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I am embarking on a cruise later this week with Royal Caribbean and I was wondering if anyone has past experiences or advice they wish to share to help me prepare or let me know what to expect, as the food, activities on board (see details of cruise), or any other advice that could help avoid problems, delays, etc. Also, I struggled to find full details of inclusiveness. The cruises are Royal Caribbean is universally understood everything or not, or am I just do not see something? I also encountered difficulty in finding information on WiFi on boats. Cruise Details: Four nights Ship: Enchantment of the Seas Departure Port: Fort Lauderdale, Florida Ports of Call: Key West, Florida and Cozumel, Mexico Day at Sea The comments are appreciated
I been on many cruises with Royal Caribbean. I have not been on the Enchantment but having been one of the other ships of the class of RC Vision. Its one of their older ships, but it is nice and has good features and service. I suggest you take a look RC web site that gives the ship's characteristics and allows you to take a Visual Tour 360 / see it. http://www.royalcaribbean.com/findacruise/ships/class/ship/home.do; jsessionid = 0000zoFpuKp81wvkY5oW1NW-JWB: 12hbioan0? Br = R & shipClassCode = VI = EN & Ship Code Your standard cabin will range between 175 and 200 m² depending on the category you've selected, about the size of a 9 of 12 rooms, home FT. There will be two beds that can be processed in a queen, a bathroom with shower, closet and drawer space, TV and telephone, safe, mini-fridge, and a life preserver for each passenger. Your steward will clean your cabin and provide towels twice a day, and provide the ice. Whichever cruise line you select, things that are included are almost the same. The price of your cruise includes your cabin, all meals (breakfast, lunch dinner, snacks and complimentary room service) (you pay to eat in the specialty restaurants), all shows and entertainment, and free use of all facilities on board ships. The things you have to pay are: Gratuities: They will amount to about $ 10 per person in your cabin per day: about $ 40 each for a 4 day cruise. When you check in at the pier they will set up an account load board for you to cover everything and you may buy on the boat. They will issue you a card "cruise" which will also serve as your room key and pass to mount and get off the boat. At the end of the cruise they will add the gratuity to your tab and you can pay with a credit card or cash, your choice. ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AND SOFT DRINKS: Coffee, tea, milk, juice, and lemonade and punch will be offered free, but you must pay for soft drinks and alcoholic beverages and they will add a 15% gratuity to each drink and soft drink order. You can save on alcoholic beverages by requesting that the drinks in a raw glass and not the fancy souvenir glass which adds approximately $ 2.00 to price. RC sales soft drink card unlimited soft drinks on the first day of cruise only, so if you drink much soda you may want to consider obtaining one. PHOTOGRAPHS: Cruise lines have many photographs of all of you on the ship, in the dining room, and you leave the ship in ports. These cost a lot, like $ 15 to $ 20 for most. You can save the photos simply by taking your own, ask other passengers to take pictures of you around the ship, they always agree with that. Tours / Excursions: You do not have to book excursions and can descend and ports as much as you want. But the cruise line offer a lot of laps and they are costly. They are listed on your web site online cruise and you can reserve them well before the cruise and pay for them too. If you go the Caribbean, most places where you can take a guided tour or a taxi on the pier for a price much lower than on the ship. SOUVENIRS: Anything you buy a ship from a gift shop or duty free shop goes on your onboard account. The things you buy on shore you pay cash or credit card. CASINO: If you plan to play on the boat, you'll need money for that. OTHER: The ship has a specialty "restaurant called Chops Grid and there is a gratuity / service charge of about $ 20 per person each time to eat. Any other food on board is free and its not really need to budget for food, you can not eat all the free food that is available. SPA services: if you want or need your hair done, get a massage or wrap, or spa services, you have to pay for them. You can use the gym free but the spa stuff cost big money. You cabin will likely have a minibar with soft drinks and munchies, you have to pay for them (but there is a complimentary room service 24 / 7). INTERNET SVCS: The ships have an internet café and WiFi but also there are fees for Internet access and is very expensive (like about $ 50 to $ 60 per hour). If you really want or need to wait to get online to stop the port and you