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So disappointed when the 14 day Southern Caribbean sailing were discontinued. 

So excited when the Jan 31, 2020 Silhouette was added. Booked immediately. 

So sad when the Silhouette was later cancelled, but thank you for the offered compensation. 

Booked a 6 & 8 night B2B, but not quite the same as the 14 night. 

If you’re at Terminals 19, 21, 25, 26  or 29, you can take the parking shuttle to the midport garage and then to the other terminal. 

See this site that discusses parking. 

http://cruiseporteverglades.us/port-everglades-parking/

We had a cruise on Celebrity that was supposed to sail out of Miami on Jan 31, but it was canceled. 

However, many here on CC had made reservations, and found that flights were less expensive on the 29th. Also, flying into Ft Myers, or Orlando, on the 29th or 30th, and then renting a car and driving a few hours on the 31st, was less expensive. 

We were also cautioned that the stadium is actually close to FLL, and you might have difficulty getting transportation. Uber will probably have surge pricing, and taxis might not be as readily available. So using a car rental near the port with shuttle service might be better. 

Of course, most are just guessing what it will be like. Just beware that may take longer to get to the port if you’re flying in the day of the cruise. 

And have s great cruise. 

We sailed once during Super Bowl, and they showed the game in the theater, on a big screen. They divided the seats down the middle, so each teams side was decorated, and served bar food, hamburgers, hot dogs, bbq wings, etc @ the back of the theatre. However that wasn’t on sailing day,  when they may need the theatre for Muster. 

Wonder if on-board booking will be higher in 2020, for all those enjoying drink packages, while on-board. 

Where is the choice for "Didn't look at Cruise Critic on Monday... Missed it! 

20 hours ago, nancyshaw said:

has anyone gotten the benefit having  booked before June 1?

 

dont want to bother trying if that is the case...my last/only cruise with Celeb was booked before June 1.

See my post #9

8 Cruises booked prior to June 1. Seven No's and one yes.

Here are two links that talk about this.

https://www.tsa.gov/travel/security-screening/whatcanibring/items/medical-marijuana

https://thepointsguy.com/news/traveling-with-cbd-products/

I had 8 upcoming cruises over the next 3 years, with both Royal and Celebrity, so I sent in a request, to see what happened.

7 were denied, but one stated I would be receiving a $200 Shareholder OBC.

Here is a summary of the responses:

2019 Silhouette (Booked Sept 2018 on-board with Go Better 2 Perks, +$150 Shipboard Credit On-Board Booking Bonus, and $50 B2B Savings)

Thank you for your email. As a valued shareholder, you are very important to us. The requested shareholder benefit onboard credit cannot be applied to reservation xxxxxxx as it is not combinable with the offer, GOBETTER BEVOBC, listed on your reservation.

Thank you for choosing to sail with us. We hope you and your wife have an enjoyable cruise.

Kind Regards,

Denise

Shareholder Benefit Team

Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd.

2019 Silhouette (Booked Sept 2018 on-board with Go Better 2 Perks, +$150 Shipboard Credit On-Board Booking Bonus)

Thank you for your email. As a valued shareholder, you are very important to us. The requested shareholder benefit onboard credit cannot be applied to reservation xxxxxxx as it is not combinable with the offer, GOBETTER BEVOBC, listed on your reservation.

Thank you for choosing to sail with us. We hope you and your wife have an enjoyable cruise.

Kind Regards,

Denise

Shareholder Benefit Team

Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd.

2020 Symphony (Booked  March 2018 with $225 Past Guest Promo per person, and $563 Non Refundable Deposit Promo per person)

Thank you for your email.

As offers are not combinable, the requested shareholder’s onboard credit cannot be applied to reservation xxxxxxx because there are other discount offers already applied that are greater than the shareholder benefit. If you wish to take advantage of the shareholder’s offer instead of the other offers, please contact your travel agent to have those offers removed. Once the other offers are removed, please resubmit your complete request.

Thank you again for choosing to sail with us. We hope you and your wife have another wonderful cruise.

Kind Regards,

Denise

Shareholder Benefit Team

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.

2020 Symphony (Booked March 2018 with $225 Past Guest Promo per person, and $601 Non Refundable Deposit Promo per person)

Thank you for your email.

As offers are not combinable, the requested shareholder’s onboard credit cannot be applied to reservation xxxxxxx because there are other discount offer already applied that are greater than the shareholder benefit. If you wish to take advantage of the shareholder’s offer instead of the other offers, please contact your travel agent to have those offers removed. Once the other offers are removed, please resubmit your complete request.

Thank you again for choosing to sail with us. We hope you and your wife have a wonderful cruise.

