Independence Bliss Cruise 2018 Itinerary

Independence Bliss Cruise Theme Nights

The theme parties on this cruise are designed to help you step into expressing your inner desires.  Let go, immerse yourself in the fantasy of it.  Guests who dress in theme report more social interaction and more fun.

You can go all out on a costume or simply echo the theme with an accessory.  Not in the mood? No problem it’s all about doing your own thing with your partner and having a wonderful time.

Independence Bliss Cruise Themes:

Sunday – Pirates & Wenches – Avast, mateys! Plunder some precious booty and try not to get to ship-wrecked!

Monday- Diamonds & Pearls Formal Night – Diamonds are a girl’s best friend, get dressed to the nines and live it up “Pretty Woman” style!

Tuesday –  Glow Night, Full Moon Edition – Fluorescent, glow-in-the-dark or anything that lights up wear tonight, and show off the full moons around the boat!

Wednesday – School House Rock & Roll – Time to get nerdy, flirty and dirty! Try not to end up in detention (or do, if that’s your thing)!

Thursday – Caribbean Kink Night – The beat of the steel drums, or a beat on some steel buns, either way it’s going to be one fun night!

Friday – Lady in Red – Time to wear your deepest reds and show off why its really the ‘color of love’ tonight!

Independence Bliss Cruise Accommodations & Dining Information

This is important to know:  Unlike a regular cruise there are no dining requirements on a Bliss Cruise

• No Assigned Dinner time (i.e.: no early or late seating)
• No Assigned Table!

Independence Bliss Cruise is Playroom-a-palooza!

When it comes to playrooms, Bliss Cruise believes you either ‘Go Big, or you Go Home’. Not only has Bliss Cruise provided the most play beds at sea on past charters, but being on a Freedom-class ship provides more space which means more room for fun. Here’s what to expect:

Bliss Cruise announces the following approved play areas of the ship – the format listed below governs evening play. There will be major space dedicated for day play too. Check your Cruise Compass for entry requirements:

• Conference Center: Deck 2 Forward – Couples Only – No street clothes are permitted – On-location Changing Station is located outside of the Playroom
• Star Lounge Playroom & Fetish: Deck 5 Forward – All Passengers Permitted
• Ladies-Only Playroom (Alternating Days): Library – Deck 5 Forward
• Hall Pass Playroom (Alternating Days – When Announced): Library – Deck 5 Forward
• Sports Court Exterior Play Area: (When not in port) – Deck 13 Aft – This is open for all passengers.

Basically, when inside, GO FORWARD. When outside, you can play in the AFT.

Specialty Theme Dinners at Giovanni’s Table

It’s Specialty Dining with a Twist at Giovanni’s Table – Offered on all nights, Bliss Cruise will transform Giovanni’s Table into fun lifestyle-interactive dinners. Find your favorite DJ’s, ship cast members, along with passengers just like you who want to party with a meal, but ultimately connect in the end. So gather your friends and join the fun, but most importantly expect to meet people you don’t know. This creative dining option is only found on Bliss Cruise. $40 per person — see themes below:

Day 1 – Walking the Plank – Pirates & Wenches
Day 2 – Disco Night
Day 3 – OutRAVEous Glow
Day 4 – Detention – School Girl Night
Day 5 – BDSM/Fetish Feast – Floggers, Spanks & Suspensions
Day 6 – Lingerie Night with Lexi Luna

Advance Reservations Procedure:

If you would like to make advance reservations for your dining experience, please email your reservation request to: centurionlee1@yahoo.com or call Lee directly at 732-417-0050. Include your full name, cabin number, phone number, party size of 2, 4, or 6 people (max), date and time requested. If we have too many reservations for a table of 2, you may be placed at a table of 4.

Independence Bliss Cruise Clothing Optional Excursion

Cozumel, Mexico

Playa Mia Beach Break

Everything is included in this super-amazing excursion. Not only is it one of the best beaches in Cozumel, but the entire resort and water park are exclusive to Bliss Cruise. Passengers have unlimited alcohol and a grand buffet. No worries on how to get there, you’ll have round trip transportation.

