Matt

Sorry to hear that. I don't feel that this will be a really big deal in the grand scheme of things but it's a milestone nonetheless.

Which was your favorite restaurant now that you're fresh off Radiance?

I do agree that the milkshakes at Johnny Rockets are quite good. There's usually been a C&A coupon to help with the extra cost.

That's pretty cool. Did they make an announcement onboard?

There's no question there's an added focus on increasing onboard spending. I've always felt re: quality of food in MDR that MDR hasn't lost resources at expense of specialty restaurants as much as the MDR has simply left to languish. I still feel food in MDR ranges from "good" to "really good" but could use more attention in terms of consistently working to bring new choices there.

The glass bottom idea is pretty cool. Not sure how it works with a ship that size and being able to sustain it or if guests ever get a chance to go that low. But if they could make it happen, it would be neat. Heck, how about an underwater cam that anyone can watch in their stateroom?

An around the world cruise would be pretty epic

My wife was telling me her dream cruise to take with Royal Caribbean is the 14 night Panama Canal crossing cruise. What cruise would you love to take one day?

Orbitz isn't really what I'd consider a TA. I know they are technically ones but they fall under a different category. At any rate, you should not have to pay any booking fee to use a TA. Ever.

Another vote for the Love and Marriage game show. Always entertaining

I agree, this will not be the last trip to Europe for an Oasis-class ship, especially with 1-2 new Oasis class ships being built.

We should also point out they could pick a name not from the list of names we've discovered registered. But it seems pointless to have registered names if they wont be using them.

Oasis will be offering cruises from Southampton for a short while (just a few weeks) but it seems like there's LOTS of interest in sailing on her in UK

ChrisTravel: If you book Indy for October 14, you will be on the same sailing as DARKCABBIE :) August 2013 25 - hallyluhopper (Freedom of the Seas) September 2013 21 - Matt (Jewel of the Seas) October 2013 14 - DARKCABBIE (Independence of the Seas) 14 - ChrisTravel2114 (Independence of the Seas) February 2014 11 - trainer.stan (Rhapsody of the Seas) October 2014 15 - ChrisTravel2114 (Oasis of the Seas) March 2015 21 - Matt (Quantum of the Seas Royal Caribbean Blog Group Cruise!)

We're trying to decide which night we should skip dinner in the main dining room and eat at one of the specialty restaurants. Which night(s) do you usually opt for?

Pulse and Vantage sound good to me

Great points Tyler

I really enjoyed Portofino when I ate there on Freedom. Great quality

I was thinking about how a 4th Oasis ship could fit in and then I considered what Disney is going. Their 2 new ships are in the same port, one doing 3 & 4 night itineraries with the other doing 7 nights. Might be a model Royal Caribbean could emulate

I did not see them on Freedom on my cruise in February

And your vacation starts a day earlier!

August 2013 9 - briffler (Radiance of the Seas) 25 - hallyluhopper (Freedom of the Seas) September 2013 21 - Matt (Jewel of the Seas) October 2013 14 - DARKCABBIE (Independence of the Seas) February 2014 11 - trainer.stan (Rhapsody of the Seas) March 2015 21 - Matt (Quantum of the Seas Royal Caribbean Blog Group Cruise!)

Being that I live up here and really do not enjoy flying, I gotta agree with that

Sorry for the confusion, the login for the message board is not the same as the login for the Questions section of the site. They are two different pieces of software, so unfortunately you will have to create another login for that area of the site. I will look into ways to create a single user database for the entire site.

I've read quite a bit about issues with booking rules outside of the USA versus in USA. From what I can tell it's more government laws than RCL policy but I can see your point. That being said, RCL's presence in Australia has never been stronger, so I'd imagine things overall are getting better for you.