angelwings75

This will be the first time my husband and I will be in europe, and one of our ports is Marseilles, France. We are cruising on the Symphony of the Seas, RCI. Looking through what is offered excursion wise, and I'm not sure what to choose. I know a lot of people say do the tours that are offered not through the ship, but I am a stickler for choosing excursions through the ship. I know I spend more money, but the thought of not being left behind is just something I like to have control over. With that being said, has anyone done any of the excursions offered by RCI? I'm looking at the "Panoramic Marseilles and Aix" specifically but all reviews are welcome! Thanks in advance !

I have managed to book My Time Dining on Symphony. When I look at it now on my calendar it states "at your Leisure" but if you go into modify it shows the time you have actually selected. Hope this helps.

This is exactly what mine does. I was wondering if anyone else had that problem. I might call in just to make sure though, because i get paranoid and I like to have everything planned out beforehand and have a smooth vacation! Thanks!

Ok, so i checked today for my show bookings and they were available! I don't know why but this is one of my favorite things to book before the cruise. Anyways, after I book my shows i try to correlate My Time Dining to figure out when we are eating. As I am doing this, I find all the times i want and i look at my planner to make sure the times are there. When I open this up, all it says is "at your leisure" for the my time dining. Is this because they aren't accepting real bookings yet or what is happening? Before, it would show me the times in my planner and yell at me if I didn't give two hours prior to a show for dinner... which I always override anyways.

Another thing, I missed out on the escape the rubicon on harmony of the seas and was told that it is on Symphony. I really would like to book this prior to us getting on the ship, because its mayhem at that service desk all the time, and we don't have many opportunities to do this. First, is this escape room on the Symphony, and second, are you able to reserve it before you board??

Thanks in advance!!! :)

The cups will probably not work on the Freestyle machines as they have an RFID chip that will probably have timed out.

Thank you, I didn't know how they tracked these and if you to "ring them in" every time you used them! :)

I am going on the symphony of the seas in September. Trying to figure out if the drink package is the way to go. While sailing in the Caribbean, I feel like my husband and I drank so much (13 + drinks/day each) and the package was the way to go. Fruity drinks just fit the scene and they were flowing. While in Europe, I feel like we won't be drinking as much, especially on the long shore excursion days, but we'll probably drink on the short days at port and the days at sea. Really trying to figure out whats the best. Also, because we bought the packages on the other ships, we were given the mug to get pop and that sort of stuff but never opened them. Are these tracked some how to show that you are using them? We would like to bring two of them onto symphony, but will it allow us to use them at the machines??

First off, thanks so much for posting these!! Very helpful, as i will be on the Sept 30th sailing :) Question to the royal promenade dance parties... I've cruised on Allure and Harmon,y and both of these had some sort of themed dance party, 70's and 90's. Does the Symphony have any of these nights on the royal promenade?