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I just booked a cruise on Liberty and the price with the BOGOHO is essentially the same as we paid for our Freedom cruise several years ago. I just find it mildly amusing that they believe their customers are really that stupid. It's a little insulting.

And I was wondering what happens with trip insurance if she was over 24 weeks. Do they still cover a claim if she took a trip she shouldn't have?

 

 

That's what I was wondering!

I sure hope they took out travel insurance!

Can't you add insurance if you are before final payment date?

 

 

Yes, but best to call the insurance company and ask if this particular situation would be covered.

I just noticed in your signature that you sailed the Monarch in May 1994. We were on the May 22nd sailing for our honeymoon! I thought that passenger list thingy looked familiar. I have one stashed away among my honeymoon keepsakes. :)

 

Dressing up for dinner was the norm. I was not prepared with fancy evening gowns on my first cruise so I my second one in 1995, I took an all beaded and jeweled cocktail dress that I swear weighted 25 pounds. No way would I have gotten under 50 pound luggage limit on airlines.

 

Something I thought interesting each stateroom got a copy of the passenger list.

 

 

 

 

main dining room breakfast menu

 

 

main dining room lunch menu

 

My husband and I honeymooned on the Monarch in 1994. Back then she was considered a HUGE ship, lol! We purchased s little box of mini souvenir menus, and I tried to scan this one in but the type came out pretty faint.

 

http://s2.photobucket.com/user/andreacm/media/menu.jpg.html

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I don't mind sleeping in an inside cabin can't stand to be cooped up in one for too long. We have a family of 5, so we usually get a balcony and an inside across the hall. That way, we can hang out in the balcony cabin and some of us sleep in the inside.

Thank you for sharing! My husband and I spent our Honeymoon on the Monarch back in 1994. At that time she was considered a HUGE ship, lol!

We always get travel insurance, but through a 3rd party. When I was about 27 or 28 years old, we booked a cruise a full year in advance so that we could pay it off over time. About a month before the cruise, I found out I was pregnant, but miscarried the pregnancy the week before we would have left. I was in no shape to go, so the insurance company re-imbursed us 100% of the cost! Another time (in Alaska) my 3-year-old daughter got a splinter on a cruise ship railing. The ship's clinic charged us $250 to remove the splinter and apply a band-aid :eek: and we were reimbursed for that, which was more than we paid for the insurance. Another time my husband had to visit the ship's doctor because he was having an allergic reaction to something. Travel insurance paid for that too!

I don't have an answer but I just wanted to say "hi" because we're also on the August 14th sailing!:)

I like the WOW sale! No it's not really a "sale", but since we usually book two cabins that's $200...which more than pays for my wine package. :)

Thanks so much for sharing! My husband and I spent our honeymoon on Monarch back in 1994.

It's a LOOOOOONG dinner...like 2 hours and I know my kids don't want to sit through that. When my husband and I go to Chops we want to enjoy it, LOL! So usually we make a later reservation just for us, feed the kids in the Windjammer beforehand and let them enjoy the nightly activities in Adventure Ocean while we eat at Chops. Everyone is happy. :D

I've never been able to see mine until after the ship sails, then it magically shows up when you check the account. The same with OBC from my TA and Visa points. Kind of nerve-wracking, but so far I've never had a problem.

We're one point away from platinum and our cruise on the Allure this week will finally get us over that hump....almost 19 years after our honeymoon on the monarch!

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We did Bernard's tour back in June. It was awesome! The tour guide was great....very entertaining and he had a cooler full of beer, capri suns, Cokes and rum punch (STRONG) that was complimentary. We loved it and tipped him well. :)

Do yourself a favor and wait another year before you cruise. Everyone will enjoy it more if your child is a little older. Whenever you decide to cruise, I would suggest that you consider one of the Disney cruises. Disney is a far better choice for young kids.

 

How nice of you to suggest that option but that's not what she asked. Responses like this amaze me when RCCL is putting something called "Royal Babies and Tots Nursery" on their ships.

Thank you so much for sharing this. I only added one thing....about not throwing anything overboard no matter how small. This is great and we plan to use it for the tween/teen travining in our large group in June!

 

Here is a contract that I found on CC and have tweaked for our use. As each family is different take what you can out of it and add as you feel necessary.

 

My number one suggestion is to sit down with the kids BEFORE you trip to make sure they understand what is allowed and what is not. Also make sure they know the consequences if the rules are not followed. We had to use them once with my son, never again after that he learned his lesson!

 

First of all we want all of us to have fun. This should be a relaxing, enjoyable vacation. We hope that noting our expectations and rules before we depart will avoid any misunderstandings on-board. Note that violation of these rules will result in you being required to stay with us or in your cabin and therefore you will not be able to participate in any of the teen activities. These rules are not in place to say that we do not trust you, but to ensure we can all enjoy our trip.

 

• You are not to enter any cabins other than ours. It does not matter if it is the cabin of a new friend or someone we know (unless one of us expressly approves this).

 

• No one else is to enter our cabins.

 

 

• If you are in your cabin alone – hang the do not disturb sign on the door. This should prevent any RCCL employee from entering. Please ensure you remove it when you leave the room.

 

• You are not to drink any beverage unless it is handed to you by a family member or an RCCL staff member. You are not to drink from anything you have let out of your sight. Some people have been known to slip drugs into other people’s drinks. This is a lifelong rule that should be followed in any social situation.

 

 

• We expect to know where you are on the ship. We will use notes in our cabin to let each other know where we can be found.

 

• You are not to loiter or play in the stairwells, hallways, or elevators. Activities such as “knock and run” or calling other cabins to hang up will not be tolerated.

 

 

• We will decide on a curfew each night. The ship’s curfew is 1 AM since you are under 18. We have the right to require you to be in the cabin earlier if we feel the need.

 

• Your SeaPass is tied to my credit card. It is to be used only by you. You may not buy other people drinks, snacks, arcade games, or souvenirs. You have a budget of $xx. If you exceed this budget without our approval, you will need to reimburse us.

 

• If you loose your Seapass you are to immediately notify one of us.

 

 

• We expect to eat dinner together most nights. There is flexibility if there is an alternate activity you would prefer to attend as long as we have discussed it in advance (at least that morning).

 

• If there are kids you would prefer to hang out with instead of the teen club, I need to meet them.

 

• If you order room service, you must tip the delivery person. We will provide a small amount of money for this.

 

 

• If we arrange a check-in time and you miss it then you are “grounded” for the next 24 hours. This means that you must stay with us or in your cabin.

 

 

• No visits to the outside areas of the upper deck at night alone.

 

 

• Put anything of value into the cabin safe. Cell phones are only to be taken out of the safe when we ask you to. Texts and calls are expensive and not in your budget.

 

• Do not leave the ship without one of us.

130 days!:)