Reina del Mar

If everyone took guests, lounge could be very busy. That being said, we turned Platinum many years ago, now Elite and haven’t bothered to go to the lounge at all. Horses for courses.

We chose My Time Dining/Anytime dining on Sapphire in March/April. First night in Savoy dining room we sat at a table for two with two fantastic waiters. Spoke to the lady on reception and arranged same table for same time for remainder of cruise. We cancelled a couple of nights after being ashore and went to the buffet..but did give a few hours notice. Suppose it was like Traditional Dining really but suited us.

Probably not very helpful..but we stayed in Jnr Suite 12242 on Wonder last May ..there weren’t any issues then..different floor and almost a year ago but you didn’t have any other replies so shared our experience.

Haven’t checked recently but we always found USA pricing more favourable than UK pricing…especially with T&Cs regarding re faring, making changes and cancellation. There is an offer showing on UK site at the moment offering 50% off Plus Package as Antsp mentioned.

I wanted to check with a human being because the internet has shown different amounts at different times and I am not sure how accurate their records are. Thanks for your concern though!!

Just to update anyone who is interested in Rydges Hotel, The Rocks, Sydney. They are now offering rooms for Feb and March 2024,

If everyone took people who are not Elite with them, boarding for Elite passengers would be much slower. If you need to board together, you go in their group !!!!!

Must admit to checking our folio after the first few times we were served cans…just in case..but we didn’t have any charges for the cans.

That is pretty scary and makes me realise we were right to take a taxi for our international flight at 1.55pm to allow for three hours pre departure check in. It was more expensive compared with Princess transfer but taking that long would be so stressful.

As I said- just rude! Are you six years old?

Don’t blame you. Sad to say we don’t attend much. We’re pretty anti social really.

Maybe glass is not the best idea on pool deck where people run around bare footed???

Talk about misinterpretation! I do not expect shows to start when I am ready but would appreciate the choice of which entertainment I would like to attend on which evening, depending on how my day has been. Yes, I was fortunate enough to cruise pre 2004- my first cruise was 1969, as a child! No paper tickets on the liners I sailed on. Your experience may have been different! There is no requirement to be rude!

We were on Wonder last May and saw what we wanted without needing to pre book anything. …except Coastal Kitchen.

It was so much easier when you could just turn up without all the endless faff of booking every thing, every place and everywhere !!!! All my working life I had to follow very strict timetables, now retired I don’t really want my life to be ruled by schedules.The freedom of acting on impulse has been long awaited.

Maybe I misunderstood..thought it was anything white /gold, not necessarily formal wear. Think it’s more likely you have to plough through pages to find the notice in the first place.

True…there are so many pages of information many might not have found/seen it.

On a recent 18 day cruise on Sapphire, the third formal night was listed as White and Gold night. There was information about it in the many pages of pre cruise bumf..but many people had not found it by the number wearing white/gold !!!

Read the OP’s first post…Allure !!!

Hold hands ?? If someone gets lost, arrange to meet back up at the meeting point/ coach ? Listen to meet up instructions about when and where to be? Don’t wander off ? Use ‘Find my Friend” or similar app ?

There were about nine coaches leaving San Pedro for Lax from our cruise. We found this out from the list of coloured disembarkation labels and times. The lady we spoke to at guest services did not have a clue and could only tell us that the coaches went to all terminals and stopped ‘on request’. We had thought we might be tight on time, so this wasn’t an option for us..we took a taxi. The transfer would have been about the came cost but we would have needed to wait for coach to fill up, then possibly drop off at several terminals. Hopefully someone who has done the transfer will offer more details.

I agree..we weren’t sure we’d done the right thing buying it…we did have a few mock tails in the evenings but not sure we’d buy it again..probably didn’t break even !

Sorry to hear that.. Web chat is usually picked up in less than five minutes here in UK.

Just checked..I paid £11.80 for 12 bottles of water for 7 days on Allure out of Galveston in August..but think that was with a 30% or 40% discount..before they changed the bottle size. Also £129.22 for two Classic Soda packages..again with discount.

Web chat or email the cruiseline, then screen shot reply….they are likely to give a variety of answers!