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Currently on the Bliss. All drinks at Starbucks are included in the premium plus beverage package. 

On 1/26/2020 at 10:12 AM, tyr00000ne said:

Just get to the end of booking, then click on the celebrity logo on the top left of the page. It will ask if you want a courtesy hold or if you want to exit the page. I think they hide this option so people don't abuse it.

Thank you! I would never have figured that out.

We were on Anthem earlier this year in a jr suite. We had no problem eating there several nights. We made reservations in person as soon as we boarded the first day. 

On 12/1/2019 at 11:15 AM, Neeny12 said:

 

And my favourite dessert ever... pavlovas (meringues). They gave me one earlier in the week but I couldn’t eat it because of the whipped cream on top. They made up for it by giving me four. 😛😛😛 I got through two (I have a sugar addiction so I’m off most sources of sugar these days) and DH ate half of another one.

 

 

 

Pavlovas are the best! My favorite dessert growing up in New Zealand. I always get a couple and take a couple more to go. 

7 minutes ago, brillohead said:

This is most likely to be the source of your fraud..... 

 

 

Oops. Mistyped that one! I had used another card for my Christmas shopping.  The card I added for my onboard account was one I use in person. Not saying it was related to the Royal Caribbean account but I do find it a bit of a coincidence that the 2 attempts were both for travel services.

I was just letting people know so they can keep an eye on their charges. I am glad my credit cards have the fraud protection. Nothing is safe these days!!

3 minutes ago, Host Clarea said:

I never enter my credit card info on Royal's website.  I just opt for a cash account.  Then at check-in I give them the card to swipe to change to a credit card account.

I have never had an issue before.

This will be my first time with the new check in process. I saw that you could upload a photo online. Does this somehow bypass the check in counter where I would be able to add my credit card?

4 minutes ago, I Church said:

Oh my, we all have to use online credit card for onboard charges for our upcoming cruises. I wonder what this is all about. Did you do it from a computer at home or on-line on your smart phone at an unprotected wi-fi area.

Irene & Miles

I used my laptop at home. I have done quite a bit of online shopping over the last week using my laptop with the same credit card and have not had any issues. Very strange!

Just a heads up. I just added our credit card online for onboard charges for our upcoming cruise. About 15 minutes after that I got a call from my credit card company wanting to know if I tried to use the card for $250 at hotels . com and $423 for Jet Blue, which I didn't. My husband called Royal to let them know and all they said was they couldn't remove the card and that I would have to do it. So not helpful! Needless to say, our credit card company is cancelling our cards and issuing us new cards.

It is just very frustrating since we used to be able to see all of the cruise information on their website. My last cruise was November 2017 and I was able to view all the information I needed in real time.

I am having the hardest time finding my cruise information on Royal's website.

I am looking for the info that displayed on the old website for my currently booked cruises. Breakdown of pricing, payment history, etc. I can't find it anywhere!

Here is what I see when I look at the dashboard. :confused: Stateroom details only shows me the stateroom number and people in the room. It says your have no edocs not available at this time.

Anyone know how to access this information? Thanks!

I'm really surprised nobody has sailed the room and have an answer about 4 pages of talk. This is an exact example of this being a wasted thread.

I have been in the panoramic room on the Navigator of the Seas and I did have a gold colored badge. I just did not know what it was. I thought it was because I was a gold member. Last year on the liberty I was in a regular port hole and had a blue badge. I started asking question and found it was not a member thing but a room thing. So I have the Panoramic room coming up again soon so I was researching the perks when I came across here. We will see how it goes.

The reason nobody has an answer is:

It looks like they have re-classified these staterooms as suites starting 14-May-2018.

So, even if people have had this stateroom in the past, it was categorized as a Family Panoramic Ocean View (PF) and not an Oceanview Panoramic Suite (VP). No one will know 100% what suite perks these cabins will come with until the first sailing with the new category.

Day 3 - Cozumel

DH and DS left the cabin early for their snorkeling excursion. DD and I had breakfast and Johnny Rockets again went back to the cabin so I could blog and she could get some homework done.

As we were leaving he ship we saw them starting to get the Christmas decorations out.

We left the ship around noon and wandered around the port doing a little shopping. We were supposed to meet the rest of our group at Senior Frogs for lunch but found out the one closest to the port had closed down. We ended up eating at Margaritaville.

