Online check-in update

Hello folks!  It is me again.  Well....  Remember how I told you all some time back about doing online check-in early just to get it all done and out of the way ?  Well....  Apparently some of you were trying to do just that this weekend. I am so proud of you go-getters but there was a problem.  Sometime recently I guess Royal Caribbean decided to no longer allow passengers to do all of that check-In stuff until the 90 day mark. 

This 90 day prior to cruise time is when you will be making your final payment and I guess they just felt it best for people to just wait to do check in until their cruise is paid in full.  So sit back and relax if you have not done online check in yet.  We are currently at 132 days out.  You have some time.

If you had by chance already done yours I guess just double check things at the 90 day time to make sure your information is all still out there!

Thanks all!

Dream on. Dream until your dreams come true...

Hey folks!  Finally figured out where we will be resting our heads for our last couple of dreamy nights before we cruise on 7/5!

Our family has made our hotel reservations for the days leading up to the cruise.  We will be staying at the Hilton Cocoa Beach Oceanfront.  We had some time share points we needed to use and that hotel was an option for us.  So please do not feel obligated to stay here if you had a different hotel in mind.

If you do decide to book here I highly recommend that you DO NOT book through the hotel website as they price their rooms quite high.  I did look on kayak.com this past weekend and was able to find prices for this hotel that are much cheaper.

The hotel does appear to charge $5 a day to park there while you are staying at the hotel.  That is a standard charge and has nothing to do with any park and cruise option I had mentioned that some hotels do.  We will most likely park at the port or use park and go for our parking during the cruise.

Anyway...  Happy hotel hunting!

When to head to port...

From what I have read in recent discussion forums, normally boarding time for the Freedom is listed as noon on embarkation day.  However, I have read where some people have boarded as early as 10:45 a.m.  So you can bet your buns the Gleitz family will be there early.  As long as you have all of your online paperwork done and printed off and signed, your check in should go really quick!  Have I mentioned that I already did the online check in for us?  I even have my mom and dad checked in already.  So, what are you doing to ight?  Come on!  Snuggle up by the fireplace, log on to Royal Caribbean'so website and full out the blanks and get checked in now.  Don't forget to sign your waiver online for the rock wall and any other things that need waivers.

Who is ready to go?!??!  I a, COLD!  I want to go now!

Park it, mister!

Hey everyone!  Time to talk about where you might want to park your car while we are cruising.

There are a couple of options and I have listed them here for you to consider :

1.  The first option is one I have mentioned previously.  You might end up booking a hotel room that has a cruise package where they allow you to park your car at the hotel and they will take you to port on a shuttle.  Here is a nifty little website to find hotels that offer this option - https://www.hotelnparking.com/ShowSearchHotel.php

2.  Another option is to use Park and Cruise - www.parkcruise.com

3.  Another option is to just park at the cruise terminal - http://www.portcanaveral.com/cruising/parking.php

Enjoy!