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I used Uber on embarkation day and disembark day. Each fare was only $10.

 

 

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So Uber was able to pick you UP at the port? Where did you meet it?

I'd use a taxi both ways. Not expensive at all in Ft. Lauderdale and quicker than waiting for a shuttle. You're probably looking at $10-$15 from the hotel to the port and around $15 from the port to the airport.

OR Uber to the ship and taxi back to airport upon arrival-- Uber in FLL = reliable and good service

You might contact medical on board. Maybe they can store it for you until you have access to your cabin.

excellent advice (allowing time for fridge delivery if one is to be) --also you can pack meds in dry ice which will last a long time if properly insulated with newspaper

Painkiller ! We discovered it on Tortola (although it can be found everywhere in Caribe) and have had them on 3 or 4 Royal ships since.

But cuidado-- it will kill the pain

Following -- I am also curious about the 'Bad'

Informative review--greatly appreciated, thanks

We had one of our best beach days ever on Tortola--also like Bonaire (snorkeling) and Turks and Caicos.

Uber!

+1 (What she said)

+ 2

I almost always book rental cars via Priceline. I look at the cheapest daily rates for the size car I want and then bid something lower. I have always gotten Hertz, Avis National or Budget to rent me a car at lower than the cheapest rates using Priceline and you can designate drop off and puck up in the bid. Example--today I looked in San Diego for October-- cheapest rate was 22/day for small car from Ace rentals-- I bid 23 on PL for midsize and was told to go higher so I bid 25 and got it from Budget for a midsize-- decent deal

Bill--

what a great review! you have such a relaxed writing style that it is easy to imagine you are sitting next to us and telling us this story. Very interesting and easy to enjoy--Thank you very much.

My roommate at Pitt was from Erie by the way-- you gotta love snow if you live in Erie (I thought Pittsburgh was bad growing up-- Miami compared to Erie)

Hmmm, I packed my own lunch today for work and compared to it, I'll take pretty much anything on the RCI menu right now. :D

Haha-- LIKE!

Owne dthe stock for several years and was never able to use the OBC ---sad:confused:

But made a ton of $ when we sold it -- Hap Hap Happy!!!!!!!!!!!:)

I'm curious if type of cabin/location of cabins play a role here as well as type of bed (sofa bed vs regular bed) and bed arrangement (together Vs. Apart).

Maybe we can find a pattern here.

If you wouldn't mind, please include this information. I'm going to put together a spreadsheet and will publish the results by the end of the week. Please include your cabin number and date that you sailed. It may be possible that someone had the same cabin and that the mattress was swapped out at some point.

 

 

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So I guess we are speculating that the cheaper the cabin the harder the mattress?

"If you want a good nights sleep you need to buy a suite" is the new Royal Jingle/slogan?????

He is Bob with 'Clarea'--apparently a rare skin disorder but still lovable and chock full of Info (also fastest to answer any question on the Royal version of CC)

Did you ask for robes?

14 shy of 50K!!!!!!!!!!

Excellent Review Jack-- love your perspective--really very refreshing

We're partial to Crystal, just as hot and much tastier than Tabasco.

Bob--

when next in Barbados you might want to pick up a bottle of Barbadon sauce--my family's favorite hot sauce-- when I cruise there I buy it by the case and ship it home

Great review ! You are a kindred spirit--from the Grey Goose Matini to the Ritz (and BLT) and even the Software part although I was a dreaded sales exec.

Anxiously following

Bon Voyage and Happy Trails to you.,.....

Gotta love millennials.

 

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Best VIDEO EVER !!!! One BIG Thank YOU

My sister and I both get motion sick easily. We've had good luck with Bonine (it's sold next to the Dramamine at the drug store). She actually spent 1.5 days riding out a typhoon on a Filipino ferry with the help of Bonine. It's relatively inexpensive, so he could try it out on the ground while riding in cars, ambulances, etc. I actually carry it in my purse all the time.

 

For motion sickness as severe as his, though, it might worth seeing a doctor as well. Also, consider booking mid-ship and a lower deck for less motion.

 

 

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Bonine is the absolutely best thing for me-- it works like a champ (and I am sensitive to motion as well) and does not make you drowsy nor sleepy and you take 1 pill a day (good for 24 hors)--always worked for me

$10,000 or a bit more.

Tell me where you will be on your next Holiday as I want very much to wait on you hand and foot!

Your every wish will be my command Sahib!!!

For cabs-- $40/port should be enough-- for walking around trinket buying money $100/port (lunch for 2 will usually be 25-35 $ and I hate to use credit cards unless absolutely necessary-- had a few incidences from the carribean with stolen CC #)

so with 3 or 4 ports I would take $600 to cover all incidentals (including extra tips) and you should have plenty left over. But as always these things tend to be personal in nature and everyone is different. You certainly do not need that much if you take trams and share cabs and are careful where you spend

I don't know about AMEX, but from what you described, it sounds like Royal's shareholder benefit OBC, which I can only use when I book an inside or OV.

Since when can you EVER use the shareholder credit?

Held the stock for 5 years and could not use it on any of 6 cruises--so we sold it (and made a nice profit so I really have no complaint-- except that shareholder BENEFIT is a misleading statement)