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On 11/22/2022 at 11:22 AM, orville99 said:

 

We always pay off our cruises in full well before final payment date, and have taken advantage of price drops on fully paid off cruises on several occasions - both pre and post shutdown. After final payment date we only do RoyalUP bids, and have scored really good deals on a half dozen bids since the restart. We are on Jewel in ~two weeks and upgraded from a JS to an Owner's Suite for $400/person. 

Question about the owner's suite on Jewel, do they have the traditional twin/king bed or a queen size bed. TIA

You don't need anything to get a check in time. As soon as you start check in you get a time, then you can go back and add everything else later. I woke up at 2AM by coincidence on the night of our check in, clicked to check in, and went back to sleep, added all the info later in the day, just have to click on edit check in.

1 hour ago, soremekun said:

Here ya go:

cruisecompass (5).pdf 1.14 MB · 9 downloads

Wow, really recent, hope you had a great cruise!

you can do the check in and then go back and add the photo if you want to.

5 hours ago, Tree_skier said:

I never thought about that... That's a brilliant idea.

My phone tells me where my car is, it's nothing I ever set up, just syncs through bluetooth when I'm in the car and puts it on the map. I love it, was a King of Prussia Mall years ago and lost her car there. Forgot what store we went into first, luckily we found it looking out another door. She had a bright yellow Jeep, if she had had a black SUV we would probably still be there.

3 hours ago, Midwifelife7 said:

We don't use credit cards, but I was thinking of getting one to book our cruise.  I see that RC offers one, but I don't know when we will cruise again outside of this one that we are booking soon so I'm not sure if that would be worth getting a RC card for just one cruise, but it may be......

I'm not familiar with travel credit cards/perks. Do you have a suggestion?  

 

Saw your other post, with all the cruise fares you are going to book I would do it. I have Royals visa, you get double points for every Royal transaction. With what you are doing that could mean some quite a bit of onboard credit for shore excursions or drinks, or whatever else you wanted to do.

On 12/23/2022 at 3:52 PM, jerseyjjs said:

 

 

Did you notice if they were showing college and NFL games at the Pit Stop Bar.  Looking to go in January and was hoping they'd have the NFL playoffs showing in there.   TIA.

Was just looking at the app for the current sailing, we are going on January 20th, and for this week they have football games on the pool screen. I would imaging they will do the same. We did that on Oasis was great. 

10 hours ago, CanadaRob said:

Quantum/Anthem doing the 12 day Southern Caribbean were awesome.  Would absolutely be in, I don't mind the couple of cool days at beginning and end. 

We did that a few years ago, it was a fantastic cruise. Had an awesome time. We were on Anthem

Unless it's a different itinerary, I don't care! Not a fan of Port Canaveral or Nassau, but it's hard to do anything further on a 7 day from New Jersey. 

22 hours ago, Coralc said:

Wow! They just cancelled you? That is kind of rude. 🙄

I'm sure it happens, especially with 2 new ships coming to Florida, they have to make space for them. With it being so far out we rebooked the same itinerary sailing on April 7. So we leave sooner, always a good thing less time to wait.

22 hours ago, kj_connections said:

 

Thanks for the update. Do you remember what your original ports were?  And the price?

Ours was supposed to be a Caribbean Cruise, they are sending her to Europe, we were going to Labadee, Coco Cay and St Thomas.

We were booked to cruise on Oasis April 2024, and it was cancelled, got this message:

In preparation for our Summer 2024 European season, we’ve adjusted some itineraries and repositioned some sailings for our ships heading across the Atlantic. This helps us to provide more enjoyable itineraries, as well as a new 12-Night Transatlantic sailing. Unfortunately, this means your upcoming Oasis of the Seas cruise has been cancelled.

So I would assume there will be a transatlantic We were booked on April 21st sailing.

I am so sorry for your loss, but happy that you were both so happy on your cruise and that you have those memories to cherish.

18 minutes ago, soremekun said:

Guesses requested.... Will the lowest cost guarantee balcony be over $3,000 all in for two people?

Early on I don't think so.

I've only ever seen lunch on the island. 

There are lots of free dining options on Harmony, Solarium Bistro is great for breakfast. Sorrento's and Park Cafe. I'm sure there are others. Enjoy your cruise.

On 10/12/2022 at 2:16 PM, 3CatsInMA said:

If he catches a crock pot, there's no way they'll let him bring it on board. ☹️

Would they let him keep the iron?

Got ours back today, mailed them on September 15th. So one day shy of 8 weeks.

20 hours ago, iuki said:

We did sign up, but were never notified that his passport was on its way.  🤷‍♀️

Gotta love government offices.

3 hours ago, iuki said:

We weren’t even notified that my hubby’s passport was on its way.  😉

There's a website where you can enter you info and it will tell you the status. Not much info, but it will let you sign up for notification when they send it out.

https://passportstatus.state.gov/

I mailed ours August 15th. Just got notification that they shipped this week. So that makes  just over 7 weeks for us.

On 8/4/2022 at 10:00 AM, Sun Lover said:

We are looking into booking a cruise on Wonder of the Seas.  I thought all the Oasis class ships had pretty much the same venues but it looks like Wonder has some different features. We did a back to back on Oasis a few years ago and just loved Dazzles with the live band and dancing.  Does Wonder have a lounge or a venue similar to Dazzles?

No more Dazzles on Oasis. My daughter got "married" in there on our 2016 cruise, the photos were beautiful. (she was supposed to get married at a stop in St Thomas that didn't happen because of a medical emergency)  So they had a commitment ceremony in Dazzles, RC staff did a phenomenal job in a short amount of time to do a beautiful ceremony. 

Dazzles is now a very dark music space. We were on Oasis again last year, it didn't even recognize it as the same space. It was only on the second night in there I realized it was where Dazzles used to be. 

1 minute ago, cruisingator2 said:

It is going to be enclosed and part of the new Aquadome. 

Oh, that is so cool. Can't wait to see it in person. Thanks for your response.

29 minutes ago, Lloyd555 said:

There is the AquaTheatre portion of the AquaDome.

Unfortunately we can't see the diving pool in this view. 😑

 

 

Here is a bad view of a portion of the diving pool.

 

Excuse my ignorance, but is the aqua theater at the front of the ship? Wouldn't that be windier than the back of the ship?

I can't wait to see what it is going to be. What new items will be on it. What the decor will be. When the schedule will be released. 

Counting down to January for our next cruise, but I want to book Icon soon. Ugh, tired of waiting it seems so long since the ship was announced I've been following along waiting for info and photos for years it seem like.