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We never take our passports off the ship unless it is a requirement of that country. Only once in 25 years of cruising, that was for Tunis. Had to give our passports to cruise staff once in a port stop in Chile.

This is Symphony Halloween.. Parties, parades, costumes, haunted house in studio B.

Sharing is banned, it is thievery and evil. We may see you on YouTube walking the plank. That being said our granddaughter always ends up with the soda cup from the UBP, no one seems to care. As others have said the coffee is not bad at all.

Same goes for your cruise price. If you find your cabin category on sale at a lower price your TA can get the new price if you are before final payment date. We have had as many as 4 reprices for a single cruise.

If you see a lower price you just cancel and repurchase. It can be done several times. You do it through the cruise planner.

Good luck to them. We have missed several ports over the years and have never seen a refund.

Let us know if you win, what your upgrade was and how much you bid. Good Luck

Well, you have one upped me. My wife usually has three or maybe four, leaving me with six or seven per day. I get by, but your percentage is a winner winner chicken dinner . happy cruising

Your gratuities included are ONLY for the specialty waiters, and they only receive a few dollars. Your daily gratuities are for the waiters, cabin stewards, hotel staff and some behind the scenes workers. Some leave extra for the waiters, we do, and some leave nothing. Your choice.

You are correct. We had special seating on our last sailing in a JR Suite, but we were also D+.

Not many perks for a Junior Suite. Coffee maker, bathtub, priority tender boarding when leaving the ship but not for returning. There is priority show area but they do open the area to everyone 10 minutes before show time. No access to Suite Lounge and no special breakfast. You do get 1 extra daily point for sailing in a JR Suite. JR perks are slightly better sailing Quantum or Oasis Class. Boarding should start around 10:30 - 11am.

Makes you wonder what the review would be from a reporter that loves cruising... what a joke the Atlantic is.

Some TA'S, like our big box TA, does not have the option for a Royal Up offer.

We stayed at the Pan Pacific last year. Also had a 1 pm ship checkin time. Called the hotel porters for cruise ship luggage service around 9:30. They picked up the luggage and said to just go and checkin. Went through checkin around 10:30 and then straight onto the ship. No ever asked about checkin time. Pan Pacific was pretty nice, easy walk to the Steam Clock in Old Town and a $6 dollar taxi from the hotel to Granville Island.

That $58 pp, does not seem like a deal at all. I remember last cruise onboard prices were in the mid $50 + the 18% range. Things are changing, and not for the better.

Not Blacklane, but we have used Blackberry several times. Cost was around $175 for 2 with luggage and hand carry, including the airport surcharge last year. Very nice service with great driver. You can find coupons on Google for first time use.

Daughter is currently under 21, if the drink package is purchased now she would not be required to get the refreshment package. Several months down the line she will turn 21, Will Royal see that someone in the cabin has just turned 21 and must now buy the refreshment package. Just curious.

Bean counters are trying to figure out the added fee for the convenience. Something like a GTY rate. Highest price for booking onboard, slight discount for online pre purchase with reservations or normal discount for a GTY but only reserve after boarding.

We have never had a problem booking for later in the week, BUT we do book both nights and pay for both nights as soon as we board. Now that ships are sailing at 110%+ the rules may be more stringent. Don't wait until after dinner to let they know you want to use the BOGO, make your reservations for both nights today, tell the host you are using the BOGO and pre pay.

When Royal sails with 2500 D,D+ and Pinnacle they are giving away up to 10,000 free drinks per day. Someone must pay for the freebees.. Last 15 night cruise my wife and I had no problem with 150 cocktails. Thats $2700 in real prices..

And then your 16 dollar grat is pooled amongst 1000 crew.. wow,,,they get about 2 cents,

Something unmentioned. We have had ports changed and a TA or 2 that had added ports to our cruise we booked 18 months in advance. Royal has never charged us for a added or changed port.

We have missed several ports over the years and have never seen a credit. Most recent miss was on a Alaska Port missed because of heavy seas, still received nothing for the miss.

No bouncers, but they do have a line of MTD chomping at the bit to get a no show empty table. Sometimes the line is out the door.

We have flown one way LAX to Rome, Barcelona and Southampton using Air2Sea. Booked Air France, Lufthansa, Delta and Virgin, found Air2Sea to have the best prices for economy plus.