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re: Royal Caribbean Cruise Tips
Posted on 1/22/24 at 10:53 am to BigTiny1973
Posted on 1/22/24 at 10:53 am to BigTiny1973
Prepay your onboard tips.
Set aside $50-100 in cash for your room stewards. Pay the head steward on the last night of the trip; he or she will distribute to the team. Make friends with your head room steward and they will bend over backwards for you.
Have the same dining time? Put aside $50 for your head waiter. Tip on the last night. Anytime dining? Bring $10 for your head waiter and tip if the service is good.
Buy repatriation/intl health insurance with UHC Safe Trip. It’s usually pretty cheap.
Since it’s your first cruise, book excursions through RCCL so you’re guaranteed not to get left behind.
Pay for the evening kids club one night and take the Mrs. to an upscale specialty restaurant.
Treat yourself & the Mrs. to a spa treatment. It’s pricey, but top of the line.
Set aside a little money to gamble. Table games. Not slots. Payouts on slots are not regulated at sea. (You just might win. I won $500 and a 7 night cruise on my first trip.)
You won’t get to do everything on a 5 night trip. Don’t try to squeeze everything on the ship in. You’ll just end up feeling exhausted.
Don’t let long lines or other passengers ruin your good time. You’re on a floating resort headed to the Caribbean. There aren’t many better places to be.
Set aside $50-100 in cash for your room stewards. Pay the head steward on the last night of the trip; he or she will distribute to the team. Make friends with your head room steward and they will bend over backwards for you.
Have the same dining time? Put aside $50 for your head waiter. Tip on the last night. Anytime dining? Bring $10 for your head waiter and tip if the service is good.
Buy repatriation/intl health insurance with UHC Safe Trip. It’s usually pretty cheap.
Since it’s your first cruise, book excursions through RCCL so you’re guaranteed not to get left behind.
Pay for the evening kids club one night and take the Mrs. to an upscale specialty restaurant.
Treat yourself & the Mrs. to a spa treatment. It’s pricey, but top of the line.
Set aside a little money to gamble. Table games. Not slots. Payouts on slots are not regulated at sea. (You just might win. I won $500 and a 7 night cruise on my first trip.)
You won’t get to do everything on a 5 night trip. Don’t try to squeeze everything on the ship in. You’ll just end up feeling exhausted.
Don’t let long lines or other passengers ruin your good time. You’re on a floating resort headed to the Caribbean. There aren’t many better places to be.
This post was edited on 1/22/24 at 10:58 am
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Posted on 1/23/24 at 12:48 pm to bluestem75
Heading on our first cruise for Mardi Gras as well, on Royal Caribbean.
what is a head steward?
It's like $250 for an hour long massage. that is ridiculous.
The not getting left behind part is pretty important, but you can do the same exact excursions for half the price outside of RCL. 4 wheeler ride to Jade Caverns through RCL is $500. Through local companies it's $240, and you have to enter all of your cruise info when booking so they know when you have to be back.
I was wanting to do a 4 wheeler or dune buggy trip.
Is it easy to just get to the beach somewhere and snorkel?
do all of the boats of casino's? I don't recall seing any mention of one on our boat, Mariner of the Seas.
If i buy liquor in Cozumel, can i bring it back on the boat? I assume you can and they just keep it until the end of the cruise?
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Set aside $50-100 in cash for your room stewards. Pay the head steward on the last night of the trip; he or she will distribute to the team. Make friends with your head room steward and they will bend over backwards for you.
what is a head steward?
quote:
Treat yourself & the Mrs. to a spa treatment. It’s pricey, but top of the line.
It's like $250 for an hour long massage. that is ridiculous.
quote:
Since it’s your first cruise, book excursions through RCCL so you’re guaranteed not to get left behind.
The not getting left behind part is pretty important, but you can do the same exact excursions for half the price outside of RCL. 4 wheeler ride to Jade Caverns through RCL is $500. Through local companies it's $240, and you have to enter all of your cruise info when booking so they know when you have to be back.
I was wanting to do a 4 wheeler or dune buggy trip.
Is it easy to just get to the beach somewhere and snorkel?
quote:
Set aside a little money to gamble. Table games. Not slots. Payouts on slots are not regulated at sea. (You just might win. I won $500 and a 7 night cruise on my first trip.)
do all of the boats of casino's? I don't recall seing any mention of one on our boat, Mariner of the Seas.
If i buy liquor in Cozumel, can i bring it back on the boat? I assume you can and they just keep it until the end of the cruise?
Posted on 1/28/24 at 8:14 am to bluestem75
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You’re on a floating resort headed to the Caribbean. There aren’t many better places to be.
A 42 foot catamaran with 6-8 people headed to the another Caribbean island after spending all day on an island. That’s a better place to be.
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