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Ok ladies

Here's my quandary. I have a nice pair of 3 inch 'fancy' sandals I was going to wear with my dress on formal night. (we're doing my time dining if that makes a difference)I don't have the best ankles and wanted to wear a pair of flats instead. To describe them: They are flat-no heels- with a leather thong piece between my big toe and 2nd toe, and there is a strap going completely around my calf with a buckle at the ankle. Would these be appropriate? I think I should be o.k. but figured I'd run it by everyone here just to be sure. We're on Royal Caribbean if it matters as well.

Thanks everyone for you help

If you want good seats for Saturday Night Fever, plan on being in the theater about 1/2 hour early. During our Liberty cruise, the theater started filling up pretty early.

 

 

 

Here is a link to the Cruise Compass pictures from our January 23 Liberty cruise. Look through them and you will see the show schedules.

 

 

 

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1984093

This is awesome..we will definately spend some time looking this over..

thanks again

Thanks for your replies..

I actually live just north of Boston, so i'm well aware of how the weather can change in the blink of an eye:eek:..

I had a feeling we would be better with the balcony but guess I just wanted to hear it from someone who's already seen it ..

I found a cruise leaving from Boston going to Maine,Canada & Nova Scotia in October and have a few questions for those of you who may have already taken the trip.

First, what was the weather like?. I've read it can be anywhere between 30-70 degrees depending on if its day or night, windy or not, etc.

Second, is it worth the extra money for the balcony? Even though we usually do a balcony my first thought was to downgrade to an oceanview because it may be too chilly for my. My next thought was the scenery may be outstanding and we would get a lot of use from having a balcony.

Please let me know what your experiences were and if you were happy with whatever type of room you chose.

Thanks in advance for you input

You are now allowed to bring two 750ml bottles of wine or champaign on board with you. Beer and booze are still prohibited. This is a newer policy implemented within the last 6 months or so. If you take the bottle to a dining venue you may be subject to a corkage fee.

Is that per person or between the two of us?

You are now allowed to bring two 750ml bottles of wine or champaign on board with you. Beer and booze are still prohibited. This is a newer policy implemented within the last 6 months or so. If you take the bottle to a dining venue you may be subject to a corkage fee.

Awesome...that makes me a happy girl :)

Thanks again Clarea,,

You are a wealth of info on these boards...

You're awesome!! :D

Thanks Clarea !!,

Is the Saturday Night Fever show in the promenade area or a regular theatre?

Wow

I didn't mean to set off fireworks when I asked my question :( I was just thinking he might like to take his hat off now and again since he pretty much always wears one every day. (even to bed on cold nights:)

After reading everyone's responses it has helped me to realize he would obviously be better if he just kept a hat on, but I've also found some sunscreen he says he likes so we will play it by ear. Honestly, my guess is he'll be in directly sunlight as little as possible, probably staying in the shade if he can.

Any negativity here, I'm letting it go. All I want now is a quiet 2 weeks and then away we go !!!!

Thank you all again for your suggestions and advice. Here's hoping we all have smooth sailing in the future :p

Hello all,

I was hoping someone who has been on the Liberty recently could tell me what shows there are onboard besides the ice show. We've already reserved tickets for that one, but were hoping there are others we didn't know about.

Thanks in advance for any help. :)

No points from any other cruise line transfer to Royal.

 

The closest relationship would be Celebrity, where Royal allows reciprocity between some loyalty levels, but points still don't transfer.

Thanks for the info.. :(

A girl can dream right?

something I'm an expert on..

 

this No-Ad Sunblock works as good as any of the brand name brands. I use the kids as it's suppose to last longer when sweating.. No matter what sun block he uses he needs to reapply it at much shorter intervals then recommended. During the mid-day sun let him have his hat.

 

or you could get him something like this.. :-)

Love the hat!!! His friend who is also bald actually has one. Maybe he should borrow it

Hello all,

I have a question about transferring points from another cruise line to RC.

I want to suprise my bf and take him on a short cruise (3-5 days) for his birthday in November. He works for a company that serves the general public so they are really strict about employees taking time off during the months of Nov and Dec. That is where my dilemma comes in.

I've found a few trips to Key West (he really wants to go there since he's never been) on different lines other than RC and was wondering if the 'points for each day' that we would accrue on those ships would be transferrable to our RC crown and anchor account?

We both really like RC(we have a trip in 2 weeks, and are planning another in Feb of 2015) and want to stay with them for all upcoming cruises, it's just because of his work situation I may have to use another line this time.

