My favorite cruise hack is to take all showers in the gym.  Those showers are much nicer and bigger than in the rooms and always open.

For the frosted coffee hack - I’d recommend the reverse order! Get the ice cream first and then order espresso to pour on top. It’s called an affogato which is Italian for “drowned”. Letting the espresso sit in the cup for too long will cause the flavor to become bitter, so pouring fresh espresso on top of the ice cream is best 😌

For ice cream I go to the buffet and get a soup bowl.

This video netted us a $1,200 swing thanks to the reprice. Called and got our suite down another $1,000 and $200 onboard credit due to promotion; RCI handled the adjustment in minutes. Thank you for the tips!

Agree with skipping the ports. We had the Solarium on Symphony to ourselves on our last cruise. Best seating and quiet.

bring ziploc bags for snacks and cookies you can take back with you and on excursions.

Citrus reamer.
If you want fresh squezed orange juice but didn’t get the drink package,  bring a citrus reamer and grab a couple of complimentary oranges for some DIY fresh orange juice.

That connecting cabin hack is even better than you know. On my upcoming cruise the cost to have 4 people in one internal balcony cabin of the same class vs two connecting internal rooms of that class were only $100 more for the entire party. Saving $100 is not worth being crammed into a single room.

I would like to add to the drink package hack. Let's say you are in a situation (like myself) where you don't really drink alcohol but you might get maybe two or three drinks the entire cruise and you also might want that speciality coffee once a day but you don't think the $500 for the drink package is worth it because you really don't think you're going to order that much. Instead of putting up your credit card remove the card and add cash to your room card. You can even equal the amount of the ultimate drink package if you want this way whatever you don't spend you can get back on the last night. Think of it as sort of your own personally funded on board credit. This can also work if you are in that situation where one person drinks and the other doesn't. For example if the drink package cost $500 each add $750 in cash (which 99% of people won't drink that much) and whatever is left over you can get back instead of paying $1000. If you actually do drink that much (not judging) then get the package but even with speciality coffee I've never spent more than about $80 on drinks (alcohol or otherwise).

Room service breakfast as a wake up call sounds a great idea, a good way to kick start a day.
Thank you, Matt.

One of my favorite cruise hacks is to stay on the boat on a port day. Way less people on the boat means easy access throughout the boat including no lines. We did this at Nassau and it was great. We had a blast doing flowrider, the rock climbing wall and no lines for food.

For our last cruise I bought a small battery powered digital clock for the room with red LEDs. Those room can get really dark (especially interior rooms). If I wake up in the middle of the night I can easily see what time it is. I don't know why but this is comforting to me to be able to know the time.
We have done the magnetic hooks, and we have brought swimwear in our carry-ons.

Johnny rockets breakfast is really awesome. Was cooked better than dining room or windjammer

Me and my friend use the connecting room hack so that way we can still hang out but when it's time to go to bed his snoring ass will be far enough away so I can sleep lol

I booked my cruise direct with Royal Caribbean, and when I noticed that the fare went down significantly, I called and they upgraded our room as well as lowered the fare by over $150 per person.

So grateful for this!  I'm a non-drinker and my husband is - I had paid for the deluxe beverage package for both.  Called today and was able to change mine to the refreshment package!  Thank you!

Oasis class hack.  Enter the Aquatheater from the jogging track on deck 5 to avoid the lines (and reservation requirements) on the Boardwalk for the Aquashow.

Going on my first Royal cruise on Sunday!!!

I will try that frosted coffee back in 2 weeks!

Great space saver is to bring an over the door shoe rack. Can then put bathroom
Items (ie shower jell, mouthwash etc),
And almost anything that is small and would take up valuable counter space