AAARRR YOU READY???

AAARRR you ready to have the most fun on any cruise ship in the world??? Well ya better be, cause we're ready to show you a great time!!! No where else but on the High Seas Rally! We look forward to seeing you all soon!!!!!!!
THIS MUST BE COMPLETED NO LATER THAN 4 DAYS BEFORE WE SAIL! It's a must to get on the ship. You've checked in with us, but since 911 every passenger must have a quick background check before boarding just like they do for airline tickets. You can do that now.  CLICK HERE   to do your online check-in. You'll see in the header on the top right ALREADY BOOKED, click on that. Now in the center white bar you'll see ONLINE CHECK-IN, click on it an fill in the blanks. You'll need your reservation ID # that was highlighted in yellow at the top left of your invoice from us. Date of sailing is Dec 4. Ship is Brilliance of the Seas. Fill in the blanks and hit Submit. Then Print your Set Sail Pass.

ROYAL CARIBBEAN DOES NOT NEED MIDDLE NAMES ON YOUR RESERVATION AT ALL! They only need your Legal First & Last Names as it appears on your passport.

You can also use this same link to pre-book drink packages, excursions, specialty dining, etc. and skip those big long lines for those that forgot to do so by now.

And don't panic over not printing your luggage tags! They will tag them when you arrive to the pier. Just don't forget your cabin # and boarding docs. BUT YOU MUST PRINT OUT YOUR SET SAIL PASS!
  Virgin 1st Time Cruisers

Listed below are a few High Seas Rally Traditions :
  • 1. During Check-In, you will be given a custom door plaque and a welcome bag along with your RCCL sea pass card. You will have prize drum tickets attached to your door plaques. Please have them ready to place into the prize drums on your way out of the check-in area.
  • 2. Since the beginning, it has been a tradition to give a biker t-shirt to a waiter in the main dining room as they need at least 2 to wash & wear the week of our cruise. They love it and wear them with pride and you get even better service. You may even want to give one to your cabin steward. Pull one from your closet you've never worn. We all have one to spare.
  • 3. Decorating your cabin door has turned into an all day walk-a-thon just to read the door plaques and look at the decorations that folks decorate there doors with. The door is metal. Do not put anything on the door that leaves a mark of any kind when you remove it on the last day or the cruise line will bill you for damages. Do not decorate anything past your door (nothing in the hallway, ceiling, or floor. We recommend things that are magnetized for easy removal.
  • 4. Wear a t-shirt from your home state the 1st full day of the cruise (Tuesday). It's a great way to start a conversation.
  • 5. Got questions? Ask someone with a black or swirlie armband but don't use them as a crutch because you haven't read your newsletter, read the website, looked at your pocket schedule, looked at your daily Royal Caribbean Compass or our onboard HSR ship TV channel.

HSR Giveaway Shows Theatre Seating

As mentioned in your recently mailed info, seating in the Pacifica Theatre is limited to only 866 seats so we are going to do some crowd control so that there are not more people waiting in line than the Pacifica Theatre holds. The schedule below is how we are going to manage this.

  • 12/4 (Monday) 1st HSR Giveaway Show - will be for cabins ending in an EVEN # only
  • 12/5 (Tuesday) HSR Giveaway Show - will be for cabins ending in an ODD # only
  • 12/7 (Thursday) Veteran's Night - we will seat only VETERAN'S 1st & then 10 minutes before the show starts, fill remaining seats with anyone waiting in line
  • 12/8 (Friday) HSR Giveaway Show - will be for FIRST COME FIRST SERVED
  • 12/10 (Sunday) HSR GRAND PRIZE Giveaway Show - will be for FIRST COME FIRST SERVED

We will also be broadcasting our HSR Shows LIVE up on the Pool Deck, Colony Club, and at the Starquest Lounge with a RCCL staff person with a ship phone to call down to us at the theatre & a few volunteers to let us know if they have a winner at these locations. So there will plenty of seating for everyone to view the shows and see if they are a winner in one of our raffle drawings. Plus also keep in mind that sitting in these areas is also not only more comfortable, all 3 of them have their own bars but this also allows you to sit with family or friends that may have the opposite cabin category (EVEN or ODD) than you do. And knowing that alot of people are going to want to be in the theatre for the last Grand Prize Giveaway Show on Sunday, we decided to make it First Come First Served to make it fair to everyone. However, you may like the other areas better and decide just to sit at those locations, which is fine. But to particiapte in the Debbie's Dialysis Fund Auction, you must be seated in the Pacifica Theatre...so get there EARLY!

