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4 hours ago, Milwaukee Eight said:

How do you figure?  Seems if your not using the free drinks Royal is not losing anything???

Very true.. as usual, you are right.

Oh, by the way, I was just being "cheeky." I didn't expect to be corrected or criticized. 

2 hours ago, Swank Pad G said:

It will be interesting to see if they honor my 6:15 reservation for MTD on our October Harmony sailing. My app still says 6:15. My order history still says 6:15 it's just the cruise planner calendar says at your leisure. Thanks John  for looking into this. 

Yes, same with my calendar.

John, Thank you for getting us clarification on this matter:)

Hope Laura is feeling better today. With bronchitis, it's the "nagging" coughing that sticks around a while:(

14 minutes ago, cruisegirl1 said:

 Just a reminder, keep your eye on the clock,  to make sure you were seated for dinner and have time to order before the happy hour ends. 

 

 Cheers

 

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Good advice. We had no idea that you could use your D-vouchers in the main dining room. RC makes money on me because my 3 vouchers per day go unused. Sometimes I wonder if I'm lucky or not because I don't like the taste of alcohol, wine, or carbonated beverages. Water and unsweetened tea keep me hydrated.

For those who do drink please be careful what you drink when you are off of the ship. On a recent (on our own)excursion in Costa Maya, my DH was given a drink with something in it. As of this day, we have no idea what it was but it caused him to stagger as he walked from the taxi back to the ship and to our cabin where he slept for 19, yes nineteen,! hours. I was able to wake him up throughout the night and give him a little bit of water but he immediately fell sound asleep. When he finally woke up he was fine....no headache or nausea....thank you GOD. He just didn't remember even walking back to the ship. Needless to say it was a VERY frightening experience. (He hasn't had a drink off of the ship since then).

4 hours ago, PCWalton1 said:

 

 

Wish there were more people that would show some consideration and not camp out in the lounge for the entire happy hour. But when you offer free booze to alcoholics that what you get. 

We only stay  in the DL for @15 minutes or less because I don't drink so don't care for the DL, but DH likes a gin and tonic and then takes a glass of wine to the DR for dinner. We didn't know you could order drinks in the DR with your voucher. Maybe I could just talk him into ordering his drinks at dinner, skip the DL and spend more time relaxing at the pool:)

HAPPY CRUISING EVERYONE!

1 hour ago, John&LaLa said:

 

You know, I'm not sure. Someone earlier said they had 6pm MTD as well.  I'll try and ask tonight

Okay, thank you. I have the email from RC confirming our 6:00 reservation. 

33 minutes ago, John&LaLa said:

 

Well it's on the right side as you walk into American Icon, which is the Port/Left side of the ship. 

However, MTD doesn't start until 6:30. They use American Icon for one round of Early Seating at 5pm. Oasis never did that.

Remember to go the back podium.  JS qualifies for that service. They should seat you right away, but there are seats back there if you need to sit down

This is strange since we have MTD reservations for 6:00 for 6 of us every night for 9/15 cruise. Are we going to be pushed to 6:30?

5 hours ago, John&LaLa said:

Laura's sleeping, feeling better.

So good to hear that Laura is feeling better. Enjoy every minute!

2 hours ago, jagsfan said:

My granddaughter’s next door neighbor, Brian McCluney and his friend, Justin Walker went fishing out of Canaveral Friday. 

There is a massive search going on for these two firefighters. 

We cruisers know what a huge and mighty ocean the Atlantic is. 

Please everybody say a prayer for them to be found, although by now it may be just bringing them home. The search area has now stretched all the way to North Carolina. 

 

Yes, I've been hearing about it on the news and pray that the men are found....can't even imagine what their families are going through. Pray, pray, pray for all involved.

So sorry to hear that Laura is "under the weather." Hopefully she'll feel better each day. Now I understand why we hadn't heard from you on Monday about your stop in Coco Cay.  Thank goodness the Doc isn't making Laura stay only in her cabin.

On 8/18/2019 at 8:27 PM, John&LaLa said:

Headed back to Pt Canaveral,  medical emergency 

 

 

Must have turned around a while ago.

 

Coco Cay arrival pushed back to 11am, but we're staying until 6pm. 

Did you go to Coco Cay yesterday? Maybe I just missed your thread about it.

Thanks for the update....WOW! Drinking sure is expensive. I guess I'm fortunate that I don't (can't) drink and don't even like soda (nothing with carbonation). Lucky that the water and tea are still free:)

13 minutes ago, brillohead said:

Let DH keep working and you find a girlfriend to cruise with in the meantime!  LOL

Oh, but it just wouldn't be the same.....now would it? Really, I would miss him tooo much...after all I've had my "eye" on him since I was 10 years old:)

brillohead...we are on the same EOS cruise in November!

