Bit the bullet and booked for next year!

magickate · 1 Aug 21, 11:01 PM

A 10 night in july/august with Royal Caribbean, we've only sailed Disney before and I'm genuinely worried RCI won't be up to standard. The price difference was massive though and kids will be 16 & nearly 12 so perhaps more for them to do?

Would love someone to tell me I definitely haven't just made an expensive mistake 😂 I've been dithering for so long and watching availability dwindle. It feels good to have something booked atleast.

danisleigh · 2 Aug 21, 05:44 AM

Which ship did you book? We have been on the independence and the anthem, twice on the magic and 4 NCL cruises with DS between ages 13-18 and he loved them all! He always makes loads of friends and hangs out with them and we hardly see him!

magickate · 2 Aug 21, 08:18 AM

Voyager of the seas 🙂 we're quite restricted to when we can go as we have one child who will be getting the GCSE results so need to be back for that but have another child still at school so can't go until term has finished.

Good to hear yours enjoyed it, there does look like there's loads to do for them.

Rac20 · 19 Aug 21, 08:12 AM

The price difference IS massive! Over half the price! I�ve been debating about whether to book a cruise. I really want to! I think DS13 would love it. Really worried about the whole Covid testing/vaccination issues. Do you have to be vaccinated to sail? We are, but DS is obviously not.

Ciano · 19 Aug 21, 08:18 AM

We have been on Freedom, Harmony and Mariner. We have also been on the Disney Dream. We enjoyed Disney but the kids were young. When we moved over to RC kids were that bit older and we all loved it. It's still an amazing cruise and I much prefer RC now to Disney. I dont get why people think RC is such an inferior product to Disney. We have Independence booked for next June as part of our Orlando holiday and all my gang are hyper. We will be visiting Coco Cay again which is just out of this world.

magickate · 30 Aug 21, 02:30 PM

Thanks for the responses 😊

We've had to alter our sailing due to the likelihood of GCSE results coming out earlier so now we only have 7 nights but same ship and sail July 24th. We'll hardly be scratching the surface of what the ship has to offer as it's a port intensive sailing but looking forward to giving it a go.

Melanie R · 30 Aug 21, 04:40 PM

I�ve just come back from a cruise on Anthem - had an amazing time, so much to do onboard. I don�t think you will be disappointed with Royal Caribbean - I had such a good time, I�ve already booked to go again in October!

Melanie R · 30 Aug 21, 04:42 PM

Originally Posted by Rac20

The price difference IS massive! Over half the price! I�ve been debating about whether to book a cruise. I really want to! I think DS13 would love it. Really worried about the whole Covid testing/vaccination issues. Do you have to be vaccinated to sail? We are, but DS is obviously not.

There were over 800 kids/teens onboard last week, so under 18s do not need to be vaccinated - the only restriction was they can only go ashore on a prebooked excursion.

Rac20 · 1 Sep 21, 03:22 PM

Originally Posted by Melanie R

There were over 800 kids/teens onboard last week, so under 18s do not need to be vaccinated - the only restriction was they can only go ashore on a prebooked excursion.

I am looking for next year, sailing from Miami to Nassau.

It would seem from September 2021, children over 12 require vaccination. Though it might change in November it states above.

Milpston · 1 Sep 21, 03:32 PM

We have done a few rci cruises now and love them. I have done navigator, oasis, allure X 2 and just got off the anthem. I can�t recommend rci highly enough.

Just to add a a different view� we had a big florida trip planned for next year (we are putting it back at least a year) which included a week on harmony out of cape canaveral. We would have been due to book flights now and I just had no confidence what the situation will look like next year. With the vaccination and testing rules for cruising from the US changing all of the time I couldn�t deal with the stress so have cancelled harmony and taken FCC�s for our deposits.

If these things all improve then we may consider booking something simpler nearer the time.

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	19 Aug 21, 08:18 AM Ciano Imagineer
Ciano Imagineer Join Date: Dec 09 Ciano's Reviews DIBB Villa Reviews: 1	We have been on Freedom, Harmony and Mariner. We have also been on the Disney Dream. We enjoyed Disney but the kids were young. When we moved over to RC kids were that bit older and we all loved it. It's still an amazing cruise and I much prefer RC now to Disney. I dont get why people think RC is such an inferior product to Disney. We have Independence booked for next June as part of our Orlando holiday and all my gang are hyper. We will be visiting Coco Cay again which is just out of this world. __________________ Edited at 08:20 AM.