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We also never get the drink package. The $20 is what you pay without the package. When you arrive, just tell them you want the wines. May I ask what ship you are on? I've never seen it offered at night. I wish it was. It took me a long time before I finally went because it was almost always held at the same time I had something else already booked, and that was always during the day.

@@3rdOrbitTravelers My bad , I meant the last day. It’s a 11.30am sitting. We are cruising on Ovation of the Seas from Honolulu back to Sydney Australia in Oct. How’s this , our final payment is due and I noticed a price drop of our cruise price , I rang RC direct and they adjusted our price ! When I signed into the web site , we also got $295 cruise credit which wasn’t there when I originally booked a year ago.

@@RodSwansmad That is amazing. We have been wanting to do that cruise for a long time. Congrats on the repricing and credit. Have a great cruise!

Great question! I would imagine there is an alternative, but I'm not certain. I'm attending a Taste of Royal next month, and I'll keep you posted.

@@MomsTravelTeam Thank You!!!

You're welcome.

Where are you cruising to? She is an amazing ship.

I will be cruising to Cozumel Mexico, Roatan Honduras, Amber Cove Dominican Republic, Belize city, and Costa maya mexico

I will be going to all those places, except Amber Cove, Dominican Republic I will not be going there. I don’t know why I type that.

I just got off of Harmony and never went to either the MDR or Windjammer (maybe once to get a coffee when I was on a higher deck). I spent most of my time at 150 Central Park (love the food there). I totally agree with you, especially about the fact that it depends on the ship. Thanks for sharing - great info!!

Thank you, that's helpful information.

Thank you! I hope all is well with you and your family as well. We made it though and feel so bad so many are without power and have damage to their property. I guess it could have been much worse. Hopefully everyone is safe.

@@3rdOrbitTravelers I’m glad you are well. From I’m hearing all is good. They are waiting on power. Flight was canceled into Houston today. We’re driving in tomorrow. Just got back from our trip

Thanks 👍

We went middle of August 2023. Have a great cruise. I can't wait to go back.

My pleasure!

Glad you enjoyed it! I plan on doing it annually with any changes. If there aren’t that many, I might just do a "What’s new" video.

I completely agree about the tomato water, it was disgusting. When I recorded my review video, I actually enjoyed the food (except for the water), but when I went back a second time with friends, I didn't like anything. I am planning on redoing the review after I go back once more, just to make sure it wasn't just that one bad experience.

It was a 10-minute cab ride, which cost me around $5 on the way there and $8 on the way back. The higher cost for the return trip was because I took a private cab. For entry, I paid a $10 deposit via PayPal and then an additional $50 once I arrived. The place I went to, Jamie's at Blue Reef in Costa Maya, offers large drinks and all-you-can-eat food. The service was great - the staff consistently checked in to see if I needed anything else. You can find more information on their website by searching for "Jamie's at Blue Reef in Costa Maya." I hope this helps.

@@3rdOrbitTravelers: thank you very much for the info. We are sailing in Oct. 2024 via WOTS. Honduras, costa maya, cozumel and coco cay. We have nothing plan we get to CM, but we might consider this. Thank you again. Cheers 😃😀🥂🍾🍺🍻

I went on two VIP beach excursions during that cruise, one in Roatan and one in Costa Maya. I booked the first one through the cruise line and it cost $250. For the second excursion, I booked directly and it was $200 less expensive. I plan to create a video where I compare and review both excursions, and I expect to publish it next month. There were positives and negatives for both and the video will show you the food, drinks, and facilities at both locations.

Great question. It is based in NY but when I lived in Vegas and in FL, Total wine had some of their wines. I order it directly from them. Just search for Bully Hill Wine. I normally get a case and I think I get a discount when I do, but I’m not sure.

Glad you like them!

Thank you 😋

Thanks for sharing. The issue of lost luggage affected several people we met while there. In the video, I mentioned a woman who told us she had to wait two days to receive her bags. That's crazy.

You’re welcome and thanks for sharing your favorites!

Our neighborhood as well. We live in Florida but we both work for a company in Houston, which means we are in Houston more than Florida! :-)

@@3rdOrbitTravelers oh wow. What a coincident. Hope all is good with last couple storms we’ve had. Our area was good. Tornadoes hit close by. Other than windy, we were good.

