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Live on Celebrity Apex coming to you live from San Juan Puerto Rico we’re docked in San Juan still for the evening glad to have you guys here and of course we’re here to answer your Royal Caribbean cruise questions we’ll start with the most important question in the
Whole wide world how many days until your next rail kban or maybe celebrity Cru type your countdown in chat let’s countdown together glad to have you all here welcome welcome welcome happy Monday everybody we had some super chats even before the broadcast began uh will 22193 thank you for the Super
Chat on my way to Los Angeles to board serenade of the Seas have a great cruise and Desiree Hall thank you for the Super Chat as always Desiree appreciate your generosity thank you thank you thank you uh ADM gz has a super chat for us I couldn’t wait till it’s I couldn’t wait
To tell you it’s six days till Harmony of the Seas how do I access the cruise compus only once I find SE key uh thanks for the Super Chat so Harmony the se’s recently transitioned from Florida over to Galveston that’s why you’re not seeing any because it’s a new itinerary
There are two things number one I think Pascal in our chat pointed out that you can already see most of the events in the Royal Caribbean app but if I were you I would also just look at uh Cruise compasses from Alura the Seas when she was in Galveston just before Harmony
Started up it’s going to be more or less the same or very similar anyway so definitely the way to go uh over there for sure um let’s see here Ian Hunter and thank you for the Super Chat wife Cruz growing up but my first was last year then
Another month later and was hooked now five booked with this Saturday on Odyssey of the Seas only been on Rap City and Jewel and loved it but excited to try a bigger ship oh man going from Odyssey or going from Rap City and Jewel to Odyssey is a huge huge jump you’re
Gonna love it there’s so many things to do it’s a brand new ship it’s more or less a night and day difference when you go from the radiance and the vision class to a Quantum class ship you’re going to see big big differences there fig figuratively and literally Chief
Traveler going on a cruise on anthem of the Seas next month is there a way for us to find out what specially will be in the main dining room for example French n Italian night Etc um a couple days before your cruise check the real look
Be app you able to see it um over there uh let’s see here Craig or Craig craigan hair 3 thank you for the Super Chat 27 days till Harmony two-part we didn’t get reservations for ice skating show can explain how stand standby Works um basically um I would get in line
About 30 minutes or more before the showtime there’ll be two lines people with the reservation people without you’ll be in the without and then about 15 minutes or so before Showtime they open up to everybody I think you’ll be okay getting in there um what type of December water should we expect to
Mayaan warm it’ll be warm December is still very warm down there so uh you’ll be swimming for sure enjoy my friend glad to have you all here welcome welcome welcome lots of friends in the house also I want to say an early Happy Thanksgiving to all of our American friends I know our
Canadian friends already celebrated Thanksgiving like back in July but Happy Thanksgiving to uh to everyone in the in the states here hope we have a wonderful Thanksgiving week thank you for sharing part of your week here with me I know it’s a very busy time of year uh but I
Appreciate you being here so uh let’s see here next question is from Brandon who says hey Matt hey Brandon thank you for the Super Chat appreciate you thank you thank you thank you uh let’s see here Tammy wants how am I liking oops I clicked on it Tammy wants
About how am I liking the ship so I’m on Celebrity Apex my very first Celebrity Cruise it’s a beautiful ship um really really nice it had no real concerns about the ships like you know quality or Aesthetics um it’s a pretty ship it’s very nice to go through um you know
There are things I like about Roy Caribbean better things I like about celebrity better um but I got to say that the um it’s just it’s interesting being on a different Cruise Line I mean it’s still owned by real but you know there’s like if you’re in the hallway it
Looks just like a Quantum class ship you really can’t tell much of a difference um and there’s little touches that are like oh that’s on Roy cariban that’s on Roy cariban right but then there’s so many other ways that it’s different um especially when you’re in the public
Areas and some of the uh you know like I’m sitting here in in this I’m in the spa Cafe I’m in here in the salarium and you know you can tell the seating the the it’s a little more plused up which is really nice um so I’ll do a full
Review of it obviously here on YouTube and over at realin blog.com but we’re going to share more of that as we go through but I don’t want to jump to any early conclusions because this is only day three of the cruise so I’ve barely been on here but um we’re we’re having a
Really really nice time uh Kathy gerer from Mii travel is here hello Kathy Don and Judy are here welcome uh Brienne wants to know is it safe to do excursions in fou Jamaica I mean through any reputable tour operator especially if through Royal Caribbean the ODS are probably yes I mean there’s
Always risks Brianne So when you say is it safe can I tell you that with 100% certainty you will not get hurt or injured or anything like that no but that’s true of every port anywhere there’s risk everywhere so no matter which T you do the important thing is to
Make sure that you have uh a reputable operator certainly if you’re booking through the cruise line you should feel reasonably safe that’s the case um there’s always risk involved though um obviously I would say fouth is one of those ports that definitely behooves you
To have a tour book it’s not a wing it kind of port Cosell is a wing it kind of Port um bouth is not one of those so hope that answers your question there Becky men from Mi travel happy Monday to you Becky good to see you Jim
Nolan thank you for the Super Chat 194 days so Liberty to Bermuda tips for excursions or exploring there ship docks overnight so you can get on and off anytime how’s the area yeah so when your ship is docked overnight like it is in Bermuda it is like a floating Hotel come
