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On 10/10/2022 at 11:46 PM, aubreyc1988 said:

It was a lavender daiquiri at schooner, probably my fav Royal Caribbean drink. Unfortunately they couldn't make it at casino bar so I just indulged the once 

Thanks, Aubrey! I have added this to my list, along with the watermelon margarita, to my list of must-try for the first time! I already had an avocado margarita from Sabor on my list once I found out you didn't have to eat there to get one. 😁🍸🍉🥑

Thanks again, for all the other information and suggestions! I've enjoyed reading your review!

Thank you so much for your review!

We're sailing on Allure in February - our 1st on a ship this size.

I must ask - what was that pink looking drink in your first pic? 😋

Happy Anniversary!! Beautiful picture!

I've been reading along and thoroughly enjoying your review and writing style! Love the pics too!

We have the Allure scheduled in a few months from Galveston. It will be our 1st time on a ship this size. I'm so looking forward to it, though stressing about not being able to book show reservations until onboard (or at least in the terminal). 

On a side note - I'm following along in the app also and I'm seeing that the outdoor movie tonight is 'Mamma Mia!'.😲 I find that really odd. I wonder if the Allure show cast is taking offense. LOL 😆

How well does the chat work? In particular on the Allure. We don't need Voom, but would like a way to keep in touch with each other while onboard.

I thought i read on here that the app may not notify you that you have a message (by dinging or vibrating) that you just periodically need to check. Is that right?

TIA

6 hours ago, F27TW said:

Absolut Mango & soda.     Not full of sugar and crap but still fruity (just like me! 😄).

Ooooh - more sugar-free or at least reduced sugar suggests please (besides shots). I get tired of rum & diet coke. 😉 Hadn't thought about flavored liquors before. Not a big drinker but I like to indulge on cruises since there's no driving involved.

On 7/1/2022 at 6:50 AM, Ocean Boy said:

Don't count on the times for your sailing being the same as a previous sailing. In April I had everything planned out from a past 8 nighter and it ended up being a complete waste of time. Nothing matched and I had to re-plan everything.

According to you, it definitely may not matter, but I'm curious... We're going on the Allure, our 1st ship of that class and I'm looking in the app at the current sailing and I'm not able to see when the shows requiring reservations are. Is this normal? It doesn't make sense to me that you can't see the show times. I can see the times for other entertainment that doesn't require reservations.

Thanks for asking this question. I just notice this today. On my DH & my upcoming Allure cruise is $49 cheaper for me to get Voom Surf for 2 devices than for each of us to get one & it didn't make sense to me. I was so happy I had thought to price it both ways.

We really only would need login for one device at a time except we are planning to use it to try to keep up with each other on the ship. Can anyone tell me about messaging in the app - how much that costs and how it works. I haven't been able to find anything about it on Royal's website. I only picked up on it here. I think I've read it's about $2/pp/per day? So $28 for us to both have it on a 7 day cruise? That sounds a lot cheaper than Voom. Thanks!

Thank you both for your replies! 3 weeks and counting!

Sailing 1/23/2022 - We've never been on a ship where show reservations were required. Can you make reservations in advance? If not, at what point can you?

Can you make reservations in the app? If not before the cruise, can you make them all on embarkation day? Prior to boarding while waiting in line?

TIA

Thank you! We're leaving in 2 days and my husband had asked me about the line.

Thanks for the quick reply!

This will be our first Royal Caribbean cruise at Platinum level. We will be boarding in Galveston. I seemed to recall when we previously cruised on the Liberty out of Galveston that Platinum level was able to use a priority line (we weren't platinum yet).

1) Is this true in Galveston? How about for the Enchantment?

2) If so, at what point are you able to get in the Priority line? Is it outside the building, inside the building before security, or inside the building after security?

My husband has problems standing/walking for long periods of time so we'd like to know what to expect.

TIA!!

Hello -

Just trying to pin down an additional option in Cozumel. We will be arriving on Royal Caribbean's Enchantment of the Seas so that will be the International Pier, I assume, if it makes a difference.

Just wondering if we could get some restaurant recommendations, especially for some seafood. Pricing and taxi cost would be helpful also. TIA

On 9/12/2019 at 5:08 PM, DLKC said:

 

Thanks.  I guess I really should download the app.... 🙂

Yes, you should! I've been playing with it a lot. As far as your question, I'm just seeing "Live Band Poolside" sometimes with no mention of the type of band.

