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In the top left hand corner, my printer dated my copy of the Pre-Cruise Planner Summary that I printed out. I did not receive an email confirmation. I assume that I didn't because my cruise was booked through a travel agent, but I am far from certain about that. I have a call in to my travel agent to see if she received a confirmation for me. However, I did check my credit card and payment was made to RCI on the same date of my Summary. I have also emailed, hoping to get an official response letter of my own instead of copying the posts here.
I also booked my cruise through a travel agent but did receive an email upon booking the Cabana. Check your email on the day you made the reservation for details such as below.
-----Original Message-----
From: Royal Caribbean International [mailto:DoNotReply]
Sent: Friday, August 30, 2013 7:30 PM
To: xxxxxxx
Subject: Pre-Cruise Planner Confirmation
Dear xxxxx,
Thank you for making your reservations in advance using our Pre-Cruise Planner. Please print this page for your records.
Reservation Number: xxxxxxx
Cruise: xxxxxxx
Ship Name: xxxxxxx
Date of Departure: xxxxxxx
Departing From: xxxxxxx
Below you will find a brief description of the items you have reserved.
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I am sending this response as a follow-up to your recent correspondence to our executive offices and regret I was unable to reach you via telephone earlier as planned.
We appreciate your comments regarding the amenities associated with the cabana rentals in Labadee and regret the displeasure conveyed.
Please understand the upgraded barbeque buffet, offered on Barefoot Beach, one of Labadee’s beaches exclusively reserved to suite guests, was also made available to cabana guests from other Labadee beaches, and generated unexpected crowding as a result. In order to maintain a premium beach experience, Royal Caribbean will start enforcing the exclusive access of Barefoot Beach to top suite guests only.
Please note that guests who have purchased a private cabana on Nellie’s Beach will still have exclusive use of their cabana for the day. Other cabana amenities include a built-in ceiling fan, luxury resort-style lounge chairs, two floating mats, beach towels, a water cooler with six bottles of water and a personal cabana attendant. Guests in these cabanas are invited to join the beach barbeque buffet at Columbus Cove Café, Dragon’s Café and Café Labadee. Guests who have already purchased private cabanas at Nellie’s Beach prior to October 4, 2013 will still be able to access Barefoot Beach’s upgraded beach barbeque buffet.
We truly hope our guests will enjoy a memorable day during their call at Labadee, one of Royal Caribbean’s highest-rated Caribbean destinations and private beach paradise located on the northern coast of Haiti. The destination features five beaches, a Haitian artisan market, an extensive array of watersports options, as well as exciting attractions such as the 2,600-foot Dragon’s Breath Flight Line, the world’s longest zip line over water, the 300-foot Dragon’s Splash Waterslide, and the Dragon’s Tail Alpine Coaster.
Did you get this email today from RC if I may ask? Thank you.
I have yet to receive a response to my email sent on Monday.
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Never mind the QoS blocks at Meyer Werft or the celebrity advisors, I’ve found the mother load! :eek:
LOL. Lloyd you are the best at finding things about the Quantum build. Royal Caribbean and Meyer Werft should both reward you with a trip to the Shipyard in Papenburg, Germany. You are one of the few keeping this whole Quantum thing interesting since there are no reveals from RCCL.
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I have also sent an email to RCCl and copied (Shorex, C&A and RCCL Marketing). No formal response yet.
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At the end of this past August we also booked an Over The Water Cabana at Nellies Beach for our March 2015 sailing. Primary reason for booking besides the shade was some of the amenities and conveniences that were included. I gained a lot of great info here at CC about these Cabanas before making that booking. Now to find out after making that deposit of $250 they are taking away most of the benefits. Gees, a few weeks ago we learned they dropped Samana from our sailing and now this. They are taking away everything and worst part without any correspondence to their loyal guest. I will also send an email to RCI.
