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Has anyone heard of any rumors as to when the upgraded water slides that are coming soon to Liberty and Harmony will go to the other Freedom class and Oasis ships?

On the social pkg, can you use other apps that are not social such as weather app, a banking app, etc?

When you purchase the pkg, can you purchase for the whole week or do you have to purchase daily each time you login?

Has anyone been able to receive emails or anything else besides social apps at slower speed or was the rest of it blocked?

Hello All,

Does anyone know if you can send text via iMessage (IPhone to IPhone) using the lower unl package that is social?

How do the porters know your FTTF? Do you show them boarding pass or something? And once they know do they label your bags a special way? Thanks for the help!

Thanks for all the suggestions. One more question. Is there any time changes when going east all the way to Venice or does it stay the same?

Would time of year be a factor? Was planning to go in early May. Assuming Indy out of South Hampton may be a little chilly compared to Barcelona.

Thanks for all the advice. Doesn't sound like it would be worth it. Also seems like a better idea to get to the port around 12 or 1230 to skip all the mess. Have there been cases where the rooms were ready before 100pm (Without FTTF). I don't think I have been on a cruise yet where rooms were ready before 100 or 130pm.

No tender ports with this one as its a 8 day southern route. I have the any time dining so can you use FTTF for priority reservations at the specialty restaurants?

Haven't cruised on Carnival in long time and recently booked the Breeze this fall. Just read up on the FTTF as its new to me and wanted to get opinion on if its worth it for the price for the Breeze out of Miami. Will have two staterooms with three kids and like the idea of not waiting but I understand that this will also be a premier (something like that) casino cruise which gets to board before FTTF also. Wondering if by the time they get to FTTF there will not be that many left anyway to board. Probably will arrive at port by 1130 or 12. I read you get a special line at guest services and first numbers for disembarking but will that matter also if you have higher status and casino in front of you.

Having trouble on deciding on my first Med cruise. Narrowed down to 14 day Indy of seas vs 12 day brilliance with overnight in Venice route. Would love to hear some insights and opinion on which would be best. Both are close in price with slightly higher to brilliance. Been on both class ships multiple times so it's more itinerary for me. I have been leaning toward brilliance due to Venice, however, two extra nights on Indy with better flight options and price into London make me re think.

I've read where most think that the reason behind Quantum moving was due to Bermuda not having their channel deep enough yet. The Quantum and Liberty are basically the same size with Quantum being just a little larger but both have the same draft at 28ft. If the Liberty could fit at Bermuda, then wouldn't the Quantum be able to also?

Freedom of the seas. You get the all in one package. Kids stuff, adult stuff, good entertainment, ocean views, easy embark port, and freedom class can still visit different ports including tendering.

I've sailed both. Oasis is a great ship especially for the entertainment. I lean toward Freedom class though. While there are more venues on the Oasis, a lot are smaller to fit on the ship. A lot of the places don't have any windows to see the ocean outside, like all the food places in Central Park and most on the boardwalk.

I'm not surprised by the move to China, even though I was looking forward to the Quantum. On several of my past cruises out of FLL, there was a significant amount of passengers from other countries than the US. When on the Oasis, almost half the ship was Chinese. They actually made announcements in Chinese and the dining room servers would sing in English first then again in Chinese. While I like the diversity and meeting people from other countries, it seems like fewer and fewer Americans are cruising. If all those people are paying international flights and the premium prices for Oasis, why wouldn't they put a ship there.

When I started this post, I was told by the sales agent on board previous cruise that there was a strong rumor that the Quantum would leave NY and I was sure it would involve switching with the Liberty. Would not have ever guessed China though! Scratching my head on that one. Liberty is a great add to to NY. Surprised that neither of the Quantum class is going somewhere in Florida.

I used my old future booking from a year ago for last weeks cruise. Gave me the old OBCs and showed up right away only on my booking confirmation though. I printed it and carried with me on cruise shop just in case. The credits showed on sea pass card right away. Nice to start your cruise in negative dollars!

Agree. I have been waiting to book out of New York for next summer and if it changed ports, that would really mess up my plans. With that said, however, there has to be a reason they are waiting so long on just this ship. It's not room codes and I don't buy the Bermuda challenge. Don't want to add more speculation, but it makes you think about it.

I thought it was odd also and couldn't see where else it could go. Anthem is going to ft lauderdale in fall, don't see it at port canaveral either. Quantum is not much bigger than the freedom class so it could swap with any of them. Agent also mentioned the third Oasis in 2016 in conversation. That would be nice if one of the oasis class would come to New York.

Just off Indy of seas and paid a visit to the adventures future booking desk with the same question as many others as to when the Quantum will update for summer 2015. Agent called the deployment dept at RCCL and was told it would be end of April. Was not told reason for delay but agent said their are heavy rumors about it changing ports and leaving cape liberty. She said the big mystery is where the Liberty will go. I wonder if the two are connected.