Ambermark

Oh the yogurt will work :) will chance it and hope there’s some there. Thanks guys :)

Do they have something like this at breakfast? On navigator if it helps. Or should I just take my own?

Lucky me then :)

I’m from the uk and when my price dropped I rang up and had it changed no problem, should they not have done that?

Glad you have something special to look forward to :)

Not showing on the uk website

It’s defintely the case, it’s exactly what I did with no problems :)

Just curious, but why don’t they let you bring beer? I understand spirits not being allowed but why not beer?

• HafenCity: Europe’s largest inner-city development project is being revitalized with new hotels, shops, offices and housing along the Elbe River.
  
• Speicherstadt: Explore this “City of Warehouses” on a guided walking tour past Neo-Gothic, red-brick warehouses from the late 1800s.
  
• Miniatur Wunderland: See the world’s largest model railway, plus replicas of notable city landmarks from all over the globe.
  

Thats were it goes and it says the tour is 3 hours long but that seems really short for everything it includes :\

I asked on here yesterday morning but no reply so didn't know if anybody knew. On the Miniatur Wunderland ship excursion I wanted to know how long you actually got in the museum.

If I have a question about an excursion, who is best to contact please? Will RC know anything?

Has anybody been here with the ships excursion? Do you get long to walk around?

Glad everything worked out ok and you enjoyed the rest of your holiday :)

Some people seem to be taking offence at other people using internet while away, as long as it’s not bothering the people they are with, what does it matter? My mother loves scrolling through Facebook. She has memory problems so no point in her reading a book as she forgets what happens in the last chapter. Scrolling through and seeing photos and chatting to her friends and family (some who live in other countries) relaxes her and make sure her happy. Don’t get me wrong she’s not on it 24/7 but if we had some downtime she would be and I don’t see anything wrong with that.

You go on holiday to do things you enjoy, she enjoys Facebook.

It would be more stressful for some of us to not be connected!

Very much this lol, I have elderly parents, very elderly grandparents and pets going into kennels while I’m away. A quick txt or message to tell me everything’s ok allows me to relax.

That said I certainly won’t be on Facebook or other social media as I am when I’m at home.

Totally agree with you. I have enough trouble finding my way around these damn ships, much less sending a child. Hubby screwed up by not making sure everything was taken care of for sure. But for trained child care staff (which these people allegedly are) to have handled it this way? I shudder to think of what could have happened. It's up to a parent to decide if they are okay letting a 9 year old wander around a ship with thousands of people unsupervised. It's not up to Royal Caribbean staff to make that decision. Pretty clear if he was standing there by the sign up booth the intention was for him to be checked in. They should have attempted to contact you or your husband instead of letting him wander off alone. We've never been on RCI (but we look forward to our first cruise this fall on LOTS). But I have been on Disney with my daughter and I can't even begin to imagine their staff handling something this way based on my experience.

But they don’t know if the parents have decided if they could walk around or not, the child is just there, the parents haven’t signed him in so legally they can’t take responsibility for him.

I see what you’re saying and in a rational world maybe, but they don’t know if the child has been told to go back to his cabin by his parents, decided to go to kids club instead and just tried to come in. Can you imagine the kick up if they took him in and the parents got back to an empty cabin? Until the child is signed in they cannot make choices for him and by their policy he is old enough to go to his cabin himself as he states. If he was upset, or very young, or if the policy is that NO children under the age of say 13 should be alone then I would hope it would have been different but it wasn’t. They did try and contact the parents and were unable to. It does sound like a dammed I felt you do, dammed if you don’t situation.

I can see why you would be upset and also why your husband might have got confused, but I think this was just an unfortunate situation.

Your husband thought he had signed your son in, should he have stuck around to see if he wasn’t ok and settled in? Probably but he thought his role was done and left.

The staff now have a child they have not been given responsibility for. They were unable to contact you, and your son said he knew where he was going and was able to do so. They can’t restrain him and keep him there if he is saying he is ok to leave, and they don’t know what’s going on. I understand they could have asked where you are and maybe brought him to you, or put a call out, but you could have been quite happy in the casino and annoyed to be interrupted as as far as you knew your son was off doing his own thing around the ship as a lot of kids his age do.

How would I have felt if it happened to me? Well I’d have tore my husband a new one for not checking everything was done and dusted and my son was settled, I’d have praised my son for being calm and contacting us but tell him to ask for help next time if he’s in a new situation even if he’s thinks he knows where he’s going, and I’d have asked to talk to a member of staff, who would hopefully apologise and explain their policy and that would be the end of it.

Saying this as a mother of two and also someone who’s worked in holiday clubs in the past.

I know I'm not allowed to take food off of the ship, but can the kids bring their cups of juice with them? The drink package ones I mean. Don't want to do something I'm not supposed to. :):)

Couple of questions please, has anyone done these before and were they worth it? Also we were hoping to do the sushi class with just the adults while the kids were in kids club, however if the club is full obviously we couldn’t. Would we be able to drop kids off and book the class that day or do you need to do it a while before?

Thank you :)

I don’t mind within a half hour window or so, just wasn’t sure if it was a case of they would deliver during ‘breakfast time’ between like 6 and 11 lol

Thanks everyone :)

Quick question about breakfast room service please, can I order it the night before to be delivered at a certain time or is it a case of ring in the morning and they’ll deliver when they can?

I’d have no problem with it being included in the cruise cost. Being in the UK it would be easier for me to understand to be honest. Tips to me are extras for a great service. If I went out to eat I would expect to pay enough for the meal so the the staff can be paid a decent wage and the owner can make enough profit to continue. The amount of tip I leave is dependant on how good the service we receive is. A ‘tip’ to me is a bonus for good service to the individual who gave the good service.

The way I understand gratuities at the moment are that they are used to top up a low wage, which isn’t really a tip it’s necessary. I would feel more comfortable in paying more fo my cruise, knowing the staff are being paid well, then I can tip individuals as I see fit. I know I can just prepay gratuities and then tip extra (which is what I’m doing) but not everyone will do that so isn’t really of benefit to the staff.

As long as your kids aren't standing on chairs throwing spaghetti across the table I don't care what you wear.

Well there goes my holiday plans ;p;p

Seriously though after reading these posts I’ve made my peace that at some point in my holiday I’m going to end up offending someone somehow. Don’t get me wrong my kids are well behaved, I’m not a chair hog and I do plan on dressing up for dinner, but there seems to be so many rules and regulations that other people place on behaviour on cruises I’ve never heard about on other holidays.

My thoughts, as long as someone isnt rude, crude or unhygienic they can enjoy their holiday and I’ll enjoy mine. Live and let live.

Thank you :)