Fury Catamaran Snorkel & Beach Break

Sail aboard a 65-foot catamaran along the coastline to a secluded private beach and Fury’s Aqua Park, where lunch is included plus beer and margaritas are on the house. Lounge on the sand, kayak, paddle board, ride the waterslide or hit the aquatic trampoline. The day is yours to discover…

Montego Bay, Jamaica

Hedonism 2

This excursion includes round-trip coach transportation, unlimited food and alcohol, clothing-optional fun, an optional tour of new Hedo improvements, along with open playrooms just for you. Hedo has a full resort filled with playful attendees awaiting your arrival. The excursion is limited to 550 passengers subject to a first-reserved/first-served basis. Don’t miss this extraordinary, special event, where the best in cruising and land resorts come together in a celebration dedicated to the adult lifestyle.

Tropical Bliss Beach

Accommodating 900 guests, this private beach in Montego Bay is clothing-optional. The price of $125 per person includes transportation, a great buffet, and unlimited alcohol. Entertainment is provided but book this as soon as possible.

Chukka Catamarans

Up to 4 Chukka Catamarans have been reserved for Bliss passengers. Finger food, an open bar, and live music will also be provided.

Independence Bliss Cruise What’s Included in your Cruise Fare

ACCOMMODATIONS: Of course your stateroom or suite is included.

AWARD-WINNING CUISINE: Your meals are included in the luxurious 3-level Main Dining Room.  Here the menu changes nightly.  Meeting new friends and inviting them to dinner is one of our favorite ways to hook up on a Bliss Cruise.  Read more about how dinner can make or break your cruise here

Also included in your Independence Bliss Cruise are meals at the Windjammer Cafe  Jade Sushi and Asian-fusion cuisine, Sorrento’s Pizza, Café Promenade for coffee and pastries/snacks, and room service*

Dining Options with an Extra Charge

• Specialty restaurant Chops Grille steakhouse, where for one low cover charge you can choose any items off the menu from appetizer to dessert*
• Casual dining and snacks at Johnny Rockets and Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream*
• NEW The Cupcake Cupboard, a vintage-style gourmet bakery with 30 types of cupcakes*
• NEW Giovanni’s Table Italian restaurant

*After March 27th,2017 select sailings will start offering our enhanced room service with exciting new dishes for a delivery charge of $7.95 per stateroom order. Continental breakfast remains complimentary and the delivery charge excludes Grand Suites and above

POOLS: Jacuzzis, outdoor pools, indoor adults-only Solarium.

FITNESS CENTRE & CLASSES: Ultra-modern facilities with the latest high tech equipment, offering a holistic range of instructor-led wellness classes.*

ENTERTAINMENT: On Infinity Bliss Cruise you will find a nightly theme party, adult lifestyle entertainment and full schedule of sexy education.  There are also meet and greets scheduled for almost every interest.  In addition to that there is also the ships regularly scheduled entertainment that includes everything from Broadway-style theatre to cutting-edge circus shows, comedy, magic, dance and live music – the best entertainment at sea.

TIP & GRATUITIES Onboard tips/gratuities have been included in your cruise fare.  This includes tips for your cabin steward and restaurant waiters.  A gratuity will be added to all onboard drink purchases.  The staff on a ship work hard for you to have a fabulous vacation.  If you feel like you are getting good service additional cash tips are always appreciated.

^{* A supplementary fee is payable at other dining venues. Room service charges apply from 11pm-6am. Charges apply to some fitness classes}

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NOT INCLUDED IN YOUR CRUISE FARE:

• • Flights, hotels & transfers – Check out our Pre-Cruise Options for hotel & transfers.
  • Speciality dining
  • Shore excursions
  • Onboard drinks & dining packages
  • Laundry charges
  • Vitality Spa treatments & packages

Shopping Onboard

• iPhone & internet charges
•  (if you haven’t pre-paid these they will be automatically added to your SeaPass account)
• Travel insurance

Pricing, Policies and Insurance for the Independence Bliss Cruise

Port Charges, Taxes, Gratuities and Fees:

Staterooms $375.00 per person
Suites $450 per person

Monthly Payment Plans

Monthly payment plans are available. We aim to be as flexible as possible.
Please phone us to create a custom payment plan.

