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Gerif is right, it’s only the suite area cabanas that are normally booked through the concierge. We’ve rented bungalows on Labadee three times and each time has been through the cruise planner. I booked the one for our upcoming 12/22/18 cruise on HOTS last Dec. I just checked and all of the cabanas and bungalows are currently available on my CP.

I’d suggest calling to find out. They could book it for you over the phone if they are still available.

I have kept mine on the last three cruises with extension cord, no surge protector. My luggage was pulled for something else that wasn’t even in there. It was bizarre. Anyway the security and maintenance guys said as long as it is less than 8 inches in diameter.

That’s good to know, thanks! It means I can upgrade to a slightly larger fan! :D

RCI stopped providing fans a couple of years ago. I do bring a small portable fan, because I also have a difficult time sleeping without one. I packed it in my carry on the first time, so it wouldn’t hold up my large luggage from being delivered if it wasn’t allowed. Since then I’ve always packed it in my checked bag. I’ve never had an issue.

We were just at Labadee on October 5th on our Oasis cruise and we had a beach Bungalow. They were not destroyed by any hurricane, The sun does not come through the top and they are $250. There are two guys that will wait on you all day to go get your drinks, etc. They bring you beach towels, you have a bucket of ice with bottles of water and two floating mats couches in the bungalow and two nice loungers right outside the bungalow. It is at the far end of Columbus Cove and it is a roped off area and all the loungers in the shaded tree area in front of the bungalows are for the bungalow users and their guest only. Every time someone ventured over into the roped off bungalow area they were told to leave. They have a tram that goes from the entrance of Labadee all the way back to that area but you can walk it though. We were the first people there so we were able to get a person on a golf cart to take us back and we were able to get the bungalow of our choice. We thought it was well worth the $250 and enjoyed it very much. :cool:

That's a lot of good info. Thank you!

I can confirm that there are golf carts that will take your group over. We had a group of 7 and one of the extended carts took us over. When we were ready to head back, we asked and one of the attendants radioed for one to come pick us up.

 

 

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Thanks for confirming! That's helpful for me for next month.

Par for the course. 80K+ posts of snark and/or total misinformation.

Seriously. Apparently they literally can't pass up a thread without adding their 2 unwanted cents.

I've noticed that it does seem to be the ones with tens of thousands of posts who are the nastiest. Almost as if they feel so many posts makes them cool, or an expert, instead of just kind of sad and pathetic.

Are the bungalows on Columbus cove?

 

 

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Yes, they are.

My sister are taking Oasis the week before Thanksgiving. She uses oxygen so I planned to get a beach transport chair and take her to the bungalows. Is that possible and are the bungalows per person or one price. When I tried to reserve it was confusing. She's not chair bound it would just be a long way for her to walk. Thoughts please?

From other threads regarding the bungalows, I've heard that if you stop someone on a golf cart and tell them you have a bungalow they will take you.

Someone else posted a pic from a ferry that apparently goes from the ship over to Columbus Cove, but that's the first I've heard of that.

There are also trams that run all day that will get you close, but not right there.

And yes, the bungalow price is per bungalow, not person. Only select one person in your group when purchasing. You can have up to 8 people in a bungalow.

You can get FREE shade under the trees...there is plenty! The loungers that abound on Labadee are ...wait for it....MOVEABLE! Put them where you want them! There really is no need to spend around $300-500 (not sure what the going rate is now), for shade!

Hey, guess what? The sun...wait for it...MOVES. A small spot that is shady at 1 may not be at 3. Plus there are plenty of other benefits to the bungalows. But since you don’t agree I guess no one should buy them. Get over yourself.

I will never understand why people on this site feel the need to be snarky. Yes, we all know the chairs are moveable. If you don’t want to help with the actual question being asked, move on. :rolleyes:

We got one a couple of years ago and it was great! However I read a thread on here that they were destroyed during Irma or Maria. Someone posted that they were there after the storm and they had not started to rebuild them yet. We were planning on getting one the week after Thanksgiving, but not sure they will be available by then.

 

Does anyone else know when they are scheduled to rebuild?

It's the overwater cabanas that were destroyed. The beach bungalows are intact. We have one reserved for the week before Thanksgiving.

Thank-you.

You're welcome.

What time did self-assist disembarkation start?

It was scheduled to start at 6:30 and actually started around 10 minutes later.

Gotcha. :)

I think there's a mistake concerning the 19th on Oasis. She's leaving 11/20 for a 7 day Western Caribbean. Perhaps it's one of the other Oasis class ships?

We did Freedom last year for Thanksgiving and it fell on lobster night so they moved lobster night back a night. I don't recall if they changed the dress code as well or whether it was a casual dress lobster night.

Thanks so much for the info! It's one of the few questions I had left about our cruise. :)

Sorry, it was our first night on Brilliance. They'll probably just shuffle the menus. As you could see in the earlier post, it was still served with the Pomodoro menu as usual

That makes sense, thanks. I'll need to find out which night it is so I don't miss it!

Thanksgiving will also be our second formal night on Oasis, I believe. I wonder if we still get lobster that night, since they're going to have to deal with the turkey being an extra option. Has anyone experienced this?

Thanks for the word... shoulda guessed, as RC is notorious of late for website/IT issues. I was just on Cruise Planner and saw just a couple of drink packages plus the Evian. Dismal.

You're welcome. I got as far as finding the listing for the alcohol package, but it wouldn't let me select it in order to see the final price or make the purchase. Their site is a joke. Even calling, I was put on hold for 20 min while they figured out the price. Ridiculous.

You're very welcome. :)

Yes, same here. I called for pricing and they said they are aware of and working on the website issues.