And go as you please you want to leave at 3:00 a.m. sure you can do that um in terms of what there is so right where you dock in the roal Navy dockyard it’s there’s it’s like more of a touristy area I mean there’s not much going on
There not going to many locals like it’s um it’s really just a cruise area which is fine nice to walk around some shopping and some dining um but I think most people end up going elsewhere so I would say this um what you want to do in
The daytime is go to Horseshoe Bay that’s the pretty pink sand beach everybody El to it’s really really nice if looking for dinner um I would take the I would take the water faery over to Hamilton which is the major city and go have dinner over there and take the
Water fairy back um but everyone uses the bus to get around otherwise uh let’s see here I see Fox from Mi travel hello good to see you here Fox uh next question is from April question when you book uh a cruise in rooll Carin and buy the insurance do that automatically cover medical
Evacuation no not automatically and that’s why you need to look at the travel insurance plan this is a really good question April because a lot of people assume oh I bought travel insurance it covers everything no not necessarily read the policy you’ve got to look at it and Royal Caribbeans um
Travel insurance that they offer through the cruise line I’m going to say in my opinion this is my opinion now it’s not the best out there it’s not the most comprehensive out there let me rephrase that it’s not the most comprehensive most inclusive travel insurance plan out there so
Consider that along with other plans there’s some good um websites out there insuremytrip.com travel insurance.com they basically aggregate quotes for you I’m sure they get a commission or something but they just you know kind of let line it all up for and explain what’s covered what’s not covered so
April do not assume that oh I’ve bought travel ins the cruise line it covers all those scenarios like the one you’re describing it may or may not you need to look at the policy so good question hey Sean thank you for the Super Chat 147 days till Freedom what is your favorite
Hidden Gem or favorite thing to do at CoCo Key um well I love the the The Secret Sandwich um or or the mozzarella six in general at The Snack Shack The Snack Shack is a vastly overlooked underrated free restaurant there is fantastic I can eat there every
Day Snack Shack is wonderful um and Harbor Beach a lot of people always flock to the other beaches you know chill island or uh South Beach or the Coco Beach Club but let me tell you something Harbor Beach is really nice and a lot less crowd in the other
Beaches so something to look forward to uh Ronnie bickers Ronnie thank you again for your always consistent generosity Ronnie appreciate you 4 days to Liberty Seas can family who live in the same house share Crown anchor status how um if they’re your kids yes if they’re over 18 no unless they’re of
Course your spouse or something so Royal caran allows you the crowd anchor member and your spouse or partner whatever domestic uh situation you’ve got that’s okay but if you’re like you’re living with your parents as an example and your parents have no status they don’t get
Your status you got kids under 18 they do get your status um so all you have to do is just set up their accounts and make sure that you know it’s my kid my partner and set it up there call a real me Crown an anchor number there is a different phone number
For Crown and Anchor society and uh that’s the way to go right there uh let’s see here James wants to know is a cabin update worth it for a short Cruise itinerary I mean James you might have seen my video I did the other day in which I spent $7,000 to to to
Stay in a uh Royal Lop Suite on a lur of disease for three nights so worth it is a very subjective question here’s what I’ll say James it’s your vacation it’s your money you work hard um you can make the argument yeah why not Splurge treat yourself you make the other argument no
Save that money spend it on something else like another Cruise or a drink package or a Shore Excursion or something else that will plus up your experience right or or add on to your experience or l in your experience there’s an argument made there both are very valid arguments but there isn’t a
Right or wrong answer it’s really a matter of what is your you know let’s say again we’re the numbers obviously will be will vary right but it’s a, difference $ thousand doll means a lot to some people and not so much to a lot of other people um it it just kind of
Depends on you and and I’ve stayed in inside cabins and balconies and sweets and I can tell you that um it’s there there’s good arguments to be made either way it’s a matter of just what you’re comfortable with and what you can afford and the reasons why you’re doing so so
That’s my wishy-washy answer to do you do you uh let’s see here Todd wants to know my question so far far Black Friday is it normal or the prices less than normal the prices vary number one this is like a ma there’s a couple things here to
Number one I think the cruise Community blows out of proportion how lucrative Black Friday is have there been there have been Black Friday deals in the past and unfortunately it become it’s Black Friday has become this like oh wait till Black Friday wait till Black Friday wait till Black Friday because historically
Some of the better deals were during Black Friday but Black Friday is not the end all be all and it’s certainly not necessarily going to be a better deal or a crazy good deal this is why when people ask me this question Matt how do I get a lower
Price or the best price on the cruise drink package Wi-Fi what do I always tell them I don’t I never tell them wait till Black Friday I always say book as early as you can repic up till your final payment date and that’s really what you should do there so is it normal
Yeah this is pretty much how it always is there are some crues and some iies in which they have there are really good deals out there others not so much um just the way that it is and um that’s why you should never ever ever try to
