Frequent Floater Posted March 20, 2016 #101 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Hoping Floater is back and will post some good info. We've reserved a beach cabana for our upcoming cruise and requested 1,2 or 3 since we like to be close to the water. Just home from 17 great days. Will review tomorrow. LONG coast to coast flight home tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frequent Floater Posted March 21, 2016 #102 Share Posted March 21, 2016 I have been trying all day to upload some photos of my group stay at the Royal Palms on March 15th Not able to do so as I get a message and had to contact the administrators. It was a great day. I had reserved all 6 BEACH cabanas and recommend them to anyone that prefers a bit more space roped off than the OCEAN cabanas have. Pro for Beach were nice breeze on this hot humid day. Sides of cabanas are chiffon so its easy to pull and tie them back More room roped off from the masses in loungers with umbrellas. Pro for Ocean is you are close to the water but the not much breeze and the sides are made from heavy canvas Con for both is there is a "service charge" for food and drinks regardless of cabana rental or just doing the entry fee to use facility. Servers "say" that is not a tip?? Any questions just ask and once I get answer to the nasty gram photo message I will try to post them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frequent Floater Posted March 21, 2016 #103 Share Posted March 21, 2016 (edited) Hope this worked Guess not Edited March 21, 2016 by Frequent Floater Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfganghowell Posted March 21, 2016 #104 Share Posted March 21, 2016 So there is a service charge AND there is a tip? Boy, they have a good racket going on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frequent Floater Posted March 21, 2016 #105 Share Posted March 21, 2016 (edited) So there is a service charge AND there is a tip? Boy, they have a good racket going on. I should have worded that a bit better saying I did not hear that myself but was told it was said by a server in one of the 6 cabanas that they did NOT get anything out of the service charge. With 5 ships in port that day it could have been a real money maker to the servers. All bills had 18% service charge and it could be that the server was the racket?? If you have a reservation I would email and ask the question to be sure. Wish I had know prior to check that out. I have NOW emailed the office rep that helped me set it all up to inquire what is covered and not and will post here when I get that info Feel free to email me and I can give you more details and some photos since I cant get the admis to let me know what the security chip thing the nasty gram message means so I can post my photos Edited March 21, 2016 by Frequent Floater Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfganghowell Posted March 21, 2016 #106 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Thanks for all the info Floater. Hope you had a great cruise. We're in an Ocean - we like being close to the water. Our tendency is to go back and forth a lot. Did they provide any floats? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retta Posted March 21, 2016 #107 Share Posted March 21, 2016 By chance did you see the pool cabana, I have one scheduled for next week. What you are saying that they change 18% for food not on the price you pay for the cabana? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frequent Floater Posted March 22, 2016 #108 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Ok so here it is from the office at Royal Palms so there is no confusion. Happy I inquired as I didn't want to have out there anything that is NOT true. I thought the service charge was also 18% but since the receipt ink was so light, it could have read 15% Guess maybe a rouge server for the couple of our cabanas. Hello Renee, I am so happy to hear you had a great time. The service charge is the 15% gratuity on food and drink for the server. We do not add the gatuity for the cabana so maybe that is what the server meant. Do you happen to know the name of your server? If you have any further questions I am happy to help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfganghowell Posted March 22, 2016 #109 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Sounds like the server was trying to get a bit extra. I don't mind adding a little extra if we get good service but don't like being tricked! