it's obvious I've had the car, or I wouldn't have nissan receipts for work done addressed to me with my car vin # and proof of insurance all of which they say they cant accept as proof I've owned the car more than 6 months. I call it a scam. Government overreach. So anyone thinking of moving here don't buy a car shortly before you arrive. Florida wants a whole another sales tax paid to them. I would have booked my upcoming cruise b2b but knew I had this to finish. And add in now returning progressives little plug in device has to be mailed back. Let's hope the envelope self mailer comes before sept 13.

 

So sorry you had to go through this.
When we changed over last year, it was all done in a few hours at the local DMV office. DL, tags/registration and new plate. Yes there was a bit of wait in the office, but nothing that bad. From next year we can do all renewals on line.
Jane, NEVER get those plug ins from insurance companies......it is their way of noting everything to jack up your premiums. Get rid of them.

2 hours ago, Sea Dog said:

There wasn’t any letters by the barcode where I have normally seen it.

 

Not too worried as we did buy the DDP. I wonder when we can print out cruise documents 30 days out if it will be on the set sail pass then?

Check your pass on the app?
I have told by Royal's phone reps that the "app and website are not on the same page usually".
Take your confirmations of purchases with you, just in case.

2 hours ago, Sea Dog said:

Stupid question time. I got checked in for our cruise last night. When I saw the set sail passes I noticed they did not have a DX on them that designates the deluxe drink package. I went and looked at some old printed off set sail passes from previous cruises that did have DX on them. Anybody know why it wouldn’t be on there even though we have already purchased it? 

Check if there are any letters or numbers or just letters at the bar code. Celebrity passes usually have that coded there via capital letters, like CALL or PALL ( which denotes the Classic Liquor PKG and Premium Pkg) or something like that.

19 hours ago, A&L_Ont said:

A photo and video of the ice show. Neither will be a spoiler if you haven’t seen it yet. 
 

 

 

 

This one is THE best on Royal ships. IMHO.

13 hours ago, A&L_Ont said:

Dinner was spectacular. The company that we kept made it that much better. Yorkvillain and Courtney, Cruise Life Rick and Ken Jarvis joined Lisa and myself.

 

Thick cut bacon. I can never have this at Chops again, it will never come close. 
 

 

 

Caesar salad. 
 

 

Sliced tomatoes and onions covered in red sauce. 
 

We got three steaks for two and there was barely anything left over.
 

 

One of the best steaks out there. 

 

 

 

German fried potatoes. 

 

 

 

Gold chocolate coins. 

 

 

 

A dinner with great friends. We closed the place. 

 

 

It's so good to see CLR again! I wish he would come back on CC and do some his fantastic reviews again!

I just found your review so will be following along. Happy Anniversary!

18 hours ago, h20skibum said:

We were there at dinner.  I don’t recall any lobster rolls on the menu.  Maybe that is a lunch item.  Since we had no sea days on that sailing, they didn’t serve lunches 

True! Lobster rolls were for lunch. (Wonder)
Also for dinner there was a Mexican Shrimp Cocktail, which was fantastic.  (Wonder and Symphony)

19 hours ago, mo&fran said:

Did you ever notice that the public toilets on Royal the women's are on the right side, men' on the left side.

See! They know!

How are you doing? You are cruising soon on the Freedom?

On 8/30/2024 at 10:00 AM, miched said:

How would the other passengers know that you had a status match?   🤷‍♂️
 

Happy cruising 🌊🚢🇺🇸🌅

Different cruise lines, but the "I am a Pinnacle" and "I am a Zenith" pins are dead giveaways.😁

Enjoy your cruise!
I am looking forward to pictures of Bermuda.

21 hours ago, SteelCityCruiser10 said:

The hotel I chose is Courtyard Marriott.  Looked to be very close to the port.  I believe they even mention walking distance to port somewhere.  🤔  
 

I chose park & cruise option.  It was another $20 ish added to the hotel rate but will save $20/day from port parking.  Will I regret this decision?  We shall see.

 

We really liked this hotel. I am curious about what you thought.

12 hours ago, Husky1987 said:

Then, a little stir fry waiting for Andi when she got home from work.

 

 

THAT looks amazing!!!!!! I would like to come for dinner😁😆😉

7 hours ago, Ocean Boy said:

No need for a car. Amtrak to NYC Penn Station and 5 minute cab, or even walk, to the ship.

Did that many times for NCL cruises. used to live 15 mts from Amtrak and NJT stations. Never was as convenient as cruising from Bayonne. I am with Debbie. I used to live in NJ.
But if you are coming from North of NY, you will definitely have a different opinion about getting to Bayonne and will find NY ports easier to get to.

7 hours ago, Sunshine3601 said:

I have sailed on HAL a couple times out of Manhattan definitely prefer Bayonne.  Easier drive for us, easier and cheaper parking helps too.

Me too.

56 minutes ago, BonTexasNY said:

With a heavy heart I cancelled our Bella 02 cruise.  Reasons I won't go into but we're fine. Just isn't workable.  I was looking forward to seeing all of you especially our @dani negreanuDani.  I just hope she and her DH can sail with light hearts.  So horrible to live in limbo, in fear, like they are doing now.

 

Those of you on Bella 02 who weren't on Bella 01, you're in for a real treat.

 

I hope there will be a Bella 02 thread so all of us homebodies, or on other cruises, can keep up with all the merriment/shenanigans.

 

I'll post a short blurb on Wonder roll call.

I didn't want to "like" the post. Wish you all the best Bonnie!

2 hours ago, dani negreanu said:

Toffee (one of my 3 stepcats) plotting to usurp Sushi the Siamese from his place

 

 

 

Success...

 

 

A rare magical moment...sunset from our [land] balcony 

 

Awwww so sweet. And beautiful sunset! Hope you are well and in good spirits.

1 hour ago, Luckynana said:

@dani negreanu

 

I love Toffee's coloring, Dani!😉    Beautiful sky!

Did I miss that post?

2 hours ago, aussielozzie18 said:

We are having a lovely week of warm weather.  Tonight’s sunset - taken at Barangaroo next to the harbour.

 

 

Oh WOW! How beautiful!

Looking forward to your review.
Have a wonderful trip! And GOOD LUCK in the casino🤞 (I guess I don't have to say that. It is a given! 😉)