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5 hours ago, gometros said:

 

I believe the question was answered in the post before yours.

I was not sure whether they meant you just could not book show reservations in advance of boarding or whether you did not need them at all…

On Freedom in a few weeks….have not cruised with Royal for a few years.  Will we need to book shows onboard?  On the app?  
 

I am now confused about excursions…..I thought they were included but is it just a matter of pre-booking?  Or is there additional cost?
 

Thank you!
 

apologies for double posting…..tried to edit a typo.  Not very capable at that I guess & could not figure out how to delete the duplicate🤪

Considering first Viking cruise in the Med with another couple.  They booked a penthouse veranda & we may book Deluxe Veranda.  Will they have perks that will affect our experience traveling together?  Mostly concerned with early disembark, preferred excursions…..I believe they get more access to chefs table and the Giovannis Table (no biggie).  We do not need to be attached at the hip all the time however, I don’t want to go if it’s going to be awkward or make our friends not want to take advantage of all of their perks to wait for us to get off board for example.  Thoughts?  I tread descriptions but they are somewhat vague.

I’m booked for 1/27/23 on Freedom….invited friends and went to RCCL.com to book for them.  No such date appears.  I go to another booking site and see the date with lots of availability…..have not booked it yet but curious what’s happening.  BTW, it did show on RCCL.com last week…

think it’s just a glitch?

I am curious about this option as well…..it would be the ONLY reason I would get off the ship.  I really despise Nassau as a stop…..but I have heard Baha Mar is stunning.

Regarding the jelly fish…was there yesterday…8/9/22.  Tons of jellyfish and they DO sting….we have the welts and itching to prove it.  We had access to Resorts World and also rented a golf cart & stopped at other spots that were also loaded with jellies.  Glad we had the pool use at resorts world.

btw, if you do rent a golf cart, I strongly DO NOT recommend BMB Rental Carts.  Extremely rude staff and the carts were barely operable….kept breaking down in the middle of the road.  Otherwise it was a decent way to get around although not much to see really.

No, I don’t recall hearing about it, sorry.

11 hours ago, cantgetin said:

The VV web site says that the $100 bonus is valid until August 31, as is the new special on bookings for the remainder of 2022.  I have read, but have no personal experience, that if you have a bar tab with the $50 extra, you can call VV and request to have it adjusted to the new special...and it is happening for at least some Sailors.

 

I emailed sailor services and they upped my $50 bonus to $100 when I asked.  Classy move…..it’s not like I haven’t spent a bucket of $$ on this cruise already, 50 more bucks won’t kill them & it made me a happy sailor!  LOL

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13 hours ago, sid_9169 said:

You can choose your debarkation time on the app prior to sailing under Shore Things... Just scroll to the last day of the cruise and pick your time.

Great!  Just booked it for my group.  That was easy, had not seen that option before!

Awesome, thanks for the info!

I need to arrange our pick up from the port…..I have been searching but can’t find the typical disembark times…..we would likely need to get off on the earlier side….(back to work🙄)….

thanks for any info…

22 minutes ago, kwokpot said:

The times are check-in times, not boarding times. 

Ok, thanks.

Leaving in 5 days…..woo hoo!

trying to figure out what time to arrive at port….we are rock stars with a 1:30 boarding time.  Our travel mates are “regular” with a 2:15time.

Have these boarding times been pretty accurate?

thanks!

I believe you could stay as long as you want at the beach; he could not have been more accommodating.  I also think he would be great adapting to the kids’ interests….

I know these are older posts and the OP has already traveled but just in case others are looking for Freeport options…..I can highly recommend Mamma Gal East End Native Experience…Charlie was our driver for 6 of us.  He was so flexible when we gathered our peeps later than planned and he catered to our interests.  He was full of interesting stories about his life on the island, history, hurricane recovery (still very rough on the island).  The port area is dismal and shops closed so don’t count on that for entertainment but if you take the time to get out with Charlie, he will make it a memorable day.  We went to Lucayan National Park, hit a couple beaches and at least 3 beautiful beach bars….we passed on a shopping stop.  Been there many times over the years and we were so glad we did this tour and they really appreciated the business.  

Thanks no, I didn’t have other loot I’m aware of…..maybe someone else used it….not complaining….just trying to figure out how this stuff works!😜

Just wondering cuz I saw $400 obc on my app…..maybe sharing my code on here helped?

On 6/23/2022 at 4:33 PM, Russiamomm said:

I have a stupid question.  Where exactly on the app or the website does this show up?  How long does it take.  A friend booked using my link earlier today and I’m not seeing anything.

Wondering the same thing…..

How will this affect our Experience?  Will they be “allowed” to come to our terrace & help us with our bar consumption?  I would guess they could not go to Richards Rooftop…..

anyone know if I can book a table for 4 of us?  On that note, there are only very early times open 40 ish days until sailing.  Will later times open up likely?
 

thanks for any insight

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