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Just had a deck 12 balcony cabin and no way would scooters fit in it. We had the bed by the closet, if bed is by the window you may have room in front of the couch, but would be very very tight. If bed is by the closet, barely room to walk past the bed, never mind getting a scooter (or two) in the room

Did Samba last week on Allure. Salad bar had great shrimp, fresh veggies. Six of us enjoyed it very much. They did cover each chair with a pretty white chair cover, tied in back, nice table cloths and candles, so I feel they dressed the SolariumBistro up at night.

I would let some of the early meat choices go by,as others have said, as they save the better choices for the end. Each meat was well prepared and tasty. We would definitely do it again.

Our experience may have been different from others but we all had a great time and felt it worth the money.

In the Main dining room

Just got off Allure on Sunday and Coastal Kitchen had just the two menus, Harvest and Vineyard, and did have the caramel pudding. Also, flatbreads were available for lunch and dinner

This is more than likely a travel agent problem. Royal does not just cancel reservations without notice to TA. Usually 5 business days.

Also the OP cannot just cancel a cruise if booked with TA.

Again, not supposed to happen but I have had two reservations cancelled by clients. When I went to cancel them they we're already cancelled, when I asked who cancelled them I was told "........"

When I asked who "......." Was they couldn't tell me......not supposed to happen as I said, but it does

This is more than likely a travel agent problem. Royal does not just cancel reservations without notice to TA. Usually 5 business days.

Also the OP cannot just cancel a cruise if booked with TA.

Sorry, but it no longer works that way.They used to give the travel agent 5 business days after final payment date before cancelling the reservation, but they stopped the 5 day notice some time ago. Now the reservation is just cancelled without notice and no deposit is refunded after final payment date

....well, sort of......I have been on Royal twice over the years but they

were "weekend cruises"......once on Sovereign of the Seas (a long time

ago) and then Enchantment.

 

 

 

Any information would be appreciated.....for those who have done

this itinerary, I am guessing the weather will be cool.....and before I

do all my research, are the ports easy to do "on your own" or would

you suggest excursions?

We go to Bar Harbor and Portland (Maine), Halifax, Nova Scotia,

and St John (Bay

 

Hi,

 

We live in MA and have done this cruise three times. We can drive to all these ports, but we don't.

 

I suggest you do a tour in Halifax, especially get to see Peggy's Cove.

It's about an hour or so from downtown Halifax, which also has a lot to see, so try to take a tour that encompasses the downtown area(the Citadel, the Titanic cemetery, the Museum, etc.) in addition to Pggys Cove. If that doesn't interest you, the ship docks right at the beginning of a shoreside walkway, which ends about a mile or two at a. Casino. Lots of shops, restaurants, and touristy things along the walkway.

 

In Portland the ship docks a very short walk from shops and restaurants, and the ship offers tours to Freeport, Maine, a shopping Mecca. There is also a great duck boat tour in Portland.

 

Bar Harbor is a tender port, again lots of shopping and great restaurants with terrific lobster rolls, Maine Lobster not warm water stuff. If you get off the tender and turn right, about 40 yards down the street isOllie's Trollies, which will take you to the top of the mountain, and if the weather isn't foggy you will have a very colorful view.

 

St. John has some tours that take you to see the place where the tides are the highest and lowest, but it does depend on the time of the tides.

Again, scenery should be very colorful that time of year.

 

As someone else said, it could be [emoji33]50,or it could be 80. I suggest layers, and since you live in Florida, you might want to take a hat and

gloves. [emoji849]. Would also take a bathing suit, as Serenade has a beautiful solarium pool with a roof, so no matter the outside temps, you can be comfortable using that pool.

 

Jeans, short and long sleeved tops, sweatshirts and a jacket will suffice for onboard or onshore daytime wear, and black slacks and tops will be appropriate for the formal nights. You I'll see a few tuxes and long dresses, but lately we haven't seen many even on Caribbean or transatlantic cruises.

 

Serenade is a beautiful ship it's lots of glass and great viewing areas,

And our favorite class of RCI ships.. Hope you have a wonderful time!

 

Rita

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Celebrity has non smoking casinos, Royal allows smoking in half of Oasis class casinos, but not separated by a poker room (don't remember ever seeing a separate poker room) but the smoke does drift into the non smoking half. Celebrity has almost smoke free ships, but does allow outdoor smoking on one or two decks, but don't remember if there is a bar or lounge on Celebrity that allows smoking. Most lounges on Royal are smoke free, so I the casino seems to be a gathering place for smokers, who tend to congregate around the ash trays and smoke.

As a former smoker I understand the need to have a cigarette, and smokers are being forced to find places, so I think the casinos have gotten much smokier since smoking has been banned indoors (except the casino). I wish they would bring back the non smoking nights on formal nights , but that seems to have disappeared.

