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Icon of the Seas Blocks Are In The House!
notmyrealnameoremail replied to Lloyd555's topic in Royal Caribbean International
I'm really afraid of heights, but I've been thinking I might want to try it. Assuming port days are free, I guess it would be on a port day. -
I firmly believe that a good TA wants you to get lower prices and better deals. They are responsive to questions and requests. They understand that running their business that way it helps drive future business. My TA is ridiculously responsive. Yesterday, as my wife and I we picking excursions for an NCL cruise that we booked a while ago, I came across an upgrade package that would save us a few hundred dollars. For some reason NCL's website and app wouldn't let me add it, so I sent him an email asking if he could find out if I was allowed to book it. An hour later, I got an email back saying he had already added it to our reservation. During COVID, he rebooked a cruise for a small group so many times that we were able to tack on a 5 day B2B cruise with some savings left over. Of course he made sure we had 2 balconies next to each other so we could get door between the balconies open AND stay in the same cabins for both cruises. Of course YMMV, but for us getting a customer focused TA has been very beneficial and I like to think we are worthwhile clients for him.
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RoyalUP? (Bid for stateroom upgrade)
notmyrealnameoremail replied to John&LaLa's topic in Royal Caribbean International
Unfortunately you do not get extra points, but you do get everything else that normally comes with the level of suite you are upgraded to. -
Utopia of the Seas Short Cruises??
notmyrealnameoremail replied to lcpagejr's topic in Royal Caribbean International
Our great travel agent got us a good deal on Icon's 30 November 2024 cruise a while back and we thought it would be fun to sail Utopia and check out both of Royal's newest ships. We hadn't been paying close attention to the Utopia launch and didn't realize it was doing 3/4 itineraries. We really didn't want to go to Florida for a 3 or 4 day trip. It took me a while, but I finally realized we could tack Utopia's 9 December 2024 4 day cruise onto our trip down to Florida for the Icon. We have two days to get from Miami to Port Canaveral and I'm sure we can find something to do. Our travel agent got us what we consider an excellent group rate for a Central Park Balcony ($1419 including taxes and gratuities total for the 2 of us) and now we are booked. I'm convinced we may be doing more of these almost S2S, or real S2S in the future. It's easy to find other longer Royal cruises to match up to Utopia when there are cruises out of Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Tampa and Port Canaveral to choose from, Just my two cents. As always YMMV. Tom -
Booking on Board Not Always the Best Deal
notmyrealnameoremail replied to Tenderpaw's topic in Royal Caribbean International
Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner. -
RC approved power strip/non surge protector
notmyrealnameoremail replied to slyster's topic in Royal Caribbean International
Different cruise lines have different rules. I doubt sellers on Amazon have checked the rules for every cruise line before writing their advertising. YMMV -
RC approved power strip/non surge protector
notmyrealnameoremail replied to slyster's topic in Royal Caribbean International
The link to Royal Caribbean's list of prohibited items is below. Note it lists "Electrical Extension Cords" as prohibited. https://www.royalcaribbean.com/faq/questions/prohibited-items-onboard-policy -
Oasis Class Owners Suite
notmyrealnameoremail replied to JalenR's topic in Royal Caribbean International
Symphony✅ -
Flowers aboard ship
notmyrealnameoremail replied to JOHN 57's topic in Royal Caribbean International
When we cruise out of New Jersey, I stop at our local Costco the night before and pick a nice bouquet for less than $15. We also use the collapsable vases. We always get comments from from other passengers as we get on the ship. They even last through our B2B cruises. -
Any way to get extra points
notmyrealnameoremail replied to Illbcruzn4life's topic in Royal Caribbean International
Yep, math is your friend. Plus you get to cruise for an extra 3 days. -
Did RCCL change their price drop policy?
notmyrealnameoremail replied to MandyMooToo's topic in Royal Caribbean International
Mine is in Canada as well. I email him and sometimes talk with him as well. It is rare that he doesn't get back to me in less than an hour. -
John, So you are saying Royal IT can get this consistently correct, but they can't let us chose amenities online? I'm shocked, shocked, well not that shocked. 😁 tom