Time a sale or wait for a sale book lock it in and change if there is a better price later on uh let’s see here next question is from Brienne is it true that real will offer reservations for special dining before boarding via the app yes but not now um real
Caribbean told me uh when I was down in Miami a couple weeks ago that that is the plan and they’re testing it out but it’s not available yet it won’t be available until maybe sometime mid 2024 but that is the plan but not now uh next question is from Desiree
Hall thank you very much Jeff Roberts I’m gonna take a drink of water Jeff thank you for the Super Chat just got of Harmony of this season it was awesome thanks for your advice and valuable Insight in these cruises you are very welcome I love Harmony would
Love to get back uh very very soon uh Michael can wants to know can you get a laundry service on a fortnite sailing yeah absolutely you want to spend money they’ll take it for sure uh are the kids enjoying it yeah they are enjoying the CR on Celebrity they have not been to
The kids club they kind of punked out on me they said they were gonna go and then they were like they’re not going I’m like okay whatever like it’s their vacation 2 I’m not going to force them I thought my youngest daughter was going to go today but um anyway hopefully by
The end of the cruise one of them will make it down there but they’re enjoying their crew nonetheless uh let’s see here Mike wants to know speaking of kids when you’re booking specially dinner with children do they order off the kids menu no option to book standard food no they can
Do either one um realy does not care which menu they order off of just the pricing is different so if they want to order off the adult menu and they pay the kids price no problem likewise you as an adult can order off the kids menu too so no
Judgments Marina loves Jen from Mii and travel I love Jen from Mii and travel and fox and Kathy Beck’s okay nice uh PL wants to know is there Point status match with royal C celebrity Point match no status match yes so I am an Elite member here on Celebrity I’ve never crued celebrity
Before but they will they will cross promote your your Crown and Anchor Society status with your Captain’s Club Status all right I picked this I gotta I gotta be honest with you guys I I picked this spot here in the salarium I thought it would be air conditioned because it’s
Indoors it’s not I’m sweating like a pig over here holy moly oh my goodness Tio on board serenade of the Seas right now nice awesome uh YG Master 17 going on Mariner about a week and a half suggestions with that ship um Playmakers is fantastic I love
The pub on there isumi Habachi worth doing every single time enjoy Tony Diaz hello oh my God the air the the there’s a ladies room there’s a men’s room over there and they’re air conditioned with a lot of like I’m tempted to go do the rest of this broadcast from the men’s
Room I just need air conditioning oh my I already I literally just took a shower before I got here and I need another shower already uh let’s see here Cletus thank you for the Super Chat looking at a side by side next spring on IND Independence
And icon out of Miami is it possible to walk from one trip to another walk no but in my experience if you tell the first ship hey I’m going on this other Ro ship in the same port there’s no promises but historically they’ll offer you a ride of some kind worst case
Scenario you take a lifter an Uber um or taxi but I’ve heard very many people being able to do this as long as you give them advanced notice like not the morning of like say you know halfway through the cruise go to guest service say hey I’m do another Cruise right
After this the day we disembark it’s in this it’s in Miami same can get a ride over there um I’ve had your mileage may vary but I would expect that to be probable and your fallback option is take a taxi it’s not a walkable though Ronnie bickers Jr again with a super
Chat thank you Ronnie shout out to Kelly scholar she got me a Ben and& Jerry sweet on Independence of the Seas nice besides free treats every day what other perks does the special room have actually Rodney we did a um a blog post about this in January on Liberty of the
Seas check that out realan blog.com essentially you get there are two main benefits one the free ice cream the other one is access to the to the Sweet Lounge which is really nice uh SLO dog what’s up man welcome back just returned from Oasis what a great chip we’re cruising a 12 night
Vision in out of Baltimore in March have you ever been to Baltimore port any tips I’ve not yet been out of Baltimore U I’d like to at some point but I’m not done there yet um but I’m imagining that you’re probably driving there because you’re probably in the area um so so the
Ladies room is right there we just keep the door open it’s not you can’t see anything in there but if you just keep that door open with the air conditioning flowing in here that’d be fantastic holy moly it’s warm in here uh does What’s app work on the ship it does indeed
Yes uh Teresa wants to know does r ever have two for one in regards to the classic soda package or in Voom they they got rid of them they used to have them but they don’t do them anymore for whatever reason I have no idea why uh Barbara Hawkins hey Barbara thank
You for the Super Chat 13 days to Harmony 55 to Ascent 68 to Icon 83 to asent Barbera I’ll be on Ascent I almost said Ascent to the Seas celebrity Ascent next week so have some more information for you on that uh Connie how much time do you
Spend do you plan to spend in your cabin usually not much depends on the cruise but I’m not usually a stay in the cabin kind of guy I’m like a let’s just go somewhere else kind of guy but that doesn’t stop me from booking nice rooms
Also but I’m not usually a big stay in the room kind of guy uh let’s see Here uh let me go drink a water answer Scott question question Quantum in 7 days have you used the thermal Suite is it worthwhile I’ve not used it but we’ve been through that the thermal Suite is worth it if you take the time to go there because you
Pay for it for the duration of your cruise and if you go like once or twice it’s not worth it you go every day then it’s worth it so it’s more on you than anything else but it can be absolutely uh Davey wants to know am I
