Another_Critic

Odyssey has El Loco Fresh in place of Fish & Ships on Ovation.

Odyssey does not have aft outdoor windjammer seating.

Odyssey has Teppanyaki (on deck 14) in place of the Living Room on Ovation. 

Odyssey has Giovanni's Italian Kitchen in place of Jamie's Italian on Ovation.

Odyssey has Giovanni's Wine Bar in place of Vintages on Ovation.

15 minutes ago, prekteacher said:

I am now divorced. I am at 137 nights so when they say relationship, I hope I get one when I hit 140 on Icon this August.  Ex has cruised twice since our divorce but I never asked him if he received one.   Any one have any knowledge of this?

 

Barbara

Are your C&A accounts still linked?

22 hours ago, bonsai3s said:

They opened the box and asked: "What is it?"

 

I said: "It's a crystal block given by Royal Caribbean". He said : "Nice!"

Same reaction at BCN 10 days ago.

My block was flagged, but my brother's block was not (different security line).

19 minutes ago, blue is the best said:

If anyone knows if there is a way for me to inquire on my own such as sending an email to the Loyalty Ambassador, Please also let me know.

 

lb_loyaltyambassador@rccl.com

8 minutes ago, navybankerteacher said:

Yes they have - when done in a timely way - but not at the last minute.

No one is discussing last minute passenger name changes.  

59 minutes ago, navybankerteacher said:

Essentially since forever. 
 

That is not true.  Many have reported changing passenger names without issue.  Note that we are talking cruise ships, not airlines.

47 minutes ago, Mum2Mercury said:

We're confused though:  We'd heard that Royal was selling Grandeur, and we thought we'd be among the last people to sail her -- but now she's in Dry Dock.  Doesn't sound like something a company would do with a ship they plan to sell.  

 

Drydocks are mandatory, not optional.

17 minutes ago, GeezerCouple said:

Otherwise, it could later be seen to be a way to change a passenger when that isn't allowed.

FYI - You can change a passenger up to approx. 3 days prior to sailing (as long as one of the original passenger names remain).

I booked a November 2024 Odyssey sailing in May 2023.  Dining reservations were available as soon as I booked the sailing.  YMMV.

2 hours ago, Barley928 said:

Any update?

1 hour ago, GTO-Girl said:

 He passed away today…..😢😢😢

1 hour ago, Barley928 said:

Omg.  How awful.  Thank you for the update

His passing was posted yesterday.  See the first post of this thread.

Maybe this is a UK specific pre-cruise excursion?

Check the current sailing in the app.

Edit: Symphony is currently deadheading to Cape Liberty without passengers.

May 16-24 sailing says Doug Berti.

On 5/13/2024 at 3:10 AM, Kbonner said:

My 5 cts for the TA on Oasis last week. 282 Pinnacles, 825ish D+

Now, the suite lounge and CK were closed to Pins except the top 30. Those Pins that wanted to meet up during social hours had been forced to use the crown lounge. The extra Pin lounge Music Hall/Dazzles was not provided as a dedicated lounge anymore. 

Diamonds were ousted during social hours from crown lounge. So, a mere 1100 D+ and Pins had to fight for a seat in the crown lounge. The crown lounge has a seating capacity of 42!!!!!

There were 1024 D+ on the Oasis TA.  So 1024 + 282 = 1306 potential passengers for 42 chairs.

Thanks for the Live review.  I got home Friday from my post-cruise stay in the Montserrat area and finally finished the review a few minutes ago. 

It was nice to meet you in person upon arriving at the terminal and several other times during the cruise.

On 5/5/2024 at 7:06 AM, little britain said:

We did the RCI transfer to the airport via Montserrat to kill some time as our flight departure time had been moved to later. 
I’ve done this trip before to “kill time” before flights. 
We had to meet at the ungodly hour of 7:15 but the coach didn’t even leave to close to 8:30

An hours drive each way meant that we only had 90 minutes there and our visit didn’t even include the tickets to see the Black Madonna which is the whole point of going there!! At $125pp we were very disappointed!
 

Stayed 5 nights post-cruise in Monistrol de Montserrat.  Took the Aeri up the mountain on Tuesday, May 7.

4 hours ago, lovesthebeach2 said:

I didn’t know that, or possibly after the shutdown it wasn’t there in the planner but is now…we’re used to early dining now 😁

Was able to book online up to my last pre-shutdown cruise - Feb. 2020 and all my restart cruises, starting with Oasis - Oct 2021.

Called 800-526-9723 on March 13 around 8 PM.  Was on hold for approx. 6 minutes.  Call was then answered by a real person.  Changed my D+ amenity, then inquired about missing points on a past cruise.  26 minutes total, including initial hold time and research of missing points.

YMMV.

Had MTD reservations every night for 7 PM on the recent Oasis TA.  Headed to the MDR around 6:45 PM.  A MDR employee said if you wanted same table at 6:45 PM every night to come forward.  Took them up on the offer.  🙂 

3 hours ago, OnTheJourney said:

Yikes..I'll never get close to that. If all my previous cruises would have been with RCL, I'd be much farther along. I could take or leave the whole tier / points system as far as that goes.

29 of 48 cruises were on RCI.

Have my 420 point block from last week’s Oasis TA in my carry-on waiting to board my flight at BCN.

1 hour ago, Crusin Karen said:

I thought Odyssey had a retractable roof over one of the pools?

Anthem (also Quantum, Ovation, Spectrum) has a retractable roof, although I've never seen it opened.

Odyssey is not covered.

Maybe La Patisserie?

1 hour ago, laurieal said:

But because you are all being so patient with me, here are some pictures of my very first Disney back in 1997. 
 

My first Disney World visit was in 1971.  Last visit was 1998, just before Animal Kingdom opened.

On 4/9/2024 at 3:11 PM, mets123 said:

How similar is she to the Anthem?

Odyssey ... has Playmakers. El Loco Fresh, Teppanyaki, and two story MDR

no Johnny Rockets

no indoor pool

no outdoor WJ seating

35 minutes ago, Ourusualbeach said:

Yep, Knew this was coming.  Just received a few of these for clients.  The 12 day Canaries sailing prior to this one has been shortened to 8 days

I thought the previous sailings was 9 day Southampton to Rome?  Is that sailing also cancelled?