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We're looking at booking a Greek isles/Adriatic tour for next year but know very little about the area or ports. For those of you who might be familiar with these areas, could you please share your thoughts and insights about the following itinerary: Day 1- Athens Day 2- Mykonos, Greece Day 3- Chania, Crete Day 4- Zakynthos, Greece Day 5- At Sea Day 6- Kotor, Montenegro Day 7- Split, Croatia Day 8- Ravenna, Italy Thanks for your help!!!

For anyone that has recently done the 7-day Navigator itinerary, have they done a laundry special midway through the cruise?? Thanks.

Wondering about ship time vs. local time on the Mexican Riviera itinerary for Navigator of the Seas. The ship leaves Los Angeles (Pacific Standard Time) and goes to Cabo San Lucas (Mountain Standard Time), then Mazatlan (Mountain Standard Time) and then Puerto Vallarta (Central Standard Time). Does the ship time change every time the local time changes, or do they leave ship time the same even though it may be different than the local time in the ports??

Thanks. That information is helpful. For those of us doing excursions not booked with "RCCL", what do you recommend for getting the lowest tender number possible??

When Royal Caribbean makes a stop in Cabo San Lucas, do they use their own boats to tender in, or do they contract with a local third party for the tenders?

We have an upcoming cruise on Navigator of the Seas. Our cabin is a Promenade view room and from what I can tell, its looks like its right over the Bamboo Room on the Promenade. Is the Bamboo Room a noisy venue? Are we likely to get noise from it in our cabin??

Are the doors on Navigator of the Seas metal? Just wondering if magnets will stick on them.

Our family is going on Navigator of the Seas over Christmas. There are 8 of us in 4 cabins. Cabins are all interior promenade. One of the cabins received an email offering the opportunity to bid for an upgrade. The others did not. Any idea why the offer would be made to only one and not the others? Also, if a bid is made for an upgrade, how soon do you find out if your bid is accepted? Is it soon after the bid is made, or is it a day or two before the cruise? For those that have experience with the bidding process, do you normally have to bid quite a bit above the minimum bid for it to be accepted?

Our on-line check in window opens up in a few days for our Christmas cruise. For passport and vaccination information, will we need to upload pictures of our passport and vaccine card, or just enter information from them? Thanks!

Thanks! Help me understand "check-in time" vs. "boarding time".

It's been quite a few years since we've sailed with RCCL. We have a family cruise scheduled over Christmas. How soon will we be able to do the on-line check-in? Will we be assigned a boarding time during that on-line check-in? Anything in particular we need to do if we want to be able to board as early as possible? Thanks for your help!

We haven't been on Royal Caribbean for awhile and have a cruise scheduled over Christmas on Navigator . We like the flexibility that comes with "My Time Dining", but someone mentioned that with the "My Time Dining", the earliest that you can go to dinner is around 7:00. They said that the only way to have an earlier dining time is to have the traditional dining with the early (5:15) timeslot. Is that true? Although we like the flexibility that "My Time Dining" offers, there days that we like to go to an early dinner.

If you get Covid and have to move to a different cabin to quarantine/isolate, does your spouse/travel partner also have to move cabins and quarantine since they are a close contact and have been exposed? Or can they stay in their original cabin if they test negative?

With Princess, can on-board-credit be used for the daily gratuities?? Thanks.

I've read that Princess allows us to take a case of water and/or soda with us when we board. If we take water, can it be bottled water, or does it need to be in cans? I know that some cruise lines don't allow bottled water and have gone to offering only cans.

Any ideas of things to see or do in Sitka???

We're on the Discovery out of Seattle on August 7th. Tonight, we received an email from Princess confirming that our stop in Skagway has been replaced by a stop in Sitka. Not surprised, but disappointed. We were holding out hope that something would be arranged that would still allow us to make the stop in Skagway. I am glad, however, that they notified us of the change now rather than waiting until we're on the ship.

Can anyone who has been on the Discovery to Alaska recently tell me what the nightly entertainment was each evening in the main theater?

