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We were trying to figure out the same thing.  We don't want a large tour group and going at our own pace sounds good so we can see more.  Which rental agencies are near the pier?

Sorry, I thought I typed FLL from Port Everglades.

HI - Our family will be cruising RCL April 2020.  Would we be able to make an 11:00 AM flight home?  Hoping we can as the next available flight isn't until 2:30.  Thanks!

Still quarters and $2 load as of 10/17 cruise.

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There was no Mike's but they did have a hard cider and Seagrams coolers (Mai-tai, Jamaican me crazy, aloha colada, grapetini).

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We were in one of these on the Emerald. We had so much more Soave than family who booked normal interior cabins. Would definitely book one of these cabins again. Lots of storage space.

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Book the cruise package at the hotel. It included the room, breakfast buffet (excellent & great choices, even a ninja smoothie station), and cruise port transfers. We paid $149 for the package plus we checked in at 1:00 the day prior and were able to check out at noon the following day. We had a room that overlooked the cruise port so we saw our ship coming in that morning [emoji1]

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We had Lotus a Spa lotion in our cabin. Not sure of the scent as I never used it.

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Had family with balconies on the Baja deck and they did have their balconies opened to connect to each other.

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We loved Sabatini's on our 10/17 Emerald cruise. Our waiter was wonderful and had a great sense of humor. I too had the shrimp entree and it was delicious! Our table couldn't decide what to have for dessert so she brought us one of everything. A nice little tasting [emoji4]

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We were also on the 10/17 sailing. We had an oversized interior, Riviera 507, which was perfect for DH and I. Noise not an issue at all for this cabin. It was very quiet. Our cabin steward, Ariel, was awesome. Always has clean bath towels and plenty of beach towels too. Enjoyed the fine dining for dinner with anytime seating. Only had one bad experience in the DaVinci dining room. Formal night with lobster, waiter never brought DH drawn butter and never checked to see how meals were. Tables on both sides of us had problems too. I agree with other poster, need more activity and music by both pools. We enjoyed the disco, Sabatini's, and just relaxing. We had the AI drink package. Worth the money between cocktails, water and specialty coffees. One warning, do not take the Bajari Beach Escape on Grand Turk. The beach was 50 yards wide, the beach chairs, you had to practically crawl over someone to get to a chair, charged you if you wanted a chair on the waterfront, $8 bottles of beer. Not worth the money. All the cruisers in our group complained. PCL rebated each of us $5. Overall we had a great time with family & new friends. We were part of a group of 68 celebrating our nephew's wedding, which was nicely done.

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Thank you so much for your report(s)! I read the with keen interest as we will be on the Emerald on 11/7. This will only be our second time on PCL, so I am very curious about what to expect.

 

Did you happen to call on St. Thomas on this itinerary? If so, do you remember which port your docked at (Crown Bay vs. Havensight)? We have a private excursion planned there and in the middle of the night I woke up worried about the timing. Do you recall if All Aboard time was 30 or 60 minutes before sailing?

 

 

 

Thanks again for taking the time to write about your recent experiences, hopefully "talking" about it will help you avoid the Post Cruise Blues that I often suffer from shortly after disembarkation;)

We docked at Crown Bay. I was a little disappointed as Havensight is so much more convenient.

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We just went to a wedding on the Cape and this is what was in our gift bags: Bottled water, sample sizes of ibuprofen, pepto-bismol, sunscreen, hand lotion, cape cod chips, saltwater taffy. All things that will come in handy are your best choices.