Tree_skier

So sorry for your loss.

Sorry, I’ve never taken it. I’ve driven past it hundreds of times on my way up to Whistler/Blackcomb to ski. That being said, the stretch of Highway from Horseshoe Bay in West Vancouver to Squamish is absolutely the most beautiful highway you will ever travel in your life. The views are absolutely breathtaking. If you have a chance to rent a car and go all the way to Whistler you can ride their gondola which takes much much higher and has some extensive hiking trails and the Peak to Peak gondola. It is the worlds longest suspended gondola. 2.7 miles long, it takes you from the Whistler peak to the Blackcomb peak. Winter or summer it is a must do if you have the option. I’m on the road and DW driving for a couple hours so I might have missed the your schedule since CC is a little tougher on my phone. I’ll give you all the recommendations I can. If you give me your schedule while in YVR.

At that price range I’m content to live with my diamond drinks and pay cash for the balance.

Prayers for @singinalot Stay safe.

I've got two more weeks booked this year for a total for 2023 of 29 days at sea. Next year I've got 24 days booked over 3 weeks. 2025 I've got Bella 2.0 and 11 day in March. If something doesn't change with pricing I'm going to have to change the way I do things. It'll either have to be inside cabins instead of what I'm doing now which is balconies with the odd suite thrown in or it'll be fewer nights at sea. I'm simply not going to pay what I see people paying right now.

We'll see what Black Friday holds but an actual sale/deal is becoming increasingly rare. There just seems to be regular prices and higher than regular prices now.

Yeah nothing to see on this sale... It's been a while since I've seen anything worthy of getting excited about.

I didn't even get a rejection letter my last time. With ships sailing as full as they are I don't think Royal up has much significance any more.

I booked a few months ago BB at $219. It was for a cruise that is all the way out in Nov 2024. I don't normally book anything that far out but $219 seemed like such a good price and it is so rare to see anything on sale that far ahead I scooped it up. So glad I did.

I booked Icon for Nov 30/24 when itineraries were first released. I booked a D4 balcony for ~$2750. D4's are sold out but a very similar cabin cat., C5, is now a similar cabin is ~$7100. I can't imagine a world where I would consider $7100 for a balcony cabin going to the Caribbean. SMH

On my wife's 60th birthday I told her I was going to trade her in on two 30 year olds. That went over like a zipper salesman at a button hole convention.

That's a 30 year. I could have gotten 5.5 on a 15 year but, oddly the prepayment penalty was better on the 30 year. The intent was to only have financing on it for a short period of time (3-5) years and then it wouldn't be a large mortgage. It would be less that 50% of value. I only want the note until some money I have stashed in Canada comes available. But plans are now changing. So we'll have to see how this unfolds. We may look for smaller and less expensive places with zero outside maintenance and have two homes.

= Divorce Court

But wake views are awesome!

I thought you were slipping into Italian 🙂

I just secured some financing @ 5.875. I'm probably not going to use it since I can't find anything I want to buy. I thought I might have found something so went ahead and got pre-qualified but I changed my mind. I just can't find the right property that DW and I can both agree on.

Once you've had an aft cabin you'll be looking for them on all your cruises. They are great!

No it does not.

I have enjoyed it on every ship I have tried it on... Oasis, Odyssey and Mariner. The quality of the meat has always been good and the chef entertaining. My only complaint is the lack of yum yum sauce but that isn't enough of a complaint to keep me away. I have it booked for our next cruise on Harmony in Dec.

I have both of the previously mention chairs on aft facing cabin. Either a lounger or a chair that reclined with a foot stool that could be slid in and out under the chair. I've never had a large balcony on an Oasis class ship except for being in a suite so that wouldn't be instructive.

I know this isn't what you asked but just for further clarification for those who it might pertain to... If you are the only adult traveling with children under 21 you can buy the package and not be required to buy anything for the kids in the room and you can do that through the website without calling in.

The trip up the fjord into Gerainger is one of my fondest memories on a cruise ship. The views are out of this world.

I'm so sorry @jagsfan. We lost our buddy last a year ago in June. I still miss him. Your story and pictures brought back a flood of memories.

I thought so too. I just interpreted it to mean a Promenade interior which as a window and view just like the ocean view rooms just not the same view.

I'm like you... I've never had a bad room steward on Royal. They all go out of there way to accommodate as much as is possible.