renza

Keep checking more might open. If not right when you get on board there will be times open again. Book ASAP

I live very close to west palm airport. I get to port of Miami in an hour unless traffic hour. As mentioned before brightline is very easy. It’s about $20 pp from west Palm to Miami. They do have sales if you buy a few days before it is cheaper. They have free shuttles but only from brightline to airport. Not airport to brightline. It’s only a 10 min ride 5 miles from west palm airport. Once in Miami u can Uber or metro to where u need to go. 

1 hour ago, Diver2014 said:

Go with Harmony. We’re on Wonder right now and not that impressed (other than we love the lay out of the Windjammer on Wonder). We were on Harmony in January of 2020 and found it to be more to our liking. Wonder is overly geared towards families.

Basically the same ship with one less flowrider. They are both geared for families. 

42 minutes ago, dc15 said:

Awesome. Thanks. As first time cruisers, would Giovanni's, Chops, and 150 Central Park be the play for the 3 nights? (on the Allure)

Try samba or hibachi. Both good. I would not do Giovanni’s I am not a fan. 

When u board go to any specialty restaurant and change it to a time a restaurant you want. You can even start it on day 2 if you want. 

Don’t bother unless you are solo. A great money making for royal with little benefits to guests. 

I live about an hour north of Miami. It is so easy now. You can just get an Uber from airport to port. It’s only 15-20 min. No reason to take a shuttle and wait on people. We park our car out by airport and Uber in many times. So so easy and cheap. 

4 hours ago, Itsasecret80 said:

Were the new menus being used?

The funny thing is the menu is basically the same just can’t get the traditional same things everyday. 

All boardwalk and Central Park balconies are the worst. An apartment complex at sea. Zero privacy. Not sure how people are ok getting on a mega ship that has few places to see the ocean and are ok with looking at neighbors across the way. Curtains have to be closed to get undressed, take shower and come out to change, naps, sex you name it. Get an ocean view balcony you will be able to enjoy the ocean naked or in PJs. 

Both our fine but Allure is our favorite. Love the pool in solarium and love that it has not been amplified. I dislike the huge purple slide in boardwalk that all oasis class have except Allure. 

13 minutes ago, taglovestocruise said:

Debarkation morning you will need to be out of your cabin by 8 or sometimes 8:30. You can then wait in the Promenade or one of the showrooms until your luggage tag number is called. If you self disembark you need to be in line by 6:30 or so.  Ship is usually totally cleared by 9:30. Windjammer is open for breakfast from 6 to 8. You can ask your cabin steward or guest services for a different luggage tag number if you need to be off earlier than your tag calls for. 

We never leave our cabin before 9 am. We walk off anytime we want with our luggage. 

28 minutes ago, NinnerN said:

I'm curious.....how long can you stay on the ship before disembarking?  Our flight leaves late in the day and I'm in no hurry to jump off the ship. Can you have a relaxing breakfast before leaving?   

We tend to leave late too. We sleep in and drive home usually by 9:30. We live in south Florida so close to all ports. By about 9:30 they are kicking you off. We get up at 9 and take our time. 

On 1/15/2023 at 7:57 PM, jamin jul said:

Renza- when are you on the Voyager? I board next Sunday.  I do not see excursions for SJU before airport when we disembark? 🤔

I am on March 5

Our least favorite is hooked. Frozen fish is not my thing. We live in south Florida and run a fishing charter. That’s fresh fish. We catch and eat that night. Hooked was terrible 

We always walk off with our luggage anytime we want. So easy. 

13 minutes ago, matj2000 said:

 

 

That is not always accurate.

 

I know TA's companies that will have banks of rooms set aside for their customers, which might now be shown on the RC website.

 

How many, or what category, I am not sure.

Yes it is more than accurate a week out. 
you do understand that when companies book a bank of rooms it is not specific rooms. Royal will have the rooms available too. 

1 hour ago, njkruzer said:

Sitting at SKU airport. We had planned to go to OSJ, check our luggage at Barrachina's, wander around before heading to the airport but DH got concerned about traffic so we went straight to airport.  We have a 2:40 flight and were here after 9. Were not allowed to check in.  You cannot checkin more than 4 hrs before your flight.   Not many places to wait...I found a windowsill.   Exactly 4 hrs before we were on line, still had to wait a little but got checked on and head to gate.  So be forewarned when making your plans

 

Oh my. Long wait. We don’t have a flight till 5:30. Was planning on buying Royal excursion for $13 that takes our luggage and drops us in old San Juan. Picks us up later and takes us to airport. 

Just tap card on door pad. I will not use lanyards because it is a pain always taking it out to buy drinks and on and off ship. 

Thank you 

2 minutes ago, njkruzer said:

I don't eat it but it was last night, night 8.

Wow they had it on last night. Was it dress your best or formal night?  I have never seen them do a lobster/ formal night last night

I know your cruise is 9 night but did u have a lobster night. Do u remember what night. 

Omg. Key is nothing. Not even close to private lesson. You have UDP that is awesome all you need. Save your money. I find zero benefit with key. We always wake up late on departure day and go to park cafe. We walk off ship around 9:40. 

We have been on many carnival ships. We always have fun. Royal is definitely a step up. Carnival is like Walmart. You will see things that you really don’t want to see with guest. Oh it’s great people watching for sure. Shows are not near as good as royal. Would we go on carnival again? Sure. So many more food options on carnival, that’s one thing I love. It’s definitely a fun time. 
Royal is a little classier. Not as many drunks or people in bathing suits that are 9 times too small. Royal can be fun but carnival puts fun to another level. Their staff really makes great parties. I am sure people will tell me how wrong I am to talk about guest but it’s so true with Carnival. It can be like going to Walmart in the middle of the night. PJs and Curlers in hair, you name it you will see it on carnival. 

We did it once on Allure. Was it good? Yes it was good not great. Actually got board at times. Lol. I would never pay more than $100 pp but whatever. The bridge was the best part, everything else didn’t really interest us. We did watch a video before on the whole process of these huge ships which is great. You can look up on Utube instead of taking tour. It’s very cool the process 

Uber is super easy. A shuttle is crazy. Don’t bother. Having to pay more and waiting on others is crazy. Uber or lift is super easy