Trying the new Supper Club and icon of the Seas I am I booked it for the inaugural sailing uh myself and two of my staff will be on there so we’ll be looking forward to trying that out never done it before don’t know what to expect but I’m excited for it be
Fun uh let’s see here next question uh let’s see here so Becky says Pro tip book when you want it and then reprice also same for Cru itself yeah listen this is wor to live by guys I mean it’s tried and true um it’s it’s every time uh next next question is from
Richard uh hey Matt new to the blog 12 days on my first GRS I was gifted the key what does the key do um you essentially get a couple different benefits for it uh number one you’re get priority embarcation so when you get to the port there’ll be a special line for
You as a key member uh which makes you means you’ll be able to get on the ship probably a little bit faster uh once you get on board the ship there will be a special place to store your carryon items you’ll also get a special lunch
Just for youth at a sit down restaurant or in the main dining room which has restaurant food but it’s only for key members um you’re going to get the internet package for every person who has the key and you’re also going to get uh special times to go to certain
Activities on your ship like the rock climbing wall or uh water slides things that it depends on what ship you’re going on um so you’ll get a full list in your cabin exactly of what they are but the best benefits are on day one the priority embarcation the uh ability to
To store your carry-on stop and the lunch on embarcation day uh let’s see here best hotel in Miami the Intercontinental always great it’s not cheap but it’s great InterContinental Double Tree biscane Bay um those are good ones otherwise if you don’t really care and you’re just flying
In the night before I would just pick a hotel near the airport I go to like price line.com I put in four stars or higher Express deal Miami Airport boom and you’re going to get a pretty good hotel at four stars I wouldn’t do like
Three or two but at four stars you’ll be okay if you don’t especially because you’re only there for a couple nights uh let’s see here Becky says well if you had if I click on it I guess this would work well if you had invited me I would
Have made sure that you were at air conditioning just saying thanks Becky nice now walk it out uh have the ultimate dining package on Symphony what’s the best way to get dining res I want um honestly the easiest way is once you get on board the ship number one try
To get on as fast or as early as you can number two go make reservations immediately that should be your first stop go to the Roy prominade you’ll see a stand a little crew member in front of a little Podium who’ll be taking dining reservations have them do it bing bam
Boom you should be done about 10 minutes and then you’re on your way just get them all done on day one as early as you can uh let’s see here next question is wow you guys are like blowing my chat over here uh which I love by the way this is
Great uh is from Debbie Debbie thank you for the Super Chat 27 is Anthem any tips for things to do in Nassau not a beach there are a couple ideas that come to mind one is a DIY one um take a taxi to the Baja Mark it’s a resort now great
A lot of people go there to the beach but there’s a casino there’s restaurants you could walk around there a little bit um not a beach boy you’re taking out it’s like it’s kind of like saying like I want to go to New York City but I don’t want to eat
Pizza I mean you can there are there are other things um but like everything I recommend doing is usually like involving a beach to be perfectly honest with you I’m trying to think something doesn’t like I don’t have any great recommendations other than maybe the bamar having lunch over there and then
Coming on back taking taxi back and forth that’s probably what I would do um the walking off the ship there around the port area is not great there’s not a ton of stuff there so yeah uh let’s see here www guy uh fantastic content sir congrats on your
Success with the channel block thank you former Cruise employees selling on Freedom of the Seas are they using starlink on there for internet yes all Royal cruise ships are using starlink so yep you are good to go uh let’s see here I know Kathy right two celebrity
Ships uh well one One Celebrity ship I you know I’m just a regular Cruise was a media Cruise so it’s not quite Apples to Apples there but yeah Jessica Devoto thank you for the Super Chat Jessica you need a Visa or other special paperwork to visit the
Following ports go to myot and Cosell no no no nope you’re good just walk off the ship like everybody else easy peasy super easy uh Bilbo wants to know you are you’re called Ro Caribbean blog are you paid by any of the crew lines to do these videos no no absolutely not in
Fact the cruise Alliance be perfectly honest with you don’t care about YouTube um whenever we go to any media cruises now I do get sometimes Free Cruise like as an example next week when I go on celebrity asent that’s a free cruise but it’s a two night sailing it’s a media
Preview I’m not getting a seven night sing this cruise I paid for like my own um but nonetheless they don’t pay me to do any video because they don’t really I don’t say they don’t care about YouTube it’s never a thing they care about but more importantly let me make this very
Clear and abundant they don’t pay me to do anything whether it’s blog post YouTube um the most we’ll ever see is maybe like a freebie Cruise like I’m gonna get next week on Celebrity Ascent but there’s no expectation there’s no like hey there’s no quid pro quo there’s
No you get this cruise we expect X Y and Z so hope that makes sense and obviously next week when I’m on Celebrity Ascent I’ll have obviously disclaimers in there that I got The Cruise for free but this cruise I paid for in fact like 99% of my
Cruises I paid for the occasional media cruise that sneaks in there once in a while uh Connie wants to know Matt how much time do you plan to spend in your cabin was like 20 minutes ago for someone ask about upgrading oh all right that’s awkward now you could have just said I
Agree Matt let it let it slide by over there uh tan Jill hope I said your name correctly thank you for the Super Chat six days so wonder the night that the night we celebrate 50th birthday which restaurant is more fun as in celebratory Coastal Kitchen or main dining room
