Royal Caribbean Cruise

[YALE]

protip: get your drinks at the bar right across from the Guest Relations desk when you can, handmade drinks (fresh strawberries and real lime juice in strawberry margaritas for example). Try the key lime pie martini.

[CWO]

protip: get your drinks at the bar right across from the Guest Relations desk when you can, handmade drinks (fresh strawberries and real lime juice in strawberry margaritas for example). Try the key lime pie martini.

[BP]

I also have a friend with their own canning line who I'm sure will be bringing some treats along.

[BP]

Some cruises allow a couple bottles of wine to be brought on board.

If you do that make sure you also buy one of these:

http://www.homebrewing.org/PVC-Shrink-Wraps--Green-w-Gold-Grapes_p_2257.html

I'd also spring for a better wine. They'll look closer at those $4 Walmart bottles than they would if it were a brand name.

I have a Sodastream and plan on carrying on a 12 pack of a carbonated soft drink of some sort.

[Mike]

Won't step one foot onto a floating petri dish.

Exactly

[SS Junk]

Won't step one foot onto a floating petri dish.

[GrayStangGT]

Some cruises allow a couple bottles of wine to be brought on board.

[JC316]

The royal ships are more stuffy than the carnival, but there aren't near as many kids running around. The shows and the crew were awesome on royal. That said, the one time I took royal, it was a clusterfuck. The Oasis of the Seas had just came back from overseas and they were trying to get rid of their food. Trying to serve a bunch of british food to texans is never a good idea, so I lived in Johnny Rockets.

I nearly started a fight upon debarkation. Got up at the asscrack of dawn to line up where they told us to go, waited for a freaking hour, and then they told us that we were in the wrong area and put us at the back of the line, which stretched around the length of the boat. Said fuck this shit and just merged with the people that were leaving.

Some guy lost his shit when I did that and I told him to fuck off. Neither one of us was amused and he wound up doing the same merge technique. 3 hours later, we discovered the source of the slowness, everyone was lining up to take ONE FUCKING ELEVATOR, rather than walk their fat asses down the stairs.

As for the ports of call, they are nice. I wouldn't wander the cities in Honduras or Belize, people will try to sell you hookers and blow in those areas. That is no joke either, they're brazen about it. Cozumel is pretty safe. There is a private beach in Honduras, basically a zoo, an island, and a beach all in one, it's awesome. I recommend the dune buggy tour around cozumel, it's a lot of fun for a first time visitor.

[KBScobravert]

Our first time in Belize, we did the zip lines and cave tour. It was a lot of fun. Our second trip there (Oct '14) we shopped at the pier and went back to the ship. Our hands were tied by a 2 year old.

Honduras. Our first trip was to Roatan. Again we did zip lines and had a blast. Our second trip this past Oct, we ported at Banana Coast (Trujillo). We were the second ship ever to port as it had just opened. The place was very new to tourism but they did a great job. We went by their botanical gardens / animal preserve built right on the beach. The guide, even though she was only 19, was the best we have ever had.

Cozumel is Cozumel. W ed have been there 5 or 6 times. This last trip I did the Xrails (for the second time. It had been raining for a couple days and the course was a huge water and mud pit. I still had a blast even though it heat me up pretty good and a fell down a flight of stairs on my ass into the cenote.

[War Machine]

Oh BTW, Honduras is a shithole

[War Machine]

I went on that exact same cruise on that exact same boat in Sept. It was already remodeled when we went, it was nice. We had the balcony, and we enjoyed it.

Book your excursions through an outside source, not the boat.

[V3GA]

Also, I'm not sure if Royal Caribbean offers it, but with Carnival, you can purchase an unlimited soda fountain card before you get on for like $15

[94form2000z]

Everywhere really. Stuffed them into pants in luggage, carry on, I think gf had one on her person.

They do random checks as you go through boarding from Galveston. I had 2 carry ons and they went through both. I just got lucky I guess. Just put them in as many bags as possible.

I also brought 24 bottles on sprite/coke. I think 24 is the limit.

Sweet, thanks.

[V3GA]

I know there is a youtube video showing how to sneak booze on. They empty a bottle of scope mouth wash, fill it with vodka and put a drop of food coloring in it. Every port you can purchase bottles of liquor, if you bring it on the ship and they see, they will take and bring it to you at the end of the cruise.

[BP]

cave tubing in Belize is a lot of fun, take water shoes if you have soft supple feet.... trust me on this

Sometimes it's offered in Cozumel but you have to take the ferry to the mainland.