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It is a Royal charge, due to it gets added to your cruise booking.

Another point about Air2Sea that I forgot to mention is if your cruise gets cancelled, you officially don’t have a flight. When you book on your own you are usually out of luck. We have had this happen more than once and I was thankful that I didn’t have to eat the airfare.

I agree, but including the amount in my final payment and having flexibility to make changes is worth it to me.

They have saved me more than once. We were stuck in Portland last year due to a snowstorm and they rearranged all of our flights for us around midnight. We had an additional layover with the changes and made it to the ship by 11 the same day, but I was so thankful that they were able to make it happen. We had some bad weather this year when we left in January for our cruise(we were only going to Port Canaveral) and we had to pay an additional $1,000 to get there on time.

I personally recommend booking with Air2Sea for your international flights. It is great to be able to booking early and not paying for it until you make your final cruise If you make changes to your plans after booking, you can call them and rebook with a different flight. Their customer service has always been great also. If you have any additional questions, I am more than happy to help. I have used them several times.

This has never been our experience. They give you many choices of flights/layovers and you pick one. For international flights I always use them(we used them 4 times last year). The part that I don’t like is that you aren’t able to choose your seats when you book. The best part is that they work behind the scenes to make sure that you make it to the cruise when your flights have been delayed and you can book it and pay for it when your final cruise payment is due. You can call them and change it before final payment, cancel, etc.

True, I should have mentioned that.

Unfortunately, you still only get 1 free wash and fold bag per cruise over 5+ nights.

Symphony would definitely be my first choice for best shows.

We enjoyed El Loco Fresh on boarding day last time we were on Symphony. There wasn’t a line and it was wonderful.

No one knows for sure, but make sure that you go there right after boarding. I have always been able to book CK in a JS, but I have heard others that weren’t able to. Enjoy your cruise.

The only steak that is included in the MDR that I enjoy is the Beef Tenderloin.

And better yet enjoy it at lunch for less money.

I also had zero points with Celebrity on my first Celebrity cruise, yet I was Elite.😀

Exactly! I am elite on Celebrity with 56 points!

Enjoy! We order one on every cruise.

Correct. Royal will have pending amounts on your credit card, but they just drop off eventually, they don’t actually get posted(unless you actually had a charge).

We have sailed to Puerto Vallarta a few times on the Navigator. It is a great cruise ship and I am sure that you will enjoy it. There is plenty of fresh cut fruit(including pineapple) at the Windjammer for every meal.

Just a thought, maybe plan on proposing at one of the specialty restaurants onboard. I am sure that they would make it special for you.

I do sometimes and sometimes not. I just always go into my cruise to see if the OBC has been applied.

I remember thinking this exact thing last year. I believe it is called interporting.

The shows are outstanding on the Symphony. I vote for Symphony, there are tons of different things for everyone to do. The Independence is fine, but the Symphony is another level.

I don’t have any horror stories with the laundry service. I appreciate it and have used it many times. I do have a horror story with Celebrity though. All of our laundry was mixed with a few others and brought into our room, dumped on our bed and we had to sort through and take out our things. It really was weird. I almost missed a pair of my underwear, but my DH recognized it!

One for each of you. Just keep in mind everything is washed in hot water. We only send socks, workout clothing and underwear out.

Maybe. We have asked on our last 5 cruises and the answer was always “no”.