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My niece is almost 21 and she wants to do a seven day cruise during spring break with another college student, how old does her companion have to be and is that standard for all cruise lines?

After 17 cruises,platinum with Royal Caribbean and Princes, having cruised with Norwegian, Costa, and Carnival, our last four or five cruises have not offered a midnight buffet. Any left?

The BVI is world renowned for sailing. Typically there is always wind and the waters are relatively calm because of all the islands, and the swimming/snorkeling is great. Do a small group charter off the ship, you won't regret it.

 

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My wife and I with another couple did it twice for 10 days, bare boating with a Cal39 in 1987 and again in 1994 with a Whitby 42 and there isn't a better sailing ground in the Caribbean than the BVI. No other people to contend with, anchoring in the lee of any island, going overboard for a swim or snorkel, etc. All that before the cruise ship crowd discovered the islands since there were no docks in Roadtown. But it takes an experienced sailor to handle the boats and our women who have to cook at least three meals day. (grin). Also next bay over at Jost van Dyke was/is Foxy's, wildly popular with sailors. what happened, is foxy still alive, my business card is still stapled at the ceiling there.

We booked the Ecape to Jost van Dyke on the catamaran and the footnote stated that we must swim the last 30 feet because the cat can't go too close. Is that so and if not a swimmer is there help? Can we cancel the excursion once on board on Wednesday?

we are on the Gem leaving a week from now. Would the room steward supply filters? We like our own specially ground coffee.

We are on a balcony and would like to bring our own coffee for brewing in the cabin. Anyone know what size filters the coffee maker accept, or are they only for the pre-sized packets?

So what is the difference between sundeck 14 and freestyle sundeck 15 besides size?

Deck plans of Gem forward show deck 14 as sun deck and deck 15 as freestyle sun deck. If the freestyle (?) sundeck is above the deck 14 sundeck, doesn't it shade it?

We are booked on the Gem out of NYC 29th of March. My wife is taking care of her dying sister but urges me to take the cruise. Will there be any problems if only I show up upon boarding?

We also prepaid gratuities, but with only me on board should there be an adjustment?

>>>Also,can you bring in an extra six bottles of booze bought in Puerto Rico? <<<

I seem to remember that there was an extra allowance for booze purchased in Puerto Rico, no?

On our Gem cruise on March 29 we will be in Puerto Rico,St. Marten, St. Thomas and Tortola. Also,can you bring in an extra six bottles of booze bought in Puerto Rico?

This March cruise will be our third on NCL, we are bronze and in a balcony and I never heard anything about free wine. How does it work who get it and how much, and when?

>>>You can also consider trying the German approach to sharing a bed: double bed, but each person has his/her own single comforter (duvet). No top sheet<<<

Being German, this is how I share our king size bed at home, that way my better half is not bothered by my nightly antics...

We too a 9 day from NYC on the Gem two years ago, we had an inside and got the beds separated, but a Balcony has a different configuration....sooo, I am not the slightest disturbed about that, though of the 17 cruises we have taken there seemed to always be a question about bedding and I wondered if I missed it somehow, so no problem, thanks cverybody...

My wife sleeps very quietly, hardly turns and I am a restless sleeper only covered from under my arms to my knees ending up with the covers bunched up.

We are on the Gem end of March in a balcony and have all our docking documents printed but were never given the choice anywhere to state that we wanted separate beds because in a queen with one cover sleeping will be a disaster. Asking the cabin attendant seems late and it even looks as if there is no room to separate the beds...Any insight?

I would be happy with that, but how do I get to ANY listing about unbooked cabins?

I frequently read a post where someone says that as of this time this cruise has so many open balconies, inside cabins, etc.

How does one find out what is still available for a certain cruise date on a ship?

I highly recommend it if you're looking for a relaxing beach day. Be sure to go to the Soggy Dollar Bar.

 

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This will be our first time in the BVI via cruise ship, though my wife and I along with another couple bare boated twice there with sailboats for ten days each.

On Jost Van Dyke Foxy's was the popular bar but now it seems to be the Soggy Dollar, so named because while we were anchored fairly close to shore, we tucked some dollar bills into our bathing suits and swam ashore, the dollars got pretty soggy with that. Nowadays we get those golden dollars, much better.

We are on the Ruby Princess leaving this week and will be in Honolulu on the 29th from morning until 11PM. We are taking a North Shore tour that ends early afternoon at the ship. I don't know how far the dock is from downtown or what to do in the evening. Any suggestions?

SHOULD i PUT THE WINE IN THE CARRY ON OR CHECKED BAGGAGE?

SORRY FOR THE CAPS

This cruise has four sea days out and four more back - unless you just sip, two bottles will not go far :)

The wine is for my wife, I am a beer drinker, but thanks all for the info.

We leave on the Ruby on Thursday for Hawaii and my wife wants to take 2 bottles of wine, one for each of us, to have a glass before we head out to supper. Will they charge us for corking fee at check in, if not, can we decide to take one to dinner and pay the corking fee then?

We just got off the Ruby last Thursday after a b2b Hawaii and Mexico. On the second leg we reached Platinum level, and I was very impressed with how immediate the status change was.

 

The happy hour in Skywalker's was a nice venue. The $5 drink menu had good choices. The appetizers were fine, but nothing outstanding. I do like RCCL's hot foods they add to the offerings. The one night I was definitely not impressed with the Ruby's was when they put out a HUGE loaf of steak tartar. The raw meat sitting there for several hours looked pretty yucky.

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We are platinum and will be on the ruby on the 24th, but have never heard about this happy hour thing, where is it publicized? Is it a daily event?

On our Caribbean cruises we always got good deals on booze but the Ruby only stops one evening in Ensenada, is it there I need to buy the duty free liqueur?

Cruising on different lines , we are platinum on Princess and Royal Caribbean, as well as other lines, there were always adults only areas where I could spend a few hour a day of quiet reading. We are on the Ruby to Hawaii for 15 days and I dread that I will have to pay for the adults only area, rats.

We booked our Hawaii Ruby cruise leaving in 16 days with an inside cabin open to an upgrade.

But we booked with an online travel agency and our gratuities were pre paid.

Would we or our travel agent get an upsell email and would we lose our free gratuities?