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... and one souvenir I forgot to mention before is cajeta.

You need to buy either cajeta candy (like glorias or the round ones that are kinda like a little sandwich) which are goat milk caramels or you need to buy goat milk caramel in a squeeze bottle. Great stuff! Google cajeta if you are not familiar with it and you'll find out more about it, uses and recipes. Awesome on ice cream!

Interesting, thanks for the info !! :)

How many cruises does one need before Crown & Anchor can get you a discount?

Balcony discounts start at the Platinum level after 5 cruise credits and increase after 10 cruise credits at the Diamond level.

Just booked RCC Mariner of the Seas 7 day out of LA on 8/29. Today is their Tuesday's sales event. Single Supplement for balcony came out to about 160% though brochure listed single supplement as 175%. I believe inside cabin is also on sale but not plain Oceanview

 

Here is link again for brochure

 

http://www.creative.rccl.com/Sales/royal/Multi_Dest/Special_Offers/rci_sales_event.pdf

Interesting that on the August 29, 2010, Mariner sailing there is also a single occupancy Residency Rate (I entered California), for a D-3 Balcony cabin @ a base rate of $999 and a total rate including taxes of $1058.28. This would be reduced by any Crown and Anchor balcony discounts if the passenger is eligible.

I saw this too, it is a great deal on the Grandure of the Seas. I got a rate of $450 single 200% rate for last years Enchantment of the Seas 8 night trip to Panama; everything was simply outstanding!! Also, Spirit airlines is a cheap way to get back from Panama.

The $65. fare to FLL becomes $144. with taxes. Then add luggage fee. Then you need a hotel room because there are no flights on the 7th. It really adds up. The fare to NYC is very expensive.

I'll likely either use Spirit (and pack lightly) ;), or use miles which could be combined with the Grandeur TA to Europe in April out of Colon. BTW, it appears that the $144 includes the Panama departure tax, which many Central American countries collect at the airport. Thanks for the info !! :)

If that's the case people will absolutely love myself and my girlfriends next summer! We are all single girls in our 30s (professionals) but we also have a tendency to be loud :)

You sound like a fun group. It is always great to see people enjoying themselves. Have a great trip !!

Lusitano- can you tell me how you found this one and how you knew that it has a $0 supplement for solo- i can't seem to see that anywhere. Thanks

Many of the deals that I have been able to post here in the past were found by simply plugging numbers into the cruise lines' sites. In this case it is obvious when you plug in one passenger or 2 passengers you get the same pricing.

Another hint that a good bargain on single fares may be available on a particular sailing is an already low published fare for 2 passengers, as is the case with the Grandeur on November 1, 2010.

As a friendly reminder, mentioning websites of agencies is not allowed on Cruise Critic. It would be a shame to lose this thread again if established rules were not followed.

This is a great deal:

6 night Fort Lauderdale to Colon, Panama Repo.

Royal Caribbean- November 1, 2010

Inside solo- $326.00 total. O/V $30 add'l.

You can even get a suite for $700.00!!!!

Thank you so much for posting this !! I was able to shave some $$ off of the fare with a NextCruise On-Board Credit that I purchased on my last cruise and the Diamond Crown & Anchor Balcony Discount. :)

I am glad that I saw the link to this trip report on the Maker's Mark thread !! Thanks and keep them coming. Your efforts are appreciated. :)

I am sad to inform everyone that knew NancyChgo that she has passed into a better world at 5:30 this morning. I have lost a best friend/cruising buddy. Although her health was deteriorating in the past few months, she kept trudging on with working and took her last cruise on Century the beginning of this month. She will be sorely missed.:(

Thanks for posting.

I agree, she will be missed a lot. Having had the pleasure of cruising with her 3 times, I know that her positive energy will live on in all of the great memories that we have of her !! Here is to you Nancy.

Positive thoughts for you from here Nancy. Something tells mw that it will all work out for you !! :)

Thanks OP for posting the update. What a wonderful way to honor your parents.

Here's a long shot. Anybody from SF (besides us) going on the 35-day HAL Maasdam cruise, R/T Boston to N. Europe leaving 7/17/10??

 

If not, do you know anyone from elsewhere, gay or str8, who's going?

 

Sadly, I predict everybody onboard will be over 60... just like us. Sigh.

 

JoeAndMichael

Your trip sounds fantastic, I wish that I was aboard !! :) Is this the annual Holland America sailing that actually touches the Arctic Circle? I remember an officer on the Oosterdam telling us about it.

Yes, I remember the morning shows on television now, they were fun to wake up to each morning.

He was great on the Mariner this past summer.

Kayak is a good source of comparison for one-way airfares. Also, in case you didn't know, airlines frequent flyer programs have begun allowing one-way trips at a lower milege redemption than in the past.

I have been wanting to get the temp tatoo on Royal and on the last cruise could never find the person at the station at the right time.....just wondering how long it lasted and if it ran or washed off in the shower or the ocean? Any problems with it?