Back on the ship they already had the big tree up.

We got back on the ship around 3, grabbed a snack and relaxed in our cabins until it was time to get ready for dinner. We managed to lose track of time at dinner ended up staying there for 2 hours! After dinner we had reservations for the adult comedy. The comedians were the same as when we were on the Oasis in May 2016. Not sure if they are still on the ship or just happened to be back again. They were very funny. After the comedy show we went to the Rising Tide Bar. This is where we found our favorite bar staff. LaMarsha from Jamaica and Robert from Croatia are amazing! We rode up and down for an hour until the bar closed. We left that bar and went to the Solarium for the Malibu Party. By this time it was very late so we headed to bed.

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Day 2 - At Sea

The first full day always starts early for me. I like to get up and wander around the ship when it is still quiet. I got up around 7:30 and went to the diamond lounge. There were only a few people in there. The continental breakfast is nice. I grabbed some fruit and headed to Central Park. I sat at a table next to the Trellis Bar and got some blogging done. After that I took a walk through the Boardwalk and the Promenade. We grabbed Starbucks and ate breakfast at Johnny Rockets, which is always our favorite.

After breakfast we found some chairs in the Solarium. We only stayed for about an hour because it was really hot. The rest of the day consisted of wandering around the ship, snacking and drinking.

I was lucky enough to get a nap in before getting ready for formal night. We have the photo package so we made sure we took lots of formal photos. After dinner we went to Bolaros for the Majority Rules game show. One thing we have noticed about this cruise is that the trivia and game shows are in venues that are way too small for the crowd. All of the trivia's we have attended have been standing room only and very crowded. This continued throughout the rest of the week so we didn't go to as many trivia's as we had planned.

We ended the night at Blaze which is always fun for some dancing and people watching.

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Menu pics would be great if it is not too much trouble. We will be cruising in 2 weeks!

 

 

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Day 1

Day 2

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Day 1 - Port Canaveral

We had our suitcases already re-packed so we got to sleep in a little. We woke up around 9. We were out of the hotel and on our way to the port by 10:30. There was no traffic until we hit the light to turn into the port. We sat in the line to enter the drop off line for maybe 10 minutes. The only issue we had was a really inpatient, rude taxi driver behind us that kept honking. We were in a line of cars unable to go anywhere. When we made a slight turn the taxi went around us and cut in front of us almost hitting the right front of our rental car. I noticed that the taxi had a handicap tag hanging on the rear view mirror so he was able to bypass all of the other cars and drop the people off. I called the number on the taxi to let them know how rude and dangerous the driver was. The response I got from the taxi company was extremely rude and then they hung up. The guy I spoke to on the phone must have contacted the taxi driver because we saw him a couple of minutes later and he honked at us and gave us the finger. So professional! So, my advice, stay away from Merritt Island Shuttle (but comes up as Merritt Island Shuffle when I Googled the phone number). Ok, rant over!

DH dropped us off and returned to the hotel to pick up the OZ family. After dropping them off at the port DH returned the rental car and took the shuttle back to the port. This whole process took about a half hour. We waited on a bench right by the line to enter the terminal. It was very entertaining to watch the people try to line up and enter the terminal. They really need a sign because the lady that was trying to direct people which proved to be very frustrating for her. To enter the terminal the line is to the right of the rope. If you are diamond or above you enter to the left of the rope. This seemed to confuse people that were in suites. It seemed that if you had a suite but were NOT diamond you had to enter in the regular line. This was just to go through security. After security it was then split by suites and decks as well as diamond and above.

We did learn that if you forget to print out your set sail pass you can fill out papers. I was a little worried because the OZ family forgot to print out the set sail pass for the kids. Our check in went smoothly and we walked right on the ship. All together we arrived at the port at 11 and boarded the ship at 12.

Once on the ship we headed to the pub for our first drink. The only downside to purchasing the beverage packages online is that you don't have the soda cups until you get to your cabin. After downing our first drink we went to Central Park to wait until we could get into our cabins. We found comfy chairs and had the husband's bring us food from the Central Park Cafe and drinks from the Trellis Bar. At 1 we headed to our cabins. As we were walking down the hallway we found our luggage so we just took it with us. Since we had our luggage we decided to unpack to get that out of the way.

