Ken at the beach

Cruise Director Mitch whos is now one of our Account managers in Canada did a live stream last night that I saw. I imagine I will see the same on Tuesday

I have heard from my rep that there will be one at CocoCay for us

The cruise compass indicated it would be good to go go for the inaugural. I'll get to see them practice.

He thinks so. He slso thonks the day bed was bought for him.

The room will be the exact same as all of the other balconies but I will definitely post pictures of the balcony.

It is a great spread. I've been lucky enough to indulge on the Odyssey, Wonder and Allure. What I have also heard and I am hoping it is true is that dinner is the same kind of feat for the Inaugural.

A couple other pictures of our backyard. We had this done in the fall of 2022. The Crown and Anchor logo started out with our landscaper suggesting that he could do an inlay of a star or Dolphin. I quickly grabbed my phone and asked if he could do this and he said absolutely. Fits with the pool theme for those that don't know but those that know, know.

Merlin is hoping for some more towels to add to our collection.

Packing now about 95% complete. For the 3 day I am taking my sister as Vikki is teaching and can't take time off, Sarah is in the middle of her placement for school and she can't take time off and Toby is joining me on the inaugural. It worked out to only be a couple extra days off school for him to do the 7 day vs the 3 day so that made the decision easy for him. I was going to pack some ducks but decided that this really would not fit in my carry on and I think Vikki would notice him missing

Good plan.

Unknown whether she will just drop us off and sail around offshore and return in the morning or whether she will remain berthed for the day.

Leave him behind and send him pictures.🤣

I'll try to remember to grab pictures of the spread for lunch on day 1. They go all out. I feel bad for the people that a;ways avoid the WJ

I'll also be on the 3 day preview sailing starting the 23rd so I will try to post a few pictures from that. I have an infinite verandah for the 3 day and then an aft facing large balcony on deck 12 for the Inaugural. I guess I should start packing soon as I fly out at noon on Monday. Still hoping I can talk someone into letting me stay on board the night of the 26th instead of having to get a hotel for the one night

That is one of the 4 accessible Central Park balcony staterooms. Every other CP Balcony stateroom is the same standard size. Royal even uses the wrong pictures on their website for many cabin categories and those deck plan sites just copy Royals incorrect images.

I see an outlet on one side only by the light

If there are cabins available they are able to be booked until Royal submits the manifest which is generally around 24 hours prior +/- a few hours.

The picture I saw had 2 USB A and 2 USB C but only one 110v plug.

The only thing I can think of is that its deck 14 and directly under public space.

I've got the ones on 14 for March of 2025 and I scored and was assigned the large balcony for the Inaugural which I quickly switched to the last aft facing one on 12. Definitely getting my steps in.

I was on the Odyssey over NYE and it was not allowed

Excellent!

What may in some peoples minds may be poor decisions and bad tradeoffs may be welcomed by others or are simply irrelevant to them. With this ship Royal was not trying to impress longtime cruisers, they are after new to cruising and families who have done Disney and theme parks They know that whatever they built they will not please all of their current cruisers so there is no point in trying.

Your youngest should have the exact same points as you if they are linked as linked accounts will sll show the point total of the person with the highest points. Your 18YO will have his own actual points but retain your status if thst was higher. Ours all posted from this cruise. Bumped my son to D+. Older daughter still at D not happy with that.

I get that for shows in the main theatre but when you have a purpose built "music hall" that was specifically designed to host bands and then pull the bands to cut costs then you have a big wasted space.