ForeverAfter Posted February 21, 2020 #1 Share Posted February 21, 2020 I just got an email from Royal today that they are replacing our 1 sea day with St. Maarten. That makes 6 ports on our 7 night Freedom cruise. Not complaining about going back to St. Maarten again but I’ve had plenty of ports cancelled, never had one added. I’ve also never been on such a port heavy cruise! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MightyMike Posted February 21, 2020 #2 Share Posted February 21, 2020 That does sound port-heavy for Royal Caribbean. We sometimes stay on the ship and consider it a sea day in port. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ourusualbeach Posted February 21, 2020 #3 Share Posted February 21, 2020 6 ports is normal for a 7 night cruise from San Juan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renza Posted February 21, 2020 #4 Share Posted February 21, 2020 (edited) 14 minutes ago, Ourusualbeach said: 6 ports is normal for a 7 night cruise from San Juan. No, 5 ports are normal not 6 Edited February 21, 2020 by renza 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ourusualbeach Posted February 21, 2020 #5 Share Posted February 21, 2020 (edited) 8 minutes ago, renza said: No, 5 ports are normal not 6 Sorry, I was looking at it as 1 Sea day vs 2. Edited February 21, 2020 by Ourusualbeach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#1packerfan Posted February 21, 2020 #6 Share Posted February 21, 2020 (edited) We also had our itinerary modified a bit to allow for St Maarten to be added to our Freedom cruise in Oct. We are doing the B2B so will have 2 stops in St Maarten. Personally, I would have liked our last day to stay a sea day after 2 weeks, but I also love St Maarten. We may just go downtown for a few hours and spend the rest of the day on the ship that second week. Will decide that later. We have never had more than 5 ports in San juan no matter which ship we take--and this will be our 7th cruise our of PR and our 5th B2B (unless you count San Juan as a port, which I never do since it is the embarkation port). We are doing a B2B in October and would have had 4 ports the first week and 5 the second without counting San Juan as a port, until they added St Maarten to the second week. Edited February 21, 2020 by #1packerfan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renza Posted February 21, 2020 #7 Share Posted February 21, 2020 5 minutes ago, Ourusualbeach said: It depends on the itinerary. Freedom does 2. The one with Aruba has 5 the other itinerary has 6. Nope the one that does the The southern Caribbean on freedom has always been five ports not six. I have been on it and scheduled again for June. We just got notified of the change to 6 ports today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ourusualbeach Posted February 21, 2020 #8 Share Posted February 21, 2020 1 minute ago, renza said: Nope the one that does the The southern Caribbean on freedom has always been five ports not six. I have been on it and scheduled again for June. We just got notified of the change to 6 ports today. I edited my post as you were replying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lbjen Posted February 21, 2020 #9 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Are the extra St Maarten visits part of their pledge to help the islands rebuild? I wonder if they’re dropping off cargo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverAfter Posted February 21, 2020 Author #10 Share Posted February 21, 2020 I know we could choose to stay on the ship but I’m really happy with all the port stops, all of them are new for us except St. Maarten, which we love! Just trying to figure out when we’re going to be able to enjoy all the new things on the ship! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molsonschooner Posted February 21, 2020 #11 Share Posted February 21, 2020 I would not care for this. I like to have at least 2 sea days on a 7 night cruise 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mugtech Posted February 21, 2020 #12 Share Posted February 21, 2020 2 hours ago, ForeverAfter said: I just got an email from Royal today that they are replacing our 1 sea day with St. Maarten. That makes 6 ports on our 7 night Freedom cruise. Not complaining about going back to St. Maarten again but I’ve had plenty of ports cancelled, never had one added. I’ve also never been on such a port heavy cruise! Are they charging additional port fees? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmros Posted February 21, 2020 #13 Share Posted February 21, 2020 41 minutes ago, molsonschooner said: I would not care for this. I like to have at least 2 sea days on a 7 night cruise You can always make it a “sea day” while ship is in port. Just stay on the ship. AND... there may even be less people on board! I see that as a win. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uvadover Posted February 21, 2020 #14 Share Posted February 21, 2020 44 minutes ago, molsonschooner said: I would not care for this. I like to have at least 2 sea days on a 7 night cruise So stay on the ship at one of the ports and enjoy the fact that it is 75% empty. Bonus. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillyFan33579 Posted February 21, 2020 #15 Share Posted February 21, 2020 59 minutes ago, molsonschooner said: I would not care for this. I like to have at least 2 sea days on a 7 night cruise In my opinion one of the best times to be on the ship is staying on the ship when it is at a port. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LilBlackDress Posted February 21, 2020 #16 Share Posted February 21, 2020 When we were on Adventure in 2015, both itineraries were 7 nights, 6 ports 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robtulipe Posted February 21, 2020 #17 Share Posted February 21, 2020 (edited) 9 hours ago, mugtech said: Are they charging additional port fees? Typically RCI don't charge extra if port fees increase for an already booked cruise. For new bookings it is typically added to the port fees total. If later another port's fee decreases or is eliminated because that port is missed one may not get a refund or only a partial result as the previous uncharged port fee increase is added as part of the equation. Edited February 21, 2020 by robtulipe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverAfter Posted February 21, 2020 Author #18 Share Posted February 21, 2020 (edited) Funny, they didn’t mention additional fees! Edited February 21, 2020 by ForeverAfter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-2 Posted February 21, 2020 #19 Share Posted February 21, 2020 What week are they adding the port, we are sailing on the Apr 5th itinerary of the ABC islands and it would be awesome if we got as lucky. So far we haven't had any similar great news. We were in St Maarten a couple years ago but rain made it a challenge to experience the way we'd hoped. Would love another chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Sea Dog Posted February 21, 2020 #20 Share Posted February 21, 2020 (edited) 17 hours ago, #1packerfan said: We also had our itinerary modified a bit to allow for St Maarten to be added to our Freedom cruise in Oct. Which sailing in October? We are on Freedom Oct. 11th but have not heard from Royal if St. Maarten will be added as our 6th port. *Updated* Just went to the website and our sailing on Oct. 11th now includes St. Maarten. Did not receive any email however from RCI. Edited February 21, 2020 by Sea Dog New Info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverAfter Posted February 21, 2020 Author #21 Share Posted February 21, 2020 August, Southern Carribean sailing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare vacationlover_mn Posted February 21, 2020 #22 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Weird? I wonder if they will add additional port fees? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonsai3s Posted February 21, 2020 #23 Share Posted February 21, 2020 (edited) We love the Freedom. * We sailed her with both the 4 ports (enjoyed the 2 sea days) and the 5 ports. Most passengers we spoke to said that the 1 sea day (with the 5 ports) wasn't enough and it became genuinely exhausting on that last day...trying to visit guest services, getting photos, packing...etc.....difficult to imagine adding another port. * Just our observation...but on port days, the main dining room was closed for lunch. Yes, all the other food venues got really crowded at times...especially the Windjammer. Edited February 21, 2020 by bonsai3s missing word Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#1packerfan Posted February 21, 2020 #24 Share Posted February 21, 2020 1 hour ago, Sea Dog said: Which sailing in October? We are on Freedom Oct. 11th but have not heard from Royal if St. Maarten will be added as our 6th port. *Updated* Just went to the website and our sailing on Oct. 11th now includes St. Maarten. Did not receive any email however from RCI. No we did not either. Saw it on our itin. We are on the 18th and 25th of October 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_G Posted February 21, 2020 #25 Share Posted February 21, 2020 7 hours ago, robtulipe said: Typically RCI don't charge extra if port fees increase for an already booked cruise. For new bookings it is typically added to the port fees total. If later another port's fee decreases or is eliminated because that port is missed one may not get a refund or only a partial result as the previous uncharged port fee increase is added as part of the equation. Just bumping this because that's also been our experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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