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Smiley_Man

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  • Location
    UK
  • Interests
    Technology, Music, Films, Board Games
  • Favorite Cruise Line(s)
    Royal Caribbean
  • Favorite Cruise Destination Or Port of Call
    Barcelona

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  1. So the email says "1 per guest" but I distinctly remember the letter you get on board only allowing one activation. I'll dig around and see if I've got the letter. Quite miffed now as I paid for internet on the last cruise (lots of sea days...) Mods, if you're able to edit my submissions for r/confidentlywrong, I'd appreciate it!
  2. My experience of The Key: - The Voom internet you can obviously buy for less money, but sometimes the prices are quite close. The caveat is that even if you buy The Key for two people in a cabin, you only get the internet for one device - The reserved seating for shows is nice if you're the sort of person who likes to get to the show with the minimum of time. The caveat here is that the seating is "reserved" not "premium". For Royal Theater it's at the front of the balcony, and for Studio B it's a little section high and to the side of the rink - not very good seats actually. But for the Aqua Theater (on SY at least) the Key seats were fantastic - right in the middle of the action. Sitting in your premium seat relaxing with your cocktail, while the "plebs" (jk!) are stuck queueing behind the chains makes you feel special. - The little plate of fruit in your room is nice, but on our last sailing it was not as fresh as it could be... - The early check in is good, especially for people like me who aren't the sort to hang around on the website hitting refresh on the first day that checkin opens. - Similarly, you get "any time" disembarkation with checked baggage, which is nice if you're not the sort of person who likes to hit refresh and book the first possible slot. - The embarkation lunch and disembarkation breakfast are the best thing about it by far - the lunch is a Chops selection and there's nothing better to kick your holiday off than a luxury meal. Of course, since you pay per day for The Key, the value goes down when you are on a more extended cruise, as you'll only get two meals. - Delivering your carry-ons to your room might be nice if you are keen to hit the pool deck as soon as possible. Personally, I prefer to take mine to the room so we can change out of travel clothes into something nicer. Quite a few of these are similar to suite benefits, so having the Key with a suite booking may be a waste of money. We've had The Key on our two cruises so far (SY and AN) and have been pleased. We're doing the Anthem 2-day without it next week, so I'll be able to provide a compare-and-contrast. If you're first-time cruisers looking to make the trip as special as possible, it's worth it. If you're experienced cruisers who know precisely where, when and how to maximise your value, it's probably not going to give you much that you can't achieve with careful planning and some ninja website refreshing!
  3. I know a lot of people were unhappy with there being no Broadway show on Wonder, and Icon "reversed the trend" with Wizard of Oz, so it will be interesting to see what ends up on Utopia.
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