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Hi, looking at a cruise and noticed a nice obc on there, when I went to book a balcony I see it's not combinable. Sailing in two weeks time, does anyone know if I book onboard whether they will give OBC too? I know I'm risking not getting the same price as today but it's been pretty stable recently. tia.
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Hi, has anyone used Budget car rental at Tampa recently? Have not sailed from there for a few years, just wondering if they still offer a shuttle from their downtown branch, have tried contacting them but not getting a response.
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We've done about 45 RCI cruises, and last year did our first on Celebrity, wow!, what a difference, reminded us how RCI used to be. We sail RCI more for the ship as we've been to most of the ports they service, we did the Celebrity as it went from Dubai to Singapore. I thought the Edge was in lovely, not all the bells and whistles of RCI but apart from the indoor skydiving on quantum class we don't tend to use slides etc. Service was so much better on Celebrity all over the ship from the cafe to stateroom attendant to restaurant service. We ate in the dining rooms in the evenings, did not try any speciality ones as the MDR seemed same standard as speciality on RCI. We've since booked 3 more on X, still like RCI and have some booked with them.
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Hi, after many years sailing on RCI we sailed on Celebrity last year and loved it, although Elite through the reciprocal RCI program we chose the add on that included drinks, wifi and tips. We've since booked 3 more cruises with Celebrity but noticed that on their website it only mentions drinks and wifi. Does anyone know when this changed? as we booked through a TA we've not heard anything from them, unsure if we still have tips included or if we need to now include them in our budget, also thinking that if it's separate whether to drop to the non included package and just enjoy the evening happy hour and pay as you go for any other drinks?
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Just curious why people ask....
welshrich replied to sadiwest's topic in Royal Caribbean International
After 45 cruises I can name some of them, usually, the ones that have been great at events like the 70's night or the really bad ones that were so cringy we'd avoid anything they were involved with. One of the worst (for us) is revered by people on here and I'd get flamed for naming them). We don't really notice much on short cruises, but on the longer ones like Panama Canal or Transatlantic it can make a difference on how their team is with onboard events. -
Hi there, not been on Odyssey but have been on Anthem, Quantum and Ovation, you will have a great time as the solarium is enclosed should you get any bad weather. We've done about 7 TA crossings and there are usually guest lectures, movies in the theatre on sea days and generally more activities planned on the crossing. We also found that on the longer cruises you get to know fellow cruisers and the crew a bit more so it's a bit friendlier.
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Hi, Does anyone know if there is single sex steam or sauna available on Edge? Only sailed RCI and a lot of there older ships have (or had) them.
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Icon of the Seas Blocks Are In The House!
welshrich replied to Lloyd555's topic in Royal Caribbean International
This ship looks incredible, I remember following along with Genesis (Oasis) and then Quantum, just waiting for Icon 2 to go on sale and hopefully prices might come down a little and I will book, Looking forward to watching all the videos from the first few cruises. -
Same here, the chicken and then the paella, truly a sign that the cruise had begun.
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Back to Back - requesting to switch rooms
welshrich replied to nanseev's topic in Royal Caribbean International
We did a b2b twice last year and had to move cabins, it's really easy to do and does not take long. We did ask the LA on the first segment if there was any other availability but it was a full sailing. They did advise to ask onboard and if a swap or the existing cabin was still available they may have been able to change it. -
Transfer Day of Side-by-Side Cruises
welshrich replied to Jthans24's topic in Royal Caribbean International
We recently did a s2s out of Port Everglades, we let guest services know and on the last day we debarked, got our cases and cleared customs, then went to the suite checkin outside the terminal who had us and a few others on a list, they directed us to a bus who took us to the other terminal at the port, we then waited outside until check in opened and checked in as normal. hope this helps.