As far as the App - instead of requesting copies of the Compass on CruiseCritic, I've just been looking at other Enchantment cruises leading up to ours. I've made notes on the timing of the activities to get ideas on what to do, when to make dinner reservations, expected docking times at the ports, etc. I've also looked up the MDR menus for the week. I'm a super-uber planner but will go with the flow when the actual time comes.

I think the next cruise that matches up with ours (#of days, same ports) is the 10/9/2019 Enchantment cruise. During that cruise, if you have the app you can see the activities for each day. You don't have to go to the app each day - just any day of that cruise you can see the rest of the days' schedules.

On 8/18/2019 at 3:26 PM, taglovestocruise said:

My wife is on very low carb and she has a lot of Gin and Diet tonic water or diet sprite.  Night time in the bar or specialty restaurants it is a Cucumber Martini. Her favorite drink was a Margarita, now never again. 

I'm enjoying this thread and will definitely be taking some notes of cocktails to try.

May I suggest Baja Bob's Mixers! At home I buy the liquid mixers from my local Spec's liquor store. My go-to at home is the Mai Tai mix with rum and I like the Margarita version also. For the cruise I have ordered some individual powdered mixes. Baja Bob Mai Tai doesn't come in powder form but I have some margarita ones. I also ordered another brand on Amazon that did have a Mai Tai version but I haven't tried it yet. (looked up the brands I ordered = RSVP Skinnies & Margaritaville = haven't tried either yet).

My plan on the cruise if I have to mix it myself is to ask for a tequila (or rum) on the rocks in a tall glass and a bottle of water or a glass of water or club soda (no ice) on the side. I'll then mix the powder with the water or club soda and add it to my tequila or rum. Powders - whether they're Crystal Light or Kool-Aid mix better without ice (add ice after dissolving).

I'm excited about adding a Coco Cay stop on a 7 day cruise out of Galveston, but I wish it was on the larger Liberty of the Seas.

FYI - As far as the carry-on luggage - wheels or not doesn't matter, but size does. It doesn't have to be as small as many airlines are requiring now, but it does need to fit through an airline type screener. A large suitcase has to be checked for embarking.

You are allowed to walk off with a large suitcase as long as you can manage it and the rest of your belongings on your own. They always say stairs may be involved. Personally we check our large suitcases for debarkation as well as embarkation.

Currently have a Latge Ocean View Balconey. Offer is for an Ocean View for $100. Should I bite?

Definitely would not be worth it to me! I think I'd keep my balcony! :'):'):')

i agree but Carnival tries to cover it up. this is taken directly from their site in the Cheers FAQ which i find laughable.

• Due to state laws, we cannot sell CHEERS! until the second day of the cruise (starting at 6:00am) for voyages departing from our Texas and New York home ports.
  

https://help.carnival.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1106/~/cheers%21-beverage-program

It has been illegal in Texas for years to sell a one price all you can drink so I believe Carnival could be correct. See my post above - I think it comes down to interpretation of the law. In my younger days Texas bars would have specials on "off" nights (like a Tues/Wed) where you could get all you could drink beer for $5. A law was created to crack down on this over-consumption encouragement. Hey - we had to get our money's worth, right! ;p

The info about Carnival is partially correct. They may not sell it to passengers or let them use it, but since it's a cashless system, those who pre-purchased it or purchase it on day 2 will just have day 1's drinks credited back. It's not like they are paying with cash or card, it all gets charged to seapass account. Then when the drink package kicks in on day 2, the day 1 drinks are covered.

 

So basically they cover themselves with all that extra verbiage.

This info about Carnival out of Galveston isn't correct either. You aren't able to purchase an alcohol package for the 1st day at all. On a 7 day cruise they only charge you for 6 days. Any drinks you have on the 1st day (boarding thru 6am the next morning) are charged a la carte. Since you only pay for 6 days of the package this is "fair". Some people on the Carnival boards have complained because they can't even get non-alcohol drinks on the 1st day but it's because they haven't paid any package price at all for the 1st day so these drinks are a la carte also.