Special Offers on Independence Bliss Cruise 2018

Charter ship programs are different than regularly scheduled voyages.  This notice is letting you know that the regular offers and promotions from Royal Caribbean will not apply on a Bliss Cruise.  This includes captain club benefits and promotional offers and inclusions with suites.  Here is the official wording: Any cabin purchased from Bliss Cruise is for the cabin ONLY. Any special pricing, promotions, offers, discounts of any type whatsoever offered on scheduled voyages by the cruise line for any reason is not part of the Bliss Cruise program and will not be honored, EXCEPT if Bliss Cruise elects to incorporate an offer into the Bliss Cruise program.

Independence Bliss Cruise 2018 Cancellation & Penalties

• Up to November 1, 2017 $75 penalty for staterooms – $150 for suites.
• Up to February 1, 2018 $150 per person penalty for staterooms – $300 per person per person for suites.
• Up to May 1, 2018 $250 per person penalty for staterooms – $500 per person per person for suites.
• After May 1, 2018 – Full Penalty – No Refunds

We strongly recommend that all guests Purchase Travel Insurance

We recommend travel insurance.

Travel Insurance

Yikes, travel insurance is not a fun topic but a lot of you have asked…
This is about what happens if you are paid, packed and ready to go… and there is a problem.

The biggest 2 reasons people take insurance are:

• Trip Cancellation
• Medical Expenses or Medical Evacuation

Full Ship charters are better than regular cruises in many ways, however the penalties and potential for a loss if you have to cancel is higher. Shortly after final payment most full ship charter cruises become non-refundable. That means if you have to cancel your trip not only do you have that disappointment of a cancelled vacation, but I have to tell you you don’t get your money back.

Our most popular insurance is ‘World Wide Trip Protector’ and provides full coverage when purchased up to 21 days after your vacation purchase.

The best value just to make sure you have coverage is ‘Trip Protector Lite Expanded.’

We recommend Travel Insured – Get a quote and buy insurance  
Note: this link opens a window for Travel Insured – if you have questions pleases phone our office for assistance.

Please consider purchasing Travel Insurance

Since everyone pretty much likes me right now and I’d like it to stay that way, please consider purchasing travel insurance. Or at least don’t say I didn’t warn you if there is a problem.

Other coverages that take the worry out of travel:

• Trip Interruption – Return air only
• Trip Delay & Missed Connection coverage
• Baggage Loss or Delay
• Cancel for Work Reasons Options available on select policies

We strongly recommend purchasing travel insurance for your upcoming cruise. There are hundreds of circumstances that could cause you to cancel your trip, return home early or force you to seek emergency medical treatment while traveling. Travel insurance offers coverage for unforeseen problems such as, an unexpected financial change or scheduling conflict, a cancelled flight or a serious illness. You even have the option where you can cancel for any reason. We recommend Travel Insured – Get a quote and buy insurance

Terms & Conditions – Independence Bliss Cruise 2018

The U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) administers a variety of trade embargoes and economic sanctions programs that are applied to some countries. Currently, the most restrictive measures are imposed against the following Sanctioned Countries:

• Cuba
• Iran
• Sudan
• North Korea
• Syria

U.S. law prohibits us from providing services and engaging in business transactions with individuals and entities located in or residents of these Sanctioned Countries. This prohibition also extends to doing business with Sanctioned Countries indirectly through third parties.

This means we cannot, either directly or indirectly through a third party market or sell cruise vacations, make bookings, reserve cruise tours or expeditions, and provide other travel-related services to individuals or entities located in or residents of these Sanctioned Countries.

Independence Bliss Cruise – Pre-Cruise Hotel

TheSwingerCruise will also be hosting a meet & greet from 5:30-7:30 at the Embassy Suites the night before the cruise.

Embassy Suites Hotel Address: 1100 SE 17th Street, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33316

Main Hotel – Embassy Suites – SOLD OUT
Please see our link to our second hotel, the Hyatt Place which is a 2-minute walk from the main hotel.

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Secondary Hotel – Hyatt Place 17th Street
Address: 1851 SE 10TH Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316
Room rates are $169 per night
Please see instructions below on how to book your room:

• Click this link: https://ftlauderdaleconventioncenter.place.hyatt.com/en/hotel/home.html?corp_id=G-BLSS
• Enter your dates for arrival and departure. Our rates are available for the nights of November 9 & 10.