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On 10/17/2022 at 6:05 AM, jean87510 said:

I think they are starting to come back (pier runners).  I don't know when you sailed but once a lot of the countries and restrictions changed (only ship excursions, approved taxis (Grenada in December))...etc..  I tended to see more.  I didn't see any last November off of Adventure but I'm usually at the gym at sailaway.  I did see a few in Bermuda in September.

Is Grenada busier in December or has more rules? Or it’s still easy to get the water ride to the beach without booking an excursion? Tysm 

42 minutes ago, brillohead said:

 

What additional perks?  

I don't see anything here that wasn't in the original plans for the Beach Club?

My apologies - I should of worded this better. There are NO additional perks but yet the price went from $40-$65pp to $199pp so we thought maybe that was why ... surely they must of added more to make it that much more expensive... but it’s no different ... they’ve just raised the price. Which is why we will not be booking the club. But it looks lovely. 

On 2/9/2020 at 1:05 PM, Sunshine3601 said:

Wow I am so glad I booked our day passes with black friday sales for $50 pp for our march 27th sailing.  

3 days ago the price was 90 something now $199. That's crazy!!!

 

We didn’t see a rollcall for this sailing so we started one. Have you been on the Mariner before?

On 2/9/2020 at 1:05 PM, megr1125 said:

I am there now. Well I came back to NV 20 minutes ago. Paid 40 bucks on Black Friday. I'd go maybe up to 60 or so. More than that, I'd find pals and get a cabana.

 

It's reallllllly nice! Comfy chairs, nice, but coolish pool, fabulous service and the lunch was the BEST meal I've had all weekend!

 

Get the lobster. You CAN get surf & turf per the restaurant manager if you ask.  Lunch is served, but there is a self serve salad bar. They will make a reservation for your lunch when you arrive.

 

They could use more restrooms, though perhaps there are some in the beach club that I missed.

Thank you so much for posting this. I was starting to wonder if they raised the price to $199pp bc of additional perks that they added since the price was $40-$60pp. Glad you got in at the lower price. Great deal! While it looks lovely (And I would of gladly paid $40pp as you did) at the new price we are passing - I can think of better ways to pamper ourselves with the $400. 🙂

On 2/9/2020 at 1:05 PM, Sunshine3601 said:

Wow I am so glad I booked our day passes with black friday sales for $50 pp for our march 27th sailing.  

3 days ago the price was 90 something now $199. That's crazy!!!

 

Good deal! We were going to buy when they were $65 but a rep told us to wait as they had gone to as low as $50. We just saw $199pp and have decided against that. $400 for us to get a better meal and a private pool area? Pass. We have had so many issue with this booking though so I’m not surprised. This will be our second and probably last time with Royal Carribbean. We prefer the service on Princess and Celebrity (and you don’t have to spend two hours on hold onthe phone for them) and the prices are more stable day to day. Have a wonderful time and let us know what you think :-)

On 9/19/2018 at 11:15 AM, willow0325 said:

Considering booking one of these interior rooms. Wondering if anyone has pictures or information on them. It's a little hard to tell from the deck plans, wondering if these cabins run parallel to the hallway. Also, looks like they backup to the fitness center. Thoughts on noise level? Thanks all and happy cruising!

Did you end up booking it? How was it? 

My sister and I - 7-day Western Caribbean itinerary...staying on in New Orleans for 6 extra days through Mardis Gras and on until Friday.

 

Room Packing Cube

magnets or hooks (•••we've been on 7 cruises 3-7 days in length and never needed these but are considering a 10 day cruise and may cave and try them)

ziplock bags

power strips with USB ports

highlighter pens

pen

Poopouri toilet spray

door decoration

 

Beach Bag Packing Cube

6 1oz tubes 30 spf sunscreen

lock bag

wet bag

waterproof phone case

 

Luggage/misc. PackingCube

Luggage tags

Sanitizer wipes

Lens cloth

Beach towel clips (••can double as clothes pins)

 

 

Laundry Packing Cube

Tide for 3 regular washes

Dryer sheets

Downy Wrinkle Releaser

 

 

Port Packing Cube

Rain poncho

bug spray with DEET

Reef safe spf 30 sunscreen

Collabsible tote bag

 

Snorkel Gear

 

Medical kit

Antibiotic ointment

Antiseptic towelettes

bandaids

pepto bismol

tums

tweezers

thermometer

Benadryl

decongestant

Tylenol

ibuprofen

motion sickness patches

bonine

ginger candy

 

Important documents folder for carryon

Passport. Put copy in separate bag

Cruise documents

Excursion documents

email confirming steakhouse reservation

email confirming Chef's Table reservation

Plane ticket info

Hotel(s) info

Land transfers, rental car, bus, etc.

