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We did a snorkeling and sunset cruise with Black Pearl Sailing tours. It was fabulous!!  Their were about 12 of us. You sit in comfy lounge chairs. Sooo relaxing. They serve you drinks and the most delicious sandwiches. The hospitality was wonderful. I highly recommend them!!!

We just got back. We rented an umbrella and a chair for $20. It is a beautiful beach. They have food and drink service to your chair. 

 We did a tour with Royston a couple of weeks ago. It was hands down the absolute best tour I have ever been on. His van is not new or fancy but it was the best vehicle because Royston was driving. He took us places that no tour will ever take you. I will not ruin the surprise by saying where we went and what we did. Tip him a lot of money!  He charges $45 and he buys you an amazing lunch and take you in a picnic. He pays all entry fees. We tipped him $60. His tour was worth $100. He is a wonderful man. It was the best day of our cruise. It would do this tour again and again. 

We just did this excursion as well!  It was absolutely fantastic!!  I highly recommend!

13 hours ago, Luvmypups said:

It’s a browser issue, if you are using an older version of Internet Explorer it won’t open the luggage tag .pdf. However, if you use Chrome it will. I had the same issue.


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Not a browser issue. Royal can’t see them either. The told me it is a technical problem on their end. I’m supposed to get them in an email. Still waiting....

13 hours ago, bobmacliberty said:

 

I live in the Cincinnati area...UGH.  I would rather live in the Tampa area.    

 

OP...congrats on the promotion and relocation.  Between cruises and cheap flights, I can see all of your upcoming weekends fully booked.  Our cruise out of Barcelona was our favorite.  Our daughter will be moving to Madrid this fall and we're excited about visiting.  May need to take a side trip to see Barcelona again.

Our daughter is moving to Madrid too!

Congratulations!!  My daughter is moving to Madrid in the fall to get her masters degree!  She spent her summer there playing in an orchestra and absolutely loved it!  I will be in Spain in September 😊

We are leaving in a week and our luggage tags are not available to print. I called RCI and they have no idea why (surprise!). I was told to call resolutions tomorrow evening. Has anyone ever experienced this?  I’m hoping they are upgrading our room and that is why they are not available lol

We are on the Freedom. Hopefully it will be quiet. 

We are in a hump JS. Not by choice, but because it was the only midship room available. It seem like it will be noisy being near the elevator with a lot of traffic. 

As someone who does not drink alcohol I’m very disappointed in this. Seriously?? I can’t even get a Pelligrino?  I don’t want a can of carbonated sugar. We just made Diamond on our cruise in October. Cruising in 14 days and getting bottled water for my loyalty??

28 minutes ago, DISFANS3 said:

Looking at same info, Going on same cruise in March. We will be going with a open mind and just have fun..

Same here.... it’s all we can do

7 hours ago, Amylynner said:

We were on the FOS Dec 16-23 and had absolutely no problems. It was a "normal" cruise. Yes, there was a lot of Spanish talking people but had no problems. Very friendly, family atmosphere. No loud groups or disruptions at any time. This is our second cruise out of San Juan. We were on the Adventure of the Seas Jan 2016 and had no problems at that time either. Loved both cruises. 

Thank you for this great reply. I’m good with the Spanish being spoken! I’m currently learning to speak Spanish. My daughter is moving to Spain. I think we will have fun!  Do they tend to play Latin music in the club?

12 hours ago, davekathy said:

Doing a B2B cruise on the Freedom starting 3 March. Looking forward to it.

I will be getting off the ship on March 3!

  We will be sailing on Freedom soon and I decided to look at the reviews on CC. The majority of reviews complain about the ship being overrun by “loud, rude Puerto Rican’s who are pushy, cut in line in the Windjammer with there 20 friends, big groups take over everywhere, blaring  music everywhere, take kids to bars late at night, ship is over run by kids and RCI employees stand by and let it happen”. Has anyone else experienced this on the Freedom?  Many people say they will never cruise on RCI because of this experience. If it was one or two saying it I would think it’s an exaggeration, but it was quite a few. I would expect a large Puerto Rican population on a ship sailing from Puerto Rico. My husband is Hispanic and comes from a family of 17. We will probably fit right in. However, I’m rather shocked the the crew would allow some of the behavior. 

1 hour ago, mets123 said:

I 've used Geoffrey a few times. He aims to please. Never had a problem.

Is Geoffrey with Godfrey’s?

We are trying to choose between these two tours. We are looking for a safe reliable tour guide. We definitely want a couple of hours of beach time so we dont want to be on a tour that is taking there time and running behind. Been there done that don’t want to do it again. TIA

7 hours ago, fsjosh said:

We are on freedom next week and they are day 2 and 6. Day 6 is not a sea day, so dont assume its sea days. 

What was your itinerary?  We are as follows: 

Sail away

cruising 

Curaçao,

Aruba,

cruising

St Kitts

St Thomas.

1 hour ago, Merion_Mom said:

The second night and then either fifth or sixth night, depending on your itinerary.  There are three different itineraries in February.

So most likely on the sea days?  

 We are sailing in FOS next month on the 7 night southern itinerary. Does anyone know what nights are formal nights on this sailing?

We took a private company excursion to 7 colors Lagoon. We used Native Choice and we were very happy with them. We did the Myan ruins tour and the 7 Lagoons. The lunch was very good and the tour guides were great. On the way back they stopped at a roadside pineapple stand so we could get fresh pineapple. I would highly recommend that over the ship excursion!!

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Thank you for bringing this up!! It was so annoying! I got rid of it[emoji4]

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We are three nights from diamond. We have a 7 night cruise booked in February 2019. We will be in Florida for a week at our timeshare in October and my husband wants to book a short cruise after to get to Diamond before our February cruise. I think the chicken wings may seal the deal for him!! I’m on the fence.....

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Thank you! You all saved me! I was about to book Cuba. We will already be in Longboat Key at our time share so we decided to do a cruise.

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We are looking at taking a cruise out of Tampa in October. We have only sailed on Freedom class ships in a JS. We have two choices for our specific date we need to leave on. The first is the 4 nights to Cuba and the Keys staying in an ocean view room sailing on Majesty. The second is sailing for 5 nights to Grand Cayman and Cozumel on the Brilliance in a balcony room. I’m not familiar with either one of theses ships.

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