There will be security at the Pacifica Theatre door CHECKING ALL SEA PASS CARDS! And there will be NO saving seats in the theatre. THIS WILL BE STRICTLY ENFORCED!!! Enter with the one you want to sit with or wait on them outside of the theatre before you enter. The only thing that can hold a seat is a warm body sitting in it! We will be holding a dozen or so seats on the front row for the handicapped and Dialysis Patients.

And this year, to minimize back up with entering the theatre...there will be NO ticket sales of any kind outside of the theatre so buy your tickets for 50/50, Cabin/Cash Raffle, Cruise Raffle, & Biker Bingo at the ships Centrum on Deck 5 during open hours posted on your RCCL Daily Compass.
  2019 High Seas Rally Cruise
#20

We will be having our next "20th" High Seas Rally Cruise on December 5-12th of 2019 and all of you passengers onboard the ship this year will have the FIRST opportunity to book our next rally cruise before it opens up on our website in May of 2018! We will be sailing again on the Brilliance of the Seas going to the same fun Western Caribbean itinerary: Grand Cayman, Cozumel & Key West as these stops are more preferred over the Eastern Caribbean. Practically the only difference is a cabin price increase of about 3% per person. Lowest increase for us EVER! Keep in mind that we SOLD OUT sooo fast for this year so be ready onboard the ship to reserve your next cabin. So now is the time to start looking at the deck plans online to see what type of cabin you would like to be in next time.

Only 65% of EACH cabin category will be available for sale on the ship. When 65% of a cabin category sells out, you must pick another category or wait till the 2019 website opens and take your chances. The remaining 35% of cabins will be reserved for our website opening day at the beginning of May 2018. We are reserving these cabins for the loyalty of our past passengers that were not fast enough on their computers and the fact that our website crashed 3 times in the 1st few minutes it opened due to too many people trying to reserve a cabin at the same time. Not that we can't sell out during the cruise but would like to give others a chance. Below are the details for booking on the ship:

  • Registration Forms will be placed in your cabin Monday night with instructions.
  • Must be on this ship to qualify for this early booking priviledge. You cannot book your family or friends that are at home and not on the 2017 cruise.
  • Registration Form collections will begin on Friday, 12/8 (Sea Day) and go thru Sunday from 9am-2pm (location to be announced on the ship). So beat the rush and madness of website opening day and grab your cabin before we sell out again!!!
  • The RCCL Reps will not be answering any cruise or cabin questions, just collecting and numbering your reservations and keeping tally of when each category meets the 65% allocation. Cabins will be assigned in the order that the reservation forms are received.
  • Now would be a good time to review our current prices page and deck plans and pick your 1st and 2nd choice and area preference on the ship (center, front, rear, near elevator, etc) Keep in mind that 2019 prices will be 3% higher.
  • There will be a $300 NON-REFUNDABLE Deposit for the 1st two passengers. Add $300 for each additional 3rd, 4th, etc passenger. Next $600 regular minimum payment will be due on May 1, 2018.
  • We will be accepting Visa, Mastercard, Discover & Checks for this deposit. Payments will begin processing until 7 days after the cruise and may take up to 3-4 weeks to complete all reservations when we return back to the office. If a credit card declines when processed...you lose your cabin...no exceptions.

Due to space restrictions on the Brilliance of the Seas, we were very limited to the number of vendors that we could bring on board this year. Some that we had in the past could not fit their displays in the elevators on this ship. So we chose 5 vendors to come with us this year that all will be donating a minimum of $4,000 each in prizes to our raffles and games! Those joining us are: Motor Marc Art, Nolan Helmets, Biker's RX Riding Glasses, Ohlins Advanced Suspension Technology, and Electrical Connection.
  SPECIALTY DINING SPECIALS

Royal Caribbean is running a few great specials for their specialty restaurants. Grab a few friends and make a reservation while this great deal is going on! Click on the link below to view the discounted prices. There is also a link to book. They only sell so many of these specials as their seats are very limited in these restaurants , so book online now before they are all gone.


