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Thanks for all of this info @PG_Cruiser!! Maybe you should consider making a recipe book based on a particular ship's special cocktail offerings. I would be very interested in buying one for the Oasis class ships and the Icon! Cheers!

Glad you enjoyed the ship and your cruise experience! We have been on the Adventure multiple times and will sail on her even more next year! I believe that she's due for some minor refurbishment (facelift) this fall. She is a wonderful mid-size ship! However, our favorite Royal ships are in the Oasis class; even though they are bigger with more passengers, there are plenty of different areas to spread out and enjoy! Happy cruising!

Would love to experience a President's cruise but, alas, we will miss the next one as well, since we will already be doing a B2B on Oasis for DH's 70th, which will probably be more fun for us anyway! Have a great day all!

Bingo! You just peaked my interest! Is this only available at Chefs Table (please say available anywhere!)?

I believe that you can go to any bar and ask for the freestyle cups "if you purchased at least the soda package", even if your ship does not have any freestyle machines cause you can have them refilled at any bar on board. You won't get a cup without the purchase of one of the packages.

Us too, we have Labadee as a port on Adventure in December 2024 and January 2025, so also wondering but not too concerned. Hoping for a better port stop vs another sea day though.

Oh yeah, I'm right there with ya! After I heard about all of this "crap", I switched our regular room to a full suite on Icon next year, so hopefully, the adults and suite people will have better pool behavior. But, then again, ya never know! Happy cruising! Cheers!

As @1025cruise posted, you must "carry on" that kind of liquid. Do not put them inside your checked (with a porter) luggage, unless you're not afraid of picking your luggage up from the "naughty room" to explain what liquid is hidden in there. Our friends have been there, done that; not fun. You must carry it on anyway you can to be scanned through security. Plain enough? @cruiseguy1016 backpacks are fine, as long as you carry it on and scan it through security; do not check it with the porters outside.

We always enjoyed our Promenade cabins; however, I always pick the cabin I want and would never do an upgrade without knowing where it was. Location, location, location is my motto! Sorry it didn't work out for you and look forward to your next cruise vacation! Cheers!

Welcome to CC! In my opinion, the key is not worth the $$ for what you get but everybody is different. If it appeals to you do it, if not, don't. The only extra perks that I consider worth it are the perks one gets with booking a full suite. The brand new Icon (we're booked on her in November, 2025) has many very nice suite only areas, which we intend to fully enjoy next year. We usually book balcony rooms but decided to try the full suite experience next year and ours will cost $7500 for the Surfside Family Suite (sleeps 4). We will probably never even leave the suite areas if only just to tour the ship to see everything else. To each his/her own! Enjoy your cruise! Cheers!

Hope you don't mind me asking an unrelated question but most of you are seasoned cruisers on Royal, so wanted your opinions. DH and I have our first full suite experience for my birthday in 2026 on the Oasis and, yesterday, he made the mistake of telling me that I could book full suites once a year (we had no suites booked for 2025). Sooooooooooo, this morning, I took a look at all of our reservations and noticed that the price of our infinite CP balcony on Icon in November, 2025 came down by a few hundred dollars. Get where I'm going with this? Long story short, I upgraded the infinite CP balcony to the Surfside family suite (quite a bit more though), so we can have access to all of the suite areas and perks! This will be my first surprise for him on this cruise! Yay! My question is: I have boarding day lunch booked for us at Hooked but now wonder if I should just cancel that and dine in CK on boarding day, if it's open on boarding day? Oh, and I also reserved the walk on "The Edge" for him (not me) as a surprise! TIA

It sucks that you missed the luncheon though. Maybe you should let them know about it (if it really matters to you; I think I would though.)

We usually do this too! Since we also get complimentary champagne, we make our own mimosas, and always order bottled water since we heard that the ship's water uses a saline solution (or something like that) to purify its water, which is part of the reason for leg/feet swelling. To each his own, though. Cheers!

rcldining@rccl.com Not sure if they'll help since you're using a TA but you can try. Include your C&A number and booking numbers for your party. Your TA should have already linked your bookings together, so you should confirm that. Like posted above, send the email a couple of weeks before your cruise. Good luck and happy cruising!

We've never been fans of the Bamboo Room, mostly because of location of the ones that have a wall that limits one's ability to see the Promenade and to people watch. However, I do feel the need to re-visit the Bamboo Room to sample a few of those tasty cocktails! Thanks for posting!

No fair! Ya beat me! LOL!

Too bad. However, you might try removing the Royal app, then reloading it.

Nope, not available for our February, 2025 Utopia cruise either. Anxiously waiting!

You have to add silver sea. OK, here is what I did, step by step: Click your Royal app and see your page for your next cruise. Swipe left to see your loyalty status, not the bonus one. Click on the loyalty status square. Click on Loyalty Match to see your Royal and Celebrity matches. There should be the info right there below those 2 matches to add Silver Sea. If that still doesn't work for you, I guess you'll just have to visit the Loyalty Ambassador on your next cruise to get Silver Sea added. Hope that works for you! Happy cruising!

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Which is exactly why we always opt to include a premium drink package on X, avoiding the hassle. The bartenders in the World Class bar (where we went every eve) seemed to pay a lot more attention to those with the Premium drink package; of course, we always tip extra, so that may have made a big difference. If we were allowed to use our 5 vouchers at any bar at any time of day or night, we may not opt for the drink package but, for now, we do! Cheers!

Our next X isn't until April, 2026 (so far) for a B2B but it'll be on the not-even-out-yet XCEL! Don't know where it will be parked yet but just wanted to experience a brand new X ship! Happy cruising to all of us! Cheers! Update: It's scheduled to port from FLL.

That's a shame. Sure wish they would keep the Crown Lounge where it is and ditch the purple monster!

Sorry to hijack this thread but I also have a question about room keys. DH and I have a CLS (Oasis of the Seas) booked and our 2 adult kids and their spouses would like to join us. I want the 4 of them to have access to all of the suite amenities, so if I book the 4 of them into a GS, will we be able to get 2 extra keys to our CLS, so they will be able to sleep in and/or come/go into/out of our CLS? Hope I didn't word this too confusing. TIA!

Just wondering if you'll be on one of the RC ships that allow swim diapers (hopefully). Happy cruising in Alaska (it's really beautiful in July)! Cheers!