We are looking for a cruise that makes stops in St. Thomas, St. Martin and possibly Curaco. I did this cruise with friends in 2009 and would really love to go again with my husband. Do not see these three stops on any internary coming up.

I wish they would add a departure port in NC.

Not renewing the Park West contract won’t affect to many guests cruise enjoyment. The attitude that some of their employees showed sometimes was not pleasant. RCI is the most innovative line currently and we will continue to cruise exclusively with RCI. After 23 cruises we are hooked on your company. I will renew your contract to host my furure vacations. thank you, One Happy cruiser

I am happy to know that Majesty will stay in Miami as she was our first ship in 2003 and 20+ cruises later we love RCCL. Fort Lauderdale is so easy to get to the ships. But lately we have been cruising out of Port Canaveral. Love the Freedom and will be on the Monarch in September. Please keep these two ships here. Since I can fly down non-stop. Its really too bad you cant fit a ship into the Great Lakes. I would cruise every weekend. Thank you Adam for keeping us up to date.

Bought one piece of art over the years of sailing. Was too expensive to mail home, etc. Really, the only draw was the free champagne and the people watching and just the time to rest for a while!

Still hoping that at some point there will be different and or longer itineraries out of Galveston.
The Southern and Eastern Caribbean would be wonderful and also the Panama Canal.

What about some NEW ports…..please! I love St. Martin, however I have been to all the ports Royal sails too many times and the itineraries are frankly pretty stagnant. Can’t you guys possibly work out some deals with the other islands in hopes of getting more exposure for your customers to the new islands as well as exposure for Royal to these new found islands! Think about it. I have a cruise booked out of San Juan next year, however after cruising every consecutive year, we may be forced to “jump ship” to another cruise line in hopes of seeing and experiencing some new places–HATE Montego Bay, but love Negril. Whatcha think?

Moving ships between Ft Lauderdale and Miami is not a big issue with us when we cruise because the drive to either is about the same. But we do hope that Royal International starts to look at the air difficulties that passengers are having now with fare increases, luggage charges, as well as the already present hassles of airport security and consider another permanent port option for us who drive. We in the Carolinas and I’m sure Georgia and Va would welcome a port closer to home than Miami/Ft L or Cape Liberty. Norfolk, Charleston, or even Baltimore would provide us some driving relief and my bet is if you make these a permanent home the people will come.

ADAM when will we be able to see the remaining itineries for Brillance Nov 2011 thru April 2012 and Mariner Mar thru Nov 2011. Thank you.

I heard that Freedom of the Seas might be docked in Cape Liberty.

Thanks for keeping the Majesty of the Seas in operation in Miami. To my family, she is the classiest ship in the entire fleet. Back in 1993, I took my wife on that ship (at that time, MOS was the latest and greatest on the seas!) and she may have saved my marriage! (cruising on the Majesty proved to be the best way for me to “get out of the dog-house”!!) My wife still refers to Majesty as her favorite. We would like to sail on the Majesty again…hopefully, she’ll be there for us.

Sincerely,

Sherman M. Hodge

I am glad to hear your changes concerning Miami and the elimination of Park West. I just returned last week off the Jewel I found the parking at the Port to be over priced. Would gladly return to Port Canavaral or Fort Lauderdale for our future cruises.

Why is RCI no longer going to be porting a ship in Norfolk, VA? It seems to me that the ships ported here was always full.

Change is good! Most of the time it’s for the better and the move to Port Everglades is a welcome one. We like that it is close to the Airport, 5 miles? More flight options from there as well. We’ll be in Miami in Sept ‘10 for Majesty and then in Port Everglades in ‘11 for Allure. Can’t wait.

How long before the cruise can you book your excursions and beverage card? Our cruise isn’t until December, but was wondering when to begin looking on our RC site to do those things. Thank you new to cruising and curious to details.

Thank you for not renewing the Park West Auction contract. It will be wonderful to enjoy a cruise without annoying auction announcements and the Centrum being returned full time to the beautiful public area it was originally designed to be.

Are there any repositioning cruises planned for 2011 that will either depart or terminate in Cape May or New York City?

While we enjoyed looking at the art AND purchased many pieces (still needing to be framed we found on our last cruise in 2008 on the Freedom that some of the Park West people were very very pushy. However, I must say that we did enjoy the art auctions and after telling the “helper” that I was going to bop him on the head if he didn’t stop trying to raise my hand during the bidding, we had a lot of fun

When will more members’ cruises be posted?

Not going to miss Park West (too expensive), but I did make a few purchases from Art Actually when we sailed the Oasis. We would love to see a Southern Caribbean cruise out of Fort Lauderdale.

Adam,

Thanks, again, for the continued updates & communication from you and your great staff. I really appreciate your frankness and feel that you guys are setting a great example for all service-related businesses.

