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Our last cruise ended Jan 6th. DH and my points now reflect that cruise but our kids still have the original points without this cruise. They were in a separate room from us, but not sure if that makes a difference why they haven't been updated yet. How long does it typically take?

Many complain in here. We were on Adventure Dec 2019 and great ship. It's Voyager class so no ziplines, Aqua shows or bumper cars but we had a wonderful cruise.

That's great. Thanks for the help. Nice you are using them again. Have a great trip.

Thanks. I guess the biggest challenge is knowing exactly when we would get off...esp if we want to head to the airport as soon as we do. And on the way there, if our flight is delayed then that's an issue too if a shuttle is waiting.

Thanks for the above. Will look into it. Do you schedule it beforehand? It might be handy too for when we arrive at MCO pre-cruise to get to our hotel near the port. Anyone know if taxis are readily available or if uber is an option at Port Canaveral?

Same thing on Odyssey in December. Was surprised to hear no lunch in MDR on sea days...just brunch that closed at noon.

Our kids enjoyed virgin pina coladas, virgin mudslide. If they like coffee drinks...iced coffee and Frappuccino.

For our March cruise returning from Port Canaveral, our airline moved our flight from 2:30pm - 11:15am. Great we'll get home earlier, but we will need to get ourselves to MCO as quick as we can. Our plan is to self disembark as early as we can (e.g. heard they let you off around 6:30am). Anyone know if taxis are readily available at that hour at Port Canaveral? Or is uber better? What's our best option? Not looking at a shuttle service as that means waiting for others before they leave. Thanks.

Lol...funny you thought the same. 🙂 Most days were cool but sunny...with one day rained off and on (Haiti) and one day hot (Dominican Republic). Can't complain though as still much better than back home for us. Glad you enjoyed Odyssey. I agree...the 270 is beautiful with the floor to ceiling windows...and then loved how it also turned into screens with cool technology. Looking forward to hearing about your cruise.

This sums up exactly why I love reading other's trip reports! And thus, I was very happy to sign in this morning and see your report. I actually though of you as we were getting on the cruise following yours (don't take that as a mean comment as it meant your cruise was ending, but I remembered that you were on the one before us). Looking forward to hearing your experiences and your thoughts on Odyssey. Great pictures so far! And, happy anniversary!

Yeah, with the airline we are using for points, we only have the option of 11am and next one is 2pm. If 12pm, then that would be an easier decision.

Thanks for mentioning. Not sure which one we are leaning but good to know that there is a risk.

Thanks for the replies. Sounds like it's doable. Still need to decide which time to book but the comments help.

We have a cruise in June out of New Jersey and are looking at booking a flight. We live in Toronto. There are two options for the return flight....11am or 2pm. Is the 11am too early if we self disembark? Would be nice to just head to the airport post cruise and get home but don't want to miss our flight. Thanks.

Thanks. Definitely will use separate emails next time. The other photos have an unlock option. Do you mean if I go in there, then I can "purchase" it but it won't charge. (It's one of two photos but I don't remember which one my kids picked). I don't want to actually pay for it at $35 each. And yeah, I heard you must be in the free photo. Our family of 4 is in each do luckily that's not an issue. But wonder how they would know? I ended up calling Royal yesterday. It went to Resolutions and they said they will email me . Let's see. P.S. Our son did iFly but I don't even remember a photographer... Vs there was one on a past cruise on Anthem

For OP, note as well that things like an Ice Coffee only comes in the larger cup so it's 2 punches , and it doesn't cover Frappuccino's. Having said that, we still found the coffee cards useful and purchased it when we didn't have access to the Crown Lounge, such as your son. As other's stated, I believe Park Cafe and Cafe Promenade should have early morning coffee.

Good to know. Thanks for sharing that you had same issue. Will call Royal.

Definitely. I'm not OP but subscribed to this thread for suggestions. We cruise to Halifax in June.

Thanks. I think DH may have put my email so maybe that confused the system?

I had the same issue with a dining reservation. I called Royal and they could do the rebook on the spot

In hindsight, maybe we should have gone with that. At least you walk off the ship with the photos. I'll probably have tocall them and ask about our missing photo. Unfortunately our kids picked it out, and I don't remember which one we went with .

It was an option to get an actual print out or a digital. I create photobooks when we return, so wanted the digital copy. This is our first cruise as Diamond so can only comment from this experience.

I have a question about the free Diamond photos and multiple rooms. We recently got off Odyssey and DH an I were both entitled to a free photo. Our kids were in a connecting room, and we learned that you have to be 21 or older for a free photo. Thus, from DH and my room: I signed on using my Sea Pass and picked one (sent to my email) and DH picked one using his Sea Pass card (sent to my email) Our kids room has mostly the same photos but they had a few additional ones (I guess we sometimes gave their room number when getting the pictures taken) When we returned from the cruise, i got an email about our photos being available for 30 days. When I view them, the photo that I picked has the Download button , but the rest are greyed out. Will DH's photo come in another email? They did say it would take 4-7 days. Or is this the email that they send, and we did something wrong? Is there a way to see the photos for our kids room? Or in future, we should only use our room number when taking photos? Note: Not to confuse things but when we selected photos, we thought our 14 year old was entitled as well so we selected our third choice and then when realized she didn't get one, they had to fix it manually so wondering if this messed up DH's free photo....as not sure what is normal process for receiving them.

We always request our MDR dining preference at booking time. We simply ask for a table for just ourselves and never had an issue. This is true whether it's just DH and me for a table for two, or if we are with our kids for a table for four.

We just got off Odyssey and this is the first time we never had an issue finding a seat (including departure morning). Not sure if people were elsewhere, but it was a nice change.