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The UK RCI website prices are extortionate. I’ve just booked through a US travel agent and for the same cruise, I’ve saved over $900 for ocean view balcony on Oasis May 2020. Got few extra OBC thrown in too

4 hours ago, Host Clarea said:

 

The aft end of the ship will have the longest view of NYC when leaving.

Thanks all for replies.

On the agent website there’s not too many cabins towards the aft of the ship. I’ve whittled them down to the below port-side balcony cabins:

8D - 8142, 8144, 8146 (all seem quite close to front)

6D - 10136, 11140, 11148 (again, all quite close to front)

4D - 6170 (close to elevator), 9222 (between 2 humps so view may be somewhat restricted)

I’m edging towards 6170 as there is only a few $ difference between the 3 category types. Is there anything else I should consider?

cheers 

Hello all - thinking of booking Oasis NJ - Bahamas in May 2020 for wife’s birthday. Does anyone know much about Cape Liberty and what side of the ship we should book ie would be nice to overlook the NY skyline as we leave port? is that possible - or is Statue of Liberty, Manhattan etc too far away to see from Cape Liberty?

Thank you. I’m looking at Oasis NY to Bahamas 17th May 2020- is there much difference between rooms10273/ 75, 11275/ 77/ 79/ 81? Any preference?

Not to hijack the thread but can someone explain the difference between the various types of interior staterooms e.g. 1V, 2V, 4V, 6V?

We were on the Allure a few weeks ago and ate in Giovanni’s. We both had pork belly for starter and both had pasta for mains (my wife had gf pasta). The waiter actually asked us when ordering if we also wanted the fillet mignon to share along with our pasta dishes. They are pushing more than one entree if anything. The food was delicious

We were unsure on which one to buy too but we went with the ultimate, given it also includes lunch at speciality restaurants on sea days, and the difference in price isn’t that significant. Ultimate also gets you money off bottles of wine (Im not sure if that’s the case with 5 night)

Oh, an easy solution to this? Drink cards for everyone. They sell a drink card that will get you 15 drinks a day for $75/day, 20 drinks a day for $90/day, etc, etc. The drinks get loaded onto the SP cards of everyone in a cabin. "Share" all you want. You want to buy for a friend, no problem. You still get the "all inclusive" feel, your drinking is already paid for before you get on the ship, there are different levels based on how much you drink, you save money, it can be used for heavy and light drinkers in the same cabin, RCI is getting more per drink than than the current packages. You can do similar "cards" for soda, water, whatever. Win-win. It's just figuring out how many drinks for each day and what they'd cost.

 

If you run out of drinks, you can recharge on board, but for a higher cost.

So i can currently get 20 drinks per day for $43 now and you’re proposing I should be paying $90? Do you work for RCCL by any chance?

Johnny Rockets, but that would not be an economical use of a limited dining package.

is JR included within the ultimate dining package (at lunch time) with no cover charge?

No, never been & always wanted to try it but just (wrongly) assumed it would be mainly fish and sushi. Will definitely try it on our upcoming cruise. As others have advised, will try and book ASAP in the suite lounge when we board

Is Izumi Hibachi worthwhile even if you don’t like seafood/ sushi? I’d love to try it but not really a fan of either, would much prefer chicken or steak

Thanks all for the info - really useful

We’ve booked the full dining package. So we should go to suite lounge as soon as we board to get these booked? Even before we go to our room (as it probably won’t be ready?). When do we receive our sea pass? Do we need this to book dining times?

And as speciality lunches are also included for sea days, do we need to book these or just walk ins?

Anyone stayed in Pier 66? I believe it was Regency when we booked but now named Pier 66 Hotel & Marina. We're going on Allure in April

Anyone stayed here?

Anyone stayed in Pier 66? I believe it was Regency when we booked but now named Pier 66 Hotel & Marina. We're going on Allure in April

Not fleetwide, but it might be on some ships.

On the Allure?

We purchased ultimate dining package as we wanted to have our lunches included in the speciality restaurants, primarily sabor and chops. We are in a GS also

I asked the same question to RC this week (sailing Allure in 3 months), response below:

Hello,

Thank you for sharing information regarding your gluten allergy.

Gluten free items are noted on our Main Dining Room menus.

Please meet with the Head Waiter in the Main Dining Room and Restaurant Managers at other dining venues to review the menus and identify selections you wish to have modified or avoided.

All items prepared for guests with food allergies are handled separate from the main food production.

When the guests eat in the Windjammer, please ask for a manager so they can arrange to get a meal from the galley. This will avoid any cross contamination that may occur at the buffet.

You can bring dry, nonperishable food items such as cookies, crackers, chips, energy bars, etc. You may also bring your own individual packets of salad dressings. However, you may not bring onboard perishable food (items that require refrigeration, freezing, and/or reheating).

Best regards,

Great suite perk

Is chops lunch a suite perk?

You answered someone from seven and a half years ago.

 

I'm guessing that s/he has already completed the cruise.

 

;)

He did say he was waiting patiently lol

Are 11254 and 11260 the exact same rooms as 10254 and 10260 only a floor up?

It’s available online when you go to ‘buy gifts’, and you can have them delivered to room. I’m sure the concierge will be able to advise when onboard. I’ll def be using this also to have a few drinks before dinner without having to go to bar and come back

You can buy a half bottle of vodka/ gin/ whiskey/ rum with 6 mixer cans and have these delivered to your room. Would that suffice?

Thanks for all the information folks, really useful

I actually didn’t know there were forum boards solely for the ports, will take a look, thanks again

You can do this in the cruise planner - just like booking excursions and buying drinks or internet packages.

 

 

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Thanks

Is this only when you pay the full price for them? ie If you book the 3 or 4 night deal, can you book individual restaurants across the week or are these auto- assigned by RC?

Book your specialty restaurant ahead too. On our Harmony cruise, some of the restaurants were booked up by time we boarded. Things opened up during the week for some places, but others were tough to get into.

 

 

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How do you book speciality restaurants prior to sailing?

Hi all,

The info. on here has been invaluable so far in us choosing the Allure as part of our honeymoon holiday coming up. We’ve booked a grand suite given the occasion.

With that I still have a few questions I’m hoping some can help us with....

How many bars are on-board? I want to try and get a drink in each of them.

If you’ve purchased the deluxe drinks package, can you order drinks/ cocktails to your room? And if so, any charge for this?

We may buy 2/3 speciality meals package, once onboard is it best to go and book these restaurants and then book coastal kitchen for remaining nights? Can we do all these bookings in the one location or do we need to go to each restaurant we want to book?

I’ve booked mamma Mia, the aqua show and one comedy night online. Is the comedy show different every night ? Or is it generally the same show across the 7 nights?

For barefoot beach on Labadee, the cabanas are quite expensive, if you don’t book these, I take it the sun beds across the beach are free? We’re thinking of doing the dragon zip line and then to barefoot, are these all within walking distance of the ship?

Any tips for something to do on both Falmouth and Cozumel?

Lastly, we have a flight from Miami airport at 12.30 after disembarkation, will this be tight for time? Should we bring our own luggage off early? Will taxis be available in port for onward travel to the airport?

Thanks in advance to everyone!