can probably get it for about $ 5. to $ 6 an hour, that's what we always do. This is from the web site RC on WiFi: "There will be six designated *" hot spots "that vary from one vessel to another. To use our WI-FI, you will need: A laptop Windows operating system and features 802.11b wireless network cost for Wi-Fi through your own laptop is: Base rate is $ .55 per minute or choose one of our prepaid packages: $ 28.00 60 minutes $ 38.00 for 90 minutes $ 55.00 for 150 minutes All prices are subject to change without notice. "Its been my experience that Internet service on board ships is very slow, especially when the ship is moving and must continue to adapt its satellite connection. SO try before you decide to buy a package. There will be a free show for everyone every night and the disco will start Around 11:00 each night, no cover or admission charge. Director Cruise will have organized games and activities around the pool. You can use the gym and walking track, you can use the playroom for games, and there will be the pools and spas. This boat has a solarium which is an indoor pool and whirlpool which is nice for quiet time. Here are some tips Packing: Always carry your passport and cruise documents in your carry-on bag Only. The dress on ship is casual all day until 6:00 PM, so take:-Swim Wear (at least 2), shorts, tank tops and "T"-sandals, beach shoes, your diving equipment, if you have it, sunglasses and sunscreen, lotions,-a cap or big hat for the sun-a book if you are a player, your music player, sneakers and clothes to workout in if you want to use the gym,-Good walking shoes, your camera, and other toiletries personal, including toothpastes, mouth wash or lotions. Your accommodations will be provided soap and towels, including pool and beach towels and a hairdryer. It will also have a generic hair shampoo so you do not need to wear this unless you like a specific brand. After 6:00 pm they ask that you wear "sports or resort" casual clothes. That's garments that you would expect from a person to bring in a business office, (like a bank employee), shirt with collar, trousers, skirt, blouse, etc. You can still wear shorts and swim wear in the pools and spas but not in public areas like dining rooms and restaurants, theaters, bars, casino, etc. Do not pack too, take clothes you can mix and match tops and bottoms and plan to wear each piece twice. If you go to the Caribbean beaches and trips will be probably in shorts and / or swim wear almost every day so evening clothes do not usually get much wear. Your cruise have a formal night when you can wear your best stuff and get pictures taken, and maybe meet the ship's captain. The formal nights are asked not not required attire. You will not be denied entrance to the main dining room, if you choose not to dress as long as you have at least sports casual. But most people do dress up. A dress or party dress for women and a suit or tuxedo for men. Some people disguise, the two formal nights, others not. – It is better to use pack soft-sided luggage since space is limited in your cabin, it slides under the bed better if it is not difficult side luggage. – Pack using the bags of clothing under vacuum (about $ 20 for 3 at Target) so that you can get more in your bag and so that if the TSA at the airport opens your bag they can see what's inside without rummaging through your affaires.-Take a small carry – on the bag for the last night of the cruise. The last evening you will be asked to put your luggage outside your cabin by about 2:00 so they can begin to take down to the lower deck for offloading the next morning. Thus, you will need a small bag for your items toiletries and clothes that you sleep in. – If you take your cell phone, MP3 player or other item that must be plugged into a extension cord as the plugs in the cabin are generally not in the best locations and there is usually only one or two. – Take a small bottle of disinfectant Hand and / or hand-wipes. There are generally sanitizer dispensers at the entrances of restaurants, buffets and dining room, but sometimes it is not there or not working. The sanitizer helps prevent the spread of Norwalk virus that sometimes occur on vessels croisière.-If you intend to enter the pool or spa when you get on the boat (they are open), wear these clothes in your hand luggage, you other luggage may not go to your cabin until much later in the afternoon. – Take a can of air freshener for your cabin bathroom. The bathrooms have exhaust fans. – Take a few bags with zip closures of different sizes, they come always at hand. – Take some dollar bills (also maybe a $ 5 years) for tipping porters at the airport at the pier (they do not work for the ship), and they will be useful in shelters port for the purchase of small items in the market and vendor booths; especially bartering places.
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