Also, I do agree as some have mentioned that Bob (Clarea) knows his stuff well and gives very good feedback. I have been on the receiving end of a few of those and I am thankful for the info and intel he shared.
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Thanks everyone. I'm glad you're all enjoying the photos. I've been fortunate enough to visit a drydock during a major refurb (Freeport Drydock when they changed Nordic Empress into Empress of the Seas). It's fascinating (to me), and a part of the cruise world not many see. My friend has promised to send as many pics as he can throughout the process. I'll continue to post them here.. enjoy!:)
Well maybe your pictures did have something to do with it (wake RCI up) as there is a new Vision OTS sailing to Bermuda in 2014. There is new thread out there about it. Below is the link to the itinerary.
http://www.creative.rccl.com/Sales/Royal/Deployment/13035761_VI_Caribbean_2014_ReDeployment
Credit to PH8 for the new thread
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Wth the lack of any interesting updates from RCI on the building of Quantum and Oasis III, this is very refreshing and interesting to see. Thanks for sharing these great pictures.
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The email was from my travel agent, but the attached file, a copy of the letter to the travel agent came directly from Royal Caribbean.
Thank you. I have not seen anything official yet, so it could be coming soon. I still feel there will be a change again.
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On the March 21, 2015 Sailing, I finally received "official" notification of elimination of Samana. While not upset with that, That only leaves us San Juan, and Labadee. We arrive in San Juan at 4 pm and leave at 11pm. Not much time to do anything there. Then we arrive in Labadee at 4:30pm spend the overnight there and leave at 5pm. Looking forward to the Quantum, but it is the worst itinerary I ever had. No time for anything in San Juan and an overnight at their private island??:(
I am hoping for another change, What do you think will happen?:(
Did the notification come directly from RCI or your Travel Agent? I am also on that same cruise. It's hard to believe that the current would be an itinerary for spring break which tends to be a high demand cruise period and at a premium in most cases.
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I really hope the balconies are nothing like those on Breakaway looking at the second picture and what appears to be the support rails. Thanks for sharing Lloyd.
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am I calculating this right--Capt. Johnny will be on Allure for the Nov. 17th sailing???
Using a 10 week rotation and assuming a Sunday change (when Allure docks at PE), I would say yes. Although Captain TG start of 8/16/13 was not on a Sunday so this could be off +/- some days. Its just an estimate.
Master Start End/Sunday
TG 8/16/2013 10/27/2013
JF 10/27/2013 1/5/2014
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An Oasis class ship in Europe will be great!... The few cruises next year are nearly full booked!!!... :)
The story in the attached article indicates that RCI CEO, Adam Goldstein also feels good about the bookings Oasis has achieved for its Europe sailing and ports. So as some have suggested here already, this could be a test for an Oasis class maybe.
From Tavel Weekly - “We always felt demand would be high but we needed to do it in real life to be sure."
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That is not an Oasis class ship it looks like a Freedom class ship. It's definitely not Oasis.1,2,3,4or5.
One picture shows a Freedom Class and another shows an Oasis Class ship. On the Oasis Class you can tell by the double smoke stacks and front facing cabins above the bow area. The front profile of the two classes is different.
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Don't forget Asia. The new cruise terminal at Kai Tak Hong Kong is using an artist impression of an Oasis class ship on its website.
Good point. You never know. So lets speculate then. Three in the US, one in Europe and one in Asia. Thoughts?
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As usual, nice find Lloyd. If it wasn't for most of the pictures you found and posted here, things would be rather boring and slow coming on Quantum news. Thanks for sharing.
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Good, HOPEFULLY Port Canaveral will finally get one.
Yes they may get one as they have started the process of building a new terminal. See article from Florida Today and discussed in the thread below.
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Oasis is heading across the pond soon for a few cruises to test the market and for a drydock. Think of that as a test drive.
So far the cruises in this "test drive" appear to be all booked. At least the ones from Barcelona. Cuurently all show N/A. It could very well be a good indication as to how well this class ship does in the European cruise market.
