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I need some help. Our genie was fantastic and so was our steward. We do not know if the stewards tip is included in star class. Also I believe the genie is not. Please let me know and what is the norm for tipping the genie?

Sincerely

Cruise lover mom

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Hi Guys,

We originally saw that star class had free laundry services. Is that still the case?

sincerely,

gayleen

We are star class and wanted to now if johnny rockets,sugar beach included in the meal plan

On the symphony of the sease does entrance to the spa included or do you payextra

does anyone have the compass out of Barcelona from Symphony of the Seas saved so we can copy it

thanks

We have been told different things. when we booked the Villa suite we were told you could get room service from any of the restaurants. Is that true? Also we have been told the bar is stocked with booze

Is that true?

thanks

We are doing Europe on 9/30 out of Barcelona and looking for the adventure Ocean compass and the daily compass for the ship

thanks

we are leaving Barcelona on 9/30

palma de Mallorca

Marseille

La Spezia

Rome

Naples

Cruising

Barcelona

I am going in September and we are restating our vows after 36 years of marriage. I would like to get the schedules also. I know they put out a daily newsletter that shows activities and shows. We are a group of 16 so we want to coordinate dinners, shows and our vows ceremony. Can anyone copy these and post them

thanks

I booked in 2017 a 4 bedroom family villa suite on symphony of the seas. I believe I was told in was star class and we would have star class amenities. Does anyone know if the 2018 sailings have changed the classes.

We booked the 4 bedroom suite on symphony of the seas for the Barcelona trip. We are very new to the star class and this genie thing.

When will they contact us about needs we may have?

Is the room stocked with liquor?

We want to restate our vows on the ship. Does the Genie make those arrangements?

Is it better to book all our dinner reservations ahead of time versus waiting. What about shows?

Sorry for all the questions but all the kids are asking?

Does anyone know when they start to process upgrades. How many days out from cruise. I am leaving Saturday and our cruise leaves the following Sunday,

Thanks

Me too going 5/07

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Morning. Just booked the 2 family suites on princess and wanted to know if they get all the benefits as full suites including club class dining

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I booked our family cruise but the price was steep. Since i am a year and a half away do prices or sales help the price to come down. How can you keep an eye on sales

thanks all

Thanks,

the only perk we were allowed was the perk from the original free room which was an inside at the time. So we received 50 shore credit at each shore. So I am using that. I did ask about the other perks for the haven as far as the meal plan for the restaurants and they said due to it being a casino offer it was not allowed.

So I am now left with the decision of doing the meal plan or not and is it worth it

unfortunately not. This was from a casino perk so I do not get the unlimited stuff. How I wish as that would make my questions not even an issue as I would have it all. HAHAHA

I am very confused and hope to get some answers. I saw haven suite menus in general and someone posted online a men that showed lobster in the Haven restaurant. I am trying to decide if we should get a package of restaurants or just stick to the haven restaurant and main dining room. I assume the Haven menu stays the same the whole time?

Does anyone have the main dining room menus?

We leave on 5/14 for 7 days and curious about it.

What are the Haven spa suite amenities for ship. Is their priority disembarkation at ports?

Does the in room dining have a different menu then all the cabins

Am thinking of doing the beverage plan but how may drink a day do you consume to make that daily minimum cost.

How early can you get on board

thanks

Hi,

Just wondering if dining room for haven guests have different menus every night and if anyone has pictures of them

Headed to Costco and Walmart for some supplies and out we headed. The drive to Homer states 4 hours and it was definitely that. they are doing construction between Girdwood and Homer so we had some stops along the way as traffic is one way in some parts. Made the drive longer. But it was beautiful.

2nd flight out of Seattle was quick and efficient. We arrived at terminal 3 and departed at terminal 2. Plane was newer with the seatback screens. We had much better service on this flight. Landing in Anchorage was quick and efficient. Baggage was there and the rental car through Alamo was waiting for us. We are ready to go

I plan all our trips and use the following items to help me. I am not a travel agent I just love to travel. Tripadvisor, Hotels,com, Hotwire and Priceline, Costco, Tripit (all my planning goes into that) and TOURSAVER. Last but not least Cruise critic. Where I am now paying back for all the info I have been able to get through here. None of the people here have ever left me down.

