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My boys absolutely loved 7 days of cruising and island hopping.  So much so that we have planned a cruise every year for the past 5 years.  They will be 17 and 13 when we go on our 5th family cruise together to the Southern Caribbeans this coming April. 

When I sign onto my cruise planner it shows that specialty dining options will be

Chops

Sabor

Giovanni's

Chefs Table 

Izumi 

For those who are questioning what will be on the refurb ship. 

5 minutes ago, brillohead said:

Be realistic about whether your boys will want to eat with you every night, too.... my son loved to eat with his buddies and get back to doing teen things, versus sitting down for a served meal.

 

I never thought about that since we have always been with other family and friends (they would have friends-family too).  Good point.  I would honestly be ecstatic if either met other teens on the ship.  The hubby and I dont need them trailing us saying how bored they are.  

Yes, for the unlimited and I was a dollar short its $168 pp.  The math makes it around $24 pp a night.  I know it also includes Johnny Rockets which can be a different lunch option too.  We have been on several cruises through Royal and were just wondering if it would be fun to change up the dining options a bit.  

$167 per person

7 day cruise 

Hello Loyal RCL Cruisers!

We have sailed on RCL several times now and we are curious about giving the specialty restaurants a shot.  We have never tried any of them as we have always gone with other family and friends who did not want to pay the extra $$.

It will be just me, my husband and our 2 teenage boys sailing this go-round.  I'd love to get feedback on other's experiences.

We will be sailing on the Freedom after it's AMP'ed, and we love food.  LOL.  If that helps anyone. 

Thanks!

Hi OP..I can't argue with any of your gripes.  All are very valid.  Only thing I can say is that our room attendant has always been extremely nice.  If you have a moment to fill out their survey I would, and I would let them know about your experience with the room attendant.  My friend had a bad attendant on their Alaskan cruise and they actually got a small compensation due to their frustrations.  (not saying that will be the same for you.)

I don't know if this helps anyone but we usually grease our room attendant as soon as we meet them.  Doing that we have never had issues with our room attendant. 

Southwest released their flights through April 13th 2020.

We are flying to San Juan April 11-20 from LAX and were able to at least book our flights going out at a great price.  

They book out fast so I figured I would share the knowledge.  

I book then just watch the prices.  I saved almost $500 on our Easter break cruise by just checking to see what RCL has up their sleeves 😉

$51 for 4/12/20 sailing date on Freedom

I'll keep rolling the dice

We only purchase Caribbean rum that we cannot purchase here in the states.  All other alcohol doesn't warrant the hassle of lugging it home (for us).

Just FYI; Freedom is getting drydocked and will be "AMP'ed " with new stuff on it March of 2020

Freedom is more port extensive and Harmony is more about activities on the boat.  Are you guys more of the go go type of people?  Then Freedom might be your better choice.  If you want more of a relaxing vacation Harmony might be better.

Glad to hear(read) and THANK YOU for posting your story!

51 minutes ago, HBE4 said:

 

What's the guys name?

At shortstop?  I dont give a darn or I dont care

Who's on 3rd?

I think that's common practice for any business that is selling something.  I always "shop" around before I purchase, and I always check how long I have to try to find a better price and keep looking up until I cannot anymore.   I have made 2 reservations with RCL so far where I was able to get a better price while continuously checking the current prices on cruises we were booked on.  We booked a cruise on NextCruise a couple years back and they didn't have the "Children Sail Free" when we made our booking.  A couple months later they ran that promo and I was able to get one of my kids for free saving us around $400.  Then, the cruise I have us booked on in April 2020 was running us around $600pp and one day I randomly did a mock booking on the same cruise and saw that the price had dropped $115pp.  So I called up RCL and asked about it, they did their look up and confirmed that there was a drop and credited me the difference.  With that being said; I have never booked a cruise where I felt like it was too much for us to spend.  I'm just a best bargain shopper.  😉

First I want to say that I sympathize with OP.  Generally, I always do a mock booking first online to see what the rates are then I call a rep.  I dont remember the rep saying anything about refundable or non refundable deposits. However, I do remember them saying "best rate possible" and I knew it was the non refundable rate due to me looking at prices previously online.  Now every time I have booked on NextCruise they always make it VERY clear that the rate I'm getting is non refundable and that I have 30 days to make changes if dates I selected do not work.  OP- thank you for sharing your story.  I do believe it will make people more aware when booking cruises in the future.  I'm also very sorry about your loss on $$.  

OP - this is a great post and I'm so sorry that this happened to you.  I will never buy these gift cards now knowing what you guys went through.  What a bunch of BS!

I definitely think you need to get on a 3 way call with your travel agent.  Gut feeling is that travel agent didn't book it correctly.  I have always booked directly with RC and have never had them take my room away to give to another guest. 

Maybe your agent did the "Guarantee room" option where you get a balcony room but it's subjected to change all the way up to your cruise.

Did all 3 parties receive a guest reservation invoice from RC after the agent booked the requested rooms?  

7 hours ago, matt082600 said:

I'm not a gambler and I don't play Roulette, but I do understand math and I'm now very curious.  Can someone explain why the extra "B" slot changes the game so drastically?  I believe one gentleman said he'd get off the ship if there was an extra green slot.  I'd love to be educated if someone was willing to take a few moments to write the explanation.  Thanks in advance!

On a table with two zeros, the house edge is 5.26%. That’s one of the highest house advantages in the casino.

On a triple zero roulette table, the house edge jumps up to 7.69%.

On 6/19/2019 at 3:16 PM, fbgd said:

 

 

 

Airlines charge what people will pay. There's no "making up for business travel" revenue game going on here. 

 

So would you recommend waiting to see what Southwest releases for their fare prices?  Do you have a recommendation on "when" to purchase tickets?  I'm all eyes since you seem to know a lot regarding air travel. 

I'm seeing similar fare prices and I'm flying from LAX.  I'm holding off from booking anything until Southwest releases their fares (we are traveling during Easter break so I'm expecting high fare prices due to holiday).  We have a family of 4 and I'm trying to avoid flights costing more than the cruise itself!  Good luck!