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hello everybody it’s Matt from Roan blog.com thank you for joining us here on YouTube on a different day but thank you for joining us here nonetheless my name is Matt I am from Royal Caribbean blog.com and appreciate you being here as we countdown uh well we’re gonna count a sec we’re gonna answer your rooll cre questions starting with the most important question how many days until your next Royal Caribbean cruise type your countdown in chat let us countdown together I was getting ahead of myself uh I have uh one four more days until my next Royal Caribbean cruise on Liberty of the Seas I’m going to Bermuda be my second time going to Bermuda with Royal Caribbean and uh third time overall but first time with royal caran doing it overnight there so very excited to do that and as you can see we are in a different studio today we are up in Upstate New York enjoying a different uh local kids are out of school doing a little summer vacation and um I for one am very happy not to be in Florida because it is surface of the Sun hot over there whereas here it is a beautiful low 70s no humidity absolutely gorgeous day anyway I’m glad here to be here with you guys answering your real greine Cruise questions so please feel free to type as many Cruise questions as you want in the chat we of course had some amazing super Chatters even before the broadcast began you guys are amazing with the loveable support here starting with uh Kobe tea Kobe says just off brilliant 75 days Navigator do you know if or when roll started putting refrigerators not just coolers in staterooms um they’re just coolers they’re not refrigerators that that’s always been the case um the only time you’ll ever find a true fridge is if you have a medical need like uh if you need to keep insulin cold as an example but by default yeah those fridges are all um they’re not on the very small ships like the vision class but they’ve been on since like the Voyager Class onwards and they’re just you know cooler something to keep you know a bowl of fruit cool able to eat later that day um Eddie Diaz thank you for uh becoming a platinum member with the RO Green blog Club thank you Jill 1228 always a pleasure Jill thank you for your support and your super chat I appreciate appreciate you Chris step thanks for the Super Chat 234 days or more importantly 33 more Monday live chats until Independence of the Seas back to back thanks Matt and Mii for making our cruises better and simpler we appreciate all the info and recommendations you are very welcome thank you Chris I appreciate you Josh Albertson thank you for the Super Chat going on wonder this season 12 days and have the dining package can you rank the places I should eating dinner in order from your favorite to hooked uh um I mean I would probably say I mean we obviously Josh we’ve done a video um here on our YouTube channel about my favorite especially restaurants in a particular order but I would probably say something like um 150 Central Park uh isumi um mason jar uh Giovani that order might change a little bit that’s probably my top four easy um I feel like forgetting something really obvious that’s oh Playmakers Playmakers would easily be at five there so let’s start there uh Ryan Cardone Ryan thank you for the Super Chat any are sorry are radiance or Brilliance of the Seas the same layout yeah pretty much selling Radiance in July found out a room has an abstracted view video the same cabin on brilliant shows a wind washer ladder which isn’t too bad would Radiance be the same possibly um generally speaking the the the radiance CL ships are all layout wise they’re almost identical to each other um it’s really what’s really changed about the ratings class um has been some of the the refurbishments she’s gotten over the years but beyond that I would expect it to look more more the same than different um Ryan I can’t promise you your cabin will be in terms of the obstruction but I would probably say that video is probably what you can expect uh Julie thank you for the Super Chat 69 days till Alaska on Quantum uh Diamond Plus but first to Alaska on Quantum class well I miss always classs in the sunshine no you have a great Alaska Julie you will love Alaska it is phenomenal you’re going to love it it’s also very Port intensive so you’re less dependent on the ship I think you picked a great great great option for Alaska uh Brad hold on a second Brad I don’t think we’re up to uh no Jonathan’s got our first one I can actually show you on screen uh Brad Buck Brad thanks for the Super Chat 150 days to Aur 192 to Liberty 306 till Oasis the first cruise is in March and we are hooked I love that you took your first Cruise uh like two months ago and now you’ve got one two three cruises lined up you are doing it right sir appreciate you all right now I can show you your questions on chat here Jonathan thank you for the Super Chat When You Reach diamond and Beyond and Crown an anchor you get D you get drink vouchers small princess to redeem them at any bar can you use at the main dining room or specialty dining yes you absolutely can um honestly the drink vouchers Jonathan that you get with being Diamond work ju anywhere the drink package Works including per key and lobid as well Jonathan so make that really easy for you thank you for the support Ray and Nancy Cruisers thank you for the Super Chat any hope the Mystery Dinner Theater events will return really enjoy those dinners it doesn’t appear so Ray or Nancy um th that the the um the Mystery Dinner Theater was an event that was held primarily in giovan’s on older ships pre pandemic and I don’t think they ever came back I remember them being available like on Liberty of the Seas and couple of others so if they haven’t gone back yet I gotta think they’re just done now that being said Ray there isn’t I I kind of think to some extent you go with me on this the next evolution of the um Mystery Dinner Theater is probably what you’re going to see on Utopia the Seas with um with with the new um um Royal Railway Utopia station that idea is seems to be of that IL I mean it’s not quite you know who done it but it certainly there’s a story being told there told there rather and I think that’s a big component to uh to to why you’re seeing that there so or rather big component to like following