A friend's experience wasn't so good with the ones on the ship, it was better with the ones available in the Mexican ports.

I wish I had known about these rumrunners 3 years ago on a spring break cruise, out of the group of 10 of us we employed the following methods... all of which worked.... none of which I would recommend!

 

1- Taping bottles under pant legs (A guy did this and ripped off a lot of leg hair for that 12 oz of cheap vodka)

2- Stuffing airplane bottles in bras (each girl had 6)

3- taping a bag of wine (from the box) to stomach and pretending to be pregnant:eek:

4- bringing on a case of water in which 8 of the bottles in the middle were rum

5- shampoo bottles

6- mouth wash bottles

7- taping the bottles under bulky shirts and sweatshirts

8- boxes of wine in bags

 

We were poor college students that paid for the cruise by selling plasma, we couldn't afford alcohol on the ship... with that said, my bar tab was still over $100 and I had to smuggle some of the alcohol off- talk about embarassing.

 

I think I'll try these rumrunners next :) All in moderation

Great post !! :)

Hi, well, it may work for some other folks;)...Spring up in New England

sounds lovely to me:D

Sounds great to me too Lois, New England/Canada was one of my favorite sailings. Thanks for taking the time to post the deal. :)

Looks like rates went up a bit on the Adventure of the Seas, November Eastbound TA today. Luckily, I booked a Promenade Cabin over the weekend. :) It is strange to be have a reservation so far before sailing time.

Los Veranos in Puerto Vallarta.

If you book a balcony, keep in mind that you will be heading west a good portion of the cruise so if you want sunshine you need to book on the port side(left side facing forward) to get a southern exposure. My friend was facing north on my t/a and he had no sun for the entire cruise. He landed up having to sit out on the promenade deck on the port side instead of using his balcony.

POSH - Port Out Starboard Home - from a European point of view. :)

I had a promenade cabin on the Navigator and I really didn't care for it. You had to keep your curtains closed so it really didn't have any use to have that window out to the promenade. I also think that the regular insides actually have more square footage. The only good thing was the location was very good since they are all midship. I also have to say that taking a Voyager class ship in late November will mean you probably won't have much pool time. The solarium is outdoors on these vessles (unlike Vision class and Radiance class ships). I sailed Navigator in mid-November from Barcelona to Miami and we had maybe one sunny day during the entire crossing. If I had to do it again I would only book a t/a in the fall that offered an indoor solarium.

I feel the way that you do about the Promenade Cabin, Cruise Pup, but, may consider one again despite my love/dislike attitude. :) On the Mariner, I was on Deck 8, which was a bit high up and it may be better to be on 6 or 7, which would mean that you could look down on the Promenade at a closer perspective. That being said, I would avoid being over the pub that has been reported to be noisy during late hours. As stated by Cruise Pub, the regular Insides have more square footage, but, I did like the window seats and sat there quite often, but, again, as stated, you look directly into the cabins on the opposite side of the Promenade, which can be strange, depending upon your neighbors. :rolleyes: Several times, too, I went over to the window to look out expecting to see the ocean, but, no luck, just looking out to the inside Promenade. I also like the way the beds are set up perpendicular to the door like in a Balcony Cabin.

As far as weather is concerned, the Adventure will be sailing quite far south to the Canaries and then to Puerto Rico. On the Voyager TA this past November/December every day was 75 degress or more after leaving the Canaries for Nassau with lots of sun, but, reports from the Norwegian Gem into New York had severe bad weather for a couple of days on a more northern route.

One additional note about this sailing, if you are a Crown & Anchor member there are online coupons for a discount for some levels. Just sign into the Royal Caribbean site and click through to C & A Special Offers to see if you have a coupon.

Sorry to go on for so long and I hope I didn't step on any toes with my viewpoint. :)

For anybody who missed it this is the TA that was mentioned above:

RCCL has a cheap TA listed for 11/28...2 week cruise...

This would be the Adventure of the Seas, November 28, 2010, sailing from Barcelona to San Juan for 14 days.

 

Category N - Inside Cabin

 

The single price breakdown looks like this:

 

Guest 1 Cruise Fare $785.00 USD

Taxes/Fees $98.23 USD

Package Total $883.23 USD

Today it looks like a Category K is the most inexpensive inside cabin @ $843 plus taxes...................:-)

I just booked Princess Crown 5 days inside Dec.18 at the pp rate for 1 total $555.00. This makes it only $100.00 per day and it could go down this far out. This is the first time I have ever on Princess had no extra cost for single.

Wow, thanks for posting. It is good to know that they have this sailing with no single supplement - worth shopping around for more saiings with Princess.

Just found a last minute bargain for solos on the 5-night Navigator of the Seas, January 30, 2010 sailing, from Miami, Category Z, Inside Single Guarantee, Florida residents:

Guest 1

Cruise Fare $300.00 USD

Taxes/Fees $72.80 USD

Package Total $372.80USD