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We are indeed having a fabulous time so far….my surprise for my hubby of the Crown Loft was great. I can’t believe I kept the secret for over a year. He thought we were in the GS we stayed in back in 2022 so he was shocked when he opened the door and saw stairs!! It was a wonderful moment. He still doesn’t know about the Hideout Cabana at Hideaway Bay on the 2nd leg of the cruise next week. He’s gonna keep me forever after seeing that one We did do our 1st Couples massage this morning and it was wonderful! We did an Aroma Stone Therapy massage and we highly recommend it. Hope everyone is enjoying….can’t wait for some good old fashioned warm Caribbean sunshine

Was he the captain that would enter the room for Top Tier on a zamboni machine?

We have taken quite a few cruises out of Galveston and found him to be engaging and personable. Matt has a very good tribute to him. Royal Caribbean cruise ship Captain passes away after suffering heart attack | Royal Caribbean Blog

The wife and her two best friends are sailing on this cruise while I stay at home. She has been waiting to sail to Perfect Day again and could not wait to book this one.

My wife and I will be on this cruise as we always take that week. It is my annual birthday cruise and this will be another year I officially become older than dirt, many years over.

When you posted you had taken advantage of a price drop, it prompted me to check the price of an Oct Vision cruise we're on along with my son and DIL. On his OV gty he saved over $900. Unbelievable. So, thanks!

Captain Jame guided us through on many trips on Liberty of the Seas and was always our favorite captain. He will definitely be missed and our prayers go to his family.

Just heard Captain James, long time captain of Liberty, then Allure passed away from complications of a heart attack. He was always nice to us and we spoke with him many times on our multiple trips on these fine two ladies. He will be missed by all.

Getting rid of them before the expiration date?

There's a show the first night.

Ive been on Grandeur and Voyager (so far) and both had either a production or comedy show every night. It's just odd to me that there isn't a production or comedy show the first night. I'm cool with it, just found it different than what I'm used to.

Well at least our team won , people came prepared, all the things I brought was not in use

This portion of the show they added in early March and is actually very awesome! IMG_1205.mov

As of 3 weeks ago, the seats are still awful. Show was good. They don’t dive from as high as oasis class. What I don’t like about the current aqua shows is that it’s become more dance than dive. Still love the goofy aqua show on Harmony.

We had infinite balconies going for $30 with Royal up on icon

We sat in the top row close to hooked and that was the only row I noticed with cushions (but that was March). Hopefully this issue has been resolved.

I'd love to do THAT itinerary!

Robot battles on the ship?!

If you specifically booked an OCEANVIEW BALCONY GTY, that means you will be assigned an OV. You cannot be assigned a Central Park or Boardwalk Balcony. Those are not OV, those are considered NEIGHBORHOOD balconies and are less expensive. Once you are assigned your OV, you can request to switch to any other OV in the exact same category. Different OV's have different sub-categories. 1D, 2D, 3D, 4D, etc. So if you get a 3D, you can only switch to another available 3D. Hope that clears things up.

Meanwhile tonight on Harmony out of Galveston they were bringing 2nd and 3rd helpings of Lobster without them being ordered . (According to my notably trustworthy parents).

Here are a few pics of the shop. It's the last night of the cruise so it was a bit busy.

So funny. This must be over 30 years old. My wife got it sailing as a kid with her parents.

I wonder if the "revenge travel crowd" is starting to slow down a bit. I'm thinking as a business Royal has $$ milestones to meet, maybe the spend factor once onboard is starting to slow. Icon pricing is pulling her weight I'm sure, but what about the other ships? I'm thinking this is just a refreshed promo to separate more money from the consumer. This is not a negative statement mind you, Royal is ultimately in business to provide an enjoyable vacation but also to make a profit. So I'm thinking they are just trying to stimulate more "spend" with inviting offers such as this. I agree with someone else here that they are missing the boat (pun intended) with Royal Branded Merch! It's so sleepy and ho hum at this point. Most times I'm looking for something, I don't know what but almost every time there is nothing interesting. For example I would purchase a quality beach towel from every ship if it had the ships name on it. So I say come on Royal, think outside the box!

I still see an OS on a mock booking.

It looks like those two OS staterooms have sold. I dont see them while making a mock booking. There is still time for the Royal Up Gods to shine down upon me.