that lineage of of that show meets dinner experience uh all right guys let’s uh let’s keep answering more of your questions Don and Judy in the chat um I see James Coulson in the chat welcome guys Michelle Pros is here cat D Ro is here Brenda thank you for the Super Chat five days little Harmony 389 till the group carees on Independence and going back to back I’ll be on there with you what are you most looking forward to on that sailing the backtack the sheer variety of itiner the ports we’re going to so if you’re not aware we’re doing a group cruise on Independence of the Seas out of Southampton England next summer and the group cruise is an eight night cruise to a bunch of cities in Northern Europe it goes to uh Hamburg and Rotterdam and Oslo and somewhere else um and that’s a really cool ier on its own but then the next week is a seven nighter and it goes to the Norwegian fjs so we’re gonna I think it’s gonna be an like the places we’re gonna go to to quote Brenda to quote Dr Seuss oh the Places You’ll Go is very much how I feel about that itinerary I’m so excited for that one it’s going to be utterly amazing hey seantel one of our moderators here and writers at realan blog.com good to see you uh Kelly your daughter got married at senica Lake in Geneva New York this past Friday congratulations to her nice um let’s see next question uh muscle Automotive I just got uh some good news from some of my family members I’m going to be on Utopia the season August can’t wait is there anything you would recommend well the chip isn’t out yet um it doesn’t launch until July but uh certainly the shows when it comes to new ships with Royal Caribbean the shows and the entertainment are always top of mine there for sure Baltimore Dave thanks for the super chat buddy appreciate you uh do I see a Super Chat oh there it is what is a good place to stay in Coco Beach for a couple nights prior to Pork and AEL cruise that won’t break the bank home two sweets it’s literally like written home the number two sweets uh we said there a couple times Dave it’s a new relatively new hotel I like that one quite a bit um Brad glad to see you hope family vacation last week’s Cruise was amazing choked up all right sorry Brad your question it brought tears to my eyes thinking about last week’s Cruise yeah we had an amazing time actually wait a minute where was I last week I was on freedom last week’s cruise is great but I’m looking forward to this has already been a great start this is our first our first full day was up here in New York and um yeah um we’re we’re excited it’s great it’s a great variety of places we’re going to including Liberty the Seas so yeah very excited for that one uh Lisa when can you start reserving restaurants before your cruise it really depends on your um uh uh on your ship there isn’t a set time Lisa um usually roll cre releases bookings for especially restaurants many months before the cruise begins in many cases more than a year or so but there is not an exact date where it’s like oh Lisa this many months this many days before the cruise is uh is when you’d be able to do that uh Raymond wants to know do you know if you can combine the Memorial Day sale discount with the kids sale free cruise with the Royal Caribbean um yeah I mean so they’re combinability of rules Raymond and um I’m your question is probably a more loaded question than it sounds but when you go to the royan website you go to make a new Cruise reservation you’ll see there um There are combinability rules basically the website will default to find you the best option but Ray I’m going to tell you one thing make this little easier on yourself because trying to understand the com combinability rules is a little is a little difficult work with a good travel agent they can help explain to you why this this promo and this promo do work or not work there’s a lot of combinability rules uh kid sale free has a ton of blackout dates so be aware of that but if you were to pick one yeah absolutely Ronney thank you for the super chat um what are the pros and cons are choosing a sweet versus two connecting cabins I mean sweet’s going to get you higher amenities double point points so like two you know an extra point per night for staying in a suite you’re going to get access to Suite facilities on board also this depends Ronnie what type of Suite what ship it’s on because obviously if you’re on an oasis or Quantum or icon class ship and you’re in a Grand Suite you’re going to get free Wi-Fi but if you’re not in one of those classes like a freedom class or Voyager Class you won’t get Wi-Fi um there depends on the Suite also some suites have a lot more separation to them Ronnie so your your your question we could it really depends on a lot of factors that um that we can’t we’d have to whittle down depending on your the exact Suite the exact ship Chris thanks for the super chat buddy um and Champion is and Dr like any idea is what they’re doing under the hood workor Chris they’re not going to add I mean I could be wrong but traditionally with older ships like enchantment they’re they just going for under the hood work um they refurbishments not amplifications so you can expect basically a lot of like engine work and maintenance work um nothing like hey there’s they’re going to add a new restaurant or new water slides or things like that or change out shows they really don’t do that with that kind of thing um just make sure I’m not I get messages during these because I did something wrong uh let’s see here Lindy from Mii travel is here hello Lindy it is good to see you welcome Mike Pastor is here hello Mike good to see you uh triplets and us has Ro ever considered adding a casino on CoCo Key if allowed I don’t if they ever consider cered it um but there’s obviously there’s going to be ramifications because even though the island is real Caribbean island it’s really leased and it’s still owned by the Bahamas subject to their rules but keep in mind by the way that the casino is open um while your ship is docked at perfect day at CoCo Key uh let’s see here Mike love the episode about traveling to Europe a couple weeks ago yeah thank you that was a great one with Emma would love doing that Mike thanks for the Super Chat do you personally tip your state room attendant extra yes I do if so do you do it daily or at the end I always do it