Dan83

I booked a 10:30 am flight from FLL. Any tips for disembarking Allure of the Seas and getting to the airport? Taxi/Uber?

Grabbed it for $17.99 on Allure 9/17. Was just about to get Voom 2 devices. And was considering chops lunch boarding day. This was $23 more for the key. So this is technically a deal. We’ll use the internet and embarkation lunch but the other benefits are meaningless to us.

Goes away in about 3-4 months. Learned this during Covid. For me the booking fever starts as soon as we board. Thankfully I have an awesome TA that will talk me out of booking something stupid at nextcruise.

At risk of beating a dead horse…. I think that was quietly added to the FAQ’s recently. And they “fixed the glitch “. Really that’s what all the fuss was about. Only recently, I have read a couple reports of this situation where someone has not received the solo double points. Could be new policy, maybe. I’d like to hear from someone that has done this in the past couple weeks and automatically got double.

Do I get double cruise points if my sailing companion cancels and I sail as a single? A booking must be created and sail as a single occupancy, with a paid single guest supplement to cruise fare, to receive the extra single sailor points. When one guest from a multiple-guest occupancy reservation cancels within 100% penalty, their cruise fare is held in penalty within the reservation. This allows the cancelled guest to potentially file a claim with their travel protection provider, if applicable. The booked cruise fare for the remaining guest(s) within the reservation remains the same and no single supplement is applied; therefore, the remaining guests receive Crown & Anchor Society points based on the initial occupancy booked within their reservation.

Voyager in October, Boston to San Juan. 0% inside, 50% ocean view and balcony

Follow up question: If you book solo and are fortunate enough to find a rate with 0% single supplement, do you get double points? The FAQ’s on the CAS page specifically says you must book solo and pay the single supplement to get double points. But there are a few 50, 25, and even 0% supplemental fares out there now. Looks like they’re available on a few repositioning cruises. Second follow up question: if you book solo and pay the 100% supplement on a double occupancy cabin, could you later add a cabin mate? Say like a week or two before sailing.

I’ve never had a real crab cake from Maryland. However I love the crab cakes on Royal Caribbean. They can make them out of whatever they want as long as they stay delicious.

That could be it. Added a balcony discount sometime after booking.

Yes it’s group space. Weird because we have 3 cabins booked. 2 of them still show OBC in the cruise planner.

Yes. Showed up in cruise planner after I booked. Disappeared sometime before final payment. I checked to make sure I didn’t buy anything in cruise planner.

The $50 OBC from Royal fell off one of my bookings. Does this happen often? Travel agent says everything is fine. I have my doubts. Disappeared from cruise planner and the Royal invoice. TA’s invoice still shows the total OBC though.

Sounds like there was a glitch in the automated system that gave solo points to a cabin mate after someone no-shows. I guess they “fixed the glitch.”

We are both booked. That’s why I was asking is the extra point a sure thing or is it YMMV.

My wife goes and gets the double points while I stay home. I get 0 points but still linked to my wife’s account who will be a brand new diamond on our next cruise together.

Thanks for the replies. I was thinking it was probably YMMV. My wife and I are 16 points short of diamond with an 8 day booked next month. So while most would take an extra cruise to level up, I’m considering just staying home.

Is the extra points for sailing solo after the other passenger doesn’t show up an actual policy written somewhere or is it a YMMV situation? There’s been a few reports lately of not getting the extra points.

I shouldn’t have mentioned it because I don’t like to relive unpleasant memories. My daughter was very excited about a dolphin swim. I had done the research and even called to verify she was eligible. They changed the requirements between when I booked and when we arrived. She was 1/4 inch too short and they made her take shoes off to measure. She was upset and so was I. Safety. Ok fine. But their response to the situation was what really made the day something I’d like to forget. No refund of any kind. Told me it was my fault. I was polite but their customer service was anything but. After more than an hour of trying to get something out of the day they put us with a ship sponsored dolphin encounter with a huge group. Had to wait another 3 hours just to get that. I had booked the exclusive swim for a small group and we ended up with the ship excursion masses.

Thanks for the report. We will be there Sunday and I’ve been looking for a recent review.

Any advice for staying low carb on Royal Caribbean? I’ve been low carb for 6 months with very good results. I don’t want to spoil that on a cruise next week.

We had a bad experience with dolphin discovery Cozumel in February 2020. I don’t recommend them.

Thanks for all the advice. Cruise leaves Friday. The 10 pm departure from home now seems too optimistic. More likely will be 11-midnight. I think I’m going to leave at 2 am. If all goes well I’ll just nap in the car when we get to Galveston. And I’ll still have a few hours wiggle room before the 1:30 all aboard.

Yeah it’s been sold out for weeks but I was unable to find any active roll call. Thought maybe it was a partial charter or something like that. We’ll be the ones getting kicked out of the lounge due to rowdy kids. (Kidding) well maybe not kidding

We also leave out Friday. Salvador, the concierge, emailed Saturday with the welcome email. I replied with a couple minor requests but he never responded. The address posted above is correct.

We’ve had something come up that we can’t miss the evening before a cruise departing Galveston. It’s a 6 hour drive to port. My options are to start driving around 10 pm and arrive 4 am. Or I could try to get a few hours sleep and leave home at 3-4 am and arrive to port in time to board the ship. This option doesn’t leave much wiggle room for flat tires, breakdown, etc. which is rare but always crosses my mind on a trip. I’m reluctant to get a hotel just to check in at 4 am and then leave 5-6 hours later. It’s just too much work unloading the car and kids into a hotel for a few hours. Another consideration is driving through Houston on a weekday morning, which could easily add an extra hour to drive time. Which option would you take?