Travel insurance

Emergency #s and addresses for post cards

Travel partner's emergency numbers

Insurance card

 

 

Carryon Packing list

Passport

License

Credit cards

Important Documents folder

Phone and charger

Watch

Gum

Snacks

Medication

Pen and small notebook

Camera

Sunglasses

Dollar bills for tipping

Luggage IDs

Lanyard

Rain poncho if weather sketchy

headphones

PJs

Bathing suit and coverup

Outfit for boarding the ship

Lanyard

Camera

Kindle

remote charger(s) for phone

Personal toiletries

makeup

laptop

 

 

Overnight bag – add these items to carryon in NOLA hotel for boardingship

Hat/Visor

Beach packing cube

Toiletry bag

sandals

 

 

Toiletry bag

Shampoo/conditioner/hairspray/hairproduct/elastics

nail clippers

face products

Eyedrops

Flonase

Allegra

deodorant

Perfume

Lotion

Razor

ear plugs

lanyard

jewelry

••+eye mask

 

 

Clothes

Dinner outfits for ••3 nights (••take pieces to mic and match - my biggest regret during cruises is I've brought double the clothes I need)

Afternoon outfits/casual outfits for ••3 days (One should be an outfit it’s ok to get muddy)

2 nice dresses

2 bathing suits and •1 coverups

underclothes

••4 pairs socks (••wash mid week if needed)

Sneakers, sandals, flipflops (closed toed shoes required for Roatan ATVexcursion)

•1 pairs pjs (•wash mid week)

Small hand bag

Sweater

•3 tshirts (•wash mid week)

 

 

Excursion packing list

Beach bag packing cube (see above)

port packing cube (see above)

Lanyard

IDs, cash, visa (if needed)

Camera

snacks and beverages

Change of clothes

Swimsuit

Swimsuit cover

Hair clip/hat

Flipflops/water shoes

Small medical kit (bandaids Neosporin eyedrops)

Sunglasses

small notebook/pen

Chapstick

Dollar bills

watch

cell phone

headphones

 

Beach bag on sea days packing list

 

Beach bag packing cube (see above)

Swimsuit cover

lanyard

Camera

Water bottle

Small notebook/pen

Highlighter

Watch

cell phone

chapstick

Sunglasses

Hat

Lotion

Kindle

Earplugs

headphones

Went through and deleted or modified qty (used •• where I added comments or changed qty) on what I thought would go unused. My biggest regret from cruises in the past was bringing too many clothes. Bring items to mix and match. It's always easy to hand wash or throw a load of laundry in. Check the cruise activities ahead of time and see if there are any theme nights. If you enjoy participating in those make sure you have some fun items to do that :-) some sailings have disco or 80s nights or 50s proms ... they usually post closer to the sailing.

Have a great trip!

Island Princess has only two MDRs rather than three, so fewer tables for Anytime Dining than most of the rest of the fleet.

Unless you wish to eat before 5:30 or after 7:30 expect a significant wait for a two top. Less so if willing to share. And there are a lot of eight- and ten-tops in both Traditional and Anytime dining on Island as its capacity was increased by more than 200 passengers in a retrofit a few years ago.

 

I was on Island in May and was extremely glad to have gotten Traditional dining, even though at a ten-top way in the back of the dining room. A few years earlier was on sister ship Coral Princess doing ATD and there were considerable waits until about 7:45 each night even without the 200+ extra passengers. In the future I would only do Traditional on Coral or Island (or any other Princess ship with fewer than three MDRs).

 

Note than on Alaska sailings you can disregard whatever the TD times say in the Cruise Personalizer--the actual times will be 5:15 and 7:30 once you board. So consider switching if no wait is more important than being seated either a bit earlier or later than you normally prefer.

Thank you. This is good to know. I think we signed up for anytime but will switch it :-)

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The remodeled Island has the large balconies on the Promenade deck. The shower is a little larger, the television is wall-mounted, and the balcony flooring is teak, not the hard blue plastic like most other balconies. They are also completely covered. There's no access to the balcony while you are in the locks, but it's only for about 30 minutes. We stayed in one of these cabins and were completely spoiled. It was great because you have easy access to everything on the Promenade Deck.

We are also in one of the Promenade rooms on the Island for a future Panama partial cruise. Thank you for the info. I see some people posting that over the door shoe racks are handy on the longer cruises... do people use them on this ship? We have never done that in the past but have never cruised more than 7 days.

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