at the end um but yes I do um usually if they got a pick up after us they deserve a little bit something extra but yeah I almost always do and I was do it at the end of the cruise I never was somebody who believed in tipping during the cruise unless there was like extenuating circumstance like I knew I was asking for something like crazy but I can’t remember a time in which I did that um let’s see here Shana coming in with an epic Super Chat sh what thank you so much back from Harmony and 66 days elevation love the vegetarian Indian food Love Paradise Beach Brock from Mii travel was a huge help connecting balcony cabins with the family was perfect thank you Matt wow well I don’t deserve that super chat but I do say thank you very much a and I’m I’m equally happy to hear that you had an amazing cruise and all this information was super helpful for you shashana that is fantastic uh let’s see here next question is from anamarie Myers anamarie good to see you 83 days Utopia super excited it’s getting real anamarie I mean Utopia the Seas is coming up soon very excited for that one can’t wait yes it’s gonna be awesome uh next question is from Carla Robinson Carla thank you for the Super Chat pair of character stretching his arm forward raising his thumb up well thank you Carla I appreciate you GL we cruise from New Jersey Trans lantic on anthy was fantastic Diamond Plus members entertainment was spot on and can’t wait to get back Gary dude that is awesome thanks for the report appreciate you Kim Oakland is here hello Kim good to see you uh muscle wants to know oh we already talking about this one muscle sorry uh Ricky T thank you for the Super Chat on Symphony right now and loving it what a great ship Symphony I I’ve have not been on Symphony since like she launched I think she’s like the the ship I’ve gotone on the longest of without sailing of the Oasis class I’ve G on that have not sailed on there Britney if you use a carryon backpack do you have check it like roller carry-ons no carry on backpack I’m not sure what you mean by this Britney um you can bring any carryon bag you’d like a a purse a backpack um a suitcase um it really doesn’t matter but there’s not rules whatever the the carry-on rules that the airlines have don’t apply to cruise ship so as long as it can fit in the X-ray machine that you go through in during the security process of in the cruise terminal then you can bring it on board the ship provided it’s not of course a prohibited item but you know what I mean there uh let’s see here uh my little cousin got her hand stuck in an elevator in rural Caribbean aure of the Seas nothing broke just a funny story well I’m glad to hear it’s a funny story and not a yeah we now uh Captain Hook over there know that’s awesome uh glad you can laugh about it Tony D hello it’s good to see you Tony uh kiby Texas thank you for the Super Chat 90 days Alaska on quad you have any idea when the casino will be open usually speaking um the casino will not be open when you are in Port so as soon as you’re within like uh 10 or 15 miles away um from us Waters then it’ll be open so Bank on that basically giby uh wuang life Man Overboard alert on icon yeah we posted that already yesterday at Royal caran blog.com yeah sad news unfortunately never want to see that uh SLO dog enjoy the Royal Train podcast do you feel the Royal Train experience will be wasted on three to four night cruises with 6,000 gets on board every to get reservations no I I understand what you’re saying but I don’t think anything’s a waste you can’t I mean to that extent you can make an argument a lot of things being quote unquote a waste I would say no slute dog I think quite frankly um not everyone not everyone 6,000 people don’t want to go do first of all there’s not there’s not 6,000 guests on board am I crazy I mean maybe with Max Max Capacity okay maybe you’re right uh but that’s beside the point everybody doesn’t want to do the same thing everybody doesn’t want to go to the same restaurant everybody doesn’t want to do the same show um I would say no I would say that while I understand where you’re going with this that would say you’re almost that that that logic would say oh we also Royal K also shouldn’t have any shows on board and shouldn’t like I mean because you could make the argument well not everyone’s going to have an opportunity to see it because they’re going be hard pressed for time and blah blah um I would say no SL dog I think that there are I i’ I’ve shared this is what I’ll say I I now have a better answer than I’ve given you up till now here’s my better answer for you now I’ve shared this before SLO dog it’s like going to a city New York Los Angeles Miami pick your city doesn’t matter it’s like going to a city for like a night or two that’s not enough time to see everything in that City far from it but that doesn’t mean it’s a bad use of your time or you shouldn’t do it for some people that’s that’s what they want to do that’s all they can do and that’s what they want to do and there’s nothing wrong with that and you’re not going to do everything in fact that’s actually an impetus to come back and do it again so that’s actually a good thing Teresa the Teresa mcchain is here hello Teresa it is good to see you welcome uh Dave stanson wants to know we’re going to the Coco Beach Club for the first time do we tip there um if you are getting a day pass the only people you probably should tip would be the um the waiter in the restaurant otherwise no if you got a cabana yes tip that person uh let’s see here Ronnie again with super with Super Chat thank you Ronnie appreciate you I don’t know where your message is Ronnie but I will I always keep an eye at for because you’re always good at alerting me to them uh Douglas is doing a back toback next May on Oasis I got Diamond statistics on day oh status on day six will you be able to enjoy Diamond S on the second week yes for if you’re doing a backtack uh Doug when you get on board the ship on Cru one go speak to the um to the Loyalty Ambassador tell them what’s happening and they will set you up for Diamond status on cruise 2 if you don’t do that it won’t work uh ship truth was on Liberty she was awesome yeah I’ve not been on Liberty since January of 2023 my kids have my wife never been on there so excited to go on there it’ll be fun and I love berbo um you