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    Offers received from Club Royale (Royal Caribbean)

    in Cruise Casinos

    Posted

    1 hour ago, texasreb said:

    Good going. I have called the past 2 days. I would phone the casino booking number. 1/2 hour I would get normal reservation. They would say "hold on I have to transfer you to casino group". Friday was 1 1/2 hour lost. Today I phoned the normal casino instead number of their PRIME number as yesterday. In two minutes I had an answer. Normal reservations. They would have to transfer me to casino. One hour later I hung up.

    I thought this should be easy. Take my May 9 cruise that RCCL cancelled and just re-book it for May 23.

    This getting to be like the darn government.  BS !

    I still have my PRIME cancelled cruise of Mar 29 to re-book. Of course it was cancelled March 13.

    It might be early, but this is not looking good.

    When I first booked this cruise last week,  I called the prime number and was on hold for over an hour.  When they answered and found out what I needed, they had to transfer me to the casino line which as another one hold.....  One thing I have figured out is the hold times are less if I hit 2 for booking a new cruise as opposed to 1, which is help with an existing cruise.  At least this has been my experience.

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    Offers received from Club Royale (Royal Caribbean)

    in Cruise Casinos

    Posted

    I booked a cruise on the Liberty from Galveston, November 1st last week. On my last cruise (Adventure in December) I was with friends and did not gamble much. As a result my offers tanked. The best I could get for a casino discount was $300.00 off for the Liberty November cruise. I received the offer 20RBO101 (Jr Suite + 300 free play) this week and called today to see if I could apply that to my booked cruise instead of the $300 off. It took almost 2 hours of being on hold for someone to answer the original call and then another hour to get it applied..... but they did switch it out for me. Grand Suite original price with discount, including gratuities, taxes and fees was $3,117.18. After today's adjustment is was $1,419.18. Score! The only thing that was required was that I pay it in full today.

    Adventure of the Seas - 6 Night Cruise Review

    in Royal Caribbean International

    Posted

    Adventure of the Seas.  A review of the 6 day cruise to Grand Cayman, Costa Maya and Cozumel. December 1-7, 2019. This is lengthy......

    Background: Four 53 year old women (friends from high school) I have been on multiple cruises, 1 was on a cruise 20 years ago, 2 first time cruisers.

    Hotel:  We stayed at Econo Lodge, Hollywood.  This is in a kind if sketchy neighborhood, but if you are only going to be there overnight, it works fine. It is also cheap. I think we paid $106 per night. I wouldn't venture out after dark but fine to walk around during the day.  They have a continental breakfast in the morning.  You have to Uber for other Dining options.  The hotel has a small pool, the rooms are clean and the staff was nice. I would note that the doors open to outside and there is only stair access to the second floor. They have a shuttle from FLL. They also offer a shuttle to the cruise port for $10 pp.  This shuttle was over an hour late from our scheduled time.  I do believe this was a mix up on the shuttle company, not the hotel.

    Key Package:  We had the Key so we walked right in.  Check in was easy and fast.  On board we went to the dining room which was where we dropped off our carry on bags (great benefit as we had a total of 4 bottles of wine and a 12 pack of Mt.Dew). We then had the Key lunch. It was very good and was wonderful not having to fight the crowd in the Windjammer.  There were several allotted times for flowrider, ice skating and rock wall. We did not do any of these. The reserved seating for the shows was in the same area as the suites and pinnacles. We only sat there once as we found plenty of Open seats. Each of us had the internet with the Key and we used Facebook messenger throughout the cruise to contact each other. The morning of disembarking we went to the Key breakfast in the MDR and was escorted off the ship.  Though this was a bit of a mess because our escort didn't wait for the whole group (about 15) so some got separated.  However the luggage was in the same area as the suites and pinnacles. I do believe this was still faster than getting off by ourselves. As to whether the Key was worth it.... I would say personal preference.  I usually get a suite so it was nice to have some of the same benefits.  Having the internet and carry on drop off is probably the deciding factor for me. In my opinion, it is probably worth more on the bigger ships. We purchased it for 24.99 per day.

    Stateroom: We had two balcony cabins right beside each other on deck 8. They were the standard cabin.  Plenty of storage. We had an excellent steward.  I knew this prior to the cruise but the balcony dividers do not open on this ship.

    Ship:  I was surprised to see some areas that needed minor maintenance. Railings rusting, worn furniture, etc.  Nothing major. 