Yes, you can take two bottles, no corkage fee, but it's best to carry them onboard in your carryon.

DH and I want to take an Alaskan cruise during the 2017 RCCL Alaskan cruise season. Deciding on the cruise is fairly easy but we're not yet sure which cruietour we want, if any.

 

 

 

My question is this, can we book a cruise now and add a cruisetour later without messing up our original booking? My fear is that by adding a cruisetour later we will have to cancel our original booking and start over.

 

 

 

TIA! :D

 

 

 

Di

No, you cannot just add a cruisetour later. If there is room on the cruisetour, you will get your reservation repriced to the current rate, so if you can pick a cruisetour now, you would probably be better off. If you cant decide you could make two reservations, one for the cruise and one for the cruisetour and decide before final payment.

We also booked a cruisetour tonight! At least I don't have to get,up.at the crack of dawn, so I was glad we were able to get it done tonight.

Didn't think,the price was too bad, not much difference from 2016 prices.

Got a call like that last week just before our cruise on Indy. Came at 5:57 p.m. And it was a 305 number, which I know is Miami. No message, so. Called the number back and was told it was the main switchboard for Royal, and she had no information, and I could call back on Monday (this was the Friday before our cruise , which was leaving on Monday.)

I then called the Crown and Anchor number, explained about the call, and the representative looked at my booking and read some notes inserted into the booking. No upgrade, just royal calling to wish us a nice cruise and congratulating us on our anniversary, which we were celebrating on the cruise.

No upgrade, but was not expecting one, we are Piñnacle and haven't seen an upgrade in years[emoji2]

On Indy last week it was gold cards only and the food and service were outstanding. French toast and pancakes, though not listed on the menu, were available, eggs, omelette, bacon, sausage, and a nice buffet with breads and cereals. Food was delivered to the table nice and hot?

Departure day no chef, so no hot food, but you could get your food in

The WJ and sit in Chops and they still got yourcoffee for you. Again, only open to Gold cards and the cards were checked every day.

Boarding usually starts around 11, few minutes give or take either way,

Starting with suites and pinnacles. And then working down the loyalty levels. By 12:30 there are usually no lines and you can walk right n.

Got offIndy on Saturday. Boarded at terminal 18, debarkation was at pier 25 (could have been 26) and had to take a shuttle to pier 19 where our car was parked[emoji3]

You could also just order a bottle of vodka sent to you room and "be your own bar service".

 

If it's a large tumbler you should be set for at least a little bit before having to go back to your room.

Royal Caribbean does not allow you to buy bottles of liquor for in room consumption.

Love Barefootbeach at Labadee, much nicer than the suite area at Cococay.

No beach at suite area at CC, you need to walk outside the area to the adjoining beach, which was full of seaweed last time we visited. Not a far walk, just not as convenient as Barefootbeach.

They HAVE an overflow program - it's called "3 Free Drinks" in any bar during happy hour.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Great Question!

 

I don't think they will do that on the smaller ships either. There's no room.

 

I LOVE the Suite Lounge on Oasis, but could see that the Diamond Lounge is too small for everyone else.

Darrell, the "old" Concierge lounge on OA and. AL has been renamed to he "diamond" lounge, so it should hold many more people than the old DL.

The "suite lounge" is now only forSuites and Pinnacles.

BTW, hope you and Donna are doing well. We are doing Independence next week, AL in Amat, SR in August and Sept, B2B, and SR again in Oct for th repo. Any chance we will see you and Donna?

Sorry, only two per cabin, regardless of the number in the cabin.

I found the CP balconies very warm, our kids like the BW balcony, but we prefer the ocean view balconies for the view of the ocean and the privacy. I think it depends on your budget, but outside balconies would be my first choice, followed by BW, and I would try to get one as far aft as possible so I could see the water, and I don't think I would ever take a CP balcony, but I have friends who always take that and love it. Different strokes for different folks.

Great! Welcome aboard, I'm sure you will enjoy the cruise. See you on the rollcall!

Rita

We have done Halloween cruises the past years on Jewel and Brilliance and will do it again this year on Serenade. There have been lots of decorations, many costumes and a big Halloween party. Like one poster mentioned, one year there was a Haunted House, but don't know if Serenade will do that.

People go to dinner in costume, there has been a costume parade a couple of years, and they have given prizes for the best costumes.

These Halloween cruises have been on the repositioning from Boston, they attract a lot of repeaters (like us) so I expect the Serenade will have a good Halloween turnout this year!

We are Pinnacle now, but when we were diamond plus we did not have access to Barefoot beach unless we reserved a cabana....and we had to wait until the suites were given opportunity to reserve the cabanas. Agree with Bob that this might be a ship specific thing not fleet wide.

My daughter, her husband and 3 young kids had a promenade room that held 5 people, but it was so cramped with 5 I cannot imagine 4 adults and a child sharing this room. Get two rooms you will be much happier