have the cruise cred no I don’t have any Cruise cred I’m just I’m just generally this this is me this is me normally I feel 100% actually uh let’s see here next question how is the beach at St Croy next to Frederick’s dead Fort um I haven’t been there personally it looks okay but um I don’t think you I don’t think you’ll go there Daniel and be like wow this is the best you ever been to but it’s still a beach and it’s still in the Caribbean and it’s pretty nice what is the best way to keep your items safe and secure here when visiting coko ke honestly what I do um number one I will put myself out of plain sight so I will use my tow I put underneath my towel we might bring a backpack or a bag of some kind and put it in there and then put that underneath the towel basically so that somebody walking by can’t be like oh look there’s an iPhone yoink not that I really think that happens all that often i c key but to prevent that kind of a thing uh number two if at all possible try to keep it within um vision of where you are that can’t always be the case but if you have the choice that would be something to do um if you’re truly paranoid about that nothing wrong with that there are there are um what are they called like not Beach lockers but there’s like little lockers things you get like there like bags and they attached to your chair you could get there are lockers you could use at Perfect Day cook key and leave your valuables in there also I wouldn’t bring that many valuables I’d bring you know your phone because let’s face it you’re probably going to bring your phone your cpass card and that’s it um you know [Music] shoes um let’s see here Jeremy I was supposed to go on star of the Season October next year my wife recently passed away I’m very sorry to hear that would youm going on the cruise by myself or should I find someone to go with me I mean I would say Jeremy if you can find someone to go with you sure but don’t look at it as if your choice is go on go solo or C or not cruise at all I would absolutely say um go go by yourself I don’t pretend to know your wife or any of your circumstances and I once again I’m sorry for your loss I would I I think I made this joke with my wife I said listen if I ever pass we have a cruise coming up I would want you to go on the cruise because if it were RS or reversed I would still want to go like if nothing else um I feel like loved ones would want you to not only go on with your life but more importantly have have fun and enjoy life and do the fun things and and not let that be a reason not to go so um cruising solo is a great reason to it’s a great opportunity certainly different if you can bring someone with you fantastic wonderful but don’t look at it as like a uh as a bad thing or a reason not to go at all um let’s see here next question is from aing I hope to said your name correctly I heard a rumor that Ro is changing the parameters to meet diamond levels is true no just idle speculation by jaded Diamond members sorry jaded Diamond members but you know who you are uh who me thank you for the Super Chat I don’t see a message from you but I will keep an eye out for it oh here I found it uh hi Matt work normally means I see you live rarely seven months 21 days Harmony Canam an Excursion company other than Royal carine sure you are not left behind no there is nothing else Royal carine is the only one that does that because if you if your Port if sorry if your tour was running behind they have the means to call the cruise ship and let them know about it and they can do something no thirdparty Excursion can do that now that being said whing here’s what I would tell you book a short any short Excursion that’s reputable that gets you back to the cruise terminal at least two hours before All Aboard time I mean you would have to be a Herculean reason why you can’t get back to the cruise sh for you to miss the ship in that situation but only rooll can give you that guarantee hey Tara thank you for the Super Chat can you recommend a shuttle bus from the port of I can never pronounce the name of that City I know what is in next to Rome C ofia to FCO airport where party of six I cannot um I Don and Judy are in the chat and I know Don and Judy probably know the answer to this one or anybody in the chat can you guys help out Tara with a recommendation for a uh for a shuttle bus to get you between the port and Rome thank you in advance amazing people in the chat who know more about Europe than I do uh let’s see here J firm Jay thank you for the Super Chat 1990 as so grander 370 to Quantum 460 star what’s your must do on Grandeur of the Seas Schooner bar uh it’s the it’s a beautiful Schooner bar in the vision class you’ve got to check that out 100 per. uh let’s see here Eric um 38 days of symphony already checked in for shows and bought all the drink packages because already checked in when we get to the port do we get Express checkin not necessarily in order and we did an article about this Eric about a week ago how to get it in order to get Express check-in you have to do everything in the app um for checkin passport which reminds me I got to do my checkin for my Liberty Cruise um checkin Time Passport scan it can’t enter the manual details take a selfy add a credit card the most important thing Eric is 24 hours before your cruise you need to um uh do the health questionnaire and then you would qualify for it assuming your cruise goes out of port Miami they only offer Express checking or Express boarding um in Port Miami that’s the only one uh do you know the entertainment yet on Utopia we do not Chadwick thank you for the Super Chat wanted to run an idea by you for Royal Caribbean recognition system for good Cruisers given by the cruise SAR what Uber does with the rewards program that’s an interesting idea I like the idea but I I’m maybe this happens in Uber too I would just feel like it’d be because of the rate of repeat Cruisers that go on there I feel like the opportunity for abuse like there would be no here’s what I would say there would be no what would the Imp is be for Royal Caribbean why would they all the only thing that this would do would be to tick off PE their customers like if you got a five-star review as a as a customer well you probably already think you deserve a five-star review so that doesn’t really do any I don’t think