Look let’s go to the bathroom air conditioning coming in two seconds one two three much better uh main D I would say I would to say main dining room I mean Coastal Kitchen isn’t stuffy by any means um it’s it’s for sweets only I don’t think it’s that
Stuffy but main dining room they’ll get up on the chairs and dance for you um not saying they will but um I’d say main dining room believe it or not uh let’s see here Miller time thank you for the Super Chat going on Anthem the Seas December TW December 10th it’s sold
Out will that ship feel crowded or is it spaced out fairly well it’s spaced out fairly well every ship you go on these days is sold out Miller time it doesn’t matter what ship you pick I mean any it’s not sold out there’s like three cabins left that are not sold or
Something like that um they all sell out so that’s by Design and they’re bait they’re literally designed to not only sell out but also space things out will you run into lines sure you run into lines on any cruise ship um it’s more the fact that you know again there’s a
Lot happening and they try to disperse crowds as best they can so I think you’ll have a good time but it’s not it’s not going to feel like you have the ship to yourself by any means uh D Dan going to Mexico on Mariner in December do you know anything
About Cenote hopping Adventure I do not I’ve not been on that particular tour so I don’t have any um recommendations on that one maybe someone in our chat can help you out on that one uh let’s see here next question big guy thank you for the Super Chat we’re going on wonder the
Season 75 days for a back toback any suggestions also what’s your favorite class ship on Royal Caribbean Oasis class and wonder the SE that you’re doing so nice I gotta sneeze excuse me um for a back toback any suggestions well it’s probably too late now but I
Hope you got the same room for the for both sailings that’s like number one um I mean just explore the ship as much as you can try some of the special restaurants out go to uh the Mason jar bar for the um country music there in
The evening get off to be a country music fan they do a really nice job I would definitely recommend that quite a bit Dave oh Dave thank you for the Super Chat I don’t see a message from you Dave but as always thank you my friend for your
Generosity pink Davey wants to know have the drink package always including gratuities and purchasing ahead of the creas yes uh next question Jamie wants to know hey Jamie when going out to galvon what’s the best place to say the night before in galvon or elsewhere galvon is C if you say in
Galvaston by in the Strand neighborhood it’s the most convenient makes it super easy that morning there’s no traffic there’s no issues you’ll get to your Port super super simple the problem thing in galvaston is that you’re going to pay a lot more to stay in galvaston
If you stay in League City if you stay in Texas City if you stay in Houston you’re going to save a lot more money probably on a hotel but then you might have might have to deal with traffic and of course commute to get over there so there’s
Pros and cons to both I don’t know that I say in gal every time I’ve done it but I don’t AG’s that much out of there but I just I prefer not to worry about traffic or anything I get out of my room go there and be on my
Way and Dave thank you for the Super Chat earlier uh appreciate you helda Matt all my real blog members welcome uh Miller time thank you for the super chat again bored early or late to avoid waiting in long lines bored early always early Brad thank you for the Super Chat my
Friend I’ve sell on wonder of the Seas four times this year and love giovan’s Wine Bar selling on Harmony in a few weeks I’m wondering if V has food from Jamie italion it does not they might have some um depending on the ship there might be some um Tapas but it’s nowhere
Near what you got on wonder with giovan so it’s like don’t expect anything like that other than Wine they do have wine but that’s not it uh let’s see here oh Nicholas for the Nicholas says you’re braver than I am I never use third party sites for Price Line the express deals
It’s always worked out but in general you’re right I always book my hotels directly with the with the hotel um it’s just easier like they give you such a runaround if you don’t but for again if you’re on a budget you want a good deal then I would definitely do the um
Express deals for that one otherwise no I would never like book a regular Hotel unless it was like significantly cheaper but even then I’m not even sure about that uh let’s see here oh Scott recommends the um the Pyro Museum in Nassau yeah I’ve heard good things about
That actually I’ve never been there hey Emily hope you uh and Chris are doing well weird question my son has a waterproof cast on his arm will he still be able to do the water slides yes I don’t see why they would care I’m not 100% sure on that let’s put it that
Way but I’m not aware of any policy that says otherwise that doesn’t mean they’ll be able to uh let’s see here next next question Eric wants to know do any hotels near pornav offer a shuttle service the cruise terminal yes some do um I did an article about this a year or
Two ago and I kind of went through some of the ones that are out there honestly Eric the the hotel shuttles are overrated um they run on a limited schedule most of them cost money now like back in the day a lot of them were free or included they’re not but they’re
Run on a limited schedule I would rather if you ask me take a lifter Uber then you go on your schedule you don’t have to worry about everybody else um don’t worry about waiting for the next one cuz it’s full that that’s me but you know people you know might
Disagree with me on that and if you’re staying at a hotel in Port Canaveral kind of near the port it’s going to be a nominal fee for a lifter Uber but that’s my take on it uh let’s see here next question is from Melanie Melanie thank you for the
Super chat um I don’t see a message from you Melanie but I will keep an eye out for it by way guys there’s like there’s oneway mirrors over here they can’t they can’t see in they can only I can only see them oh goodness uh next question is
