ATLD

6 hours ago, Sealily22 said:

Roatan was amazing!!!!

 

We got up bright and early and had a sunrise breakfast in Windjammer. 
 

Then we watched our arrival to Roatan from our balcony. 

 

 

Thank you again for taking the time to recap your trip and share photos, looks like a great cruise and glad you are having a lot of fun!

~2700 was also reported on another site along with the Captain reporting after testing the crew there are 0 positive cases on board for them (as of 1/25).  Curious to see how that holds out after all of the speculation and predictions from the Charter Cruise thread...

Looks the cruise this week has been great!

@Sealily22   Thank you for the updates, I am following along as we are onboard next week.  This is great information.

6 hours ago, LINDAE3213 said:

it will be interesting to see what happens  - but for me -- never again to book a guarantee -- as mentioned this was only the 2nd time i did this.   someone recently was downgraded from a guarantee  -- there is a post about it here -- with compensation of course.  and if we end up in Aruba which  I know very well -- I look forward to lunch at El Gaucho  - beats Chops any day. 

 

Agreed anticipation waiting for assignment may cause some stress and the result of what you may get with the GTY may not meet your expectations but that is part of the deal with a GTY booking.  I had a GS GTY with no suites showing "available" for a few weeks, but 4 days before departure I was assigned a Star Loft.  I have done GTYs in the past, if the dollars makes sense, and each time have been fine with the assignments plus the waiting never really bothered me and this comes from someone who is a planner.

We kind of got off topic here.  Speaking of Star Class, has anyone bid a RoyalUp and won with this category?  Curious of any other stories out there regarding the bids people submitted.

I hope the cards work for you. Sky class cards had issues last week. They worked to board but not on suite lounge door or cabin door. Our third card finally worked.

Suite lounge and cabin (7254) work, good to go.

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I hope the cards work for you. Sky class cards had issues last week. They worked to board but not on suite lounge door or cabin door. Our third card finally worked.

Thanks for the heads up , I’ll report back status.

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Both of us received individual Setsail passes, each indicated the level and the Sky Class, so the older format.

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Sitting in the Suite boarding area and they are still handing out Sea Pass cards. Just an FYI as they have not moved to Sea Pass cards onboard.

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Thanks to all following along! Lots more photos to upload while I'm killing time at the airport , and ill backtrack to answer questions as well.

 

We have luggage tag 2, so I suspect we'll be off early.....

 

Thanks for the updates, we enjoyed them!

Easy travels to you today, we'll be boarding next!!

Sue, thank you so much for sharing your trip and the great review. The photos and write up were great! Happy cruising!

Alrighty, I'm turning in for the night. A working day tomorrow!

Thank you very much for taking the time to put this together, it is very informative and entertaining, looking forward to the next few days!

Thank you for posting and allowing me to re-enjoy that week. Great photos!

Update from Oasis. After a few trips to Guest Serviecs wine was delivered to room on 2nd night. They are still working out the kinks of the policy being announced and filtered to rest of teams like Port Eveglades Security and Guest Services. Happy consuming!

Hi there, on board the Oasis and no one informed Security. It was confiscated. so i stopped at Guest Relations. They apologized and advised wine will be delivered this evening. So we'll see. If time permits i will report in later.

Awesome, I was hoping someone would try it on the Oasis today, would you mind posting an update later on if possible?

Yes' I'll report in later, leaving soon to park and board!

Hi, this is the chat I had with a RCI rep Thursday (11/1) night:

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[9:20:56 PM] Guests are not allowed to bring beer or hard liquor onboard for consumption or any other use. Effective 11/01/12 guests wishing to bring personal wine onboard with them at the beginning of the cruise may do so, limited to two (2) bottles per stateroom, but when consumed in any shipboard restaurant, bar, or dining venue, each bottle shall be subject to a corkage fee of $25.00.

ATLD: [9:21:33 PM] Thanks, so we would need to carry the wine on and NOT check it?

Laurie: [9:23:05 PM] that is right.

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Still no update on the RCI website or Blog. So we'll find out in a couple of hours as we board the Oasis today and we have two bottles in a carry-on.

Thank you for posting this review. The photos, write up and links are very informative. Looking forward to the rest!

Thank you for sharing your time on board the Monarch, really enjoying the review and photos, can't wait to see more! You got us thinking of booking one of these short trips soon. :D