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I totally agree. They were hot with no air movement. I too will never book them again. You can find a shady spot to use.

We are going in April. We usually do early traditional dining. But this time we thought we would try late traditional dining. Do you think there is much we will miss seeing by having a late dinner? Or have to leave something early to make it to the late dinner?

Do they have Coke Zero or just Diet Coke on the Royal?

We got this offer. Free shore excursion money. Free bottle of wine. Free 8x10 photo. The cruises in the Carribbean start at $780. They sure are not offering much at all with this lousy promotion!!

We are going in April. What is Secret Harbor? Is it a nice beach?

Do they have Coke Zero on the Royal or just Diet Coke?

A lanyard or wrist band. You ask them to punch a hole in your cruise card. Then wear it around your neck or wrist band. Much easier than putting it in your pocket to get lost.

Alarm clock. There is none in your stateroom.

Looking at a ship excursion to turtle cove on buck island for snorkling. Then on to honeymoon beach on water island for beach time and lunch. Cost is high $109 Has anyone done this? Is it worth the $$$ ? How is the snorkling?

Any shady spots on this beach?

We have always done the early 6pm traditional dining. Our next cruise in April we thought we would try 8:15 late traditional dining.

What is your opinion? Can you make it to the shows, entertainment and movies with a late seating? We don't usually stay up late at night.

Or is it a juggling act to see the entertainment? Do one show then rush to dinner. Then try to catch another show after dinner? Hard or not?

Any suggestions from your experiences?

We usually go in April because I have a birthday on the 17th. Love the weather then! The ports are hot but pleasant. Ocean is wonderful! Love Passion Island in Cozumel!! Yes do go in April.

Has anyone done the excursion to turltle cove beach by catarmaran with buffet lunch? Saw this on Princess. Looks nice.

I have a cruise in April with Royal Princess. They sent a notice saying there was a fever thru mosquitos. It starts with Cher something. So it is a fact.

Be careful if you are going to St Maarten anytime soon!

When you board the ship go straight to the sanctuary. You get a lower price that day for the week. Pick your chair. We liked the double lounge chairs.This your spot for the week.

Have a nice relaxing time on your cruise!

They need to improve the coffee. At the buffet lines offer self serve drinks. Especially juice. We went on Carnival this year. They have better coffee.Tasted fresh brewed not the syrup mixture that Princess uses. Also we liked serving ourselves the drinks especially the juice. Princess pours juice in the glasses. They tend to be warm not cold juice this way. Carnival also has self serve ice cream at the buffet.

Yes I agree the bathrooms are tiny. Carnival showers were huge compared to Princess.

Make a huge salad. Get some rotisserie chicken to go on top.

Ice cream with bananas on top and cookies crumbled.

It is offered on Carnival Paradise. It seems like a lot of money to drink. It also encourages people to drink heavily. I wish they had a soda and more card like Princess. All the soda and non alchoholic drinks like mock cocktails and milkshakes. We loved using the bubbles all the soda you want card!

We have been there twice. We are going on a Carnival cruise in a few weeks. Looking forward to going there again. We absolutly love this place! They used to film the Coors Beer commercial here. The mexican buffet lunch is wonderful! Last time we layed on a lounge chair. They brought us all the drinks we wanted! There is some nice hammocks also. I highly recommend this. We went on the 45 minute boat tour. I do not like the more expensive twister. A fast bumpy speed boat. Not for me. A beautiful peaceful lovely beach. Just what you imagine a Carribbean beach should be like in your dreams. Please find a way to do this. I had to make Princess offer this as an excursion. They did a lot went there. Call your cruise ship line and ask for it.

We have always sailed on Princess. We are going on Paradise in Sept. Have not done Carnival in 7 years. I do not understand FFTF for $50

Seems like a waste of money. On Princess you go right to your cabin as soon as you board. Your luggage arrives fairly quickly. Carnival does not do this automatically? You can't go right to your cabin like on Princess? Why not? No one is in your cabin. It is yours as soon as you get onboard.

Going in Sept on this ship. Tell me about the adult serenity deck. Do you get there by using an elevator? Is there a fee to use this area? Is there lots of shaded lounge chairs to use?

Try Passion Island. We have been there twice. They filmed the Coors Beer commercial here once. Great buffet lunch. Lovely beach.

What do you think of an angled balcony room on the Royal Princess?

Never had a balcony before. Do you think you would see more or less of the view? It looks like the angle would cause you to view other balcony rooms as well. Do you think they would be covered by the room above it?

We were on the Crown Plaza deck Cant remember the room. But just past the International Cafe several rooms down the hall. An inside.

We heard loud banging noises early morning. Say 3-5 am

I read on cruise critic others heard this also. Maybe the crew on the deck below? Woke us up every morning.

Loved the location on the Plaza deck. Just not the early am wake up noise!

Ship is nice but what about Alaska? Where are photos of Alaska and the lovely scenery there? What about showing people just having fun? A bar is a bar on any ship so what. Show the fun part and the land of Alaska!

I have arthritis. Not as bad as some of you do. But going up and down stairs is hard. I can still do it. But I take my time. My questions are while you are on the ship. First you have the muster drill. They force you to use the stairs. I insisted I needed to use the elevator. What do you do? Then all over the ship there is stairs to climb. When you go to a show in the theater. We go on Princess. They have a wonderful adult sanctuary area we book. But to get there is hard. Go to the Lotus Spa. Out the door around the pool then up a flight of stairs. Then to get food and drink at the Lido deck you go around the sun deck and down a steep flight of stairs. So what do you do while onboard the ship? If go in a port and have to do a tender ship then you have short stairs to get into the ship. On and on problems for us with arthritis. As mine gets worse as I age what do you older ones do? I am 55 now.