15 things you wont regret buying on a Royal Caribbean cruise!

There are plenty of ways to spend your money on a cruise, but here's my list of what you wont second guess later!

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[mimic]

Beach bed at CoCo Cay? I can’t rationalize $1000 for a cabana when I paid $1700 for the whole cruise

[FlipsyBall]

Idk why but when ever I go on a cruise I have an addiction watching these videos a month before and a month after

[walkerjw]

Let me ADD to the ROYAL UP UPGRADING YOUR CABIN. We were assigned a cabin 2 floors directly above the carousel. We upgraded to an ocean view and let me tell you, I wrote that check for the upgrade with HUGE SMILE on my face!! I was having anxiety attacks thinking I was going to spend my 7-night cruise having to listen to carnival music from the carousel all the time!!! Now I know I can drink my morning coffee on the balcony listening to the ocean pass by rather than having an undying urge to SMASH A CLOWN!!!

[tlh]

I have never cruised in a balcony room and probably never will. I like to be out and about on the ship and there are SO MANY free places to sit and enjoy the view that I don't need that in my room. The savings also allows me to add on some of the other things on this list while not going over budget.

[russellnewberry]

I’ve cruised with a balcony room twice, and just got back a couple days ago from a cruise with an inside stateroom. It was so easy to find a quiet lounge bed in the shade with a free ocean view (Freedom of the Seas, Deck 12) that I don’t think I’ll do a balcony room again. We only used the room for sleeping and showering. Plus the quality of sleep is SO much better in a dark inside stateroom.

[teddy]

I feel like I’m in debt after watching this. 😂

[tubaishansol]

I am ALL ABOUT my balcony. I sit by the ocean all night long. it's the best ever. a cruise without a balcony isn't the same.

[daynastithem]

I always get a ship shirt. And when I go to a new island or port I get a shirt there too. I am going to keep the front or back of the shirts as I pull them from my wardrobe. Then make a quilt from them someday so I can remember all the great times I had.

[margaretanguyetphan]

Recently I bought the photobook package for $150.00 and love it - on Anthems OTS in Oct 2023. Every night I dressed up and took pictures with photographers stationed everywhere onboard - they will upload the pictures to my file and I got to pick the ones that I like. The photobook was delivered within 4 weeks and I really enjoyed it. I can pick over 30 pictures to be printed on a photobook. Well worth the money.

[tomc.]

I have to disagree about the specialty dining packages. I didn't see one that was worth the money. Especially considering that I got filet mignon and lobster in the main dining room included in my ticket price.

[Maturleyglam]

Royal Caribbean has the best customer service & I will always cruise with them for that reason!! I had an issue on a past cruise. I emailed the President/CEO and he called me personally the very NEXT day to help!!! 💜I was 100% impressed!!!

[itrasheditgood]

The rule of thumb with packages is that you have to think about how realistically likely you are going to use them. I went on a cruise and I decided not to get a drink package or specialty dinning package and I decided the excursions while I was on the boat. Yeah, I had one alcoholic drink, ate from a specialty restaurant once because it was a dinner and entertainment thing and had got pop from the vending machine a couple of times, yes those individual things had a extra price tag attached, except for the excursions, I think I paid a lot less overall then I would if I had the drink and specialty dinning packages. The things I did pay for I enjoyed and there was never a time when I woke up in the middle of the night and thought, why didn’t I just pay for those packages. My goodness there was so much food, there was no need to ever worry about going hungry or missing out. You can’t eat everything anyway, so you pick what you feel like. Spend the money where it counts, to me that was fantastic excursions, I loved the tours, the boat rides and the beach. I didn’t buy expensive jewelry, or art, but there was gold by the inch and splurged on a camera. People always say, when I come back, but here’s the thing, you may never be back, so do the stuff you want to make memories out of.

[akeolsson]

Definite YES to insurance. We were about to travel from Europe to Galveston when the covid test for one in our group of five came up positive and we had to quit the trip. Insurance refunded everything (apart from the premium itself). Without we would have lost almost ten thousand $!

[TracyKMainwaring]

Instead of two adjoining balconies, get one, and an inside room directly across. Teach them how to dial your room, and do surprise checks the first night. You'll feel better knowing they're not going out on the balcony at night!

[brittneyromelus]

Floating Cabana did it twice, and it was the best option. Worth the money and it was just me and hubby.We were so far away from everyone like we were on an island by ourselves, the service was amazing and the food too. Our attendant silver was amazing. On our third cruise, we are going to try the chill cabana.

[jackiemcmahon]

I have used the insurance on one of the cruises, I had a blood clot, they even called to see if we had any hotel bills and restaurants bills. They were going to pay for everything but we ended up staying with my parents when we got off the ship when we got back to Florida. So it is definitely worth buying the insurance!!!

[AshleyJeffersonAshleyJefferson]

Possibly you could also include the refreshment package! Especially for those who drink maybe only 1-2 alcoholic drinks a day, the refreshment package allows us to enjoy THE BEST nonalcoholic drinks, as much as we want, throughout the entire cruise! Delicious smoothies, milkshakes, frappe’s, sodas, bottled water and everything else we want, we get through the refreshments package. I’ve never paid more than $25 a day for one. Many times it’s been less! But it’s so worth it! 😊😊

[michellejade]

We usually do an ocean view and tried a balcony on 3 cruises. 1 balcony was tiny and too sunny but nice to have. The other 2 were really shady and spacious. We loved having that privacy! We spent so much time on the balcony and didn’t have to be bothered looking for a nice spot on the pool/sun decks.

[LJLMETAL]

I went on my first Cruise, this year, on the 2024 70, 000 Tons Of Metal Cruise. It was on the Freedom Of The Seas Ship. They didn't have an alcoholic beverage package, but they had a regular beverage package which covered soda, and more. I definitely recommend that.

[jennasheppard]

Deluxe Beverage Package is also worth it!

Also - as a Canadian, prepaying gratuities is especially worth it for me! By paying in advance, I get to pay in CAD and not have to pay the foreign exchange fee to my credit card company, like I would have to if I paid onboard. So it actually saves me money!