trojan3000

I heard a rumour that Explorer was coming back to the UK empty but cannot believe that and I still cannot find any information about her crossing.

She is sailing on the 7TH March in the US then the 24TH April in the UK. Can anyone tell me where she is having her refit and any info on the TA.

Ian

I don't think you should be asking such a question on this board due to the risk of it being abused by non D+ members :eek:

The word CONTACT means you can get in touch with me without posting

Yesterday I managed to change my booking on Quantum from an 8 day Bahamas cruise to a 14 night Dubai to Singapore cruise, part of the Global Odyssey re-positioning cruise from NYC to Shanghai. I can relate to the difficulties mentioned, having to choose many options, a long wait to speak to an agent then getting cut off whilst on hold when the agent had to speak to a supervisor. Amazingly I got the same agent when I rang back which saved me having to start all over again. As an experienced RCI cruiser I know what I want when I book but I find it very difficult to get the information I need and it was only after 2 25 minute calls that I eventually got my booking sorted out. All very frustrating and unsatisfactory. I'm really missing the helpful friendly team in Addlestone who were always a pleasure to do business with. As a D + member I have a dedicated phone number to call but still end up talking to the hapless team in Guatamala. I can confirm that the £75 admin fee was waived. Very excited about the opportunity to now go on a new ship and an itinerary I have been wanting to do for a long time.

Penton what is your dedicated phone number in the UK for Diamond plus members

Thanks

Not done the flight through Atlanta but Manchester to San Juan through Philadelphia with US airways twice. 2hrs 40 mins is enough

Please contact if you need any help

Ian

The Set Sail Pass is 3 pages you sign it twice once under Cruise Ticket Contract and the second under Onboard Expense Account both on the first page

Any guests sign the first page of their pass under Cruise Ticket Contract.

Extra Kim check your RCL web price then go onto the RCL US and check their price.

Just priced a Vision TA in 2015 for a D1 on the UK site at both persons at full price compared to the US site one at full price and one at 50% off.

UK site is $259 cheaper

Do not be fooled.

If this happened in the UK No Refund lost deposit :mad:

Just priced a Vision TA in 2015 for a D1 on the UK site at both persons at full price compared to the US site one at full price and one at 50% off.

UK site is $259 cheaper.

There is a massive difference on price pp

We always go for an inside stateroom on a Mediterranean cruise because most of the ports Rome Naples Barcelona Gibraltar Malaga are working ports. So you are amongst the containers ships tankers dock cranes. Book 12 days and sit on deck.

As an earlier poster said - what about the speed?

 

From my on-board experience the free hour is great but only gives you enough time to look at one or two pages as you wait for the network to respond.

 

If everyone is on unlimited time I suspect this will only get worse.

 

Any have experience to share?

People talk about Royals internet but none of then know how to do a SPEED check. I was on Adventure in June 3013 and was getting around 5mbs not to bad but when you are used to 60 to 100 mbs it is very slow.

Daghis did you do a speed test?

It was slow on Indy last year only 3 to 4 mbps depending where you are on the ship.

Ok this is weird. Price is $25 different using google Crome than aol or phone search engine!

What the price of Potatoes

Amazon Prime, Netflix, and Hulu won't permit you to download programs onto your tablet but there is a way round it

if you have the right program you can save the films to your PC convert to any format to use on a tablet. We have the Technology

No usb slots or dvd drives the PC`s are only set up to get on the internet

I'm assuming you used Choice Air ? I have used choice air several times and have been satisfied

BUT

you really need to scrutinize their options well. We booked the option offered us to Rome.

Later on ,searching for ourselves, we discovered a one stop instead of 2 stops flight that was almost 3

hours shorter which for some reason wasn't listed .

They waved the change fee and we happily paid the extra $75 this flight cost.

 

Two other times the amount of time given for flight connections was waaay too short .

Less then 55 minutes was given so we booked different flights.

No choice air in the UK but they do have a travel department that your TA should be able to talk to.

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That is incorrect. The answer is NO. You only get double C&A points for booking a Grand Suite and above.

Don`t you wish you could delete a post

Sorry Kayleigh but you missed out we went to chops on the 21 sept on Indy I had a 10oz fillet mingion medium rare it was to die for the best steak I have ever had.

Three children on the captain`s table on Adventures Iceland cruise May 2013

Thinking of going on the Adventure March 23 2014 which looks like would just be before dry dock. There's a great balcony guarantee rate right now. Any thoughts? Has anyone been on this ship lately? Will the ship look pretty worn? The itinerary is great and perfect for our schedule.

 

Thanks! Sharon

We were on the ship the ship two weeks ago it is still spotless everything is clean and tidy but looking tired. In the windjammer and Viking lounge about 40% of the large double glazed windows are blown (all misted up) But our stateroom was immaculate with new carpets and a recovered suite. I would go back tomorrow.

These were the amounts just before March 2013:

 

$5.00pp per day for Housekeeping Staff ($7.25 if in a GS or above)

$3.75pp per day for Waiter

$2.15pp per day for Assistant Waiter

$0.75pp per day for Head Waiter

Total: $11.65pp per day ($13.90pp per day if booked in a GS or above)

 

 

This past March, the total was raised $0.35 per day.

On rccl it's on their website

Suite attendant: $7.25 USD a day per guest

Stateroom attendant: $5.00 USD a day per guest

Dining Room Waiter: $3.75 USD a day per guest

Assistant Waiter: $2.15 USD a day per guest

Headwaiter: $0.75 USD a day per guest

 

I think it varies from cruise line to cruise line though

 

 

This is $11.65 per person a day not $12 who gets the 35 cents.

Average people on a cruise 3000

This is a $1000 a day

It is 7 million per year for the whole fleet.

 

Who gets it?

On our last cruise we paid our gratuities on our account and that seemed to work fine . We tipped the suite steward and head waiter and maitre d the suggested gratuity and a bit more . But our regular table waiter was awful so we did give him gratuity but only a small amount as we didn't feel he deserved it .

Some people may frown on this but I'm sorry he really did not deserve it !!

 

 

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What are the suggested gratuities for the waiter, head waiter, assistant waiter, room steward.

Thanks

I haven't seen any but I plan to do that onboard the Oasis in 3 weeks. I hear descriptive like "slow as molassas" to "ok" and I'm a numbers kind of guy. If everything works out I will have a speedtest.net report sometime late on 2/23 or 2/24. Something like this:

 

 

Although I suspect not quite as fast.

The last time I did a speed test on RCL it was half a meg I would love 10% of what we recieve in the UK

Just had the same problem in the UK the reservation came up then I received the same message as what you are experiencing. Went to my TA and found out that my cruise had not been confirmed my TA had to rebook. Take care.