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frequent Floater Posted March 22, 2016 #110 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Sounds like the server was trying to get a bit extra. I don't mind adding a little extra if we get good service but don't like being tricked! Exactly, we will give more for great service but don't try to pull a fast one. It was pretty busy that day with 5 my group and lots of buckets of beer, foo foo drinks and food. There were many times something was forgotten in orders but overall they did a great job. I just wanted to confirm so no one else was taken advantage of and now we know. I bet there will be a meeting of servers after my email to the company as she asked for names. Hope you get the super little gal server my friends had in their Ocean cabana, she was really great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lbb2014 Posted March 29, 2016 #111 Share Posted March 29, 2016 Ok so here it is from the office at Royal Palms so there is no confusion. Happy I inquired as I didn't want to have out there anything that is NOT true. I thought the service charge was also 18% but since the receipt ink was so light, it could have read 15% Guess maybe a rouge server for the couple of our cabanas. Hello Renee, I am so happy to hear you had a great time. The service charge is the 15% gratuity on food and drink for the server. We do not add the gatuity for the cabana so maybe that is what the server meant. Do you happen to know the name of your server? If you have any further questions I am happy to help. Hello there. What email did you use to inquire about the Cabana. I filled out the form online but did not get an email notification back. So I want to follow up with them to make sure they got my reservation. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frequent Floater Posted March 29, 2016 #112 Share Posted March 29, 2016 Hello there. What email did you use to inquire about the Cabana. I filled out the form online but did not get an email notification back. So I want to follow up with them to make sure they got my reservation. Thank you. Yes the only way to reserve the ocean or beach cabanas is online. I used the contact us link from the Royal Palms site prior to my reservation as I had a group and required all 6 of the beach cabanas so I wanted to find out the best way to secure them by number. The people that answered that plus lots of other questions were great to make sure all was set once the 6 month prior to date came up and I reserved online. I believe I received a email confirmation after booking.. I suggest you also use the contact us link or if you email me I will send it to you. I don't want to post it. Renee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lbb2014 Posted March 29, 2016 #113 Share Posted March 29, 2016 Yes the only way to reserve the ocean or beach cabanas is online. I used the contact us link from the Royal Palms site prior to my reservation as I had a group and required all 6 of the beach cabanas so I wanted to find out the best way to secure them by number. The people that answered that plus lots of other questions were great to make sure all was set once the 6 month prior to date came up and I reserved online. I believe I received a email confirmation after booking.. I suggest you also use the contact us link or if you email me I will send it to you. I don't want to post it. Renee Thanks for the quick response. I think I found the email to contact them. I did make my reservation thru their site but have not gotten a confirmation. So I just need to follow up to make sure. Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggiecruiser01 Posted April 5, 2016 #114 Share Posted April 5, 2016 I have been trying all day to upload some photos of my group stay at the Royal Palms on March 15th Not able to do so as I get a message and had to contact the administrators. It was a great day. I had reserved all 6 BEACH cabanas and recommend them to anyone that prefers a bit more space roped off than the OCEAN cabanas have. Pro for Beach were nice breeze on this hot humid day. Sides of cabanas are chiffon so its easy to pull and tie them back More room roped off from the masses in loungers with umbrellas. Pro for Ocean is you are close to the water but the not much breeze and the sides are made from heavy canvas Con for both is there is a "service charge" for food and drinks regardless of cabana rental or just doing the entry fee to use facility. Servers "say" that is not a tip?? Any questions just ask and once I get answer to the nasty gram photo message I will try to post them. We are debating about renting a cabana at royal palms.. we will be the second cruise ship to arrive in port that day (I believe Carnival and RCC will be the only ones the day we are there). Carnival will arrive at 8 and we arrive at 10:30- I guess my question is.... will it be super crowded by the time we get there around 11:30/noon-ish? And thus need a cabana? We have two young kids who most likely will want to be in the water the entire time- so ideally would like a spot closer to the water- but don't want to miss out on a chair due to crowds.. we are going in mid May. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frequent Floater Posted April 5, 2016 #115 Share Posted April 5, 2016 We are debating about renting a cabana at royal palms.. we will be the second cruise ship to arrive in port that day (I believe Carnival and RCC will be the only ones the day we are there). Carnival will arrive at 8 and we arrive at 10:30- I guess my question is.... will it be super crowded by the time we get there around 11:30/noon-ish? And thus need a cabana? We have two young kids who most likely will want to be in the water the entire time- so ideally would like a spot closer to the water- but don't want to miss out on a chair due to crowds.. we are going in mid May. Thanks! There were 5 ships in GC the day we were there thus the crowds. You should be fine to rent chairs and umbrellas if that is what you prefer. The entry fee, chair and umbrella rental will cost you close to half of what the cabana rental depending on how many of each you rent. I thought the $100 was good rate for cabana to have the table and chairs to eat at plus a bit more free space to self. