Insider Tips for Royal Caribbean. By DISboard insiders.

[Snowwhyt]

•Who are the first two people/departments you reach out to when you board and why?

•What has been the best/most helpful online purchase through the RC website?

•When(holiday, X-months/weeks/days before you sail) did you find your best deals on the RC website?

•Not many people know this, but I’ll share this tip with my fellow Disney loving friends….

•Few people take advantage of _____ on the ship and it’s hard to see why anyone would want to miss this!

•Here’s a food or drink tip.

•I wish someone/my travel agent told me…

 

[Snowwhyt]

I know Thanksgiving was a good day for website discounts.

 

[starvenger]

•Who are the first two people/departments you reach out to when you board and why?

•What has been the best/most helpful online purchase through the RC website?

•When(holiday, X-months/weeks/days before you sail) did you find your best deals on the RC website?

•Not many people know this, but I’ll share this tip with my fellow Disney loving friends….

•Few people take advantage of _____ on the ship and it’s hard to see why anyone would want to miss this!

•Here’s a food or drink tip.

•I wish someone/my travel agent told me…

- If I have specialty dining package then I'll head to a restaurant to get my dates set up. Not sure what else I'd need to do - no meet and greets to sign up for or anything, and there will be designated times to sign up for skating etc.

- My usual online purchases are wifi and photo package. If you like the alcohols, it's better tobuy online as well.

- Black Friday has been best for me for Cruise Planner deals.

 

[Snowwhyt]

- If I have specialty dining package then I'll head to a restaurant to get my dates set up. Not sure what else I'd need to do - no meet and greets to sign up for or anything, and there will be designated times to sign up for skating etc.

- My usual online purchases are wifi and photo package. If you like the alcohols, it's better tobuy online as well.

- Black Friday has been best for me for Cruise Planner deals.

Last time I bought a Photo package online for the adventure of the sea in advance. But they told me it was an offered they didn’t carried on the ship!?! So when I got down to the photo store they said I would not be charged but could buy a new package at full cost for the mistake.

 

[mevelandry]

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•When(holiday, X-months/weeks/days before you sail) did you find your best deals on the RC website?

•Not many people know this, but I’ll share this tip with my fellow Disney loving friends….

•Few people take advantage of _____ on the ship and it’s hard to see why anyone would want to miss this!

•Here’s a food or drink tip.

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-Black Friday deals are awesome but there are 40% sales on excursions and great prices on specialty dining and they come back... At least once a month, I think?

-Royal Caribbean is, IMO, the closest experience to a DCL cruise ... With more stuff to do than on a DCL cruise... And Perfect Day at CocoCay is absolutely fantastic. Don’t miss it.

-Dinner at windjammer (dimmed lights, aft view, wine by the glass available, feels really special for a buffet), Choppe’s lunch on boarding day (extremely quiet, amazing service and amazing food), Jamie’s Italian dinner (the best italian dinner I’ve had at sea... And yes, I went to Palo dinner twice.)

-Mimosa’s in Windjammer are 2$ each ... Almost every day. There is a drink called Bahama Papa, I never see it on the menu but they do it and it’s great (you have to like pineapple juice, though)

 

[cutigerlady]

Definitely look at Cruise Planner deals between 90-60 days out, that is when I found the best prices (even better than Black Friday for some things). Also keep checking back for price drops, because you can cancel and rebook for the lower price (they are making this harder to figure out on drink packages, so find people going on your ship to keep an eye on prices)

Sit down lunch on embarkation day was great!

Keep your emails from Cruise Planner purchases because if things get cancelled, they don't always get credited back to you correctly! Having the email of what I paid made correcting this much easier.

Cheapest time to go is during hurricane season, but be prepared for changes to itineraries or shorter/longer trips.

Be prepared to book your next cruise while on your trip.