that’s going to do anything for you other than than reaffirm what you already know but if you get anything less than a five star now you’re gonna feel like a jerk and you’re gonna feel like and most people probably be like instead of saying oh I am a jerk they’re going to feel like wait a minute no no no no no how dare you call me a jerk and it just it would it would while I understand what you’re saying I think it would do nothing but uh possibly set them up for failure with their guests because it would just create a negative environment that doesn’t need to be there so I understand your idea um it it reminds didn’t China do that or is doing that with like their social I don’t know it doesn’t matter we’re not going to get into that the point is is um I don’t think it’ll ever happen hope to see uh pnk thank you for the Super Chat hope to see you on Independence next June we’re already booked before we knew had a group Cruise doing back toback nice well I will hopefully see you on board as well and of course U pnk if the pricing has not changed you can always you know cancel and rebook with the group don’t forget um let’s see here next question uh B myths is Boston always so expensive going on cruise the end of September and all the hotels are over $300 they very well can be are you going check when the boss Riata is we did that last year and then we ran into that exact problem um you could stay outside some you could stay somewhere else outside the city and save a little bit of money but yeah that’s kind of the norm good opportunity to use your credit card points Mike Godwin Mike thanks for the super chat buddy 96 days of Freedom our family four has two connecting prominade view rooms on checking day will I be able to check us all in with two reservation number yeah absolutely um you can already do that already Mike if you can add the second room to your Royal Caribbean app um you’ll see that at the bottom when you go to like upcoming cruises and there’s an option for like missing a cruise add a reservation something like that click on that and that’ll have there Anthony benedetto Anthony thank you for the Super Chat uh do I I don’t see your message Anthony but thank you for the super chat buddy I appreciate your support uh Joe Georgia 5150 for the first time we took the option with royal cariban selects our cabin which is a guarantee is that a bad decision not necessar thily I don’t want to scare you I mean you could end up with a bad cabin but bad is a relative word um I would say there’s plenty of people who have done guaranteed cabins and lift to tell the tail and even continue to do it after that um so I would say not necessarily not necessarily but there is a certain degree of variability involved with that um it just it kind of depends on how particular you are more than anything like as an example I did did a um guarantee on my Freedom of the Seas cruise last week ended up with a actually it was a pretty good room it was on Deck eight connecting it was a connecting uh prominade View cabin so I ended up with a view that I didn’t expect to have it was a connecting room but the people next door were not very loud so it wasn’t really an issue there so yeah um let’s see here Michael thank you for the super chat buddy appreciate you good evening do you think there will ever change the menu for The Chef’s Table they used to change it reasonably often enough but um theyve not changed it a while not since the pandemic right um I would hope so Michael one would assume yes but there’s been no indication one one way or another hey Doug good to see you um could you explain the reason for Roy’s policy and having a valid passport for six months after that your cruise ends person I think it’s too long um I don’t think that’s a Royal Caribbean policy I believe that’s a recommendation that you do that there are a handful of countries dug that have that requirement uh Russia martinque those are like two I can think off the top of my head um but I think what they do Doug I think it’s as far as I know that is not a fleetwide requirement a recommendation certainly but uh but yeah um next question Andre you are very welcome thanks for being here appreciate you what is a good place to eat on Symphony aside from the wind Jam after first getting on board oh the uh Park Cafe Park CFE in uh Central Park Lauren the legend lisco thank you for the Super Chat no questions happy to be here for the best hour of my week hope you enjoyed Freedom your recent blogs have been so great thanks for all you do you are very welcome Lauren thank you so much appreciate the very very kind words thank you for being here thank you for being a beacon of light in a world that Tony Diaz is in glad to have you here Ronnie bickers Jr coming in again with a super chat holy moly thank you for your generosity my friend appreciate you if you’re your biggest fan working hard behind you I get it I get it nice man you guys just love to stare whatever’s in the background here and make it make it a thing uh Sergio if you do a back toback and you’re lucky to get the same cabin can you leave your luggage in the cabin absolutely yes you don’t have to unpack or pack up and unpack no totally fine doing that uh will it be really crowd in the Wind Jammer like lines out the door no I would say this it could be busy you might struggle maybe finding a table at the peak of it but I would say it’s it’s manageable cinnamon roll um I would say I go almost all the time to the Wind Jammer occasionally I don’t but um if you go early though it definitely helps a lot uh is the food of the main dining room infinite as in unlimited you can get as much as you want absolutely David Deets with an epic Super Chat what is wow I don’t deserve this thank you thank you see you on the Utopia first time cruise that is not the military after 21 years of service thanks for the info and tips have a drink on us or bet on red well first of all David thank you for your service to our country 21 years I say this all the time to our our men and women who served our country thank you for serving our country so nerds like me did not have to do that and we would not to be subjugated to being ridiculed for being utter nerds and unable to complete the physical requirements for doing that um and me to do what I do here instead so I appreciate you thank you thank you thank