MTLCRUISER72

Thanks for all the reply's, Unfortunately thing's didn't work out for us, we will just have to settle for a spacious balcony😐

Mike

Looking for advice from more experienced cruisers. We are sailing March 8 2020 on the Adventure, and have placed generous bids on a JS, GS,GSx2 about a month ago. As of now they all show pending with around 24hrs before boarding.

My question is should I be hopeful? RCI still shows that suits are available among other cabins (probably many cancelations) or should I be content with my spacious balcony cabin? 

Also is it possible to upgrade at Check In also?

Thanks in advance!

Mike

Same here, we will be on her next weekend.

Mike

Great! thanks for the info. Enjoy your Vacation !!

Mike

We use Purefy, we bring it on the plane and spray the tray table and arm rest ect… with it. We also bring a few on our cruise and go crazy spraying our cabin from top to bottom. It's available on Amazon.

Mike

WE were on it last year, the INDY was updated in 2018 I believe. My kids 6-10 at the time had a blast on the water slides and mini water park and mini putt. AS for cabin I guess it's a matter of preference.

Mike

11 minutes ago, mrpayroll said:

Paradise beach would be great with the kids.

X2 We have been twice before with our kids that are a bit older. As others posted, cheap and quick taxi ride, $3 PP to get in, and great service good food and the cocktails are awesome!!

Mike

Can we just stroll in to Malecon21 without reservations? Last year on our stop in Costa Maya it was raining and we ended up staying in port. We will be there second week of March.

Mike

Following along! We will be on her in 3 weeks.

Mike

On 1/28/2020 at 7:10 PM, carbon said:

How much is the taxi to Paradise Beach?

From International Pier we paid $18 each way for the four of us.

Mike

When buying jewelry in port can sometimes be a 50-50 chance of good or bad. Two years ago I bought an expensive Swiss Watch and a Diamond crusted ring in our port stop of Jamaica form one of the "Diamond" stores.

I had registered the warranty for the watch while still in port just to make sure, but as for the ring we could only take the word of the store owner. But the good news was when we returned home my wife went to a jeweller to have it appraised and was told it's value was close to double of what we paid (including our 15% sales tax)

A few months later talking to another cruiser they had purchased some diamond ear rings some where in the Caribbean and found out later they are fake. They had paid part in cash and the rest on a CC, Unfortunately they did not have a CC with fraud protection and had no recourse to claim anything back.

In short, sometimes it's worth it sometimes you have to think twice!

Mike

15 hours ago, Magicat said:

You know you can drink for free at the jewelry shops, eh?

YES! I learned that the hard way, it cost me a Swiss watch and diamond ring😆

You will be fine! Enjoy 

Mike

19 hours ago, cdoobiest said:

We are going to try to use PAYG option as well for our cruise in Feb.  7 ships in port that day.

 

So, I am prepared, if Paradise is full, what is the other options that are nearby.  Are other resorts that have similar PAYG with water activities for kids nearby.  Thanks

I've never seen it that full that they turn people away. And we were there around March break. I'm sure you will be fine, Have fun!

Mike

We were there last year for the second time. They offered us AI but we declined, 3 beans pp to get in, service food and drink is excellent.  The beach is clean and offer a water "play ground" They also have a pretty big pool with lots of loungers around with no chair hogs 😉. We will be stopping in Cozumel on our March cruise, and most likely spend at least half the day there!

Mike

Great ! good to know. We will be stopping there in March!😎

Mike

We have been there twice in 2 years with our 7-10 year old, service and food are very good. We will be back again for our March 2020 cruise.

We have been there the last two years in March with our kids 7-10. Usually arrived around 10-11:00 am. Never a problem finding a nice place to relax at the beach or pool. No need to do AI you can pay as you go as we do, food is great and the prices are reasonable.

We did PB last march with 5-9 year olds, Loved it! going back next week again.

I agree with the others, Paradise beach is great! We will be going in March with our 6-10 year olds. It's not far from the pier, it's safe clean and the food was pretty good.

Paradise Beach was great! My kids 6-10 loved it. We will be back there next month.

DOOOO IT!

Thanks for the great review! I missed a few days and was able to catch up. You had me at Camshaft! Happy you guy's enjoyed your cruise. 

Mike

1 minute ago, Jarmo said:

Why?  I thought all Canadians loved Bud Light? 

Not so much, unless I could get them for $3 maybe I can learn to like them