After unpacking it was about time for the muster drill. We headed to the Aqua Theater, listened to the speech and watched the video. We then walked up to deck 15 for the sail away and walked around and took some pictures. We had 5:30 dinner reservations so we went back to the cabin to clean up.

I had made all of our my time dining reservations in advance. We did have an issue with finding our reservation but only had to wait 10 minutes. Our waiter and assistant waiter were very nice. Not as outgoing as in the past. Food was good but not great. I thought the menu was limited compared to past cruises. Several starters, main courses and desserts are on the menu every night leaving on a few different choices nightly. I am happy to post menu pictures and food pictures in a separate post if anyone is interested.

After dinner we went bar hopping to find a bar and entertainment that we thought we might like to go to nightly. Our favorite pub entertainer is Jimmy but we are not sure what ship he is on right now. The pub entertainer on the Oasis currently is Rob who is know for signing Neil Diamond. I personally didn't like him but he seemed to be popular.

We had an awesome first day!

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Pre-cruise:

Friday 11/17

Our flight was scheduled to leave at 3:55 pm from the Minneapolis/St. Paul airport. We had errands to run on the way to the airport so we left extra early. We arrived at the airport around noon. After checking our bags we made our way through the TSA pre-check and to the Delta Lounge. The TSA pre-check is one of the most valuable things we have ever done. It has saved us so much time and hassle over the years. We enjoyed a couple of hours in the lounge before heading to the gate.

The flight went smoothly. Once at the Orlando airport we grabbed our bags and headed to Hertz. We ended up with a bright blue SUV which turned out to be really easy to find in parking lots! The drive from the airport to our hotel was easy with very little traffic.

We arrived at the Radisson Resort by the Port at 9:30 pm. It took about 15 minutes for the hotel to find us a room and check us in. We loaded up the luggage cart and pushed it all the way to the room which was quite a challenge navigating corners and the bumpy walkways. We put the room card in the door and the door opened but the chain seemed to be on it on the inside. We closed the door and tried again. Same thing. Weird. So my husband left us there and went to the front desk to find out what was going on. A couple of minutes later a very tired and confused man opened the door that we were trying to get into. Apparently the hotel had booked us into a room that already has someone staying in it. We were just very thankful that the chain was on the door and we didn't just all barge into the room!! The hotel did comp us a night for the inconvenience so no complaints about that issue from me.

My short review of the Radisson is that I would not stay there again. We had originally booked the Comfort Inn and Suites but due to the hurricane it will be closed until December. The Radisson is in need of updating. The beds are small and uncomfortable. Not the worst hotel I have stayed in but certainly not the best.

On Saturday the boys and girls split up for the day. The girls did some shopping at the Merritt Island mall and the boys went to tour the space center. I am happy to pass along some information on the space center if anyone is interested. We had a couple of really awesome Uber drivers while in Port Canaveral. Very chatty and entertaining. After shopping we went to Grills restaurant and bar right next to the cruise port. We were able to see 2 Carnival, 1 Disney and the Navigator sail away. The food was good but the drinks were not. We aren't even sure the mixed drinks had any alcohol in them. I would definitely go back to Grills to watch the ships but next time I would order bottled beer!

After dinner we headed back to the hotel to pack up and get ready for the next day.

Next up...Cruise day 1!!

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Happy Sunday!!

I will add my review of the last couple of days sometime this afternoon/evening. We had an interesting time checking into our hotel!

I will be Periscoping once on the ship so if you don’t already have Periscope on your phone, install it so you can watch!!! Periscope - @pinkclouds2014

Have a great day!!

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We did B2B back in October and loved every minute. I was wondering if I could give you my email address to forward to someone that works on the ship? They had given us their email but left out part of it. If possible, you could contact me at meandralph@hotmail.com. If you don’t want to do this, I totally understand. After all, you are on vacation. Have a wonderful trip

I emailed you

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Happy Friday y’all!! Our vacation officially started this morning. We will be on Oasis starting Sunday. We have VOOM so I will be posting pictures and answering questions when I can.

For this cruise I have the GoPro, 360 camera and will be live on Periscope (@pinkclouds2014).

Let me know if you have any question!!


