island lady

Oh boy...that much longer to drag around those carry on bags! 😄 😄

Good to hear from you Mike! 🙂 LOL...love the fresh scoop of Paella!! Mmmm.... 😋 We don't sail Wonder until end of Oct. Leaving for landlubber trips to Maui and Maine/Canada before that. Bummer about the uncooperative life...hang in there my friend...it does get better. Take care!

IMHO..it could possibly be JS not listed any longer as a suite on set sail pass...since technically they are not "full suites". JS pax had suite priority check in and boarding probably a bit longer than they were meant to be. You will not have keyed access to CK or the SL either, and no guarantees to dine in CK (dinner only on available basis).

Keep in mind your assigned check in time at the terminal, is totally different than boarding sequence. Diamonds board with the rest of the pax. As stated, Suites, Pinnacles, the Key board before them. Only ones earlier than that are B2B pax. Boarding times are overrated anyway. You all get on the ship at some point...the time difference is not that much at all between sets. Goes quite quickly.

I booked three shore excursions before the announcement of the "break down to 17" came out. One is showing up on the website (technically the new first leg of 17), the other two are gone. Luckily have the original email and printed out the receipt and confirmation, though I don't want to get on board and have them tell me they don't exist now.

Add land of the dragon on to that as well? 😉

Thanks! That is good to know. We have invested in three longer cruises with them already. The reviews are really good. 🙂 Royal is losing more than just us....sadly. Things have not changed for the better with them IMHO, unfortunately.

Your tax dollars at work. 😄

I am happy about the 8 night on Constellation that goes to New Orleans from Tampa. Have never cruised up the Mississippi before to get there, and have not been to New Orleans for many years. Though we did enjoy our B2B 7 night legs on Serenade this last January out of Tampa. Wish we could join you! We are doing a B2B (total 45 days) in Australia/NZ/Taz/Indonesia in March 2025. Big bucket list trip rebooked now for the 3rd time with the two previous having been cancelled. 😮 But this time.....Viking got that business, not going for the "three strikes you're out" with RCI. 😉

Are you kidding.....really? How do you book cruises? TA or online? Information is out there on all the 7 night plus cruises already online. If not online...then ask your TA. You simply pull up RCI online website and do "find a cruise" search, punch in Tampa departure port, select 6-8 and 9-12 day cruises. I can't post the link, RCI blocks that. A long list will compile on their website. Myself and others on this thread have already listed the ships that do 7 night plus cruises out of Tampa for you.

Lucky you! 🙂 I sent mine in on the 11th, also expedited...but still nothing. Maybe I should have told them I need it for Canada in June. 😮

App glitches are very common. Just book the 11:30, as it looks like you did.

Slot machine cash out. Say for example I have 106.26 non-refundable OBC left, going towards the end of the cruise, knowing I won't use it by then. I punch in 106.00 on the slot machine, play with the 6.00, and cash out if it gets down to the 100.00. The .26...is "money left on the table". 😉

I have had sums of .26 cents....47 cents....85 cents refunded back to my card, though it was supposed to be "non-refundable". Very odd.

We as well, and to take out OBC left over. Brought my sister down to play her 8.00 promo (the first two day promo)...and she won 46.00. Nice sister I am! 😉

Aww...that's a shame. So the crew members don't wear them any more? 🤪

Smoke does help keep us out. 😄 But not much of a gambler anyway. 😉

Lots of them in all sizes and shapes on Amazon.

There are a lot of water resorts, theme parks, ski resorts, Gyms....etc. that loan out lockers to store stuff when you are out and about. On the ships...a simple numbered cube storage behind towel station....I have seen those. But I think those were the "lost and found".

Now That....is a perk I did not know about. Yaaaaahhhh!!! 🤗 Ironically, now that we turned Pinnie a while back...we are booking with other lines. 😉 Nice though that they do throw us a bone and give us Elite level on Celeb. It's actually Viking I am pretty excited about, but also looking forward to being first time on "Connie", first time on Celeb. 🙂

Add in the new ones: Once a day cabin cleaning, new menus, charge for second lobster tail, overworked cabin attendants taking on more cabins.

We are Aqua class....the basic drink package is included, as far as I know. Biggest thing is we are interested in Blu for dining. 🙂

Dave...not sure if I told you, but we finally...finally booked a Celeb cruise! Constellation end of next year. Pretty cool cruise that leaves on 8 night out of Tampa and visits New Orleans! 🙂 Wahooo!! Elite perks when we board! 😉

I just tell people I am a crew member. 😉

Same for me....ewwww...bacteria soup. 🤢