We always take super shuttle so we do not hassle anyone to drive us. We never slept the night before and Super Shuttle true to their words were there at 2:50 AM. We are flying Delta 1st class. I have found to book coach and then pay for upgrade 3 weeks before departure is the cheapest way to go. Originally the price was 1120.00 RT per person versus 371.00 per person coach.

I upgraded around 3 weeks ago and paid an additional 350.00 each.

I booked our cruises through Costco in January. We originally had a family balcony connecting with oldest daughter and all the rest had insides. Prices dropped considerably so we all upgraded.

Once at the airport dropped luggage with sky caps outside. Sky priority has an express line to go through security check so within 30 minutes we went to our boarding site. We usually travel United so I assumed first class got to use the lounge. Wrong assumption. Delta only allows international 1st class to use lounge so we waited at the gate about an hour.

The wait seemed forever. Our plane started boarding at 6:10 for a 6:50 am flight out. We were riding an older 737-800. It did not have the movies on the seat only overhead. Our seat had a pillow, blanket and bottled water. We always choose the last isle in 1st as no one is behind us.

We settled in and I watched as people loaded in to our full flight to Seattle.

Our flight was comfortable but we both noted that the breakfast on board was lousy. A very cold refrigerated egg burrito with 2 little stale hard muffins. Well I now know breakfast in first class is nothing to write home about...HAHA.

Though the service overall was good. I used my laptop to watch the Delta studio so I was not board. DH slept the whole way

Hello fellow cruisers,

This is my 2nd time in Alaska and decided to venture on my own. DH really wanted to see Homer so I planned our itinerary and we are on our way. Will try and do every day for you so you can really get a feal of how it is to go off the beaten path.

Our first trip was in 2010 and we took princess as well as a 7 day land post cruise to Denali. We came ourselves that time and did the whole Denali trek. I added days at the end in Anchorage and we flew out of Anchorage.

We are average people with average likes and dislikes. DH is a TV hound, remote control freak and judges hotel rooms on those basis ugghh. Me on the other hand loves to travel and I plan my trips 1 year in advance and we take a month wherever we go. We love to explore new places.

Food tastes. well we are both not gourmet and DH does not drink very often so we do not order wines alot.

Our cruising experience is Mexican Riverea, Carribbean and Alaska. On Alaska we have done Northbound before.

Cruislines are Carnival, Princess and now NCL

We are traveling pre and post cruise by ourselves. Our family will be joining us for the cruise. So this review will help alot of age groups.

My oldest daughter (30) and her husband (30) and 14 month old will be in a forward mini suite cabin 1001. She has cruised before but this is hubbys first cruise.

DH (62)and I (56) are in a mini suite.

My second oldest daughter (28) and her husband (30), mother in law (64) and 2 1/2 year old daughter are currently on a balcony guarantee with no assignment. All 3 have cruised before.

My youngest daughter ((26) and a dear friend (her retired nanny) (67) did an oceanview guarantee and ended up with a picture window oceanview cabin 7201. Tina the nanny has never cruised before nor does she know how to swim. This will be her 2nd time in life leaving her country Costa Rica. She has only seen California.

So as said before this review will cover many opinions. We all have the ultimate dining plan and shore excursions planned. Some different.

With that said here we go

we are doing the train in skagway. wished i rented a car now.

Well ours is an upgrded to Haven suite. We got a free inside cabin and used our casino certificate to move up. Not sure what the 18% gratuity is though. But everything in life gets more expensive. In California gas shot up 50 cents in one week this week. Why don't know. My daughter is getting married 3 years after her sister did and exact same place wanted to charge us a minimum of 35,000 versus 25,000. Plus their mandatory gratuity went from 18% to 23%. Are those steep prices!

So I look at this whole thing and say everything has to go up in price and we all have to accept. Food is more, cost of fuel is more and wages are more with many areas now having to cover cost of health care. So I guess it comes down to the cost of doing business.