Biker19

The OP was talking about check in, not boarding - two different things and what you are talking about only applies if boarding hasn't started. The vast majority of customers board after boarding has started and are not affected by the tiered boarding process - they walk straight on, regardless of status or cabin type.

Check in time depends on the time you chose at check in (45 days out) - C&A status doesn't matter (unless you are P).

You could try signing up for a C&A account first (RCI called it pre-Gold for a while) then ask for that account to be matched. Tho, as mentioned, the easier way to do this is to see the LA on board at first opportunity and ask them to make it happen.

How long ago are we talking about and are you sure it was RCI?

The reality is that wining a Royal Up is quite rare (despite to wins listed in various threads/posts here).

Your OP certainly didn't read that way to me and other than the wait, the taxi cost wouldn't have been any cheaper. As mentioned, Baltimore is very rarely the end of repo sailings (Enchantment even moved to NY to leave for her repo instead of leaving from Baltimore) and few taxis come there due to the mostly local clientele.

Not even sure where this shuttle took you as the furthest pick up point within the terminal area is maybe 100 yards from the exit of the terminal. If that's where they took you and charged $40, it is the biggest scam I've ever heard of - somehow, it doesn't sound right.

If you want to notify someone (not everyone comes back to read threads) either quote them or use the @Merion_Mom call out.

Financially there's no diff, just a bit less convenient to have to cash in the OBC first. Actually, if you have a reward credit card, you would be ahead by putting the deposit on that and getting cash for the OBC.

No.

Usually, $500.

Download the OBC to the slot machine, hit cash out (you don't have to play) then take it to the cashier window to get your cash.

Very unlikely with most credit card issuers.

You forgot the sizeable D/D+/Ps population on every sailing who are likely to get some Voom either free or very discounted.

Avoid any issue by cashing your OBC via the casino slot machine.

You may not need anything - you should be able to cast directly from your device to the TV wirelessly.

Many of the guesses here are wrong - while many categories are available, the actual number of cabins online is like 1-2 per category. Only OV balconies left, and no ultra spacious OV left. The pricing algorithm in the US can have wild swings in price and make little sense - the cabins and prices in European markets seem to make a bit more sense. Also, when GTY is still offered, like on this sailing, RCI may be hiding some inventory which may skew the price.

Biker, who wonders what else your wife has bamboozled you on.

RCI only cares that it's less than they were paying for O3B and SES networks.

I incorrectly assumed the current sailing is a 6 day one - that issue, showing only the kids menu usually fixes itself if app set to the current sailing. BTW, if you look under MTD (or late traditional) for the next 6 day sailing, only day 5 lists the kids menu - day 6 lists the regular menu. Yes, the app info could use improvement.

" Northern Europe’s largest gantry crane, nicknamed “Baby” at the Meyer Turku shipyard, lifted a single block of cabins for Royal Caribbean’s new Icon of the Seas, weighing more than 900 tons recently, Royal Caribbean Group officials said Tuesday. The nine-deck, roughly 60-meters-wide block was moved in one day. It was the largest ever lifted in Europe, as far as shipyard officials knew. Meyer Turku CEO Tim Meyer said there were no nerves in the move. His team had done a detailed study of how the steel would flex while being lifted and knew exactly how it should be handled while being moved into place. “It’s very easy,” Meyer deadpanned. “It’s like building a Lego ship.” While hoisting the cross section of cruise ship cabins was a feat of engineering, it was also an example of Icon’s aggressive build schedule. Putting the blocks together shoreside is much faster than doing so on the ship, so the larger the block moved, the less schedule burden. In all, the Icon consisted of 201 blocks, with roughly one installed a day. Each block required about 100 meters of welding once in place. Building the world’s largest cruise ship meant roughly 2,600 workers a day coming to the Turku, Finland shipyard, representing some 20 nationalities from countless subcontractors. The ship will debut in Miami next January. The Turku shipyard opened in 1737 — 58 years before the Meyer family started building ships. Royal Caribbean Group President and CEO Jason Liberty called the yard the “tip of the spear” of innovation. In their seventh generation of ownership and 228th year in operation, the Meyer family remains both focused and humble. Patriarch Bernard Meyer, CEO of Meyer Werft, declined to spend much time looking backward. “We have no time to be proud; we have work to do,” he said." Inside the Construction of Royal Caribbean's Icon of the Seas - Cruise Industry News | Cruise News

As @Sunshine3601 mentioned, setting the app to the current 6 day sailing will show the menus - very unlikely that will change between now and when the OP sails.

You seem to have a somewhat rare set of conditions but the usual thing to do is call a few times as the answer you get may vary - that part, getting different answers on different calls is somewhat normal with RCI.

Come back in August when you can read related threads/posts almost daily.

The F&F flier updated today. Those are a bit closer to a deal than the joke list that is the GGG flier.