And we fly to FLL for our Harmony cruise in 36 days:) See, he really does spoil me...but I still want to cruise as often as John and La la!!

11 minutes ago, Biker19 said:

The waiter dancing with a lit shot glass on his head probably didn’t plan to drop it down his back. 

Oh dear..that must have gotten a lot of attention...poor guy! Yes, the waiters did walk around or dance around with plates on their heads. There's just nothing like your "first cruise:)"

And now we're going on beautiful Harmony and envisioning John and La La's cruise through John's review.

When I look at John's future cruises, I dream of being like them when my DH and I "grow up." If only I could get my workaholic DH  to RETIRE!!!.

1 hour ago, Biker19 said:

+1, Jan 1988.

+2 APRIL 1984. I remember thinking the ship was so huge...but then when we arrived at our cabin..oh my it was soooo small! Do you remember how the wait staff in the dining room entertained us every night?

41 minutes ago, John&LaLa said:

FYI

 

MTD starts at 6:30 because they have an early seating at 5:00 in America Icon (Deck 3)

 

That's weird.

 

And CK children's menu is somewhat age inappropriate.  I'll post a pic later

Thank you John for confirming the MTD time. We will go to the dining room when we get on the ship and ask about our 6:00p.m. MTD reservations. I also noticed as you pointed out that the first seating started at 5:00...and I thought 6:00 was early....

It sounds like you are having a great cruise! The last time we were on Harmony was 2 years ago when they were filming "Like Father," the Netflix movie with Kelsey Grammar and Kristen Bell. It will be nice to have access to all the venues again:)

I just don't understand why the volume has to be so loud! I feel like the sound managers think we are hard of hearing.  I am 60 with excellent hearing (maybe too excellent since the volume bothers my ears and head so much). The sad part is that people can lose their hearing if they are subject to such a high volume. 

Hint: have kleenex, a napkin or ear plugs with you. It really does help you to enjoy the show .

Happy cruising everyone!

38 days until our next cruise!!!

Happy Birthday, John!  Enjoy every minute of your special day!

Thank you for the pic of the closets...yeah! That's what I was hoping for...a much better design and placement.

One more question...I noticed on the cruise compass that the dinner time started at 6:30 for MTD. We have reservations for 6:00 every night, which we made on-line. Will there be a problem?

I just can't get over the fact that some people don't think the shows in the theatre, the band/singers at the pool and along the promenade (on RC ships) are not loud. I must have very sensitive ears (um, my DH says I can hear everything:), but I have learned to just put kleenex or ear plugs in my ears so that I can hear it more "normally" and enjoy the shows. I even have my DH doing the same especially since he developed tinitus..poor guy! All of my suggestions on the surveys and complaints to all of the cruise lines that we have been on, have been placed on deaf ears.

2 hours ago, John&LaLa said:

 

You misunderstand,  they are on either side of the bed, but they have two designs. I'll try and get a picture 

 

 

Okay...thank you for your kindness:)

1 minute ago, John&LaLa said:

 

Yes, big one by bath, and the narrow one with shelves is by the bed

Thank you.....I must say I'm a little disappointed because I really, really liked the closets on either side of the sofa so that we weren't crowded in the narrow hall next to bath.

We'll check ours out next month!:)

Quick question regarding your OV balcony. I thought the closets on Harmony were located on each side of the sofa.....that's where they were located last time we sailed on Harmony. Please let me know where your closet is located. Thank you and have a wonderful cruise!

On 7/29/2019 at 9:01 AM, Snit13 said:

Celebrity is a steps above RCL and little if no comparison in my opinion.  Have you sailed Celebrity?  I have sailed Princess, NCL, RCL and Celebrity.  There is no comparison.  Wish I lived close to Ft. Lauderdale/Miami so I could sail Celebrity.  RCL is ok but just not as much class.

Celebrity is a very nice cruise line...for older people. Royal Caribbean is much more FUN. When we get older, we'll enjoy Celebrity more.

1 hour ago, mafig said:

I've had guarantee cabins assigned the next day after booking at 6 months before the cruise.

Very interesting...we have a JS GTY and our ship is showing none available at this time as well only one  suite(OS) available. So I figured they would have to wait and see if there are any cancellations before they would assign us a cabin. We are 4 months out, so I'll just have to be patient as I check it daily:)

20 hours ago, Host Clarea said:

 

The assignment can come anytime between booking and sailing day.

Thank you for your quick response. I guess I figured RC would wait until after final payment date (for those who cancel before then) to see what opens up.

With a guarantee, should the cruiser not expect to get assigned a cabin until after final payment date and up until date of cruise?