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  1. 4 drinks a day x 7days is $392 plus a $20 picture is $412. Assuming you drink 4 a day, this is the financial benefit for one 7 night cruise.
  2. We have taken many cruises and have never eaten dinner in the Windjammer. Next month on the Wonder we have to because our ship doesn't arrive in St. Thomas until 12:30 so our tour won't have us back in time for early dining. The specialty restaurants are sold out so we're going to do the Windjammer. Is it any different at dinner than at lunch? Main dining has themed dinners like "A Taste of Italy, Caribbean, France," etc. Does the Windjammer do this as well? Is the dress always casual! Thanks!
  3. Have you looked into returning the rental car to a Port Canaveral/Cocoa Beach location? There are 2 or 3 companies that do this. They will shuttle you to the ship. Then you can do the same in return and return the car to the airport. Otherwise, look into GoPort shuttle service.
  4. Anyone ever done this and how was your experience? We want to snorkel and hopefully see some sea turtles but also have some time for food and beach time. We were thinking of water taxi over to Honeymoon and going to Dinghy's who apparently offer snorkeling gear for rent.
  5. We are a group of 6 and would like to do some time at Orient Beach, then to Maho, then back to ship with a couple hours at each. Would we better doing a tour or should we just taxi from place to place? Any recommendations of a tour operator? Bernard's does not offer these option without booking private which is expensive!
  6. sailor05

    Mr. Sanchos

    Rumor has it that PAYG has been stopped. Can anyone confirm this??
  7. Book Lyft or Uber ahead of time to avoid any surge pricing going down. Then use one of the shuttle companies back to airport. Lyft and Ubers can be REAL tough to get coming back, even if booked ahead of time because the drivers don't accept the jobs from those who book ahead because they know they'll make double from those who didn't due to surge pricing. I know some have had good luck, but have heard MANY nightmares from those got stuck.
  8. You could be a a thousand miles from wifi and these CGM's work. I've had zero issues.
  9. Raising gratuities and doing once-a-day cabin cleanings is the point that I stop doing extra tipping. And also with doing specialty dining a couple nights is the extra from my wait staff as I pay for those days anyway. When I had young kids that took extra from these people I always gave extra. Not anymore.
  10. I think a lot of people here must travel alone or as a couple and only take 2-3 bags which in that case I would just give them $5. BUT, if you're traveling with a family of 4 and have 6-8 bags, it is NOT necessary to give them $15-$20 or more to simply load those bags on a cart. If I did that for every person that handled our bags from the time we leave home to the time we get back home would be a LOT. These are who handle our bags during a normal cruise trip. 1. Airport parking lot to terminal shuttle 2. Shuttle from airport to hotel 3. Hotel to port shuttle 4. Ship Terminal 5. Port to airport shuttle 6. Shuttle to car at home airport. ALL of these people get a buck a bag or a little more as I usually round up. The cruise ship people don't deserve a nickel more for the same exact handling. In fact, these shuttle drivers sometimes are stacking up suitcases to the ceiling of their busses.
  11. 20 years ago the porters would take your bags from the curb to the ship with smaller carts. Now they load them on large carts and those carts are taken to the ship by someone else. $1 is PLENTY for simply loading them on the cart.
  12. $1 a bag has been the norm for years. Not bad since a lot of times they're taking them 10 ft and putting them on cart.
  13. Just seen the Rhapsody on the news sailing away from Israel this morning full of refugees. What a great thing for Royal to help out with.👏👏
  14. They're great keeping track of bags while flying, but once on the ship they're useless
  15. I'd hate to see my liver enzymes after being on a cruise for a week!!🥴
  16. It's not the walls, but the connecting doors that allow noise to get through. You can hear basically everything that's going on in the other room. Hopefully you end up with quiet neighbors! White noise apps for your phone can help with it.
  17. I am VERY curious about getting 2 cruises on 1 offer. I've never tried so really don't know if it's possible but I get LOTS of 3 and 4 night offers and would be great if I could book one of each to get 7 days total. Anyone ever tried/asked?
  18. If you're on FB there are some groups you can join for LOTS of information about this program. Just search Casino Royale.
  19. I remember back in the day when we paid our gratuities with cash on the last night. It was so sad to see the dining room having so many empty tables with the pricks not paying their gratuities too wimpy to show up.
  20. I have zero desire to go back. Haiti is in ruins, with rampant crime, riots, etc., and the only thing keeping those people out is a fence. No thanks.
  21. It's on the Allure and Harmony for sure.
  22. Next they're going to charge for more than 1 roll of toilet paper per week.😁 I can see maybe another pizza joint making REAL pizza's and charging, but not that cardboard crap that is only good at 2am when I'm "slightly" intoxicated 🤪
  23. I figured there would those would disagree with me getting someone my free pictures, but to you I say move on, you're opinion isn't welcomed here. ALWAYS those who feel the need to run their mouths. I haven't received one single picture since becoming diamond, and likely will not any time soon, and my traveling mates are the same. We earned this right, and with the 4 free drinks, they ALLOW us to give those to someone else. So instead of not using them, I thought we'd try and let this couple have some free pictures, which costs them NOTHING, especially when compared to the free drinks we're ALLOWED to give away. Thanks for the "kinder" thoughts from the rest of you!
  24. Do I have to be in the picture to get it free? I'm traveling with a couple on their first cruise and there are a couple diamond and a couple diamond+ in the group. We all have more pics than we would ever want so if we can use the freebies for someone else that would be great!
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