Only 16 days until Grandeur!!!

Plese bring back the 14-15 night the round trip from LA to Hawaii again…

Glad to hear about Majesty sticking around. I consider Majesty and Monarch to be two very beautiful and classy ships that capture the more romantic aspects of cruising in a way that the newer ships miss.

As an aside and slightly off topic, I was chatting with some fellow RCI fans and we all agreed that we can’t get enough of Coco Cay and would like to see it on more itineraries. It is an excellent destination unto itself. Has anyone ever considered the idea of dedicated Coco Cay cruises using a smaller ship?

Loyal to Royal!

I have always been surprised that RCCI continnued to support the questionable activities of PARK WEST GALLORIES (PWG) over the years and NOW I am pleased that that the relationship will be termined.

Adam…

I just want to say how much I respect and agree with your decision not to renew with Park West. The art world is highly unregulated, which means the potential for people to get drawn into huge purchases, thinking they are good investments, when in fact that may not be true, is just too risky a business for Royal Caribbean to be involved.

The “jury is still out” on Park West, but the controversy alone is enough to make their presence on any cruise ship a strike against that shipboard experience.

There is a lot of enjoyment and value is buying real art with verifiable provenance. I hope you replace Park West with reputable art experts who can give your guests an education in art, and also show them how they can enjoy buying art without risking the cookie jar.

Thank you so much Mr. Goldstien for removing Park West Galleries from your ships. The many victims of the auctions at sea, including myself, applaud you in making the right decision. Now get started on a real art program that is informative, educational, and that brings back the fun.

Like Jay, I am One Happy Royal Caribbean Cruiser! Thanks for the continued communication.

I know I’m not alone in my appreciation of your smaller ships. I recently cruised on Serenade. Booking Serenade was a difficult decision, as Adventure was my favorite vessel to that point. However, like so many others, I fell in love with Radiance class and can’t wait to return.

Would LOVE to see more of these smaller ships with port-intensive itineraries. Despite my love of the ice show and the Promenade Parades, I found Serenade to be positively enchanting!! And there is nothing like the southern Caribbean ports of call!

Thanks!

I’m also not sorry to see the Park West affiliation ending. And yes, could you please look at a few more itineraries out of Galveston? We love Royal Caribbean, and would probably go more often if there was more variety out of Texas!

We have enjoyed several cruises on Royal Caribbean and the art auctions have always been a highlight for us. We are thankful for the exposure and the knowledge gained from the friendly auction staff and we were never under any allusions that we were getting some kind of a great bargain. The auctions are fun and we have added several nice pieces of art to our home that we never would have done otherwise. We are booked on the Allure in December and looking forward to its art programs as well

Just my $.02

Will you ever bring a larger/nicer ship to Galveston?
our choices for this port are very limited.
We enjoy all iteneraries.

#33 this August!
Very Loyal to RCCL

Adam, How about an itinerary that leaves from Istanbul and goes into the Black Sea? I’ve spent time on the Crimean coast and in Istanbul and found them to be some very interesting and fun places.

I second the comment on hopes that you will develop some new itineraries sailing from Galveston. Though I live in Texas, I also agree that adding some new east coast ports would be a nice change….I would love to visit Charleston! Thanks again for paying attention to your customer comments and ideas! –Diamond Cruiser

I would truly like to say to the management personnel of RCCL that I really enjoy their cruise lines and my wife and I will always use this cruise line for our future destinations. We have in the past took “Carnival” on several destinations, but its nothing like a RCCL cruise. (We only took that line because of the itinerary). Your ships seem a lot cleaner and the food is far above exceptional. When we go on a vacation, we really like the drive down to “Port Canaveral”. This is an exceptional port and hope it doesn’t ever move! We are leaving on a RCCL cruise next week, (May 16-23May) on the “Freedom of the Seas” and looking forward to it. My wife and I think the “Grandeur of the Seas” was our most enjoyable and memorable cruise and just love that ship! We took it out of New Orleans back in 2004. P.S. Start to look into having a “military discount” for all active duty and retired personnel and I think you will get more business and we all need help in that department. I too, am a retired PO1/E-6 who served in the United States Navy for 20 years. My wife and I are ambassadors of Royal Caribbean and we tell everyone to take a cruise on this line and tell them do not use CARNIVAL!.

Adam, I’m a huge fan of RCCL. We usually book our cruises 1-2 years in advance. When is the earliest that we can see a new ship besides Allure? Have you had any preliminary talks with any shipyards about the next WOW ship! Always get excited when I here a new ship for RCCL because you know it will usually be out of this world!

We have been on 7 cruises with Royal Caribbean, and have bookings for two more - all to the Caribbean and Bahamas - 4, 7, and 10 day cruises. At this point, we have pretty much been to the more popular islands in the Caribbean; sometimes several times.