From Connie I’m going drink a drink water here really for you this time do you have icon plans what new features attract you to the most so I’m going on icon right now I have three cruises booked on ncon inaugural our real blog group Cruise in next summer 24 and then
Again in um uh spring break of 25 um do I have any so yes I am booked on there I’m really excited to try out like you know the water park um see the new shows the Aquadome looks amazing um you know and some of the new venues
That we’ve never had before in real kiban that always excites me so Julian pianos the Empire Supper Club um I you know the Pearl like just I love the idea of new things that we don’t have so it’s really cool to see that uh let’s see here next
Question how do you feel about Adventure of the Seas great chip love it quite a bit uh Sean wants to know if I book a back-to-back Cruise are you able to stay on the ship if it’s the same one or do you need to get off and back on again
They roller CRI will escort you off and on but you’ll be the last one’s off first one’s back on but yeah technically they take you off the ship so yes but Ro Coran does the whole thing for you you don’t get out with everybody else um you
You get a letter in your cabin you’ll go to a certain spot and you and everyone else doing the back toback will be taken through the process and brought back on board so it’s all you have to get off like everybody else out there uh time to travel can you
Recommend a pre-u on por arle yes the home to sweets I recommend um in Coco Beach it’s really nice been there a couple times uh let’s see here Matt Travis Matt thank you for the Super Chat Matt love the channel going on my second Cruise in April Mariner as I become more
Experienced Cruiser what ship do you suggest next I don’t know what you did first but do either an oasis or like do wonder of the Seas or Odyssey of the Seas whichever one that is that’s the next one to do uh next question is from oh scary what’s up rich uh when is
The group Cruise um it’s a we have a couple group cruises coming up uh and they’re all available Rich at royalcaribbeanblog.com events royalcaribbeanblog.com event so we have icon of the seas in June and then we have Voyager of the seas in December of 2024 uh Tony Diaz Oh Say It Ain’t So
Tony say it ain’t so that’s a it’s a darn shame your friends want you to cruise with you uh let’s see here s any interest in Celebrity Excel sure um new ships are always exciting mean I’ve always said this I don’t care if it’s Carnival Norwegian celebrity um if it’s a new
Ship it’s hard to have a bad time on a new ship just saying like a new new ship not like an old ship that’s joined a new Fleet but like a new new ship newly built um it’s you know it’s like new cars and new hotels new cruise ships
They’re it’s just they’re they’re they’re pristine for a reason and that’s that always excites me but yeah um I think the Edge class is great I’m excited to see a they kind of compare contrast but um sure uh Linda are the Black Friday sales worth it they can be you know with any
Sale here’s the thing number One never wait for a sale never say oh I’m just going to wait for a Black Friday sale uh July 4th sale Memorial Day sale doesn’t matter book whatever you want to book now lock in the price and then if there’s a better deal you can always
Cancel and rebook now that’s true of cruise planner prices for cruise fair prices uh if you’re an American American or a Canadian citizen or there’s other countries as well but not the UK you can always um take advantage of a price drop on a cruise Fair all the way up until
Final payment date which is why I recommend doing uh also booking your cruise Fair early and then repricing up to there so um they can be but it’s not necessarily like Linda it’s not to say like Oh Black Friday Linda it’s gonna be like you know Bonkers crazy good deal not
Necessarily uh let’s see here uh nich wants to know when they tell you what’s time to be back on the ship do they use ship time or the real world time good question and the answer is it depends so like on this ship we’re on local time they changed us to right now
It’s uh 9 o’clock where I am it’s 8 o’clock in Eastern time so we went an hour ahead but it depends on the captains and sometimes they stay with sometimes they go ahead to um to to local time they say on ship time it just depends on the ship and the sailing
Hey Shakita thank you for the Super Chat good to see you again does roan offer two bathrooms in one cabin yes A friend of mine went on Carnival and since we weren’t a couple they offer two separate bathrooms um so not all rooms shita but some rooms do um typically they’re
Either Suites or family rooms like it’ll be a family interior or family I don’t think they have family does but family ocean views um or sweets some sweets not all sweets some of them do offer too but as a policy sh if you tell them I’m booking an inside cabin or a balcony
Cabin standard and you have two people that AR are aren’t together not a couple they’re not going to give you a free bathroom that’s not really a thing I don’t I’m not familiar with how Carnival does their thing but there are special rooms you can book that do have two
Bathrooms but it’s because you book them that way not because of your living Arrangement if that makes sense Adam’s mom wants to know what is the Broadway show and icon there is not a Broadway show and icon there is a original musical production called The Wizard of Oz but it’s not the broaden
Musical it’s not the anoid we show uh JayZ thank you for the Super Chat uh my check-in date for malc GRE is November 30th what time on the sign date does it open including time zone midnight local time for the ship so as an example if your ship is uh which I
Don’t even say which one it was if it was you know Mariner the Seas and it’s over in Florida then it’ be midnight eastern time but if you live in Florida and your cruises in Galveston it’d be midnight central time so that’s that’s how it works
Uh Ronnie’s got a question for us let me get a drink of water Ronnie running low here when I get back to the original Port of debar how can I leave the ship if I’m carrying all my own stuff it depends it depends on how what time the
Ship docks and what time the local authorities clear the ship both of those factors are unknown ahead of time you just sometimes it’s like six sometimes it’s 7 7:30 just there is not a it’s not always the same time uh uh Chris H thank you for the
