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Excellent because we'll be on utopia. Any idea if I can try to get the Royal railway on the first leg for the 2nd leg since it's sold out online?

We have our first back2back coming up, and we have the dining package for the 2nd leg of the trip. Will I be able to make all the dinner reservations at some point during the first leg of the trip, or will I need to wait until the 2nd portion "starts" before I'll be able to? Thanks!

Oh yes, 100% agree

Just Icon. I'm sure that will eventually end.

Not necessarily true. On a week long, we've lost more than $12,500 a handful of times. You win sometimes and lose big sometimes. Gambling.

Thankfully she knows we only sail on cruises we can get comped from the casino, so we've done everything from interiors to suites, but this will be our first in a cls.

Now the decision to not tell my wife and surprise her once we board, or just tell her now. Even when I tell her the room number on boarding day, she won't think anything of it as she'll think we're still just in the junior suite.

Thanks

Is there a cls that's better than the others that are available, other than the fact facing the ocean vs basketball court?

Hi all, I think I know the answer, but just curious for others thoughts.. We originally qualified for a comped junior suite on a 3 day sailing on oasis in November. I paid a whopping $50 total for the two of us to upgrade to a grand suite on deck 10, because obviously lol. Fast forward and I now have the ability to upgrade to a crown loft suite for an extra $120 a person on deck 17 (ocean facing). That's worth it and a crazy good deal, right? Even though it's only a 3 day sailing. We've never stayed in a crown loft before. Below are the cabins still available so I'm thinking 1750 or 1748 are best unless I'm missing something? Thanks! I look forward to the opinions!

For those interested, I posted many pictures and comments on our experience at Empire supper club in my trip report. Page 5.

We went on symphony in June and booked her again out of Bayonne in October. The itinerary is nothing special as stopping at port canaveral is kind of a waste, but symphony still remains one of my favorite ships in the fleet and it's a quick Uber to Newark.

It feels a very long ways off for sure. With what we have booked, we'll cross the 300 point mark by spring of next year. With both of us in our early to mid 30s, I figure by the time we hit 50 I think.

Well, jumping right in. After booking that symphony sailing solo, also added a 3 & 4 night solo on Allure in December to pair up with the 3 nighter on liberty that I have with my wife. I'll get off Allure and meet her on liberty that morning. Gotta love all the casino comps. Wife is all for it to work towards pinnacle.

We're at 218 so we have a ways to go unfortunately. We're only in our 30s though, so we have time thankfully.

Well, booked it. I paid the $60 to upgrade to the last boardwalk balcony in the row on deck 9 so I can see the ocean and catch the aqua show a few times. I'll likely do a trip report for it since I'll have more time on my hands. I'll be excited and nervous! My favorite bartender from two weeks ago goes on vacation in September unfortunately so I'll miss him by a month.

I'll report back on what I decide. I'm leaning towards giving it a try.

Right now we're at the same points, but from my understanding, if I get to pinnacle first, she'd also become pinnacle because being married.

People always look at me like I'm crazy when I say I don't know the itinerary on an oasis class ship. Lol. I'm content on the ship all week with a stop at Coco cay

When I brought it up, she was 100% on board. She misses when I'm gone but she likes having full control of everything we home when I'm gone lol

Caribbean. It's symphony out of jersey so a pretty lame itinerary that I'd likely only get off in Coco cay. We did the itinerary a few weeks ago. Awful itinerary but I love symphony.

This is 100% her and I. We're very laid back so my only concern is going from laid back to being bored. I'd probably do another live trip report to keep me occupied. Her pto is maxed, but when I saw I could go solo on symphony for $180 in Port fees and like $150 round trip air from my local, it got me thinking.

Hi all. Curious for opinions and thoughts. My wife and I have done roughly 25 cruises over the last handful of years. We have a number of them coming up. There's one I want to take, but she wouldn't be able to go.. For those who travel normally with their significant other, did you enjoy it? I'm not super outgoing, we typically like to do shows and hang out in the bars at night. She usually sparks up the conversations with other couples. I can't decide if I'd enjoy it or not. It's comped through the casino, but her pto is maxed out. For what it's worth, her and I are cruising beginning of October and beginning of November, and this one in eyeing is second to last week of October with a dirt cheap flight.

Hi all, Booked our very first carnival cruise for next year. We've done 25+ cruises on Royal, and cruise a lot due to their casino program. I did a match with carnival, and finally pulled the trigger on carnival celebration next year since we could get an aft balcony fully comped. It goes to grand turk, amber cove, Nassau, and celebration key. Never been to amber cove, grand turk, or celebration key obviously since it's not open yet. I was able to book an extended aft view balcony and from what I can tell, it's an awesome cabin and an awesome view. Am I missing anything? Since we love oasis class, celebration felt like the best ship to try and I THINK scoring that aft cabin is a huge win since most of the other sailings I could pick from didn't include the aft balcony like this one did fully comped. I included the deck plan below, and we were able to get cabin 11520. Thanks!

Reeling this back in.. I'm just going to continue as we've always done, leaving the auto tips alone, and tipping as we go for each diamond drink, casino drink, etc.