I would like to see more offerings, perhaps 10 to 14 days, that would go to some of the less-visited islands, especially in the Lesser Antilles - even if those offerings were only a few times a year. For various reasons, we are pretty much limited to departing from Florida.

Thank god..good decision to dump the auctions..prices ridiculous most people cant afford we just want to cruise they are annoying and very pushy

Adam.
I my wife and I just love sailing on RCI. We would do a lot more if you had more ships sail out of Port Canaveral and/or Charleston. It it such a long drive to Miami or Ft. Lauderdale from South Carolina. I am sure thqat you ould get many people from the surrounding area to fill these ships. We like longer cruises but tis time we are doing a four day one out of Port Canaveral.

Did you ever explore sailing out of Savannah? I knowe that several years ago one did but only for a one time deal.

I myself and a Carolina girl and hearing that there are cruise lines that are going to start porting out of Charleston SC to the Caribbeans in the coming 2011 year I am wondering if RC is going to jump on board with that idea? I know that a lot of people in my family and my friends would cruise more, its just such a long drive to the parts of FL that yall currently port from.

We have been cruising with RCI since 1998, and expect to achieve Diamond Plus status by Feb. 2011. Three questions: 1 - Why can’t you have longer iteneraries out of Tampa more often? 2 - Why can’t you have summer cruises out of Tampa? and 3 - Is it possible to change your requirements for obtaining cruise credits? We can take back-to-back 3 & 4 night cruises and get 2 credits, but only get 1 credit for a 7 to 11 night cruise. Also, glad you’re dumping Park West.

My cruise information:

Ship: Majesty Of The Seas
Sail Date: 07/JUNE/2010

Issue: WITH THE OIL SPILL ANTICIPATED TO REACH MIAMI/ KEY WEST. WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH OUR CRUISE, HOW MAY/ WILL IT BE IMPACTED OR EFFECTED?

I would like to second the suggestion by Ed Westby on 11 May that additional cruise options on newer ships leaving from Baltimore, Norfolk or Charleston would be a welcome addition to cruising options for MANY people on the East coast and adjoining states as far west as Ohio, WV, among others. Flying is the number one reason that we limit the number of cruises per year and our best ever cruise was on the Grandeur out of Norfolk where our club of 45 people rented a bus and never saw our luggage again (no $25/bag charge either) until it was in our cabin). We were planning a similar trip on the Enchantment but the itineraries are limited and departures have been slashed to make this possible to schedule for so many people’s itineraries.
More East coast choices North of Fort Lauderdale and South of New Jersey please to facilitate access by driving.

Have you considering moving any of the newer Freedom class ships up to Cape Liberty? I noticed Celebrity will be sailing one of their new boats out of Cape Liberty starting in 2011 and was hoping to see Royal do the same. Later this month my husband and I will be sailing on the Explorer for the third time. We would love to sail on a different RCI boat but still be able to depart from the NY area.

I would like to two things first When is the Allure of the Seas finished? and second when does is arrives to Port Everglades?

Good decision to move away from Park West. The auctions used to be so much fun, because it was like an art lesson. They would truly teach you what to look for to make sure you were getting something of value. Now they do not teach, because they are selling all the junk they used to teach you not to buy.

Sorry to see Park West being “Discontinued”. My wife is a big fan of P.W. and has learned a great deal from them. (If you wish to learn something about art they will educate you.) We also have some very nice art in our home from P.W.

We have cruised a lot with RCCL (C/A Diamond Plus, lots of ships, lots of ports). Radiance seems to be our favorate. We have developed a great friendship with three other couples that we met on the Hawaii cruise April 2007. Most of our cruises since than have been with at least one of these couples. We also have five voyages scheduled over the next two years with some or all of our crazy cruisers. We do plan to stick around. We like the longer voyages as they offer more variety and the personality of the passengers is more fun with out being disrespectful.

Being from Boston, could you add a few round trip voyages (14+ days) Boston -> Southern Caribbean and back before your repositioning cruise of the Jewel. The 30 minute commute to the dock or return home was great. It was nice docking at 7am and being in church by 10am.

We also wonder why are you removing ships from the west coast as they are all filled on sail days?

Thanks for making RCCL the best boats a float.
CRS

We are in Texas and used to go out of Galveston all year long until you pulled out the ships. Please come back. Also, we have a great, deep port that the Navy built in Ingleside and also the port in Corpus Christi. You would have a huge cliental from all of central to south Texas including the “winter Texans” that come down for the winter to south Texas (Oct-March).

We are currently booked on the Voyager of the Seas out of New Orleans Nov. 12 2011. Our family is really looking forward to this cruise. Do you anticipate any impact to starting to sail out of the New Orleans port?