Kilash

1 hour ago, sailor05 said:

No alcoholic drinks or soda's with any meal. Coffee, milk and water in the main dining rooms and those along with a couple of juices (not real) in the Windjammer. The drink packages can be used on CocoCay which is a big plus when there so factor that in.

that's brilliant sailor thank you for that info, that's definitely swung it for me!! did not know that..

With the deluxe beverage drinks package- 

when you eat in the included dining options within your cruise fare - such as windjammer, dining room etc are drinks included there at dinner and breakfast times throughout the day? Or is it food only? In that case a deluxe drinks package including all juices / coffee / alcohol etc would probably make sense… 

or do you only need the drinks package when you are in bars / premium restaurants that aren’t within the cruise fare? 
 

Our cruise is only 4 days long, with 2 days in between at Nassau and cococay, so I’m trying to figure out if I’ll even be on the ship that much, as both of those days I’ll be on the island for the full time allowed. Day 1 we won’t be sailing until evening and day 4 we are at sea all day.. 

With the deluxe beverage drinks package- 

when you eat in the included dining options within your cruise fare - such as windjammer, dining room etc are drinks included there at dinner and breakfast times throughout the day? Or is it food only? In that case a deluxe drinks package including all juices / coffee / alcohol etc would probably make sense… 

or do you only need the drinks package when you are in bars / premium restaurants that aren’t within the cruise fare? 
 

Our cruise is only 4 days long, with 2 days in between at Nassau and cococay, so I’m trying to figure out if I’ll even be on the ship that much, as both of those days I’ll be on the island for the full time allowed. Day 1 we won’t be sailing until evening and day 4 we are at sea all day.. 

With the deluxe beverage drinks package- 

when you eat in the included dining options within your cruise fare - such as windjammer, dining room etc are drinks included there at dinner and breakfast times throughout the day? Or is it food only? In that case a deluxe drinks package including all juices / coffee / alcohol etc would probably make sense… 

or do you only need the drinks package when you are in bars / premium restaurants that aren’t within the cruise fare? 
 

Our cruise is only 4 days long, with 2 days in between at Nassau and cococay, so I’m trying to figure out if I’ll even be on the ship that much, as both of those days I’ll be on the island for the full time allowed. Day 1 we won’t be sailing until evening and day 4 we are at sea all day.. 

for mariner of the seas 12/28 4 day bahamas - we booked from Ireland / UK.

Our Deluxe Beverage package went from £64.99 to £52.99 today... small saving i suppose. it says 30% off on board which is around £80 apparently.

I've heard it mentioned on here before that we tend to pay more in pounds than if on the US Website?

My dad already purchased his DBP - could he call up and re-book to avail of the savings?

I am guessing that reduction today will be as low as it will go now for the remainder of BF/Cyber Monday deal period..

I thought overall £200+ for 4 days wasn't bad value for 4 days considering what the DBP includes

Thanks PJ and everyone. 
 

might just wait to Black Friday next week and see if it comes down at all? 
 

no point in ringing up an agent trying to haggle, I’d imagine there’s very little movement from them. 

Hi, 

we’re traveling as a group of 4 couples. 
 

mariner of seas 28th Dec 4 night Bahamas and cococay cruise

it is quoting the unlimited alcohol package at £250 gbp per person for the full cruise so £500 per couple. 
 

is it a good deal and were you glad you bought it vs buying drinks “pay as you go” style?

TIA 

this is all very confusing, beginning to think we may have to cancel. 

Royal Caribbean do not answer emails or the phone on the customer service line

yeah im on hold for the last 30 mins, - again the official website just says a PCR/Antigen... i guess ill go with that then.

Quite ridiculous to be honest. Travelling on a circa 10 hour flight from ireland to florida, and you cant get an answer via email or phone??

Starting to think is it worth the risk at all. 

everything is quite obscure. Not happy at the moment with the level of details provided about what happens at the boarding process exactly and what is needed. It’s ridiculous for international travelers. 
 

I’ll be calling RC up tomorrow and looking for hard answers if they want to keep our party of 8. 
I think we have until November 1st to cancel 

Yeah everything is quite obscure. Not happy at the moment with the level of details provided about what happens at the boarding process exactly and what is needed. It’s ridiculous for international travelers. 
 

I’ll be calling RC up tomorrow and looking for hard answers if they want to keep our party of 8. 
I think we have until November 1st to cancel 

Thank you. Is there anywhere on RC website where it tells you exactly what the test has to say / look like? I’m not familiar with these at all… 

do you need to go to a testing facility that can produce lab records? Or is something ordered online suffice? Eg if you just bring the testing device / result (I don’t even know what it looks like) does it have to be accompanied by paper ?

On 10/1/2021 at 4:39 PM, Biker19 said:

Welcome to CC.

 

You can sorta kill two birds with one stone by testing on the 26th (it doesn't have to be at night - anytime) - you can use that for the flight over and for the cruise. No need to test after cruise as you are staying in the US.

Thank you. Is there anywhere on RC website where it tells you exactly what the test has to say / look like? I’m not familiar with these at all… 

do you need to go to a testing facility that can produce lab records? Or is something ordered online suffice? Eg if you just bring the testing device / result (I don’t even know what it looks like) does it have to be accompanied by paper ?

Thanks! Taking a test in Ireland sounds good. 
or looking for a CVS/testing facility in port canaveral .

I was getting worried!

Hi everyone,

we arrive into Orlando from Dublin, Ireland on Monday 27th December in the evening around 6pm. We cruise Tuesday 28th at 4pm from Pt Canaveral. Does that mean our best option for having a test to show at boarding on Tuesday is to have a rapid antigen or whatever is fastest? Just trying to get organized. We will travel over to Pt Canveral and stay there monday night.

I don’t think it’s wise to assume arriving in Orlando on Monday evening, we’ll be able to just get a test with very fast results somewhere that will be ready for boarding Tuesday afternoon? or maybe so... being non-americans we are not familiar with your pharmacies etc..

maybe we should take one in Ireland on Sunday 26th night time, hopefully that should be ok inside 48 hours... in case you haven't noticed i've no idea how they work! only know of PCR and antigen.

And on 1st January when we arrive back in Orlando - what is the protocol? Do we take a test on board, does it have to be paid for? Or do we just continue on with our trip to our hotel in Orlando? We are spending 2nd week 1st - 9th Jan in orlando.

thank you 

Hi everyone,

we arrive into Orlando from Dublin, Ireland on Monday 27th December in the evening around 6pm. We cruise Tuesday 28th at 4pm from Pt Canaveral. Does that mean our best option for having a test to show at boarding on Tuesday is to have a rapid antigen or whatever is fastest? Just trying to get organized. We will travel over to Pt Canveral and stay there monday night.

I don’t think it’s wise to assume arriving in Orlando on Monday evening, we’ll be able to just get a test with very fast results somewhere that will be ready for boarding Tuesday afternoon? or maybe so... being non-americans we are not familiar with your pharmacies etc..

maybe we should take one in Ireland on Sunday 26th night time, hopefully that should be ok inside 48 hours... in case you haven't noticed i've no idea how they work! only know of PCR and antigen.

And on 1st January when we arrive back on the ship into Pt Canaveral - what is the protocol? Do we take a test on board, does it have to be paid for? Or do we just continue on with our trip to our hotel in Orlando? We are spending 2nd week 1st - 9th Jan in orlando.

thank you