There was a smiliar thread a couple months ago. I was trying to get my head around it. The applicable part is Texas law doesn't allow "unlimited" packages to be sold. My initial thought if you had pre-purchased it online, then it wouldn't be applicable.

 

However I was informed in that thread that upon boarding a RCCL ship in Texas you can purchase the package and immediately start to take advantage of it. However, if you are on a Carnival ship, no matter if you prepurchased it or waited until you board you can't use it until the next day.

 

I also agree, how RCCL can do this and Carnival can't or won't.

I believe it comes down to interpretation of the law. I actually don't see how RCCL is allowed to sell and let passengers use a drink package in Texas waters. Though I'm certainly not complaining!! ;):D

16 TAC 45.103 ©(11)

© Licensees and permittees authorized to sell or serve alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption may not:

(4) sell, serve, or offer to sell or serve an undetermined quantity of alcoholic beverages for a fixed price or "all you can drink" basis;

All I can think of is Carnival is going by ©(4) above and RCCL is perhaps using (d) below [Perhaps that you're required to purchase a cruise ticket is enough to make it a "private" party? ;p]:

(d) The provisions of subsections ©(1) through ©(7) do not apply where:

(1) the permittee or licensee has entered into an agreement under the terms of which all or a portion of the licensed premises are utilized for a private party or a meeting of a particular organization; or

(2) a caterer's or other temporary permit or license is used for a private party or a meeting of a particular organization.

I'd like some real, true port/history/geography talks, or at least a 30 minute movie or info session that isn't a port shopping commercial. Makes more sense to me on a cruise than a video game setup. I know I am in the minority.

Guess my DH & I are in the minority with you. We would love this!

So funny!! Just last night I dreamt we were being dropped off at the port and we opened the back end of the car and our suitcases weren't there - no one had loaded them. Fortunately we are only 1.5-1.75 hrs away so I was going to hop in the car and make the round trip (because suddenly - as dreams do - I'm driving instead of being dropped off. Planned to leave DH there to try to hold the ship (ROFLMAO) in case I'm late getting back.

Leaving 4 weeks from Sunday. Guarantee the luggage will be in the car. ;p

I've used Native Way Watersports twice and definitely recommend them!! They supply the snorkeling gear and we didn't have any problems using theirs. I have not gone to "Hell" so I can't speak on that. You might try e-mailing them to see if this would be an option or what they would recommend. They could advice you on the timing also to see if this detour back to the ship would be feasible.

As the other poster said, you will be tendering in Grand Cayman. Pay attention to your daily bulletins and see what the procedures are to disembark with a non-cruiseline excursion. Sometimes you need to get tickets. You might research this issue on the Magic's cruiseline's board.

Have fun!! :cool:

Make sure you log out off your RC account. Wait a few minutes. Go to the regular RC web page ... www.royalcaribbean.com Click on 'already booked' and then 'check in'. That is the only way I can get into my reservation to check in.

Thank you so very much!!! This is what finally worked for me using Internet Explorer. Even this trick didn't work with Chrome. I'm all checked in and have my Set Sail Pass and luggage tags printed for my cruise in 6 weeks!!

Last week we logged in several times to book beverage packages, excursions etc. All went smoothly, even our cruise points and status were correct. I guess it was our lucky week. Logins were on a Kindle Fire.

FYI - I have been able to login and click on "Cruise Planner" and purchase beverage packages and excursions and continue to go back to check prices to make sure they haven't gone down. My problem, which I believe was the OP's as well, was not being able to access "Update check-in/SetSail Pass". Fortunately the above recommendation worked for me using IE.

My cruise is at the end of November and they keep sending me emails about the specials they are running. So far most of them have been $42 a day. I am waiting for it to get to under $40 and then I will jump on it. Since this is a 10 day cruise the drink package is going to be pretty expensive but well worth it for me.

$42 is a good price. If that is too much for you to want to get the drink package for a 10 day cruise I certainly understand. However, be aware it might not ever go below this price and might increase. If you are willing to pay $42/day if it never goes down I would purchase it now and then cancel and repurchase if it goes lower.

Looking forward to cruising with my children and 10 grandchildren out of Galveston. Celebrating my 65th Birthday with all the family!

Looks like a Roll Call for your cruise was started today. Try this link: Liberty of the Seas- June 23, 2019