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracey980 Posted April 18, 2016 #116 Share Posted April 18, 2016 (edited) Tough choice between cabana/no cabana or just renting chairs for our family. I like the convenience of the service for food and drinks, but not sure if it is worth the money. We will be the only ship in GC that day. Frequent Floater - Looking at your schematic, I would assume cabana 4 and 9 are closer to the beach area. We have little ones so want to be closer to the water, but like the breeze you mentioned for the Beach cabana. Edited April 18, 2016 by tracey980 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frequent Floater Posted April 18, 2016 #117 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Tough choice between cabana/no cabana or just renting chairs for our family. I like the convenience of the service for food and drinks, but not sure if it is worth the money. We will be the only ship in GC that day. Frequent Floater - Looking at your schematic, I would assume cabana 4 and 9 are closer to the beach area. We have little ones so want to be closer to the water, but like the breeze you mentioned for the Beach cabana. IMO it is definitely worth the rental fee for cabana. You have shade all day but most important space to relax. The chairs and umbrellas for the masses can get quite busy with not much room to do anything but stay put in place. With the added roped off cabana space, you room to let the kids play without having to worry about keeping eyes on as they are right there. Ocean cabanas 1 - 3 are right on the water with a bit of sand around and might be great for kids. Beach cabanas 4 - 9 are set back more so if kids are in water, you have a hard time seeing down that way past the masses in chairs. I am not able to upload photos that could offer a better idea for you but you are welcome to email and I can send some of actual day we were there and the space we had Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heatherkristin Posted April 25, 2016 #118 Share Posted April 25, 2016 We had a beach cabana on 4/20/16, and loved it! Well worth the money for us. Neesa (not sure of the spelling) was our server for the day and she was fantastic! We ordered some food from there also, which was pretty good. Sent from my iPhone using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nlcruiser01 Posted May 3, 2016 #119 Share Posted May 3, 2016 I rented an ocean view cabana at the Royal Palms on April 26 for our family of 4. Our cabana was the first one to the right of the pool area and had canvas "drapes" that could be pulled close for privacy and sun protection. Our server (unfortunately I don't recall her name) was very attentive and hardworking. We shared a jerk chicken pizza (delicious!) and 2 appetizers and had 5 beverages for a total of $119 US plus tip, plus the $100 US for the cabana. However, in our view it was worth the money for the proximity to the beach, service and privacy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frequent Floater Posted May 5, 2016 #120 Share Posted May 5, 2016 I rented an ocean view cabana at the Royal Palms on April 26 for our family of 4. Our cabana was the first one to the right of the pool area and had canvas "drapes" that could be pulled close for privacy and sun protection.Our server (unfortunately I don't recall her name) was very attentive and hardworking. We shared a jerk chicken pizza (delicious!) and 2 appetizers and had 5 beverages for a total of $119 US plus tip, plus the $100 US for the cabana. However, in our view it was worth the money for the proximity to the beach, service and privacy. Yes the Beach cabanas are so much nicer for the same money. Those Ocean ones were not up to par with Beach ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lbb2014 Posted May 11, 2016 #121 Share Posted May 11, 2016 Yes the Beach cabanas are so much nicer for the same money. Those Ocean ones were not up to par with Beach ones. How many minutes did it take you to get back to Port. Our Ship leaves at 4pm. Just needing to plan what time to leave Royal palms, considering traffic , taking a taxi and of course Tender. I was planning on 2:30pm. I hope that will give us enough time to get onboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nlcruiser01 Posted May 11, 2016 #122 Share Posted May 11, 2016 It's a short drive, approximately 10 minutes so leaving the Royal Palms at 2:30 will give you plenty of time to return to the ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lbb2014 Posted May 12, 2016 #123 Share Posted May 12, 2016 It's a short drive, approximately 10 minutes so leaving the Royal Palms at 2:30 will give you plenty of time to return to the ship. Thank You Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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