Also, Carnival & Disney lines are out. We don't care for them. Any others we'd be open to trying.

Thanks in advance for any info you can provide.

I've only been on Carnival when I was much younger and found it to be more of a drinkers cruise line. I like Royal because of all the onboard activities available, the layout of the ships and the variety of locations they sail to.

To DACSMOM, we will be bringing a couple bottles of Champagne, a six pack of diet coke and maybe our dumbbutt cat to throw overboard once we get to sea. If rooms aren't ready till 1:30, may delay getting to pier so early. ;)

I thought you weren't allowed to bring alcohol on board??. I read somewhere they will confiscate it when you try to board. Reason being they want you to spend money on their drinks.

Hello all,

My bf and I have sailed on the Freedom last year, are doing the Liberty in 2 weeks(yeah!!!) and have already decided we want to do another trip Feb of 2015.

We're trying do decide which ship to do next and were curious to read what others who've been on several of them had to say.

We're in our late 40's, fairly active, prefer the My time dining, pretty good at 'going with the flow'(if we don't feel like dressing for formal night, we'll do casual and skip the dining room)and try not to let little things ruin our trip. eg: kids, missing a show, having an excursion cancelled, rude people etc.

So what were your favorite ships and why, what were your least fav and why?

Any thought, opinions are greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Hello everyone,

We will be sailing out on the Liberty March 29th and were wondering if anyone has heard of the chocolate breakfast that is offered one of the mornings during the trip?

I can't seem to find any info on it.

Thanks in advance for your help:D

You are still pretty new around here. After awhile you will get to know various folks' style of posting.;):)

Good to know.I feel better now:D. I am definitely the new kid on the block. Think I have a little bit of cruise envy going on :}

........and perhaps the best "perk" is that you no longer have to either speak or associate with any "pleebs' below you on the rewards program. Also you now can treat the crew like crap and if any complain always use that trump card "I am Diamond"........Welcome to the club......;)

I certainly hope this post was put up in jest.. :(

Hi all,

My bf and I will be sailing out on Liberty March 29th and we can't seem to find what time the rock wall is open/closed, and if you need to sign up in advance.

Has anyone been on her recently and happens to have any info you'd be kind enough to pass on?

Thanks in advance for you help

...booked my Royal Caribbean cruise and used my Carnival MasterCard because I wanted the points???

 

LOL. The guy that I booked through laughed when I told him I was using my Carnival MasterCard. And then I thought... what if I don't get my points for it:)

Nothing wrong with it at all..

When the wife and I were on our 1st cruise last month, we found that generally, most passengers were very friendly toward us, but, there were a few occassions when we were felt to feel 'lower class', for example, eating in the windjammer on Indy one night, we both decided to have something a burger.

 

On a table nearby, there were a group of people, tutting, and muttering under their breath about "these young people always eating junk food!" (we're both in our 30's, and this was the only time, apart from JR's we ate burgers!)

 

Another time, my wife was told to "Shut up, girl!" by a woman reading, when she was talking to someone else by the pool. Others were complaining about the amount of 'young people and families'. It seemed to me that some of these people felt that cruising was the reserve of the upper classes, and the more 'senior' folk. I even said to one that if they felt that way, don't book a cruise on a ship like Indy, which is a family-ship.

 

do others experience this? Or is it a rare thing?

Unfortunately it seems some people tend to forget their manners while cruising. I've seem people pushing, running and grabbing for things at the buffets.

I do my best to ignore them after all they are not going to ruin my trip because they haven't got any manners.

While I do have to say if I were told to 'shut up' by anyone, I would very nicely tear them a new one, (but never physically touch them) any other instance I would just smile at them and politely say 'have a wonderful trip'... it totally disarms them and usually makes them feel like crap for being so rude..

I was on Freedom last year and it was not included in any drink package. The bartender was very clear about it when I asked. I called and asked again for the cruise I'm going on the end of March and was told it is not included in any level drink package.

We used Travelynx as well with good results. Called them directly to set up everything.

We stayed in the aft cabin 8712 on Freedom last year and loved it. We didn't find the view obstructed at all. Even our neighbors next to us on the corner were told their view would be obstructed but they had no issues at all.

True it is a bit of a walk to elevators but we took the stairs most of the time for the exercise.

If you want to book an aft cabin, my advice is just do it. If you don't like the view from one part of the deck just move over a foot...:D