you and second of all thank you for the Super Chat and third of all I’m looking forward to seeing you on Utopia of the Seas um that’s G be awesome thank you for your amazing amazing support aeling thank you for the Super Chat I know I answered your question all already but no um real King has not changing the paramet this is Idle speculation there has been nothing there that uh that changes that Helo good to see you I got to start learning some words in Portuguese to say hello to you because you’ve been here a number of weeks now um landbased casinos are illegal in the US but the ones on ships are remain closed while the ship is docked even American ports why is that because landbased casinos in the US by and large with the exception of Atlantic City and Las Vegas are almost always on um they’re on um Indian I want say Native American territory uh reservations so there’s that’s the that’s the loophole that why that’s the case like um the Hard Rock Casino in Fort Lauderdale that’s run by the seminol Indian tribe um and there’s a variety of other examples of that beyond that uh let’s see here John C John thanks for the Super Chat family for a family of six what a recommended tip for over thewater Cabana been there twice but only at the beach club area Cabana uh that’s a great question John it’s a very personal question depends on well like your server um how much you ask of him or her and how much they deliver how much of it do you perceive is over the top or what have you um there isn’t a right or wrong answer I have said this I’ve talked to a number of Cabana attendants they are help they’re happy to take whatever you want to give them um they I no matter what you tip them I am sure they’ve seen bigger tips and I’m sure they’ve seen worse tips um so you just want to be reasonable with it you know [Music] um I don’t think there is a recommended tip I really think it um there isn’t a right or wrong answer so whatever you’re comfortable with I’m sure they will appreciate Michelle thank you for the Super Chat third uh three days rather to Alaska for hband husband’s retirement 10 days until Radiance my goodness first of all congratulations to your husband on his retirement second of all Alaska so jealous you’re gonna love it there that is awesome uh John Roberts thank you for the Super Chat it’s funny John I have a very good friend whose name is John Roberts you are not that person but I’m still glad to know you is the Spectra C thank you for the Super Chat is the Spectra’s cabaret show the same on anth them in Ovation I saw it in Ovation last year and it’s the same I’ll probably skip it I don’t believe it’s does ovation also have Spectra’s Cabaret I thought it was um I thought Ovation had pixels as their show so I’m gonna say it’s not the same but I could be wrong on that because I don’t think that’s the case hey desire good to see you thank you for the Super Chat smiling face with sunglasses appreciate you thank you thank you thank you uh renise uh my husband my husband and I are going on icon visiting cosmel Roan Ki and costaa are any of these We Should Skip to get more ship time Rowan the rest you should all go to those are really great ports but ratan I personally don’t love Rotan that much um but unless you want to hold uh what’s it called um sloths I would say no um let’s see here oh uh don recommending by the way there’s a train between that City I can’t pronounce and Rome going back to that question earlier I’m really behind in the chat holy moly layered back cruising thank you for the Super Chat 12 days till celebrity Beyond 1115 to the Utopia 235 till icon best thing to do in Grand Cayman Seven Mile Beach um Seven Mile Beach is not like one beach I mean it is one beach but like there’s multiple operations there so what I would do is I’d get off the tender in Grand Cayman go to the taxi and be like hey I want to go to Seven Mile Beach and I’m looking for a beach that has like you might say hey I want a beach that has uh drink service uh umbrella rentals and chair rentals or you might say hey I want to go to Seven Mile Beach and I have my I just want a towel I I have a towel I just want to be able to lay out and that’s all I need they can bring you to a good place over there that’s usually what has worked for me uh Fenway Chris thank you for the Super Chat I don’t see a message from you buddy oh there it is I got an icon told me you can just buy the Royal caran loyalty pins on eBay and upgrade your service on board instantly no that’s you could what you can’t can you buy the Loyalty pens on eBay sure but it doesn’t actually change anything um it does absolutely nothing because no you’re not getting any perks because they’re going to check it um when they scan it I mean maybe you could sneak into like the reserve seating I don’t know that really does you much [Music] um Beyond being extremely lame I would say it’s not worth your time or money to do that the best benefits of being of having higher tier are all locked into the digital coupons and vouchers you get and I would say and those don’t come with the pin so you just look like a dork um and and a petty dork that much not you the other guy uh Nicholas thank you for the Super Chat what’s the best thing to order at hooked icon in four days Lobster or the filet minion one of the two probably Lobster I would imagine uh let’s see here uh officio love the blog and the q&as Have You Been to Turkey on a Cruz I’ve not I’ve never done that one before um so maybe someone in our somebody in our chat can highlight it for you oh sorry sorry Ronnie for missing that earlier does the travel insurance you purch through Royal include getting sick on a cruise um why choose insurance through Royal versus the third party that’s a bigger question Ronnie um all travel insurance is not all the same they’re not like if you get travel insurance from Royal Caribbean or alons or Travel Guard they are completely different policies with completely different coverages um it’s more like auto insurance they they differ greatly so I would tell you um why because there are different coverages different um rules involved we did a podcast Ronnie I want you to check this out this is the best episode I can give you uh travel episode 510 510 of the rooll Blog podcast check that out I have a much better answer for your question than I can possibly rattle