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Was your extended out balcony anywhere near 10411? Just wondering if it's a good ocean view or another balcony?

On 1/6/2024 at 2:26 PM, sc4125 said:

As far as being far away from everything, a forward or aft cabin can be far away from things, depending on where you will be spending your time.  We stayed in the Havana area on 8 two times - it is definitely the best for getting to most things without having to wait for an elevator, although on one of the trips it was super loud - .  Also stayed in a regular balcony and in the extended balcony on deck 10 mid ship.  I loved the extended balcony - luckily got the one that is the most extended if that makes sense.  Huge balcony and view directly to the water.  

 

If you haven't been on the Mardi Gras, you will definitely get your steps in.  Lots to see and do forward, aft and mid-ship, so I always get a lot of miles in every day.

37 minutes ago, gator582 said:

Are you allowed to take your flat irons or curling irons on the ship?  What about a steaming iron?  Thank you.

You can bring on curling irons and hair straighteners!

Our VOS for 11/13 just went to $65 for the Deluxe Beverage Package.

1 hour ago, HaveWeMetYet said:

Plus 18 percent so 83 per day.

Thank you that makes more sense!! I went through the whole process until I saw the total and then I didn’t do it!! 

In 2019 we flew into Fort Lauderdale and stayed on Hollywood Beach. No problem getting an Uber to Miami the day of our cruise.

Right now for our voyager cruise the price is $70 and buy one get 1/2 price. So I’m thinking $55 each which sounds cheap but by the time they added in the tip and all the charges it still came out to $1100.

On 10/14/2022 at 10:12 PM, Wrunkles said:

It would say middle of the road.  It's not an easy walk.  I would not recommend for young children or any kind of mobility issues.  It was a little much for my MIL who had just turned 75.  I'm not super athletic and I was able to handle.  You are walking through the woods so will encounter different levels of terrain.  You do climb on rocks so definitely have sturdy shoes. 

Is this the hike to the natural slide and cliff where people jump from? Were their people that didn’t jump or slide in the group?!

On 4/27/2022 at 11:03 AM, Wrunkles said:

If you can do a little bit longer tour, I highly recommend the hidden waterfall tour with Jerry's Adventure.   https://www.jerrysadventures.com/ 

 

Just curious how hard this hike is??

17 minutes ago, Blur said:

Ignore all the words in the sale... Always look at the price listed in the cruise planner... The price already includes the buy 1 get 1 and any other discount so it's the price you pay per person per day.

 

All the words are the sales marketing making you think there is a better deal when it may not be.

Thanks! Yeah they make it sound really good and then when I went in to my cart it was almost $1200 for 2!!! With this very port intensive cruise, I don’t even know if it’s worth it! We aren’t big drinkers and probably better off just to paying by the drink. We always bring on 2 bottles of wine.

Just curious if the deluxe package for $70 buy one get one 1/2 price is a good price. I saw this offered last week and then this week it was up to $82 a day. Right now it just went back to buy one get one 1/2 price.
I know it depends on how much you’re going to drink, but this cruise has no sea days.

7 hours ago, rockmom said:

Unfortunately the wellness check is where they determine if you're healthy enough to board.  Those who want to get aboard as early as possible need to log in the moment boarding/health check times open up, which is 45 days prior to sailing. If you wait longer than that, you'll pretty only have later times as options.  The good news is that if your wellness check is at 1 pm, by the time you get on the ship, staterooms should be opening up.  Booking an earlier lunch doesn't allow you to board any earlier, so you will likely need to either try to move your reservation to something like 1:30 or cancel/move to another day.  

I didn’t even book this cruise 45 days before!! It was kind of a last-minute decision!! If we go to the port earlier, do you think they would let us switch our time?

2 minutes ago, ATSEAMYLIFE said:

Just completed my set sail check-in on the app.  Under "Health Status",  it asked three questions, #1 "Are you full vaccinated for Covid 19?", #2 "Have you received a Covid19 booster?" and #3 "Will you be more than 23 weeks pregnant at any time during your cruise?"  After that it showed I was ready to board and my Wellness Check is 11:30 AM.  There was also an option to scan my passport in the app, which I hadn't seen before as I had manually entered it on the www site.    

