holidaydude

Its been a number of years since we have cruised with RCL.

We are going on Allure for a week in February and from what I see we will have 2 formal nights.

How formal is formal these days?

I remember past cruises the men all wore dinner suits and ladies lovely gowns.  Has all this changed?

Any comments appreciated

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what area is best to stay? Arriving into Miami airport. We have never been to Miami before and will be doing tourist things. Any hotels recommended?Staying 3 nights in January before our cruise. Any help much appreciated. Thank you.

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We have a booking for early January and have booked on a guarantee basis.

When is the cabin likely to be assigned?

Any comments on experience much appreciated.

cabin 8026 & 11242, 11289 on MSC Splendida please

Would appreciate if we could get some guidance on a transfer from Miami to Fort Lauderdale.

Any help much appreciated and idea on cost if possible?

We do not want to hire a car.

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Yes was just trying to find out the price of a particular drink. Therefore I would pay the price on the evaluator + 15%

And if the evaluator took into account gratuities or not.

Based on recent experience can anyone please tell me if the prices in the drinks package evaluator include the 15% gratuity?

Or would this have to be added to the prices if I was buying a single drink?

Any comments much appreciated.

Thank you

We have never cruised with Princess before, therefore looking forward to our trip in a few weeks time cruising the Mexican Riveria.

Can drinks ie wine, water and soda be taken on board after visiting ports?

Any comments appreciated.

We are going to be staying in NYC Lexington avenue then leaving from the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal in the beginning of January.

Never been to NYC before therefore are we best to do the following:

Book taxi with hotel when we get there

Book transfer at home before we leave

Grab a cab on the day?

Any thoughts much appreciated

Thank you.

thank you much appreciated

We will be staying at the Marriott 511 Lexington Avenue near 48th street.

Anywhere nearby would be perfect so we can pack it into our luggage before we leave the hotel to join the ship.

Your help is very much appreciated.

Hi

Looking to purchase wine (& soda) before our cruise departs from NY

We will be staying overnight near 50th Lexington Avenue.

As we have never been to NY before is there anywhere near by we could buy before we get our taxi to the cruise port.

Thanks

We are going to be doing a transatlantic from NY to Southampton in January.

Can anyone tell us what the ship temperatures are likely to be. We are about to start to get our holiday clothes ready, do we need to pack cosy winter clothes for our ship days?

Realise it will be very cold outside but unsure what it will be like onboard inside.

Any comments much appreciated.

Going to be joining QE shortly.

According to our paper work our luggage limit is 20kg.

Has anyone experienced their cases being weighted? If so what was the outcome if overweight?

Thank you

Having a day visit here on our cruise.

We are going to do a tour with our cruise line which does not have free time for shopping.

Are there vendors selling goods at the quay side?

We have seen this frequently in ports in the Caribbean and the odd place in Europe. Just wondered if it happened here. We don't really want to take local currency unless we are likely to be in a position to buy goods.

Any comments much appreciated.

Departing from Singapore.

Is there any shops selling wine and spirits before boarding the cruise ship?

Also sodas to buy too.

An indication on prices if there is would also be helpful.

Any comments much appreciated.

Has anyone done a "do it on your own" day in this port?

Is the HOHO bus near the cruise terminal?

Any hints or tips appreciated.

going to need a visa for visiting for one port day.

any visa agencies recommended or is it easy for you to try directly yourself?

any indication how long it takes to obtain visa?

any help much appreciated. thank you

didn't notice any good deals in the summer, if anything more expensive :-(

Fantastic review! Thank you for taking the time to educate us less experienced cruisers.