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Depends on where you look as to what date they are saying. The 2013 financial report lists Q2 for a delivery date for both. The 2014 financial report will be out around the end of April so it will be interesting to see what that says. I trust what is listed there as opposed to their website.

Financial reports are more reliable. :)

I saw this picture of the Harmony on a social media page. It's further along being built than Carnival's Vista ship which is already booking up when she sails in Summer 2016

There will be a new ship in the Fall 2016. I'm not seeing any talk about her.

http://m.royalcaribbeanpresscenter.com/ship/28/ovation-of-the-seas/

Very nice review and loved your comparisons of each cruise line. I also prefer Princess and have been on the Sapphire but I keep getting sucked back on CCL ships as that's where my friends like to cruise. I just can't convince them to try something new.

:D Any other good tips or secrets? This is my 10th cruise and first time on NCL. How is the gay scene? How is the spa?

Leaving Miami March 5 for the Western Caribbean. Anyone else (gay) on my sailing?

Please go to your roll call for your sailing date to find out. They do have Friends of Dorothy that meet up every evening in the jazz club.

The studios now have exclusive use of the Studio Lounge using their keycard.

Thank you, thank you for the first real review of a studio cabin. I've been waiting forever. Now I really know what to expect when its my turn next week. And it was a great review also.:) I'm going to link this thread on my roll call so all the singles can read your review.

I use my cell phone for my alarm.

"Secret" aft stairs are aft - on either side at the very back of the Epic. If you look at the deck plan you'll see blank spots there. Here are some aft photos - the stairway has cutouts with side view.

Thank you for clarifying that.

I always use kayak dot com to see what airline can get me somewhere, then I research directly through the airlines' websites. I never use one of those third party sites like Expedia or Travelocity as I had a bad experience once.

Thanks for updating your list. Finding the info on the aft stairs is like finding a needle in a haystack.

Somebody in a review somewhere had mentioned stairs in the aft at either or both corners of the ship where you could go from deck 7 or 8 up to 13. If you look at the ship layout these are open spaces on Decks 8 thru 13.