Live ICONIC 60th Birthday Cruise with ITCHINTOCRUISE (2-10 to 2-17)

[itchintocruise]

Hello fellow cruise aficionados. Yes, it's time for itchintocruise to do a LIVE review again. 

Stay tuned for additional details.

 

In case you need some additional reading material check out my previous LIVE reviews:

https://boards.cruisecritic.com/topic/2616173-live-hoho-horizon-and-a-bottle-of-tequila-christmas-cruise-12-23-18/

https://boards.cruisecritic.com/topic/2717481-live-122119-itchintocruise-presents-parrotheads-on-the-panorama/

 

[itchintocruise]

All right folks time for an update:

Today was packing day and as always lots of stress deciding what to take and what not to. The good news is the mission is 90% accomplished.

The next step is to finish off at work tomorrow and sign off for the week. We are committing the proverbial sin of flying to the port on the same day. I know. I know, however, my work schedule is what it is.

We do have the first flight out on Saturday morning and it is a non stop from Louisville to Miami. We are schedule to land at 8:36am. So far the weather appears to behaving and let's hope for no travel drama. 

[itchintocruise]

So we had the "tiny" Royalup fairy pay us a visit yesterday. We had originally booked a guarantee Surfside balcony, but submitted a bid to upgrade to an Outside Balcony which was accepted for 75.- per person. Not a big win, but we would rather face the ocean. Now we just have to figure out how to change our luggage tags...

[ticketsunlimited]

Good Start.  Will be following along with everyone.  Have an awesome time.

[Sunshine3601]

4 hours ago, itchintocruise said:

So we had the "tiny" Royalup fairy pay us a visit yesterday. We had originally booked a guarantee Surfside balcony, but submitted a bid to upgrade to an Outside Balcony which was accepted for 75.- per person. Not a big win, but we would rather face the ocean. Now we just have to figure out how to change our luggage tags...

Maybe get new luggage tags from the porters if unable to print with new cabin info

[itchintocruise]

7 minutes ago, Sunshine3601 said:

Maybe get new luggage tags from the porters if unable to print with new cabin info

Issue was resolved after a phone call to Royal.

[itchintocruise]

Good nights folks. Alarms are set and the incoming flight appears to be on time.

[itchintocruise]

We are seated and waiting for takeoff!

[hollon]

Enjoy your cruise - thanks for taking us along 

[itchintocruise]

Well we pushed back from the gate and moved about 50 yards when the pilot decided that he wanted to change the route due to severe weather in the area. This now requires us to top off the plane with more fuel. Sooo… back to the gate we go.

[itchintocruise]

ROUND #2

[jk04]

According to the Flight Status, you are In Flight and due to arrive at 1006.  Hopefully, you will have easy traffic to the port.  ☺️

[itchintocruise]

Good news. We are in Miami.

Waiting on our Uber.

 Goodbye airport, hello cruise port.

[itchintocruise]

Boarding was super fast, especially with somehow acquiring EXPRESS BOARDING. Not sure how that happened.

Edited February 10 by itchintocruise
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[GetToLivin]

Following! Thanks for taking us along 😀

[itchintocruise]

We are onboard the Mall of the Seas. Certainly hard to tell you are on a cruise ship without looking outside. I’m not saying it’s a bad thing. It’s just different.

[itchintocruise]

Here our some pics of our outside balcony cabin on deck 8. The room still has that new car smell.

[erby2283]

Following. Have a wonderful cruise. May I ask how much it cost to Uber to the port? 
 

 

[T-2]

And when you knew you had scored the Express Boarding please??

[ticketsunlimited]

Having to much fun.  May not hear from them until next weekend 

[fla33023]

On 2/11/2024 at 3:25 PM, ticketsunlimited said:

Having to much fun.  May not hear from them until next weekend 

So true. I double checked the post header to see if it said Live! Good for them!

[ah33919]

Do you happen to know what the price for the Thermal Suite 7 day pass is on this (2/10) sailing and if they are offering any discounts? I'm sailing in about a month and I'm trying to decide if I should book it prior (no discount) or wait until I'm onboard. Right now if I book it prior, it is $109 per person (there's 2 of us) so they are wanting to charge me $218 plus $43.60 gratuity totaling $261.60.

Thank you 

[goldfish65]

To continue the barrage of questions, Is your cabin temperature comfortable? Is it true that the thermostat will not go below 68 deg? 

[stringbean10]

23 hours ago, ah33919 said:

Do you happen to know what the price for the Thermal Suite 7 day pass is on this (2/10) sailing and if they are offering any discounts? I'm sailing in about a month and I'm trying to decide if I should book it prior (no discount) or wait until I'm onboard. Right now if I book it prior, it is $109 per person (there's 2 of us) so they are wanting to charge me $218 plus $43.60 gratuity totaling $261.60.

Thank you 

I had booked the thermal suite for our sailing on Icon (this Saturday - yay!) and cancelled it yesterday.  The suite just doesn't seem to offer much at all - pretty disappointing considering all the other new bells and whistles on the ship.  Heated loungers, a sauna and a steam room just doesn't compare with other lines offerings at the spa.  Sad because we do generally buy the passes when we sail but couldn't bring myself to do it this time because of the subpar product. 

 

Edited February 13 by stringbean10

[PhillyFan33579]

On 2/12/2024 at 3:43 PM, ah33919 said:

Do you happen to know what the price for the Thermal Suite 7 day pass is on this (2/10) sailing and if they are offering any discounts? I'm sailing in about a month and I'm trying to decide if I should book it prior (no discount) or wait until I'm onboard. Right now if I book it prior, it is $109 per person (there's 2 of us) so they are wanting to charge me $218 plus $43.60 gratuity totaling $261.60.

Thank you 

I was on Icon for the 2/3 cruise. The thermal suite was $109 online prior to the cruise. I almost bought it but decided to wait and check out the thermal suite on the ship, even if it would likely cost more (it did). I was not that impressed with the thermal suite so I ended up not buying the pass.