Kind Regards,

Denise

Shareholder Benefit Team

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.

2020 Silhouette (Booked March 2018 on-board with Go Big 1 Perks, +$200 Shipboard Credit On-Board Booking Bonus)

Thank you for contacting our Shareholder Benefit Team. As a valued shareholder and guest, you are very important to us. On behalf of our company, it is my pleasure to respond to your correspondence.

We applied your Shareholder Benefit onboard credit to your booking xxxxxxx for $200.00. While your onboard credit has been added, it may not immediately appear on your SeaPass folio on the first day of your cruise. Please allow up to two days into your sailing for the credit to reflect on your account.

Thank you again for choosing to sail with us. We hope you and your wife have a wonderful cruise.

Sincerely,

Denise

Shareholder Benefit Team.

Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd.

2021 Reflection (Booked Jan 2019 with Celebrity Season Savings, with reduced deposit, Classic Beverage Package, pre-paid Gratuties, and MLK promo with $100 Shipboard Credit)

Thank you for your email. As a valued shareholder, you are very important to us. The requested shareholder benefit onboard credit cannot be applied to reservation xxxxxxx as it is not combinable with the offer, GOBETTER BEVGRT, listed on your reservation.

Thank you for choosing to sail with us. We hope you and your wife have an enjoyable cruise.

Kind Regards,

Denise

Shareholder Benefit Team

Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd.

2021 Apex (Booked March 2019 on-board with Go Better 2 Perks, +$150 Shipboard Credit On-Board Booking Bonus)

Thank you for your email. As a valued shareholder, you are very important to us. The requested shareholder benefit onboard credit cannot be applied to reservation xxxxxxx as it is not combinable with the offer, GOBETTER BEVGRT, listed on your reservation.

Thank you for choosing to sail with us. We hope you and your wife have an enjoyable cruise.

Kind Regards,

Denise

Shareholder Benefit Team

Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd.

2021 Equinox (Booked Jan 2019 with Celebrity Season Savings, with reduced deposit, Classic Beverage Package, pre-paid Gratuties, and MLK promo with $100 Shipboard Credit)

Thank you for your email. As a valued shareholder, you are very important to us. The requested shareholder benefit onboard credit cannot be applied to reservation xxxxxxx as it is not combinable with the offer, GOBETTER BEVGRT, listed on your reservation.

Thank you for choosing to sail with us. We hope you and your wife have an enjoyable cruise.

Kind Regards,

Denise

Shareholder Benefit Team

Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd.

A couple of times, I found that the price online is a discount from purchasing on-board.

So, the price didn't change online prior to the cruise, despite emails or banners that there was a sale, but when I checked after we boarded, it was more on-board. 

The picture is not from the cruise line, but from your passport photo.

https://www.cbp.gov/travel/biometrics

We were on in March, and there were two comedians, one at the beginning, and one at the end. One was very good, and the other was the worst performer we've seen on a cruise ship. There was one questions about the comedy shows, with a ranking, but it didn't distinguish between the two performers. We made a mention in the written part of the review, but we felt sorry for the good comedian, if he was getting judged by the review, because if someone only saw the one show, they might have given a very low score.

58 minutes ago, 4cats4me said:

Perry Grant was the pianist.  We saw him on Princess last year and he had quite a following. LOL

Just off Royal Caribbean's Adventure of the Seas  Perry played every night in the Schooner Bar to standing room only crowds.

On 3/21/2019 at 10:22 AM, SandG said:

Is there a benefit or, conversely, issues to having both?  I tried doing some searches and hit one comment here where a passenger said that they could not use a Global Entry line somewhere because they had the Mobile Passport App and I didn't understand why.

 

Sue   

I posted in another thread, that, at an airport, I was showing my daughter how mobile passport worked, and submitted that I was there.

When we rounded the corner, the line for global entry was way shorter. So we thought we would go to that line. But because we had already submitted, using mobile passport, we weren't able to use the global entry kiosks. I learned that when somewhere that has the global entry kiosks, you can start filling in the mobile passport information, just to complete and submit it.

This isn't an issue at the ports, where there aren't kiosks, just a different line (sometimes).

So now, while we're waiting to leave the ship, I make sure I have WiFi off (so I don't connect to the ships WiFi, which isn't connected to the internet, the morning you arrive), and fill in all of the info for Mobile Passport, and wait until we get down to where customs is, to even see if there are separate lines for either Global Entry or Mobile Passport. (Sometimes they're the same line)

As a Diamond member, were you able to get preferred tender tickets for Grand Cayman?

If not, how was the tender process?

Sailing on the Edge soon.

Wondering if they add this to the in room, on demand, tv programing.