off over here but don’t I think too many people Ronnie to your point buy Royal caran travel insurance figuring all right I’m good for anything not necessarily what is one thing you will never do again on a rying cruise oh man there’s a few um and I’ve definitely done videos about it um I would say the key but I’ll end up doing the key again because I need to research it to verify it’s still as bad as it was but I will tell you I will never I’ll never do um iFly by rip cord by iFly I’m terrible at it um I will never do any Excursion I’ve ever done in Falmouth Jamaica that I booked through Ry Caribbean there’s at least three or four of them they were all terrible um I will never book a group H that’s not true I take that back never mind take that back that’s not true boy there others I’ve done some videos about it but that’s a really good question uh Lissa thank you for the Super Chat what happens if I miss boarding and I board at the next port plann for one day early arrival but almost lost our Cruis to flight cancellations no you can’t um that’s called down lining there are you possibly might not be able to do that depending on um there there are rules and regulations related to the US passenger vessel Service Act um it’s really complicated but you might not be if you miss in you probably missed the cruise there could be a scenario which you could fly on your own dime to like the next port and meet the ship but I think cost effective wise it probably doesn’t make a lot of sense um planed for one day early but almost lost our last Cruise due to flight cancellations I mean you still but that but the point is let me rewrite your last sentence there came in a day early and thankfully made the cruise because there were still a lot of flight cancellations um but yeah um I would say in that case Lissa um travel insurance would be your friend because that would have covered you in that scenario in case you didn’t make it hey Reena thank you for the Super Chat I don’t see uh re I’m looking for a message from you oh I found Alex’s Alex thank you for the Super Chat am I allowed to go to unlimited dinners per day with limited dining package for example chop to seven hooked to nine playmaker 10:30 yes you absolutely can in that exact scenario yes the Restriction involved with it is you can’t do Playmakers or isumi sushi or Portside barbecue because they’re all allart restaurants more than once per day but yeah you can e it chopped at seven and hooked at nine it sounds like a good idea now as you’re sitting at home wishing you were on a cruise let me tell you you will not want to there’s way too much food there um thank you Alex for the Super Chat Reena I see your super chat but I don’t see a message from you so I’ll keep an eye out for it Chadwick again with a super chat thank you Chadwick oh we we answer this one already but thank you my friend appreciate you thank you thank you thank you uh oops Wilks Wills X edits thank you for the Super Chat going on a Wonder for the second time but found out they are switching to three night Cru DEC 25 so was syy worth it if we switch sure it’s a great option um I would say if you don’t want to do three night Cruz do icon or Star but symphony’s a great choice um yeah I think that’s that’s a great idea uh let’s see here next question boy sloths are NYC Love For Life did you get to ask real leadership ro ro including I did ask them and they said there’s no answer yet I did ask and they said we don’t have an answer yet Manny thank you for the Super Chat 89 days till your 50th birthday on wraps the unlimited dining is 40% off and is 189 a person wondering if it’s worth it there only three restaurants I mean those are three good restaurants there’s nothing wrong with those restaurants so as long as you’re okay repeating food sure absolutely it’s a great price it’s SM question for you uh Kendall going to Alaska wants recommendations what to do in s catch junor or Victoria we have recommendations of awesome sh series to do in every single one of those ports well maybe not Victoria but s katchan and Juno if you go to royalcaribbeanblog.com Alaska royalcaribbeanblog.com Alaska we’ve got advice for that um for you to check on out um so uh yeah but uh in Juno do something that takes do a a tour that takes you to met Hall Glacier Park absolutely fantastic love to do a little hike to nuggets Falls it’s a really easy hike I loved it um there’s a lot of good tours anyway um royalcaribbeanblog.com Alaska for more information who me thank you again for a uh another Super Chat can you then recommend it quality third party Excursion company yeah absolutely um Resort for.com viator.com and I forget who the other company is that Mei travel recommends um I forget maybe one of our travel agents in the chat can remind us of that one but what I do Resort for.com Vador has a lot of great um options for you VI a t o r um but in general um you know just look up reviews you know go to our we have a who me let me make this easier also for you if you go to royan blog.com in our main menu there’s a there’s a message board uh link go on the message boards and then did I miss Sunset not yet and then um and then um there’s a short Excursion Forum in there there’ll be more you can get recommendations in there Derek thank you for the Super Chat your thoughts if rooll crean celebrity are going to combine their Casino Cruise offers in the future instead of the cruise line you get the offer four good question I know that for a fact that Royal K and celebrity are working on combining their loyalty programs but beyond that I’m not sure about the casino that would be kind of tough but boy I would love that that was the wouldn’t that be amazing that would be fantastic Cowboy Valley in Timber line Junction model thank you for the Super Chat gr C’s best exursion is stingray City brother I mean I listen you’re asking I I I I recuse myself from this conversation because I personally do not want like touching stingrays is probably one of the grossest things I can think of to do on a cruise I personally don’t want to do that but if you like it listen there’s a reason why it’s a very popular tour so I don’t disagree with you on that Deb thanks for the Super Chat first time Cruiser Alert in the med is there any info on what’s changing with the refit not yet um Ro has not announced it yet Deb when