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Rent a modest car from the airport for the week and drive to Galveston. We stayed at a B&B called Avenue O B&B. Great place!!! AND you get a 5 star breakfast the morning of your cruise, you get to park your car at their residence (in the back area) FOR FREE and, they shuttle you to the cruise port for free as well and pick you up when the cruise is over and take you to your car at their place. They are about 5 minutes from the cruise port and is super fast to get there. (They are also cruisers...)

I feel like I should know this but... We will each be bringing ONE bottle of wine onboard. Is it better to pack it in the luggage or bring it on in the carry one bag? TIA

Just curious as to what you do not like about the reserved seating. (Truly just curious...)

The hotel might have a provided taxi/van-pool service. Usually pretty cheap - like $8-10 a head one way. Otherwise uber

in addition to my wife...we also take along door magnets to all the islands we have been to...

What ship and timeframe?

I bought early then repriced as it went down. (4 times but we were booked 18+ months out) Started at about $95 per day per person - sailed with a price of $65 per person (Then you also need to include gratuities of 18%)

@Another_Critic gets a gold star as well 😁

@SG65CB get the gold star for answering my question with crystal clarity. Each person gets 4/5/6 drinks TOTAL for the day. Can be a mix of alcoholic and non-alcoholic. It is not 4 with alcohol and 4 without alcohol.

So to be clear...in the 'benefits guide' : https://www.royalcaribbean.com/content/dam/royal/resources/pdf/crown-and-anchor-society-benefit-grid.pdf The first entry of: Complimentary daily drinks up to $14 (excludes Starbucks, Bionic Bar, and Desserted) Is the same and redundant of the second entry and you really only get the 4/5/6 drinks...right? Complimentary daily non-alcoholic drinks up to $14 (excludes Starbucks and Desserted) It kind of reads that you get 4/5/6 in EACH category?

So at the Diamond, D+ and Pinnacle levels, you get the following as one of the benefits: "Complimentary daily non-alcoholic drinks up to $14 (excludes Starbucks and Desserted)" (Can I assume this 'stacks' with the corresponding alcoholic drinks?) Other than 'mocktails' what would all be included in this benefit?

I believe we are on that same 11 night cruise - looking forward to it!!!

Usually, you can copy and past the excursion description into google and find good reviews on said trip...

Big time fan of all the Oasis class entertainment offerings! HOWEVER...for the love of GOD...will you PLEASE dump CATS!

You poor thing...

When would be your NEXT possible flight out? More of a risk/reward decision. If for "Whatever" reason your ship pulls in 90 - 120 minutes late (and YES it does happen for a variety of reasons...) you are basically SOL at that point. What is the Plan B? Would leaving at 1 pm be worth eh peace of mind? Don't get me wrong - it is completely 'do-able' but sometimes things happen that we can't control...

The...THE cucumber Martini! You will NOT regret it!

Ah YES! the fine print - and thank you!!! So we bought the DBP at $65 pp awhile back. The current listed full retail is $110. 30% off that is $77. I like my odds with what I have currently. Got to love RCL accounting and Marketing!

Anoter question I has is that is indicates that we will have "Priority access and seating at Theater, Ice show and AquaTheater events" How do we take advantage of that perk? Does it happen when we make the reservation once on the ship or do we have to go through our Concierge? (Also once on the ship...)

There is your clue...It was free. They are getting tight on what is 'free' these days... Bummer. We have done 2 and REALLY enjoyed them!!

I see one of the 'perks' of attaining Diamond + is a 30% discount on Deluxe beverage package! (Yes I know we will be getting 5 free drink 'vouchers' so don't judge - just asking for a friend...) 😁 Question is what is that 30% off of?? The current listed full retail price?? (currently on sale on 'sale' for $76.99 marked down from $110.00!) Or is there a different price that you have to call C&A to get?? (Sailing March 31st on Harmony) TIA.

That is good for reading on-line but the print out looks horrid. Downloading seems to not work... Hummmm

We have those very ones. Virtually indestructible. Secured very well with the threaded twist barrel. We got the 8 pack and gave 2 away as Christmas presents...With the luggage tag included... 🙂

Looking for a recent PDF VERSION of the Compass for the Western leg cruise. TIA

How about CATS!