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Probably not going to be any meaningful discounts before July, drinking age is 21 here so your son will not benefit. They will only allow 1 drink per sea pass card if you have the package. without the package you can buy the whole ship a round if you wish! I cannot comment on punishment for sharing as I have not witnessed this, but I would be surprised if anyone would notice a bit of sharing if it's not obvious. There is drink of the day specials which can save you some and domestic beers cost less than mixed drinks.

Just off Anthem a couple weeks ago, the cheapest we saw on the package would have cost $1190 for our 8 day cruise for 2 people. We brought on 2 wine bottles and pre purchased the case of water for the room, 25 bucks, 6pack of beer with the cooler at 39 bucks,(the new cooler is really good quality) and our total bar bill at end of cruise was $600. We drank what we wanted, when we wanted and that was plenty! I do not enjoy being totally inebriated during vacation but enjoy afternoon drinks. The package always makes me want to "get my moneys worth" and actually detracts from the relaxing enjoyment I am looking for.

See you onboard! We have done this cruise four times on Anthem and still super excited to board, we love the ship and getting away in the winter. I will be interested to see your perspective with your vast experience on other lines. Not getting internet this time so I won't be able to comment until after we are back but maybe we can catch up in person.

If you just go to the end and ask the question he will answer, really entertaining writer and loves to interact. he would love to answer the question as his intent is to help educate those who are not familiar with the ship and he hasn't touched on that subject yet.

Thank you Harry, for this detailed trip report, being on the east coast working night shift I look forward to your daily dose of entertainment during my long overnight! Did you ever even get to the pool deck? we cruise on anthem out of jersey in the winter and are somewhat concerned with odyssey coming here next year with the lack of the indoor pool. I was reading a comparison of the 2 ships earlier and it stated there are actually more pools on odyssey than anthem. Does odyssey actually have what could be considered a "pool" in the solarium?

check cheapo dads trip report, he was on odyssey but same area on similar ship, he loves questions.

Okay, my voyage is fast approaching, and I am still not able to get any idea if royal has resumed these excursions. Any recent cruisers out there who have or have not been able to go to blue lagoon in Nassau? Still not showing as an option to purchase but my planner still says I have it booked, this is literally the only thing we have booked for this trip and looking forward to it.

We are cruising mid February to Nassau and booked blue lagoon before the accident which prompted royal to remove these excursions from the planner. What is royal currently providing passengers who had this booked? I imagine that by February the island will resume operations but if they do not, what should we expect?

Been there, those ferry boats seemed under size for some of the waves we took on a calm day! We have the island booked again for February, Hope this brings some of the safety concerns to light!

Do the points from celebrity count towards royals loyalty program though?

Thank You, This worked for me also. Does anyone know if captains club points from celebrity will show? I have emailed c&a two weeks ago and have not gotten a response.

We were there 2 years ago and found it to be wonderful for a day in Nassau, Boat ride was rough but efficient, lunch was good and the girls poured a great drink!

Just back from my first celebrity cruise after several on royal. I was not blown away by any of the experiences over royal. We did eclipse out of Vancouver and had a very nice time but my expectation for celebrity was too high. Entertainment was good, but less than royal, Alaska cruise so plenty of kids but somehow, they seemed better behaved than on royal. Food is subjective and we don't do specialty but always dine in the dining room as opposed to buffet, we found it very similar. I like the more open feeling of the royal ships, never done oasis class, mostly quantum class. Basically, I think they are becoming more similar than not these days and we booked our next trip on royal as soon as we got off the ship!

Just off eclipse, first celebrity cruise and first time in Alaska. Have primarily cruised royal mostly anthem of the seas. The ship is beautiful and clean, furnishings showing wear but not to detract from the experience at all. Thank you to all previous posters on this board for sharing their experiences!!

We are boarding next month and have had some of the same reservations reading some of the complaints. I choose to ignore negativity as many just need to complain and there are many wonderful experiences being had that are rarely reported on. As you can see from the responses here you only hear the good if you actually ask the question and I thank you for doing so. embarkation champagne is always low quality so nothing missed there and I am sure that the food will exceed my expectations, just looking forward to a stress free week and not cooking, cleaning, doing dishes or even fixing my own drinks. Enjoy your time and please report back.