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Love another wild Willdra ride!

We are cruising on Independence of the seas in 2 weeks and have a casino question. Is your sign and sail card your casino card also? Or are there still paper receipts from each machine. If cards are used can you take cash advances from the slot machine onto your sail card with no fee? We have only gambled on Carnival recently and you can take money with no fee against your card. Thanks for your help

Jeff, Love your reviews and Patti's pictures! Shout out as well to St. Greg and Sid! Always excited to find a review by any of you, such talented writers. Thank you for all your hard work and hope to run into you all some cruise, some day.

Maryann

People are talking about a deviation?? Is this something you ask for? How does that work? We are flying to lax from Pittsburgh to leave from San Pedro. Would they fly us in day before? Never used their air before. 

Do the taxis in Cozumel take credit cards? I thought i remembered that some do, you just have to ask which one,...

Sorry to add an extra question to this but we have the free drinks promo on 2 booked cruises. My question is to order your free drink do you need to be sitting at a table or machine or can you get at the bar while moving from one slot to another? Thanks!

We are 62 and 64 and in good health. We had a cruise cancelled in March and are in serious cruise withdrawal...our last one was all the way back in September!

Currently, we have 3 cruises booked, August 29,2020, December 6, 2020 and March, 2021. I hope that everything will start back up in late July or first of August this year with obvious changes made. Less passengers, adjusted muster drills, chairs further apart at pool, enhanced screening process to board. We always are aware of germs and wash our hands and carry hand sanitizer with us, I think with some care, cruising will be feasible again soon.

Thank you!

On 4/13/2020 at 4:50 PM, Ourusualbeach said:

The coupons are the equivalent of gold level coupons on your Seapass.  Nothing of great value for most people. 

Can you tell me what the gold level coupons are? We are going on our second RC cruise in September and I was curious. Thank you!

We book our dinners first thing, then go to the closest bar and get ourselves our first vacation beer. Then we go to Savor or Taste for lunch. By then cabin is usually ready so we drop off our carryons and head up to the pool deck...mamas got to have her mango meltdown!

4 hours ago, Host Clarea said:

If you are in Ft. Lauderdale, go to Total Wine off of 17th St, in the Harbot Shops,  next to Publix.  Much better selection and lower prices.

Thank you...I'll check them out!

We aren't used to taking wine onboard and we're curious how everyone gets their two bottles. Have you had luck with bubble wrap and packing them for your flight? Just go to publix in Ft. Lauderdale and buy them there? Thank you!

Thank you both! Are there land taxis in town also? And how much should it be to get back via that option?

We are thinking of going on an island tour of St. Maarten and have the option of being dropped of downtown at the completion and get ourselves back to the cruiseport. How far is that? How much would it cost to go back or is it walking distance? Thank you

Love the ideas of obc and a Platinum plus lounge!

If we get back off the ship in the evening what are some fun things to do near the port?

We usually sail NCL but we took 2 carnival cruises over the years and we prefer Norwegian. I won't go into all the reasons we like them better but will mention the few things we liked about Carnival. Our waiters were the absolute nicest that we ever had! We liked Guys burgers a lot..can't seem to get a decent burger on NCL and liked the Blue iguana too. Everything else we prefer NCL. Just our opinion...

Can anyone give me some idea of how much chair and umbrella rentals are at any of the beaches? Does the rental place want cash or do they have facilities for using a credit card? Thank you, it's our first Bermuda trip!

We just booked a guarantee inside leaving in 3 weeks Boston to Bermuda. Also, received my upgrade bid email. We bid a minimum and don't care if we get upgraded or not, seven day cruise isn't that long.

On 4/26/2019 at 7:24 AM, mbottoms66 said:

Thank you for all the info everyone!

I am in the middle of a sleep study right now and probably will need a cpap..how hard are they to pack and take on trips? Do all of them require distilled water? Does it take up lots of room? Thanks..just freaking out about dragging one more thing

You can make specialty dining reservations on the Dawn right after boarding in the Orchid garden restaurant (I think that's the name of it). There should be someone there taking or changing reservations.

2 minutes ago, CozGurl said:

Does O'Sheehan's do a special dinner another night too?

They did a seafood basket one night. Just got off a 10 day on the Dawn and prime rib was the last night.

There s a live from the Dawn review currently underway, this is a link to day 2 of the schedule. Lower left side has the details of the new and improved (scarcasm) premium beverage package...hope this works...

Well, sort of, its post 49

We are getting onboard when you get back! Leaving from Pittsburgh, which I'm sure will look a lot like your departure..Looking forward to your review😊 

We usually stop in for a quick appetizer if dinner is a long way coming, drinks are always good, their Ruben sandwich is delicious. Have had the hot turkey sandwich with mashed potatoes and gravy...yum! The brownie cheesecake is the best dessert onboard,except for the Haven carrot cake.