we know it we will post it at real blog.com but it is uh it’s not available yet Jonesy good to see you thank you for the Super Chat just saying hi hope you are doing well I’m doing very well it is good to see you here thanks for uh being here again ah short Excursion group thank you so the uh going back to who’s question about um recommended sh Excursion operators Shore Excursion group is another one to Google and get good recommendations right there so um on that note ladies and gentlemen I think we’ve uh I want there’s a beautiful sunset happening behind me and I oh never mind that beautiful Suns they can wait because JC has got a super chat for us thank you JC for the Super Chat enjoyed the last podcast thank you especially email from that guy who shares my initials question Bermuda or Liberty oh sorry Bermuda on Liberty or Symphony to Florida because that Symphony itinerary is not great por canaval nassa perfect debt I would do Liberty I know it’s like the ship is better obviously symphony is a better ship so to speak um but Li Liberty is not a slou either and Bermuda is more interesting so I would probably pick Liberty Bermuda to Bermuda by a hair a very very small hair uh Luke any tips for meeting people once you’ve aged out of teen club oh actually they have a new program Luke just for you if you’re between the ages of 18 and 23 there is hyperlink so look in the RO app every evening there’s at least one or two events for people that are of your age called hyperlink and it is designed for folks like yourself 18 to 23 so yeah um we have a review review of it at Royal Kian blog if you Google Royal crean blog hyperlink you’ll find our review Karen thank you for the Super Chat cruising oops what did I do there we go cruising 193 days on Radiance at of Tampa any tips on parking oh my goodness Karen Karen Karen Karen Karen I’m telling you this as a friend and Don and Judy are going to back me up in the chat um valet parking park at the port and do the valet parking option it’s an extra $15 total it’s the best parking you’re going to find uh do that one a th% recommended do that every single time Karen so yeah park at the port and do the um do the [Music] um uh valet parking you will love it so um yeah Tony I’m sorry I’m sorry we do have the being said we have a maybe you already watched it we have a new video that came out earlier today you can watch but yeah park at the point look Don never writes in capital letters but that’s how you know yeah uh Judith is on Liberty right now enjoy your next I will thank you Judith I’m looking forward to it which by the way means guys uh next Monday we’ll be back on Monday but our broadcast will be coming to you guys live from Liberty of the Seas hopefully the internet works better on Liberty than it did on freedom for at least video live streaming anyway so uh Tony would love to see you or the blog team do a YouTube and your top 25 alcoholic beverages on the ships um that’s a great idea we actually have a blog post for it though if you want it’s not 25 but it’s uh uh what it cocktails to order yeah 21 I’m sorry Tony it’s only 21 not 25 but I’ll post it in the chat buddy it’s in the chat right there Tony so I I know you won’t be able to hear my voice saying it but we wrote it all up for you so there you go all right already watched the new video thank you ship truth I appreciate you thank you thank you thank you what else am I they doing my time what else are you supposed to do I’m sorry listen I’m ending it 10 minutes early I want to go see the sunset all right we’re right on the lake I hold on a second you got another minute because ssfi thank you cifi for the Super Chat 133 days of Harmony thank you sisi for the Super Chat I hope you have an amazing cruise on Harmony is the true someone went overboard on on icon yes we posted about that yesterday at Royal caran blog.com Michael G coming in hot with the Super Chat thank you Michael uh we love 99% of your tips we still disagree about the key we’re Diamond members and purchase every Cruise wow really daily internet the reserve seats and the last cruise we received the iFly each for free dude do you know that being Diamond you get the same seats I think is it isn’t a diamond included in that okay it doesn’t even matter I don’t care for the purpose of this discussion I will say this you can buy the internet I buy the internet nothing wrong with that the reserve seats are lame they’re not the best seats in the house um and you got the iFly wasn’t it it was I’m gonna guess the reserve time for the iFly was either like I don’t know on a c day at like 8 AM or more likely at like five o’clock pm which is right at dinner time which is a time in which there’s very little demand for it but listen Michael you if you enjoy it that is awesome I’m not here to tell you that you’re wrong or you shouldn’t do it I just don’t recommend it but that’s okay you know you that’s the most important thing there and like you say we agree 99% about the other stuff that’s all that matters I love that I love that ji no worries no worries my friend no worries all right guys um I’m gonna go see the sunset I think it’s still up so I’m gonna go hopefully see it all right gu no I mean yes Derek thank you for the Super Chat appreciate when will icon be offered for free for Casino offers I don’t know um Derek they don’t uh they don’t share the information it’s one of those like when it when it’s ready it’ll be ready and I don’t think there’s any real um any real indication or way to know definitively when it will be offered there so yeah all right guys uh next week we live with you on YouTube on Monday at our usual time thank you for your amazing support today you guys have been absolutely phenomenal big shout out to all of our super Chatters including Mr Terry arer coming in with a super chat thank you thank you thank you Terry always good to see you buddy you are the man thank you Terry you’re amazing um are as for hyperlink enforced yeah I mean I don’t know if they check ID but I don’t see why they wouldn’t been so sure maybe um all right guys thank you Terry uh I didn’t see a message from you Terry but I’m gonna assume you’re just being Terry and being awesome so thank you very much uh have a great week everybody stay safe out there do something fun and we will talk again very soon right here on YouTube bye everybody