BecciBoo

Yeah, we cheated in April on Jubilee...........not impressed at all, never again and this time we mean it.

Absolutely, I never understood it. If anything, it just made me envious that they get to cruise free. None of them ever did anything for my cruises.

Dito...Ascent next April and again Jan. 2nd for our 30th Ann...10 day down to Barbados. Can't wait for either one.

Can anyone report how early the arrival times are from currently? I want to be in the first time slot since we will have a lot of changing to do with rez. That's a long story...they got our Empire Supper Club reservations mangled and my contact at corporate wasn't able to help straighten it out so we'll need to try on boarding.

I agree completely

Upon checking today, my Hideaway is down to $43.99 pp so I cx/rebooked...yippee, another free drink

Whose Meghan Trainer?????????? 🤪

I would agree in principle, but have paid $58 for Beach Club (loved the experience/food/pool) and now $62 for Hideaway coming up in 2 months. I'd pay that but no higher...one and done. It's worth it to me to avoid the masses and diaper diddle in the water...and to have both a terrific bay and a huge pool...there seem to be lots of places to be out of earshot of the DJ, I plan on running over to the Jazz Bar at Hideaway and snagging some of the hammocks. In December of last year it was too cold to even wade in the lagoon pool so I do find value in heated water. No point in that itinerary if you're not getting in at all.

We can all agree to disagree. The horror lies in trying to force others to agree. So far cruising has never resulted in any of that for us. Don't ask, don't tell when cruising...the best policy.

Most people who crab about anything are unhappy people in the first place. Who would want to be around a person like that for a week anyways? SOUR GRAPES!

Ridiculous! There has never been an attempt by mods to delete negative criticism of RCL.

And if I see such behavior, I will certainly take it up with the perps...respectfully of course! If their child is not potty trained, they are gonna hear from me. I have no qualms about asking...it's my pool too.

My daughter is an OR nurse and her husband an anesthesiologist. Gives me pause about what credentials the ships doc has and what experience....I don't know any doctors based on my DD that would take that job, wonder just how lucrative it is...or not. Sounds like a legal matter if it can be proven that RCI was at fault. Or maybe an attorney could get all expenses dropped. Interesting...hope you let us know what happens

I'm perfectly relaxed........BTW I was actually replying to the op, not you. . But not worth the argument. Enjoy!

That's really silly, can't someone be responsible and take things in when they leave the cabin, I think that's perfectly reasonable. What has a potty break got to do with it. You're still IN the cabin. I have left swim suits to dry while in the room, that's why we have alligator clips for towels clipped to the chairs. And I certainly wouldn't leave them while I was away. Generally at night so they'll be ready for the next day. I've never left anything "unattended".on my balcony. We've hung flamingo lights inside along the balcony door. And I've had Christmas clings on the inside of the door to the balcony.

That's not the rule that was posted...it had the caveat, "unattended" to it. 2. “Guests may not leave items unattended on balconies, as the wind may cause items to fall overboard.”

I made this banner during the Basketball playoffs for Allure back in 2013, but we taped it to the glass during sailaway, nothing on our balcony. We used to see various flags back in the day also taped to the balcony glass, haven't seen it lately though.

Tit for tat, I'm perfectly satisfied.

But my posted total includes insurance and gratuities,.,...$198 plus $224 respectively......$422.00.

And that is just patently untrue....Mmmmmm? I wonder if you ARE one? Making blanket statements is not wise. The figures I just posted should prove that. Go ahead, give me a quote for that cabin today..............

Not missing at all...have tried many "big" agencies. They could not save us much if any and over the years have rescinded Venue dining ticket perks and paid Grats, etc. Even bottles of wine are poor. More power to you if you found cheaper rates than the sale pricing from RCI directly, we have not. I am pricing cruises almost every day, from all types of sources and have hardly ever found cheaper pricing. I understand how very busy people prefer to rely on agencies, but I am not one. I have found the best way to save money on booking is to book early. Our cruise on Icon cost us exactly $2822.76 total with an insurance policy and grats for an accessible interior. You will not find a better price on it, ANYWHERE. I forgot to mention we had $100 obc and with our RCI credit card deal we applied another $300 so we were able to book Empire Supper Club. Cruise Fare 1627.00 1627.00 0.00 0.00 3254.00 Extra Sav NRD 30% Savings NRD Vacation Protection Plan Gratuities Taxes, fees, and port expenses -25.00 -579.00 99.00 112.00 177.38 -25.00 -579.00 99.00 112.00 177.38 -50.00 -1158.00 198.00 224.00 354.76 Total Charge 1411.38 1411.38 0.00 0.00 2822.76

We never have...just my experience. BTW, I've been checking for almost 2 years on our Icon booking, nobody beats my booking for total cost from Oct. 2022

We got our choice of meats, I got steak and shrimp...mmmm The cover charge...covered it! Oh! And there was chicken in my fried rice.

Musicians in the band do lots of other gigs onboard. We met some who played in Bolero's every few nights on Odyssee. Though we do not cruise for the music nor the orchestra, we go to all of their venues and enjoy them. This would be a non issue for us and I'm sure we'll enjoy Icon, can't wait to get on her.

After using an independent agent for the first part of our cruising lives, and seeing that the base fares were always the same as that quoted on RCCL's online site, I decided to do my own booking through the call center of RCCL, or RCI or whatever you want to call it. The only difference used to be the perks that the independent could offer, which I could get simply by booking myself and then transferring it. But in recent years, as with the lines themselves, the perks have almost disappeared. That's why it's not worth it to me. Others will say that is not true, but I still try to get quotes from the travel agencies and I don't see it. However, for Icon, that may not hold. I have read here that people have gotten lower base fares with travel agencies...so I'd get quotes from both If I were you. I am my own agent as far as I am concerned. I know how to do it now after 32 cruises, have my own internal contacts and like having control over my booking. I watch for price reductions and get them if they're offered, but I have the time to monitor them. Everybody should do what feels right, that's the bottom line.