Super Chat thanks for the great videos you are the bests thank you you are the bests Chris appreciate you buddy thank you uh let’s see here Lucho wants to know what is the difference between the actual food in the main dining room and the Wind Jammer
Um how it’s served the Wind Jammer is a buffet main dining room is plated and served to you by a waiter essentially that’s the the the best thing right there look at that Tom saved $638 rebooking it’s a real it’s the this is still the best best best strategy um
For um you know for booking a cruise or or or or an amenity quite frankly uh let’s see here GA on Lobster in main dining room are the lobsters available in the Wind Jammer that night as well no uh what is my most memorable sh Excursion uh bad one Blue Waters in
Um uh Jamaica Palou Jama the bus caught on fire I thought my daughter drowned she didn’t she was just laying face down in the water um it was really hot we didn’t get a seat it was terrible like one of the worst ones best ones um I’m
Not sure how much I can say about it um Cabos s Lucas Lance Matt banville together with our families having a very nice time a good time was had by all if you were there then you know otherwise it’s not worth mentioning uh let’s see here Destiny can
You get a priz adjustment on final payment day if you book Nal yes you can uh let’s see here Robert can Royal caran boycott the Bahamas got a waste with $500 nonf deposit the total price went up 60 bucks because the Bahamas P new port fees nope um it’s just the way
Of the world my friend it’s like you know you uh you buy a house and you have a mortgage and your insurance or sorry your taxes are whatever price they are when you did your your you bought your house and then what happens next year they probably go up same basic idea um
In the grand scheme of your care SP I mean it’s 60 bucks 60 bucks but it’s 60 it’s just it is what it is there’s nothing you can do about it it’s the way that any port runs um you still have a great time my friend don’t let don’t let
$60 ruin your Cru you’ll have a great time Casey thank you for the Super Chat is grapefruit juice offered on any ship I’ve never asked I assume they have it in breakfast but I have not asked so maybe uh let’s see here next Question uh April we got drink a water so hot out guys do the different tiers of Loy tiers receive different percentages of discounts on balcony sweets yes so Platinum emerald diamond diamond plus Pinnacle the percentage goes up with each one so you are correct now how lucrative it is sometimes that balcony
Discount is not combinable but it is theoretically higher with the higher tears not much but a little bit hey Bruce thank you for the super chat or should I say Bruce thank you for the Super Chat lemon character doing shoulder shimmy dance moves thank you my friend appreciate you thank you thank
You thank you shaita again with the Super Chat thank you Shakita thanks your previous response you know if Ro Kion has any intentions of bringing Oasis ships to galison yes they already did that they they’ve already had them alur’s lur was there now Harmony is there so wish
Granted thank you for the Super Chat uh modern myths going on navigator for to Mexico Coast Cruise I’m saying short that I think I need local currency do I need to change some currency no don’t even waste your time everybody takes US Dollars that’s standard verbiage that they have on the Roan
Excursion form everybody take number one they take US Dollars number two they don’t want pesos they want US dollars so yeah bring us dollar you’ll be fine uh let’s see here Bulldog what to know does a Wi-Fi work on board really well I lately yes um since starlink and
They they’ve tweaked some settings um the last couple cruises it has been really really good so um I would say yeah I mean still satellite internet you’re still in the middle of the ocean there are still times where will drop out but it’s pretty responsive pretty quick I’m impressed by it uh next
Question I’m trying to get to but I think I’m caught up in the chat um let’s see here uh Edith thank you for the Super Chat advice for our first Excursion we’ll be doing dolphin encounter in F Jamaica with our three kids I’m not big on animal Encounters in general to begin
With number two I have some ethical concerns about dolphins in captivity um that’s just me I’m not advocating anybody just my own thoughts on it um thouth is a really tough Port though in general the like if you were to ask me hey Matt what should I do in Bal with
Jamaica I would say I don’t have any good ideas because there’s not really great tours there many of the best things are really far away if you don’t mind a long drive Blue Hole is where I would go um but it’s like an hour there and an hour back maybe even a little
Longer but that’s what I would do so anyway that’s my that’s my two pennies on that one uh good point spoky Bandit uh Bahamas isn’t the only country upping PK fees either yeah just the way of the world it happens sometimes unfortunately um let’s see next
Question go back up to some of the questions we missed earlier because I already caught up on the chat which is crazy uh Lucho would you think getting seasick on board to be a reason to stop eating normally and start a diet no being seasick and being overweight or indulging or whatever like
There’s no correlation between the two you get seasick because your inner ear perceives emotion that’s not correlating with what your brain is seeing and you get seasick it has nothing to do with your weight or what you’re eating granted I mean something certain food might make you feel worse like I
Wouldn’t recommend if you’re C6 then go eat like sushi um but uh no not necessarily I don’t think there’s any real correlation there with that uh Fiona 12 days of symphony I change from Diamond to Diamond Plus for my next Cruise will I get a better discount on my next four cruise is
Booked possibly probably not um the your balcony discount does go up so you could ask for travel agent to reprice it based on that but what the problem with that is it’s going to trigger a reprice in your existing cruises so it’s like if you book a new Cruise altogether you