Original Itinerary:* Eastern Caribbean (St. Maarten, Puerto Rico, Labadee)
New Itinerary:* Western Caribbean (Cozumel, Falmouth, Labadee)


Intro:
We booked this cruise when we were onboard the Oasis in May 2016. That cruise was our first on an Oasis class ship. It was just my husband and myself so we wanted our kids to experience this amazing ship.


About us:
We are a family of 4 that currently lives 25 miles south of Minneapolis. We are an Army family that moves every couple of years. We have lived in our current location since May 2016.
Paul (DH) is active duty Army currently working at Fort Snelling. Cruising likes: The shows, relaxing in the hot tub, trying new drinks and exploring the ship & ports. Interesting facts: Lactose intolerant, Dr. Who fan, enjoys working out. Paul has been on 12 cruises.
Lori (myself) is an RN currently working on an outpatient observation floor. Cruising likes:* People watching, relaxing in the sun, socializing at the bars in the evenings and trivia. Interesting facts: Breast cancer survivor, Cubs fanatic, crocheter. I have been on 14 cruises.
Briar (DD) is a junior at the University of Minnesota majoring in sports management. Cruising likes: The food, trivia, slot machines, and seeing new places. Interesting facts: Aspires to work for the Chicago Cubs, foodie, loves baseball. Briar has been on 10 cruises.
Darian (DS) is a junior in high school. Cruising likes: Trying new foods, swimming, drawing and the beach. Interesting facts: Pescaterian, amazing artist, transgender, plays trumpet in the marching band. Darian has been on 9 cruises.
We are all C&A Diamond status. This will be our first cruise as diamond and are looking forward to the new perks.
When we first booked this cruise it was going to be the four of us. Somewhere in the middle of planning my best friend and her family decided to join us. This will be our first cruise traveling with another family. My best friend and her family live in Australia. I was born in New Zealand which is where I met my her. When we were both 7 her family moved to South Africa and my family moved to the US. She has a son and a daughter the same ages as my kids. We refer to their family as the “Southern Hemisphere version of our family”! For my review we will call them the Oz family.


Planning:
I am a huge planner! I love to read reviews, check prices, hunt for past cruise compasses and menus. Sadly for this cruise I was not able to find us a better rate than what we had originally booked at. I was able to find some pretty good deals on the beverage packages, Voom and excursions.


We booked 2 boardwalk balcony cabins. The Oz family booked a boardwalk balcony and regular balcony. All of our cabins are on Deck 11 port side.


We received the Stay & Play package with our boardwalk cabins so the soda packages, one time Johnny Rockets lunch or dinner and private family rock climbing session was included. We purchased the deluxe beverage & Voom package, photo package and excursions all prior to sailing. In Labadee we will all be doing the Dragon's Breath Flight Line and in Cozumel Paul and Darian will be doing the Starfish Sanctuary & Palancar Reef Snorkel.

Pre-cruise:

We are flying out of Minneapolis/St. Paul today at 3:55 pm with an arrival time of 8:15 pm in Orlando. We are currently in the Delta Lounge enjoying some yummy food and drinks before out flight.

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I was told the Piano players name was Woody.

 

 

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Thanks finding out! I caught a few of his songs on Periscope and wasn’t very entertained.

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Who is the piano entertainer in the Schooner Bar? The compass didn’t have a name listed.

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Pictures aren't showing up for me, but since nobody else is mentioning it, it must be me, I'll check from home tonight. Which itinerary? I'm watching the ships that normally alternate east vs west to see when they are returning to east.

This week is Western. I am sailing next week. Was originally an eastern but has been changed to Cozumel, Falmouth and Labadee.

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Smoothie and bacon to help pave the way with today's drink package adventures

 

 

 

Leave some alcohol for us next week!! Yum...bacon!

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Happily following along! Please leave the ship in one piece for us next week!

Could you please let me know who the pub and Schooner piano entertainers are currently?

Thanks for the live review!!!

Hi there,

 

Not too late, I will get you on the Periscope list. I post the list over several social media platforms, which promotes you more as a Cruise Periscoper, and gets you more followers.

If you are on FB you can check out our Cruise Periscope Group. Rcperiscopers.

 

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I joined the FB group yesterday [emoji3]

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