beardedladies

It sadly doesn't surprise me. Royal promises a lot, but so often fails to deliver. If they think that I'm going to be paying out the undoubtably extortionate price they'll try charging for what will be a 17 year old ship doing the same old itineraties we always have then they are going to be disappointed.

Looking forward to the next it's coming to Southampton first, oh no it's not saga 🙂

Sounds more like the Limited Dining Package to me!

It should have been emailed to you - and when we did one on our last cruise we got it later that day. Check your spam folder just in case it's been filtered in there. Otherwise contacting their support is your only option I'm afraid.

Phew! Am getting on tomorrow so was a bit worried!

Currently waiting with baited breath.... either the ship has sunk so new new updates, or the bar proved more interesting 🙂

We've cruised several times during eurovision and as we do like to watch it have had similar concerns! On european cruises one of the european channels on the in-cabin TV often has it on - you may have to put up with non-English voice over but otherwise it's pretty much the full Eurovision experience. We watched this year's broadcast this way. Otherwise the only other way to watch it is to stream - there's usually a youtube stream or similar, but as others have alluded to even with the better internet package this can be VERY hit and miss, especially with the more northerly trips.

Whem I saw that I could book a suite on Royal Caribbean's Anthem for less than the price of an inside cabin on Celebrity Apex (October Canaries trips for both - and the Anthem one was a day longer as wel) my decision on who to cruise with in 2024 was pretty much made. Apex looks to be a lovely ship, but it's not worth that price.

Almost.... currently planning on Jewel from Amsterdam and to avoid flying we'll take the overnight ferry 🙂 But the point is very valid - we're rather tired of Anthem too, so much so that we've booked our first MSC cruise ever!

I think the key thing is "at the moment" in little britain's response - I very much expect Royal to add in extra sailings before then as things get finalised. So if being on the first trip is important to you, expect that to change. This may of course be different to what Royal annoints as the "true inaugural" - I've seen that happen before with "pre-inaugural" cruises added in. Short answer - no official inaugural as yet, and expect the first cruise date to change to avoid disappointment.

Depends on the ship. Just did 12 nights on Anthem and even with 69 pinaccles on board our JS got us access any night we wanted it (which was around 9 nights). Some flexibility on time may be required. Your experience is likely to be different on an Oasis class - smaller CK and more guests.

Well that was an anti-climax with The Pearl 😞

Just need my points to register from my last cruise in time so I can apply the slightly better pinnacle balcony discount 🙂

Looks like the main reveal site is now live: https://www.royalcaribbean.com/icon-of-the-seas/site/ Lots to digest in there. They are really pushing the "from 2024" thing though. Oh and booking opens on 25th October!

The one thing that really intrigues me is "The Pearl" - this is the sphere-like object and it appears to be sitting over several floors in the promenade. I do wonder what it will actually do.... some sort of entertainment experience?