Don’t get to like manually adjust it down with the new rate so probably not but it’s worth asking anyway because you never know uh Scott will you be doing any celebrity tours since you were on them this week um so we’re doing I’m not doing a full ship Tour on this one we
Are doing a full ship Tour on apex but um on this one I am seeing video we’re going to do like a video um here on YouTube uh kind of sharing my my thoughts so there will be a video but not a ship tour Scott that makes sense
And then on as scent in which uh Angie is coming on there she’s the pro photographer videographer she’ll be uh taking care of that for me uh Mark checkin is on Wednesday my sister is linked to my reservation can I check her in without her passport get
The same check in time yeah you in the app you don’t need to do the passport stuff to get a check in time in the app open it up go in there select the check option two which is the check-in time for you and your sister and you’re good
To go you can do the pass for stuff later on uh Jennifer when can I book entertainment for my Symphony Of The Seas cruise uh 45 days beforehand why am I it’s so hot I’m like or so humid that I’m I’m blanking on I think it’s 45 days
Beforehand if I’m not mistaken it’s always 30 or 45 I just for some reason I’m having a brain fart your apologies I already talked about that one thank you for that question uh will R get more solo cabins no I don’t think so I don’t think R is going to add anymore so
Little cabins I think they’re making a lot of money without them they don’t need them so they’re not going to offer my own personal opinion but I could be wrong on that Andy first time Cruiser from Sweden going on Symphony in January when can
You SE in book shows in the app um in the app you’ll be so you can’t book anything in the app until about 45 sorry until you’re on board the ship before beforehand you can book some of the shows for reservations again 45 days ahead of time Tony Diaz with some really Sage
Advice right there I think that’s a different issue um getting doing shots will have more of a hangover rather than a seasick effect but probably not doing yourself any favors with that one uh Davey when I get on icon this winter do I need to go to isumi to make
For Habachi I’ve heard it both ways some ships yes some ships no um I would try without it but um you might get sent over there it just Dewey it’s not really clear there’s not a it’s not consistent let’s put it that way Jessica Devoto thank you for the
Super Chat I booked travel through Roan if I switch to if I wanted to switch to a third party should I cancel the roing policy yeah absolutely you don’t want to have two insurance policies that’s a bad idea they’re gonna both gonna fight with each other who wants to pay and if
Neither of them want to yeah definitely if you buy another one like allons or Travel Guard or whatever definitely cancel the royb one in that case William Mom thank you for the Super Chat Audi late for the show 81 days Navigator nice thank you for your generosity my
Friend uh let’s see here David if I bid multiple upgrades and roll up and I win more than one you won’t you won’t win more than one once you win one that’s it you’re done so don’t worry about oops the wrong thing right there uh oh yeah Jessica you’re always right
Every time I say there’s nothing to do in fouth um Jessica always recommends Good Hope state for an Excursion there for high te I mean probably the reason I don’t never remember Jessica is because I would personally personally me Matt has no interest in that but I think I’ve
Heard good things about that as well uh next question is from David going on a three night dining package on adventure what are your favorite dishes in each restaurant uh at a Zumi on adventure I would get the uh Simi uh sampler chops fet minion you got to go with that
Giovanis oh the filet blame Minon really really good uh I don’t think Frank I don’t think Ro goes to O Rios anymore they all stop in fouth now Reginald thank you for the Super Chat uh Richard Reginald excuse me says I heard that with the key you can get
Free room service if you pass on welcome lunch is that true no I don’t believe so I’m not heard that enough during the pandemic when when cruises restarted they offered free room service and they took it away later on so I think that’s probably we’re getting confusion from
Desiree thank you for the Super Chat I was busy juicing my fruits and vegetables what ship are you selling on to where uh we are on Celebrity Apex uh we’re in Puerto Rico right now and we’re going to uh Dominican Republic St Martin St Thomas um ad you didn’t receive your
Diamond pennant while in Quantum oh go to the Loyalty Ambassador next time you’re on a ship they can hook you up the Loyalty Ambassador uh is the way to go right there uh David is there any way to check the weather on my cruise I mean they’ll they’ll they’ll print the
Weather in The Cruise Compass obviously the internet package is the way to go but David in most cases the the weather forecast and the Caribbean are useless they all they’ll be like 50% chance of rain which is totally useless like today they said it was going to rain in San
Juan 90% chance guess how much it rained so it could rain it might not but I wouldn’t worry too much about Melanie thank you for the Super Chat I don’t see a message from you melie oh there it is found it Melanie um are wild bands avable on Harmony to the Seas yes
They are absolutely couple more questions guys we gonna head on out of here uh sadul how to book internet by the day on the RO cre App instead of buying all days um once you get on board you can’t do it ahead of time once you’re on board the
Ship you’ll be able to buy it 24hour passes each time you want so you just have to connect the internet and do it that way but you can only do it on board the ship not pre- Cruise best exursion in Grand Cayman S Mile Beach and that my
Friends is going to wrap up our live broadcast today thank you so much for joining us here today appreciate you guys I’m going to go find some air conditioning uh glad to have you all here we’ll be back next week right here on YouTube until then have a great week
Everybody stay safe out there do something fun like plan and book another Royal Crews we’ll talk again very soon right here on YouTube bye everybody
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