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4 hours ago, colesc15 said:

At the airport for a long day. I love the facial recognition for customs VS the actual agents. Until next time friends! 

Thanks so much for doing this the past week. We are heading out on the next 8 nighter and it was fantastic to see how things are going. I followed it from the start.

On 11/1/2021 at 9:18 PM, sodavp said:

I had read somewhere that morning room service coffee was available at no charge.  Does anyone know if this is still available?  If it is, how does one go about ordering?  TIA 😎

Coffee and continental breakfast are free. A tip is appropriate. 2 to 5 dollars depending on how much you order. No charge. The 7.95 is for other room service options.

Our experience so far. We always do early seating dinner. We are dressed and ready well before dinner and we go to whatever bar we prefer at that time for our 3 drinks. Typically the British pub if that is what is on our ship.

We go and have our early dinner and then head to the diamond lounge. At this point, about an hour before late seating, we typically find the diamond lounge empty for about an hour and have great service and get our fill for the evening.

When the lounge opens, it is packed, but the last hour is mostly vacant from our experience.

6 minutes ago, awestover89 said:

If you have the confirmation email it should be listed there. Otherwise Google your ship name and sail date and there will be dozens of sites available that will show the itinerary (many are travel agent sites, so can't be listed here, but you can just view the itinerary)

Thanks. I will remember that in the future. It is a shame that I have to leave the Royal sight to get such a simple answer. Oh well.

Thanks Bob! That worked. 

For the life of me I can not find my itinerary on the RC website in my booked cruises.

I know the stops and the days, but I remember from the past a page that would show port arrival and departure times.

Thanks in advance.

I run out of drink long before I run out of ice.

It takes a slimmer straw than normal. We bring some from a local Cumberland Farms gas station and they work great.

We have 2 or 3 drink each and generally leave $5. If we have a favorite by the end of the cruise we will take care of them more.

We always grab one. We just got off of the Majesty and they had none so we grabbed a logo tiny flask on a key chain and declared that our ornament for Majesty. It will hang on our tree this year for sure.

Mariner has 2 outside of Sorrentos for sure. For some reason, I never checked when we were in the windjammer.

I always suggest finding a local travel agent. Someone you can get to know. Someone you can sit down with and have a cup of coffee while you chat about cruising. That may not be for everyone, but I highly recommend it.

We love freedom. Make sure to have coffee delivered at whatever time you want to get up so you can enjoy that on your balcony in the morning. That is how we start every morning on a cruise. She is a great ship. We have been on her 4 times. Order it on your TV before you go to bed and choose your time. You will get a phone call a few minutes before it arrives.

Later in the evening, check out the Bull and Bear pub on the promenade for some good music and drinks. Typically a guy and a guitar ranging from laid back to a little heavier, but has always been great on our trips. We almost always finished our evenings there.

Enjoy!

What a nightmare! They broke the internet. I can't believe that I had to do the leg work of putting my C & A info and cruises in there. Once I finally gleaned all of that info and made it sort of work, I tried to check some pricing on cruises and that is broken as well. I guess that they have turned off booking new cruises until they can fix this horrible mess.

I know this is going to sound weird, but there’s a good reason for it.

 

Does anyone know Explorer of the Seas well enough to tell me if there’s a publicly visible guide to semaphore anywhere on board?

Curious as to the reason. I love a good mystery. You could always print one out and take it with you.

Royal Promenade near Sorrento's, Windjammer, and possibly the arcade.

Definitely one in the arcade every time that we were aboard. I wish that they would scatter a few more around.

It could also turn out to be chartered. I have a reservation on a BR sailing that has been code red since July 2017. I know that it has been charted as I have seen it offered online. RCL still has not notified me about it yet.

 

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Good grief! That is a long time to be up in the air.

Some time ago, we booked the Mariner for Feb 11th 2019. As many of us do, we check prices on a regular basis.

About three weeks ago I was no longer able to mock book my cruise in order to look at pricing. I know I don't really need to keep checking as my travel agent's franchise has automatic tells when there is a price change, but I still keep at it.

I saw my travel agent at lunch a couple of weeks ago (we are in a networking group together), and asked her why this was. (I can still see my booking on RCI). She said she would check when she got home. She called me later that evening and told me that the sailing had gone into code red. Meaning no bookings are being accepted until they straighten something out.

Anyone ever have this happen? Any travel agents have insight into this? This has been for 3 weeks now.

Thanks in advance for any useful information. I love learning about how things work.

Well I might have a bash myself.

 

 

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Nice video

I think I remember a free style machine in the arcade on the Freedom. Can anyone confirm?

There is. You can find Josh on YouTube under the geocaching Vlogger. There are several others out there, but he is the most popular.

So sorry for your loss. I thank you very much for sharing this story of how the care team excelled at their job. Peace be with you.

What evidence do you have that Royal has it more? It hits all ships.

Two days ago, I received a response to an inquiry that I sent to customer services 5 years ago.

It seems that maybe somehow old e-mails that were stuck in the system are getting churned out.

Not for less than advertised, but just last week when I saw the jr. suites dip below the price I had paid for a balcony, a quick phone call to my TA resulted in getting the jr. suite upgrade for no extra charge. This took place with about 30 days to go until sailing.