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RCCL itinerary is:
Sailing Itinerary
Day Port *** Arrive Depart Activity
Day 1 Cape Liberty, New Jersey 5:00 PM
Day 2 Cruising
Day 3 Cruising
Day 4 San Juan, Puerto Rico 4:00 PM Docked
Day 5 San Juan, Puerto Rico 3:00 PM Docked
Day 6 Labadee, Haiti 9:00 AM 5:00 PM Docked
Day 7 Cruising
Day 8 Cruising
Day 9 Cape Liberty, New Jersey 8:00 AM
At least you guys got San Juan. There is much more to do in SJ than Labadee for an overnight stay.
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I know our itinerary has been changed for the 1/3/15 cruise. No Samana but they added an overnight in San Juan.
A few days ago the 3/21/15 sailing had an overnight on two different ports depending on how one did a search. Via My Cruises it showed overnight at Labadee. Via RCI Plan/Search for a crusie from the Home Page it showed overnight at San Juan. Now it shows overnight at Labadee both ways. Hopefully yours is now also consistent as to which port for overnight. I hope they come back to revisit this change and add another port of call but please not Nassau.
Day Port *** Arrive Depart Activity
21-Mar Cape Liberty, New Jersey 5:00 PM
22-Mar Cruising
23-Mar Cruising
24-Mar San Juan, Puerto Rico 4:00 PM 11:00 PM Docked
25-Mar Labadee, Haiti 4:30 PM Docked
26-Mar Labadee, Haiti 5:00 PM Docked
27-Mar Cruising
28-Mar Cruising
29-Mar Cape Liberty, New Jersey 8:00 AM
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Given the success of both Oasis and Allure it makes sense that they are adding to this class of ships. It will also mean that a lot more ports will have to update their infrastructure to handle the size of these ships.
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Tomorrow is the scheduled steel cutting of Oasis 3 and now there are mentions of Oasis 4 and 5. I recall Oasis 4 being mentioned but not a 5.
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Unfortunately - no and no. :(
Sent using the Cruise Critic forums app
Thanks. Well back to the waiting game. RCI really needs to inject some new excitement soon.
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Very little (new) Quantum news was released during our Royal Caribbean webinar this afternoon...
- Info was given on the Family connected Jr. Suites. They're basically a jr. suite, inside and balcony cabin (connected with a vestibule) that will sleep 8-10. A minimum of five legal names are required to book them. Square footage is 575 square feet (combined) with a 216 square foot balcony. Rooms will have 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. The inside room has only a full bed - not a Royal King - which can accommodate two but it'd be tight. (Would be perfect for a MIL traveling with the family, I would think!) There will be 16 of these on the ship.
- New itineraries for QOS will not be released until early 2014.
- It is not believed that a golf simulator will be on QOS.
- A Broadway show has been chosen for ship but name is not being released yet.
Very little indeed. Did they say anything about the "more to come" spaces and when they will release more info on them?
Any mention of Anthem or Oasis 3?
- Info was given on the Family connected Jr. Suites. They're basically a jr. suite, inside and balcony cabin (connected with a vestibule) that will sleep 8-10. A minimum of five legal names are required to book them. Square footage is 575 square feet (combined) with a 216 square foot balcony. Rooms will have 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. The inside room has only a full bed - not a Royal King - which can accommodate two but it'd be tight. (Would be perfect for a MIL traveling with the family, I would think!) There will be 16 of these on the ship.
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I just saw the one going trans-atlantic going to Spain, didn't look further though.
Yes there are another sailings sceduled from Barcelona and Rotterdam. They may be sold out though as they are now showing N/A last time I looked at RCI website.
Amenities changed for Nellie's Beach Cabanas Labadee
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Thanks for sharing this. I think a safe thing to do is to also have a copy of your email confirmation showing when the reservation was made.