Yes I did all that this afternoon! I was just surprised that it asked me for a wellness time instead of a boarding time?? I was hoping to get on much earlier,  because I already booked a lunch reservation!

2 hours ago, Funky Fusion FoodsJ said:

It must be done prior to boarding.

During my check-in process it’s asking me to sign up for a wellness time??

1 hour ago, moposh said:

Are you talking about your check-in time?  

I’m wondering if the wellness check is different than the check in time or is it the same thing but they just call it the wellness check??

I am wondering if the wellness check can be later in the day after you’ve been on the ship and had lunch, or do you have to do that before? The only times I’m seeing to sign up for Wellness Check are at 1 o’clock and I’ve already reserved a lunch for 12:15.

Thanks! 
this is for the voyager of the seas.

On 10/8/2022 at 8:53 PM, RenieRaider said:

Any suggestions on locations to watch the Patriots Game on Sunday? What did they do last Sunday? Was it on the BIG SCREEN on top deck? 

 

Following but want to watch the Bills!!

On 4/26/2022 at 11:32 AM, blue_water said:

Definitely not, a self-excursion is the way to go. The taxi/ferry system is very reliable and easy, not sure why anyone would have an issue unless perhaps they are novice travelers…You just monitor the time and take a return ferry that gives you a couple hours to taxi back to the ship from the Red Hook ferry terminal. 
 

Going on your own just gives you so much more flexibility and time on STJ to see more than the group does…

 

 

Taxis and ferries are very reliable and STJ is an easy day. Cost from Crown Bay is ~$51/pp (Taxi from Crown ->> Red Hook = $11, Red Hook ferry to Cruz Bay = $8.50, taxi to Trunk = $6). Taxi from Havensight/WICO is $10/pp…

 

Safari taxi drivers waiting at Cruz will drop you at Trunk or Cinnamon, and will also offer a 1 hr island tour for ~$25/pp, then drop you at the beach…

 

Just a very nice day! 😄

How smooth a ride is the ferry from red Hook to cruise bay? I’m just wondering if I would need anything in advance to help with the motion!

If you are doing St. John on your own, do you need to pre-book an island tour in advance?

On 10/3/2022 at 9:04 AM, Seacreature101 said:

Ready to read some more!  Sailing her in November on a Southern Caribbean - one of our top favorite itineraries - lots of islands.  🙂  Hope you have a wonderful trip and thanks for taking the time to take us all along.

We are also on that port intensive cruise out of San Juan in November!!

We are from Rochester! We are flying to Newark, NJ at 3:45. We have actually been to all of these islands on prior cruises. I just looked and when we were in St Croix 10 years ago we did a fun excursion that was half ATV riding half jet skiing with Gecko Island Tours. i’m not sure if it’s even still in business.

We are also in the same boat are you on the voyager of the seas November 13?

On 4/1/2020 at 5:41 PM, 3red7s said:

Hi folks, I apologize as I am sure that this has been covered already.  Looking ahead, we are going into FLL one day early & staying in a hotel.  What is my best form of transportation from my hotel, to the Port of MIami, the morning of the cruise?  It appears that a Taxi or UBER are NOT the best prices.  Thank you

We did this last summer. We stayed at the Marriott in Hollywood Beach and took an Uber to the POM the morning of our cruise.

On 12/24/2019 at 7:33 PM, Chiliburn said:

You have to make reservations.it is good 

We were there in July and did not make advance reservations for the solarium bistro. We walked up and they were able to seat 3 of us no problem. My husband ordered off of the menu, and it was a small up charge.

On 12/14/2019 at 3:02 PM, Mintycake said:

We're disembarking off Symphony of the Seas in Miami and our flight is leaving the same day from Fort Lauderdale, but not until 6:15pm.  Since we are Canadian we need to be at the airport by 4:15pm at the latest to check in.  Last time we did this, we booked the Everglades tour with airport transfer but we don't want to do it again, and we're not interested in the hop on/off sightseeing.  I'm at a loss of what to do.  We are a family of 3 (me, DH, and DD age 10).  I don't want to sit at the airport for 6 hours, but we also will have our luggage with us so not sure what our options are.  Any suggestions?

We had almost the same issue in July. We took an Uber to FLL and spent the day at a resort on the beach. We had lunch there and used the pool. I purchased the resort for a day passes from the cruise ship. We then took an Uber to the airport.