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7 minutes ago, steveru621 said:

 

On Radiance class ships there is a great view.

👍

46 minutes ago, OCSC Mike said:

 

People who like the snacks.

And camaraderie... 

14 hours ago, Peterpan's girl said:

We are booked for AOS sailing 10/21.  It seems there is not a comedian scheduled, in fact, most of the entertainment seems very blah. Anyone know why?

That's not funny...

We love breakfast at Johnny Rockets. Never too crowded and good food.

(Sucks if it's raining LOL)

13 hours ago, SusieAV8R said:

I prefer the "quieter" atmosphere of Celebrity (M and S class) versus RCL.

We do too, and we have three cruises booked with X.

However, we are going on Oasis though in 2025 with family of all ages which is what Oasis class is good at. So, my take is that one is not necessarily "better" than the other. It all depends on what you like and want. At our age, we love Celebrity more than RCL, but we still sail RCL.

17 hours ago, Ex-Airbalancer said:

We did 21 days last September on Voyager of the Seas , the ship need to beached , so many problems 

Great Ports, we were with a great group of people but that was about it  

The ship was in terrible ship , pipes were leaking all of the the place  , the ship look like it was never update since it was put in service 

Agree. We haven't been on Voyager in many years but we didn't care for it way back then either. We were on Mariner for Bermuda for our first cruise after Covid and it was still in great shape. Same class and only 4 years newer but big difference.

They have a nice hot tub at Margaritaville right there at the port!! 🙂 

On 10/9/2023 at 7:38 PM, catmonkeys said:

Thanks, all, for your replies so far. They've been super helpful. Regarding excursions: is 40% off the official excursions a good deal? And do you all have favorite things to visit in Grand Cayman, Aruba, or Curacao? This is for me and a 15 year old girl - she's not interested in very active excursions. In Bonaire, we rented a golf cart and can't wait for that.

Yes, the 40% off is good compared to the usual 15% off offering. We are cruising on Beyond on Dec 22 and we initially booked our excursions at 15% then re-booked them at 45% off when they had a sale. So book now if there is an opening. You can always re-book if the price goes down. Of course excursions by 3rd parties are often less expensive than the sale prices of ship sponsored tours.

On 10/8/2023 at 1:18 PM, catmonkeys said:

Yikes! I wonder if anyone has successfully streamed from an iPhone in a deluxe interior room? 

Why would anyone want to watch TV while on a cruise? Just sayin'......  🙂 

Edit: BTW, I wasn't trying to be snarky. Just trying to inject a little levity. Having said that, I do like to read a book or watch a show on my tablet in the evening while lying in bed. I usually stay up about an hour longer than Sallie, so it helps. We have Amazon Prime and there are movies and TV shows you can download to your tablet. I'll download a few for the cruise. Not much on the ships TV but we do watch the news while getting ready to go out to dinner in the evening.

12 minutes ago, Cruise till you drop said:

Please Please Please let the madness stop and cease these endless threads about food 😖 

Are you trying to eliminate all the threads!??

5 hours ago, Ex-Airbalancer said:

On the up coming TA it over 99% booked 

Any Celebrity ship is better than a RCL ship

 

That's an opinion. We sail both. We like some ships on both and dislike some ships on both. Depends what you're looking for on a cruise as to whether one is "better" than another. My take (opinion): RCL has better entertainment, Celebrity has better food and itineraries. (although food seems to be getting worse on all lines if you believe all the threads...)

6 hours ago, Scottdalfonso said:

Bar stools are at the physical bar, just like on land, kids shouldn't really sit at the bar. They can sit around the bar at a table or stool...but in most states it's illegal for a kid to sit AT the bar. On a cruise, it's just the courteous thing to not let a kid take up a bar stool at the bar 

In Wisconsin, where I grew up, the whole family sat at the bar. LOL

47 minutes ago, Billy Baltic said:

What’s so special about bar stools?

I heard they were near the bar. Now that's special. 🙂 

On 9/26/2023 at 3:55 PM, ShillyShally said:

Interesting, I always felt badly for the teens who wanted a quiet area as the solarium never seems to get rowdy (why we stay there) but I can also appreciate the age restriction and want to keep it quiet.  I expect it will be as usual, they won't monitor it unless someone is making it obvious or acting up. 

Don't the teens have "The Living Room" which was designed for that purpose?

I know you didn't ask but I just wanted to let you know that the Harmony does not have a pool in the solarium. I think it's the only RCL ship that doesn't have one. Instead, they put this rain "thingy" in there that didn't work when we sailed Harmony in December. I don't know what they were thinking.

19 hours ago, Ex-Airbalancer said:

We arrived after a TA in November, there was only a couple of custom officers working 

The ship had to open up the buffet to feed people for lunch 

We didn’t get off the ship until 2:30 pm 

Than there wasn’t many tacos around 

I didn’t think the airport was that great either 

I wonder if that was a "one-off"? I have read so many positive things about the Tampa cruise port. We've never been there but have a Connie cruise this coming March. I hope whatever the problem was has since been corrected. 

19 hours ago, phoenix_dream said:

I remember when Celebrity had topless decks!  I don't recall ever seeing anyone using them as such, but they were there.

RCL had 'em too.

Here from 2014 on Adventure of the Seas out of Puerto Rico in 2014:

On 9/27/2023 at 9:42 AM, TYMAN said:

On/Off switch and "color" changing push button are on the back. Those are the second sets we got. I do agree....

Do you have a link to those?

Thanks

3 hours ago, TYMAN said:

Pretty cool. I guess better than book ends. 🙂 

The brand that's used on the ends are much better looking since there isn't a power button showing.

Cheap from Dollar tree. Only $1.25. You can even throw them away at that price.

Work great.

10 hours ago, Host Jacquelyn said:

The solarium is enclosed, and there is only 1 hot tub, but it is bigger than the hot tubs by the pool

Correct. Clip from the deck plans on RCL website.

On 9/21/2023 at 11:47 AM, vjmatty said:

I don't think it is a concern with magnetic hooks per se, it is probably the category of "identifiable metal object" on Xray that makes it an issue.

I think this is the best explanation. I can imagine 20 or 30 magnetic hooks twisting and turning into odd shapes on an xray machine. LOL

20 hours ago, Another_Critic said:

<SNIP>> $2(?) drinks, <SNIP>>

I loved the drink of the day in the 90's on Royal for $1.95. Also, Bloody Mary's and Screw Drivers were $1.95 all day every day.

4 hours ago, lenquixote66 said:

I can still fit into shirts from 50 years ago

Me too but for some reason the image printed on it seems a little distorted....

1 hour ago, phoenix_dream said:

In addition to other points mentioned,  if there is motion to be felt, it is felt more all the way aft or forward. With a lot of sea days that could be a consideration for anyone prone to seasickness.  

Also, on some ships, the aft cabins can be prone to vibration and shaking from the propellers. It happened to us once on a Radiance class ship on RCL so we've never booked them again.