Tree_skier

Ditto for me on this one. Portside is fine but it is only average by my standards. Playmakers burgers are genuinely very good by any standard. I'd go with Playmakers.

I usually find "my guy" on every cruise. Day 1 and 2 I go to the venues I will likely frequent though out ht cruise and experiment. It doesn't take long to find the guy you want making your drinks. I have run into a few along the way that I wouldn't let pour me a soda let alone mix my favorite drinks. I can't imagine choosing that one to be my go to guy. They don't need me to tell them how to bartend, if they don't know how to do it right I just move along. There are lots of bars and bartenders to go to...

Our last cruise had both Labadee and Coco Cay. Labadee was far and away my favorite experience. We're planning on being back there next year again. It is the highlight of the itinerary for me.

There is guitar entertainment in the pub this week and next week. Just because it is not listed in the app yet does not mean that it won't be available. The entertainment list will continue to change with things added right up until you board the ship. I'd expect a pub entertainer on your cruise. I wouldn't worry to much about it yet.

Awesome! @RCCL Fan reviews are always great!

We'll miss you by one sailing. We are on the Sept 26th sailing. I'll make sure not to break her before you get on. 😉

Oops sorry I meant which sailing for the fall 9 night Canadian... That's the itinerary we are on also. 🙂

They are still being sold with Juneau and the Glaciers included on the itinerary... My guess is an IT screw up

We're on the same itinerary... Which sailing are you on?

Yes it was a regular thing before the shutdown.

I have always gotten close to the time I wanted with Teppanyaki. Just book as quickly as possible once you are onboard.

Yes, book a suite and have the concierge book your dining time the week before departure. 😉

That was what I thought but wanted to check... We arranged the cabin assignments so that DW and DD would have the double keys should that be the only option. They are far less likely to lose the keys than myself or my son in law. LOL.

We are doing a family cruise that includes myself and my wife along with our daughter, her husband and their three teenage kids. We have three cabins booked. OV Balcony's and an Inside across the hall. We have booked my wife and I in separate cabins to maximize our Diamond balcony discount. I know that Royal and the cabin steward doesn't care who sleeps where and will give us multiple keys for multiple rooms. However, if we go to GS upon boarding, instead of getting multiple keys can they just move my wife out of the cabin she is listed in to my cabin and move my cabin mate to the cabin she is vacating. This way no one has multiple keys and onboard spending is divided into the right family groups.

We were on Serenade in August of 2021. I think we were the 5 or 6th sailing after the restart. We loved it. It is obviously a different experience than the larger ships but it was a very good experience. It would all depend on the itinerary. Ours was Alaska. Our ports of call were fantastic and we loved every minute of the cruise. If it were uninteresting ports of call where I would be more in inclined to stay on the ship like say Nassau, Grand Cayman or Freeport I'd probably give it a pass.

It is interesting that individual takes can be so different. We've cruised Royal, NCL and MSC and in the MDR Royal was far and away the best of the bunch. Both in terms of food and service. I'd say the NCL and Royal were a tie on specialty restaurants. Everything about MSC was disappointing.

We do both. My wife likes and needs for health reasons to drink alkaline water. We will bring a six pack of alkaline water on board. Once you are past security I can shove them in a roller bag so I don't have to mess with them while we are waiting for the rooms to open up. We also order a 24 pack for a 7 day cruise or 12 pack if it's a shorter cruise.

Will that include the spring transatlantics?

My brilliant TA got me group space for two in an Oceanview balcony for 2, the week after Thanksgiving 2024, right when itineraries were released for $2784. 🙂 The same cabin right now is $5585.

Yeah it's always a bit of a crap shoot with the exchange rates. I have booked cruises in both currencies. I'm Canadian but live in the US but have money and some income from Canada so depending on how I plan on paying for it I have sometimes booked in CDN$. In all honesty I think I have lost more than I have won playing the FX game. I just book them all in US$ now and eat whatever exchange rate differential I need to when transferring money from Canada. If you have an interest in a US based US dollar acct. that is easy to transfer money back forth at good rates I recommend TD. I have a TD/Canada trust account that I have had for a very long time as well as a US TD account based in the US. It's a bit of process to set up but once it is you can easily xfr money back and forth at the most favorable exchange rates and do it without the typical dollar amount restrictions that forex exchange usually places on xfrs. Having a US$ Visa card can be handy as well for Canadians who travel a lot.

Definitely Symphony with a balcony. Besides some extra space there is very little difference between a JS and a balcony perk wise. Symphony has so much more to offer otherwise it would be a slam dunk for us.

Yeah it does look nuts... Here is again but this time broken out by individual guest. This seems to make more sense but doesn't show what is likely a glitch in with the conversion of the discounts. CDN$ US$ The way the discounts are applied appears to be really strange. In this example it almost appears as if the CDN$ price is intentionally inflated and greater discounts are offered but it is still a rip off based on current exchange rates.

I've flown out of Seattle hundreds of times but only a couple times in the last couple of years. Unless something has changed those15 and 25 minute numbers is fantasy land.

Everything is included except at the Hibachi. They charge for sushi and sashimi and a $10-15 premium when using the UDP.

I've heard that report. I'm curious if there was ever a reason discovered why a TA would not want to participate in the program? What disadvantage is there to them?