robntawn

Since your cruise has not happened, there is no way to know

Obviously my cruise has not happened, but the Harmony is currently sailing. It is my hope that somebody else may have a similar situation and share it with the group.

I booked all of my specialty restaurants 3 months ago for our upcoming Harmony cruise in November 2016. I am travelling in a boardwalk balcony. One of my options was Coastal Kitchen, and I booked it for the 2nd formal night. I realize that this venue is typically for suites only, but assumed that it was made available to a few select non-suite passengers because I booked it so early. Any thoughts? Will they turn me away at the door, even though I have written confirmation. Not a deal breaker by any stretch...just curious.

Wouldn't want to disturb the bourgeoisie with having to eat with standard room rabble. Looks like your friends are going to have to eat on the Windjammer with the rest of the proletariat while you dine in style. Sorry.

I'm not sure if this was said in jest or seriousness. While cruising in a suite is not in my budget currently, I don't begrudge anybody else who pays the extra money to do so. I think it's perfectly appropriate to offer extra amenities and perks to those that pay extra, sometimes quite a bit extra. Everybody receives an excellent product as a baseline, and those that pay more get a better product. I'm ok with that.

I considered waiting until I got onboard and then upgrading, but was worried about them jacking up the package prices which would obviate any savings. I realize that the phantom 20% off package price isn't truly 20% off, but it at least locks things in. Who knows, I may cancel the week before our cruise if onboard prices are lower.

We have a boardwalk balcony on our upcoming Harmony cruise in November. As part of their promotion, we will receive free soda package for 2. Since I have already pre-purchased an alcohol drink package, would they refund the price of the soda package as OBC?

I was hoping to get opinions regarding where to get lunch on embarkation on the Harmony. These are the 3 places I have narrowed down:

Vintages/Jamie's

Park Cafe

Sabor

Restaurants should be available to book now. I booked all of ours in January and our cruise on harmony isn't until November 12! This will be our first cruise that we won't eat in the MDR at all!

We will be on the Harmony traveling in 11329, a boardwalk balcony room. Part of the new perks include a complimentary soda package. I'm curious if one could upgrade to an alcohol package while paying the difference in price.

I'm not sure that we would get the ultimate package again either. I thought it was incredibly lame that I couldn't get a larger Evian with the ultimate package. The premium package offers almost exactly the same drinks for $140 cheaper per cruise for a couple.

Lisa,

Any details yet? We are doing tour in October on Indy cruise.

I emailed them. No response in junk folder. I will try them in Facebook. Thanks!

I am quite interested in Blue Safaris 3 Island Splash tour on St Maarten. I have contacted them to schedule 3 times this week, and no response. Has anybody else had trouble booking this excursion?

Update: I was able to book and pay for Chefs Table today, for 4/13/2015.

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Has anybody been able book Chefs Table for Quantum yet? We are on the 4/12/15 sailing, and I have booked 11 nights already but cannot get Chefs Table. Help!

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Okay I called back to the dedicated Quantum dining line and WAS able to book the complimentary venues as well, AND got my 7:00 time! And the icing on the cake was being able to book Coastal Kitchen even though we are in a plain balcony room. Moral of the story: be persistent. Now if I can only figure out how to book Chefs Table...

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I just called Royal Caribbean and was able to book the pay specialty restaurants for the April 12 cruise. I was able to get Wonderland the first night at 7:15, chops the second night at 7 o'clock, and Jamie's Italian on the last night. They did not have any availability for any of the complimentary restaurants. I was also unable to book chefs table at this time. I am a humble Diamond member.

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I have read lots of good reviews of SAS and was really hoping my experience was just as good. Unfortunately it was not

We made reservations 6 months ago and confirmed them today. However, when we got our luggage from FLL and called them, I was told that it would be another 90-120 minutes because he was the last shuttle and other flights were delayed. I realize that this is a shared ride service, but a 2 hour delay is unacceptable.

We ended up catching a ride with GO Airport Shuttle for a few more bucks, and are now crammed together on our way to Miami Hotel.

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Thank you for the replies. We are also looking at St. John, which seems like it might be a better experience

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We are on the Reflection and will be in San Juan from 3-11pm. One of our group wants to go helmet diving and there is a company that does this. Has anyone done the helmet diving in San Juan? Thank you!

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I copied this link from another thread a while ago. Thank you to the Preismans, the OP.

It isn't exactly what you are looking for but may help a little. I do not know how much the menu has changed since this sailing.

http://www.thepreismans.com/med_silhouette_menus.htm

Cheers, h.

They just got back from a Reflection cruise a few days ago, and will likely have a review soon, along with menus!

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:( Just got off the phone with Celebrity excursions. She said ST03 is not being offered on my cruise in January. Neither is STG4. She had no explanation but said ST03 will not be added as all excursions are booked 6 months out and if it's not there now, it won't be an option for us. I told her ST03 was a new one, but she said not every excursion is offered for every cruise - that maybe the tour operator just wasn't working that week or something.

 

Guess we'll be doing St. John really on our own and I'll think of some other way to use our OBC.

 

Oh, and for those that might not have heard, I see that St. John beaches are open.

http://stthomassource.com/content/news/local-news/2013/10/06/vi-national-park-beaches-open

Carol,

We are on the Reflection the week after your cruise, and our original STG St John shopping tour was also cancelled. I ended up booking STL2-Destination St John Coastal Cruise for the same price. It lists RT transportation, short coastal cruise, and 3-3 1/2 hours of private time. You may want to consider this option.

I think it will be Bill Wright.

On Navigator now and we are doing Murder Mystery Tour on night 4 (Cayman).

Lawn concerts started at 7:45 pm on the Reflection. ...on San Juan and St Maarten days.

Awesome.

Thanks for all of the information and insight. We ended up booking 2 days on our upcoming Reflection Thanksgiving cruise as a result!