Last Chance for 2017 HSR Merchandise

Last chance and 1st time ever approved on the ship. We will have our remaining HSR merchandise on sale on the ship Tuesday, Dec 5th on Deck 5 above the Centrum area. All proceeds go to the Debbie's Dialysis Fund. We don't have much left and sizes are extremely limited, so get there early if you want to grab a shirt or two.

Still time to purchase Travel Insurance!

You never know if you are going to get SICK or HURT while traveling so make sure that you are covered with travel insurance!

Click on the image and get peace of mind by purchasing a low cost policy. Don't get stuck with a huge bill from the ship's infirmary or for medical care onshore! Because this has happened to us before!
The Sail Outdoor Bar in Tampa

We will have our Bon Voyage Party at The Sail Outdoor Bar at the Waterfront right next to the Convention Center in Tampa and directly across the street from the Embassy Suites, the Marriot, & the Westin Hotels. There is more room at this location and they have a lot of fun water toys to enjoy while you are there! If in the event of rain, we will hold the party at the Embassy Suites Hotel...but space will be rather limited here...so lets pray for great weather! Fun will start around 4 pm.
ON SHIP PARTIES

To reconfirm about our on ship parties again, dressing up is totally optional and they serve virgin drinks for the non-alcohol crowd. You do not have to drink to have fun at these parties, although the drinkers are fun to watch! All parties are at the main pool an solarium areas. Wednesday is Hillbilly/Redneck night with the music videos to match. Friday is Pirate Mutiny Night with FREE DRINKS the 1st hour. Saturday, RCCL is throwing a 60's & 70's Night starter party in the Centrum and we'll add the hippy era music/videos for the after party up at the pool deck.

Speaking of parties, please review the onshore party specials on our website at the link below as I will not be mentioning them in detail on stage due to ship revenue conflict.

STILL A FEW SEATS LEFT! Pedal, Pedal, Drink on a Kraken Cycleboat going down the bay while you are in Tampa before or after the cruise. It is such a fun party boat & they allow you to bring whatever you would like to eat or drink on board. We took a tour and had a blast! And they are located just across the street from all 3 of our HSR Hotels. They are offering our High Seas Rally passengers a discounted rate of $35pp for a 2 hour tour. You can book online at Krakencycleboats.com or call 813-603-3117 M-F 10-6 & S/S 11-5 and mention the promo code HSR17 for the discounted rate. Book early as seats are very limited!
  High Seas Rally TATTOO CONTEST

Hope you have a HSR or Debbie's Dialysis Fund tattoo! Each one is worth $25-$50 each and the best HSR or Debbie's Dialysis tattoo get's a $2,750 GIFT CERTIFICATE from one of our vendors, MOTOR MARC ART!!! Motor Marc is also bringing a very special auction item...an AC/DC band autographed guitar and his painting of the AC/DC band! This is a once in a lifetime chance to own it. Bring your platinum card for bidding!

Cozumel On Shore Time Change
We will now be on shore from 11:00am - 8:30pm for this stop.
Still plenty of time to do excursions, party, and shop!!! No booked excursions will be affected.
Ship's Emergency Contact #

For those of you that would like to leave your family with an emergency contact phone # to the cruise ship while you are gone, please see the following: Royal Caribbean International 1-888-724-7447 (US) and for those outside of the US dial (applicable country code)+1-321-953-9003.
REMINDERS...
There will be no Poker Walk or Photo Bike Contest this cruise.
Next Cruise Area will be open ONLY for taking 2019 HSR Cruise Reservations.
All Games & Raffles are CASH ONLY
High Seas Rally's Office

The High Seas Rally's office will be closing on Monday, November 20th in preparation of our road trip down to Tampa to get all last minute details worked out for this Cruise, the Hotels and the Bon Voyage Party Location.

MONDAY will be the last day you will be able to make any NAME CHANGES on your reservation so please do look over your reservation paperwork once again because if your LEGAL FIRST & LAST NAMES do not match your passport , the cruiseline WILL NOT let you on the ship! We have reminded everyone of this several times since last year, so we hope you all have been paying attention to this very important detail. Security is much more stricter now and this policy will be enforced. So do call us on Monday at 540-942-8791 if you have any last minute name change requests.

Any questions after Monday, Dec 20th, email us at: info@highseasrally.com . We will return all emails within 24hrs.
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