2 hours ago, Scoobydobe7 said:

So Royal is charging you more to pick your cabin???   WOW!!!  I guess it is "anything for a buck"   IMO -- CHEAP TACTIC....

 

So my question is...if you have Royal pick your room, after it is assigned....can you switch you room to a "same category" room without a penalty???

 

Thanks

I think you could have picked any available cabin, in the same category, for the same price, when booking.

They usually pick the lowest category  when the pick your cabin. When you went to pick your own, you probably picked a higher category. 

What they have done is make it very difficult to know which cabin, is in which category, on their website when booking. You either have to look separately at their deck maps, which are still difficult, because the colors are so similar, or using a different TA website.

If you look at this example, you can see one floor of a Oasis cruise has four categories available on this floor, and prices for each category, and the guarantee rate (which I don't believe you were referring to, although many other posters, thought you were referring to). Royal can have two cabins next to each other, and one sleeps 2, and the other sleeps more, and they made them different categories, and possibly different prices.

This particular Big Box website also allow you to just select one category, which this example shows for just the lowest priced category.

We booked on-board right after they opened up booking, and paid $3,629 USD with all taxes, for a  Concierge with 2 perks, and an additional $150 On-Board Booking Credit. Because we had originally booked the March 17th cruise. which was later cancelled due to it being chartered to the Atlantis Cruise, we also have an additional $350 OBC. (Just as a comparison, the same cabin booked today would be $6,970 with all four perks - WOW!!! And and an Aqua guarantee is going for $7,870, or $450 extra per person.)

We are on a B2B, in the same cabin, so wouldn't be upgrading, but I was curious to see what the difference was, so I went to 

https://www.celebritycruises.com/bid-on-cruise-room-upgrade

and saw these Minimum - Maximum Bids today (March 3):

$  300 - $  850 aqua

$1300 - $3500 sky

$1800 - $4500 celebrity

$2250 - $5500 royal

$3000 - $9500 edge villa.

Also checked on our March 24 Cruise for which we paid $3,597 USD with all taxes, for a  Concierge with 2 perks, and an additional $150 On-Board Booking Credit... and the prices were the same.

Just be careful for the ones that are located at hotels. Some are closed on Sundays, or early on Saturday.

Why aren't internet benefits listed?

Or is that considered "Crown & Anchor Society Onboard Offers"?

4 hours ago, Saab4444 said:

Edge uses 25 and Adventure 29.

According to this website about "Post Everglades:

http://cruiseporteverglades.us/port-everglades-parking/

• Terminals 19, 21, 25, 26  and 29 parking

The multilevel midport parking garage is the preferred parking for these terminals. When full, you will be directed to the Terminal 19 surface parking lot. Drop your luggage/passengers first! There are free shuttle buses between the midport parking areas and Terminal 29.

So does mean its possible to easily walk the midport garage from Terminal 25, and then catch a shuttle to Terminal 29?

or, is there also a shuttle from Terminal 25?

My DW doesn't like to snorkel, but enjoyed Woodwind.

She did get in the water, with a noodle, at one stop, and just drifted with the beginners group.

I did snorkel, and it was a great snorkeling experience.

Woodwind is a great snorkeling experience. 

They are rated #3 on TripAdvisor. The number one experience is Seacow, which will not book privately when they've contracted with the cruise ship. You have to then book them through Royal's Shore Excursions. 

Because there is a current, it is a drift snorkel, where they drop you off. in small groups, with a guide, to keep your group together, and you just drift a while, and then they pick you up.

They do serve serve a lunch, and drinks, but not until after everyone has snorkeled snorkeling, as most of the crew are guiding the snorkeling groups..

It's not quite the same fun, relaxing experience as Calabaza, but pretty popular.

Bonaire is all about diving and snorkeling, so hard to find just a catamaran sailing excursion.

We have done Woodwind twice, but Calabaza 6 times. Hard to find something as great as Calabaza.

We are doing a Adventure of the Seas cruise after a Celebrity Edge cruise, and were wondering the same thing.

Someone suggested taking the parking shuttle from the Edge, to the main parking deck, then taking another shuttle from the main parking deck to the Adventure.

Is this really something you could do???

In this January 27th LA Times Celebrity Edge review, there is this quote about halfway into the article, when describing the Infinite Verandas.

"Will we see this type of room on other ships? I got a quick “Yes” when I asked Richard Fain, chief executive of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. They will next appear on a new Royal Caribbean ship, he said."

I wonder which ship he is referring to.

I found this quote interesting.

"Will we see this type of room on other ships? I got a quick “Yes” when I asked Richard Fain, chief executive of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. They will next appear on a new Royal Caribbean ship, he said."