@CookandBakewithSamer That’s great to hear. We are lucky in that when we are working in Houston, the company puts us up in a hotel. That makes for a lot less stress when storms come through.

Our cabin had the curtains and I don’t like them either. Sorry for the bad news.

Very True!

Thank you!

That definitely sounds like the deluxe drink package is a good value for you. Let me know if your experiments reveal an amazing drink that I may have never heard of. I’m all for trying new things. :-)

They let us off the ship at 6am. Hope that helps.

@@3rdOrbitTravelers that helps very much! Thank you!

@@tiffanyhanson3701 You are welcome.

Hello!

Thank you for your feedback. We are constantly seeking ways to improve, and the best method for us to do so is by receiving input from others.

Style of video

Thank you!!! That made our day!!!

I'm delighted to hear that. In the future, we will release all our Let's Cruise video series in both episodic format and as individual long-form videos. The next featured cruise will be on the Wonder of the Seas, and it will visit St. Martin and St. Thomas. I met up with another TH-cam creator for the St. Martin video.

@@3rdOrbitTravelers We’ll be looking forward to see those. We have been wanting to cruise out of Florida instead of just Galveston. It will be good to see the various things to see and do in the areas you’re mentioning. Thank you

Walking on a glacier sounds amazing! The couple we traveled with in these videos did that in Anchorage. When we were trying to find his allergy medicine and his bus went by, it was coming from the helicopter that took them up to the glacier for their walk. we are looking into going back to Alaska in 2025. Hopefully this time we will be able to do something on top of a glacier. Either the dog sledding or the walk would be fine.

@@3rdOrbitTravelers that sounds pretty amazing. We are looking forward to the brand 3 days in the anchorage area.

So do we!!!!

Absolutely. Once you reach the diamond level in Crown and Anchor, you are entitled to four free drinks per day as a diamond member. As Kat and I are both diamond members, we get a total of eight free drinks per day. However, Kat only drinks one of those, leaving me with seven drinks per day.

Thank you! You made our day! Here's a little background about this channel: before it focused on cruises, it was actually a sailboat refit channel. Kat and I lived on a sailboat for a few years and initially started this channel to document the process of refitting our sailboat. However, we eventually decided that the sailing life wasn't for us, so we sold the sailboat and rebranded the channel into a cruise channel. During our time on the sailboat, I was inspired by a couple of TH-cam sailing channels that showcased incredible places with minimal talking and great music. Although I'm not as skilled as they were, I'm striving to improve. I believe we've made significant progress, and I enjoy learning how to enhance our videos. Thanks once again!

Don’t hate us, but we are not fans of the main dining room (MDR). We enjoy being able to eat whenever we want, and we also don’t like how long the MDR takes. I know many cruisers who love the MDR, and I understand why they love it; it’s just not our thing. Having said that, I'm not sure if they changed their menu. The Windjammer didn’t change their typical offerings, or at least if they did, it wasn't a big change. Apologies for not being able to provide more help.

Middle of August 2023

Have a great time!!! Alaska is amazing.

We really enjoyed it. Our biggest regret is that we didn't stay longer.

Thank you very much!

We planned a 3-week trip through Alaska. It started on a cruise (Royal Caribbean), then we took a bus to Anchorage, and then a train up to Denali (where this video tour was done). The train and the two resorts in Denali were done through Princess. After that, we took another train to Fairbanks and then a plane to Deadhorse, which is on the Arctic Ocean. There are videos of the entire cruise up on this channel already, and the rest of the trip should be up in a month or two.

@@3rdOrbitTravelers thank you!

Very good points and very true!!!!

Very True and thank you.. I actually had a request for videos like this. They don't take long to do, because they have already been edited for another video. If people enjoy them, I'll keep adding them.

Thank you. Middle of August for the cruise. The entire trip was the last three weeks of August and I will eventually be posting videos on the rest of the trip. We love Alaska and will be going back!!

I am doing Wilderness & then South on Radiance. Sept 8-20

@@danieljames3454 Have an amazing trip, I’m sure you will love it. Alaska is beautiful.

I think the video did a great job of showing how beautiful it is; however, it doesn't do it justice. I just stood there and stared at it most of the time when I probably should have been taking more videos with different cameras. :-)

My husband and I was on that cruise. It was amazing!

@@brendabarrios4142 It really was unbelievable.