    Service and staff:  Excellent. The only exception was some of the bartenders seem not happy to be there.

    Food:  I realize this is very subjective.  We ate in the MDR, My Time Dining, each evening except once.  We had reservations at 6 pm.  We only waited one night about 5 minutes.  We had very good food and excellent service the entire week.  After the first night when we went there, we were told to go right to our table. We had the same waiters all week, Igusti and Nicolas, exceptional. They did have lobster the 5th night.  I will note this was the first cruise that I was charged additional for my wine (which was over the $13 package limit). We did the Chef's Table.  This was phenomenal. I have done it before and recommend trying it. I did not book in advance because you can usually get a discount on the ship if you ask.  We paid $65 pp.  Well worth the money.   We usually ate breakfast and lunch in the Windjammer.  As expected, really busy at peak times. The food was standard buffet dining.  We did each lunch one day in the MDR and it was good.   The Tutti salad is great.

    Shows in the Lyric Theatre:  1. The RCI Singers and Dancers performed "Can't Stop the Rock".  2. A tribute to Adele by Amy Jo.  3. Comedians - there were 2 late night adult comedy shows with 2 different comedians, David Naster and Alvin Williams.  4. A hypnotist – Marc Savard, one of our group was on stage – Hilarious.  All of these were very good. I was not disappointed in the entertainment.  Each show lasted 45 min - 1 hour.  We did not make it to the Ice Show.

    Other entertainment: We went to the Battle of the Sexes and the Quest.  Both of these were hilarious.  Unfortunately, the men won the Battle of the Sexes..... However, they really deserved to win. We also did the Martini Class.  It was held in the Champagne Bar.  This was really fun.  Andrei did an excellent job.  There is a charge of $25.

    Ports - We did not do excursions.  For the most part went to the beach or just shopped.  We did rent a cabana at Royal Palms in Grand Cayman.  It was wonderful.

    Diamond Lounge: the DL is by the Blue Moon.  It is a nice area and had the Blue Moon for the overflow each night.  I did not utilize this as the other people i was cruising with were not Diamond.

    Beverage Packages: Again, this is subjective.  Three of us had the Deluxe package and 1 had the Refreshment package.   When you add up bottled water, specialty coffee and drinks, we were ahead. We paid $48 per day for the Deluxe and $20 for the Refreshment. 

    Final Thoughts: This was my 3rd time on the Adventure.  I enjoy this class of ships.  The food and service were excellent and would recommend this to friends and family. It's a nice ship for first time cruisers. Not too big or too small.  One of our group is already looking for future cruises.

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    In need of Adventure 6 Day Compass

    in Royal Caribbean International

    Posted

    1 hour ago, cynt said:

     

    You might consider letting the first time cruisers build their anticipation for their 1st cruise and not give them every single little piece of detail.  This worked best for my first time cruisers in May.  I told them expect trivia, cooking class, bingo, shows, club, bars, activities around the pool, etc.  This was more than enough information for them to wrap their minds around what to expect on the cruise.  

     

    And whatever you do, DO NOT PLAN EVERY SINGLE MOMENT OF EVERY DAY FOR THEM!!!  Allow them to go with the flow and enjoy their cruise and make their own decisions concerning ship activities. Be ready for them to NOT WANT TO DO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO!  Give them guidance, suggestions and advice. 

    I definitely will not plan everything out for them.  My mother (years ago) used to try and do this.  Just trying to give them an idea. We're actually going to go with the flow. Four of us women (age 54) who went to high school together.  Should be a blast!

    Thank you all for your responses.

    In need of Adventure 6 Day Compass

    in Royal Caribbean International

    Posted

    3 hours ago, racerxspeedy said:

    I will be doing the Dec1 6 day.  I will post when I return if you can’t find one

    I am going on this cruise too!  Taking three of my friends, 1st time cruisers.  Wanted to see what the activities are.  It hasn't updated on the app yet.  I'll maybe check on a prior sailing on the app and see what I can find. Are you part of the roll call.  They are planning a slot pull if you are interested.  Maybe see you on the cruise!

    In need of Adventure 6 Day Compass

    in Royal Caribbean International

    Posted

    1 hour ago, cruiseguy1016 said:

    I don't know how recent you want but this is my review of our cruise in March. The Compasses are included.

     

     

    Thank you! I was looking for one from when she moved to Florida recently but can't find one.  Do you think the one from this spring should be close as far as the schedule goes? Thank you for the link.  I will go through it. 

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