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A 3 foot guard rail in her cabin ??

Really THREE FOOT ?

Another myth rather than a factual news report.  

She FELL overboard ?

THREE foot railing ??

We have sailed on all the Celebrity ships with REAL VERANDAS over the past 22+ years and would say the Radiance or Quantum class would be great.

2 minutes ago, Biker19 said:

The two on deck 4 - usually starts around 6:30.

Thanks for the response.

We have been sailing Royal for almost 20 years ( D+ ) and choose MTD when we can, going way back

We are going on our FOURTH Anthem cruise and was emailed that the earliest MTD is now 6:45.

We have ALWAYS showed up at 5:30 and were always seated. 

As usual I will just see the seating director once we board and have it taken care of.

Thanks again for the reply.

What is the current earliest reservation time for My Time Dining on the ANTHEM?

Which dining rooms serve My Time?

We've been using the same agent for 22 years. Saved many thousands of dollars in OBC's and plenty of other perks over all those years.

Empress

Grandeur

Zenith

Horizon

Mercury

Millenium

Infinity

Cape Liberty the best and San Juan the worst because of the airport jams.

Going way back to the days when the UPGRADE FAIRY would magically upgrade first time cruisers from an interior cabin to a suite, while past passengers enjoyed what staterooms they initially booked, Is it random or some actuarial complex equation? 

Ladys and gentlemen, place your bets. Round and round she goes, where she stops, nobody knows.

Been there many times. No more tendering, they have a dock.

Large local shopping area that wasn't there for the first few years and is sometimes a bit annoying with very aggressive shops.

Good food and drinks, Zip line, roller coaster, lots pf sand and water.

Great beach day. 

Probably new things that we haven't seen yet.

19 hours ago, frogfly said:

Mine keeps telling me that your sailing has to be within 30 days to submit. Is this true?

I just bid on a December 4th cruise. ANTHEM OTS

After many cruises in Junior Suites we have never had trouble checking in no matter how early ( as long as the ship was boarding passengers ) or late we were.

These were all at U.S. ports.

36 minutes ago, island lady said:

Can always just print your own on blank piece of paper in advance.  

 

Guarantee your hand writing is much better than the porter's.  😉 

+1

Happened to us TWICE on Holland America. 

Both time we had large jewelry purchases on board.

No problem since the purchases were all listed on the (back then required) declaration.

They had our checked luggage but to the best of our knowledge never went through it.

On 9/10/2022 at 2:37 PM, Airbear232 said:

Always wanted to try the straight razor, how long did it take you to become proficient?

On and off, using a regular double edge razor it wasn't that long.  Just remembering back isn't that easy. LOL.

Learning to sharpen and hone the blade is important as well as learning to make the funny faces needed while stretching you skin tight.

A sharp razor is so sharp it does not cut the hair the hair POPS when touched by the blade.

There is now a lot about it on the internet these days and some good tips.

Patience, patience and a styptic pencil is all you need.

Until 3 years ago I have used the same style straight razor since 1971 (CONVENTIONAL STONE-HONE-STROP) almost exclusively.

Today's barber shops are in some states restricted from using the convectional stone and strop type because of sanitary reasons and use a (feather) or similar disposable wide disposable which by the way are SUPER-EXTREMELY SHARP, and are really dangerous unless you are an experienced cut throat user, LOL..

BTW I have never calculated how much I saved by using the same blade for all those years?

Voom package covers ONE device at a time.

I currently have a Kindle fire 7 and an iPhone 12 pro. No problems doing anything I can do at home on both,

Movies, phone and internet. 

Have been using the VOOM since it was available.

Just got our block.

It is for the Anthem.

We earned it on the Grandeur over 2 1/2 years ago and have sailed the Anthem 3 times since. LOL

Thank you, Royal Caribbean, it is beautiful.

It did a few years ago on a very limited basis, but NOT USUALLY.

Not really in 22 years and 36+ cruises.

We are and have been FULLY vaxed and still will self-test the night before we cruise.

No sense NOT TO.

Less chance of being quarantined or possibly transmitting to others.

Great news for our 7-night December cruise and hopefully it will be revised again by our January 11 night cruise.😀

We earned ours on a cruise before the Covid shut down. GRANDEUR OTS and after all this time and 2 visits to the on-board loyalty centers on separate cruises and 3 phone calls, we are still waiting.

LOYALTY ?? 

At least we get our D+ drinks and drinks in the casino.g

1 hour ago, vjmatty said:

 

You know, this is often the reason for how travel staff in other countries treat Americans. I mean as long as you are good with this....

????

So rude service in some other countries is because the tip is included in the listed price?

There are usually several "Head" waiters or assistant maitre d's in each dining room and they appear to supervise an entire section.

We always make it a point to speak to them and they always pop by during our meals and even when we dine during the MDR breakfasts and lunches they will see to our needs. 

They do get an envelope on the last night as do the waiter and the assistant.