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I could be mistaken, but I thought the earliest check in time at the port was a 9:00-9:30 slot. For our cruise next Sunday, the earliest slot was 11:00-11:30. Is this normal or did they change the times?

Wonderful news for you and yes, you would be entitled to the extra points! Still no coupon for my husband and I since we have an August cruise booked on the Jewel. But I still want one.

You are very welcome @js. @CDR Benson and I went back and forth for months leading up to our trips. He is 100% correct as we both were thrilled with our cabins. We have a Joy cruise booked for June 2024 and 14178 is available, but my husband will kill me if I switched it because then we would have to switch and pay for upgrades for four additional cabins. Right now I choose my marriage over that cabin. We are in club balcony suites and already have the Vibe passes secure for everyone so I should be good. But I will miss that closet.

That works for me as I do have to buy a few. I just hope the team on the Epic is helpful.

Just making sure you realize the ships embark at Pan American Pier.

Did they provide any drinks/snacks in the Haven waiting area?

Things have been much better lately than it was at the beginning of the season according to recent posts. We leave next weekend and the earliest checkin time was 11:00 which we grabbed.

We have stayed in this cabin last February and loved it! I missed that closet when we sailed again months later and stayed a few cabins away in a non-Haven suite.

Thank you very much for your update!

I am already looking forward to your posts on your upcoming Jewel cruises! We are booked on the Jewel in August and, honestly, it was due to your reports that made us go ahead with it.

Will be following along and have a wonderful cruise!

The water you received was most likely from the water promotion that ran for three months as it is not a benefit of gold status. But I am glad you received the water as it has been an issue for some.

Thank you. Do you remember how many months out it became available? I do check everyday along with my daily price checks.

Does regular Starbucks gift cards work on the ship?

I could be wrong, but I do not think they released them yet. We are also booked on the Encore in February 2024 and have been waiting since we booked our trip for them to become available.

Yes. It is closer to the stairs and elevator and you will be that much closer to the Haven door. Will save a second or two!

Congratulations to your husband (and you too)! Is your husband listed as passenger 1? I thought you could change the name for passenger 2 free of charge up into a few days before the cruise.

I would try to grab 14180 or the next one closest to it.

I chuckled when I read it too.

Anyone know what, if anything, the CruiseNext desk is offering if you book on board this month? I know sometimes they offer 10% off. They did when we sailed in September, but I had to specifically ask if there was a 10% discount.

Thank you for posting this information. It definitely seems like the water will be in your cabin. I do not think the six pack that we were gifted will be in our cabin next week; however, I am bringing the e-mail chain where I was notified that we would be given one six pack as a courtesy. This did show up a few months ago, then it disappeared also.

Yes. We brought ours and had no issues with any bartender filling them.

But you also had the coupon whereas everyone did not get one.

We enjoyed Elements and saw it twice in February and September last year but I fell asleep during Footloose.

I know I have mentioned this in other threads, but when we stayed in a Haven Suite outside of the actual Haven (either HI or HJ I do not remember which one) on the Joy, it took us less than 30 seconds to get to the Haven proper. More importantly for my husband, one minute to the DBH. For us, we would rather save the money and stay in this location.