We're cruising Alaska in a few weeks and will have a stop in Victoria on our way back to Seattle. Our time in Victoria is quite short and in the evening (scheduled port time is 7:00 p.m. to midnight). Even though time will be short, we'd like to taxi up to Butchart Gardens and spend an hour or two there. From what I've heard, it sounds like it won't be difficult to get a taxi to take us there. What I'm wondering, however, is if taxi's will be readily available late in the evening (10:00 to 10:30ish) to get a ride back to the cruise port in Victoria. I'd appreciate information from anyone with experience or information on this. Thanks!

Can anyone tell me if there are USB ports in the cabins on Navigator of the Seas? If so, where are they? Are there any on the nightstands?

We ordered the covid tests through Optum as recommended by Princess. The covid tests arrived in the mail, but we're a little confused becasue there aren't many instructions. It looks like the tests are proctored by eMed. but there aren't really any instructions provided. For those that have done these tests thorugh eMed, can you explain the process? Do we need to make an appointment in advance, or do we just log on to the eMed websiste whenever we're ready to test? We did some similar tests in May for a cruise on Norwegian, but with that test proctor, we had to make an appointment in advance for a specific date and time.

We're taking our family on a cruise over Christmas this year. We'll be on Navigator of the Seas. For those of you who have experienced Christmas on Royal Caribbean, can you tell me if they do anything special for Christmas (i.e. activities, deocrations, food, entertainment etc.)? Thanks!

"Best Western Plus San Pedro" is often used to overnight for cruises leaving from the Port of Los Angeles. Does anyone know if it's still in business? When you go to the Best Western web-site, it just says "the hotel you searched for is no longer available". If you try to call the direct phone number to the hotel, it just rings and rings. Nobdoy ever picks up the call. We have reservations there in December the night before our Christmas cruise. I'm thinking I may need to be looking for other arrangements. (We just made the reservation about a month ago.)

Just returned home from a 12 day cruise on the Norwegian Spirit that ended yesterday. Started in Hawaii, with stops at Maui, Kauai, and the Big Island. Then headed 2,000 miles south (4 days at sea) to French Polynesia where we had stops at Raiatea, Bora Bora, Moorea, and Tahiti. The cruise was fantastic! Great ship, awesome ports, and excellent service. Not a mention of Covid for almost the entire cruise. On Monday, we all had to take Covid tests on board in order to fly out of Tahiti on Tuesday. Once results started coming in, it wasn't good!! Numerous positive test results, mostly from people that were asymptomatic. Once a passenger tested positive, a blue sticker was placed on their door. Early yesterday morning, prior to disembarkation, I made a trip around decks 9, 10, and 11 (the main passenger decks, but not the only decks with passenger cabins.) On those three decks, I counted over 80 cabins with blue dots. Some of those may have had both passengers with Covid, others maybe only one of the passengers. Based on what I observed, I think it's pretty safe to say there were at least 120 positive cases on board, and that's probably a conservative estimate. Keep in mind that there were only 1100 passengers total, and who knows how many staff members have tested positive. Those who tested positive were required to stay on board to quarntine as the ship began a new 12 day cruise back to Hawaii yesterday. Those who are positive must quarantine at least 5 days, and until they test negative. Because the new internary has 4 sea days scheduled after the first 4 days, it will be at least day 9 of the new cruise itinerary until those passengers can get off the ship (once they reach the first Hawaiin port). We know many of those that have been affected and have had to stay on board. Becasue they are qurantined, it will be a long voyage for them all! Are thoughts and prayers are witht them. Wondering if those new passengers who boarded yesterday have been informed of what's going on and the condition of the ship they're walking into!!

Looks like NCL recommends using the at-home proctored testing through Inspire Diagnostics for the Covid testing prior to boarding. They offer an antigen test for $45 and a PCR test for $95. Is one better than the other? Is the process the same for both types of tests? Just wondering if there is a reason one would choose the more expensive PCR test over the antigen test. Also, does it work to do it using a cell phone rather than a PC/laptop? Thanks for any information you can provide about your experience with Inspire Diagnostics.