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I don't see it being offered in advance on an Anthem 3 night sailing from Sydney.

Oxymoron of the day:

2025 GO FOR THE BOLD OFFER NOT AVAILABLE 6/17/2025 They took it away!

Me too 2025 GO FOR THE BOLD OFFER NOT AVAILABLE 6/17/2025

Perhaps try Youtube. There are videos about slots for beginners. They work on ships the same as they do on land so don't focus on Royal Caribbean.

It appears on the surface at least, that Royal executive leadership doesn't see the value in modernizing their IT platforms. This isn't exactly or completely accurate as there are some changes coming, but generally speaking when you have dump trucks of money being dumped in your lap every hour it's hard to understand how an extra dump truck of money per day is worth the costs to modernize. Work in IT long enough and when it comes to large corporations there are two main types. Those that see IT as a tool to empower the organization and increase revenue versus those companies that view IT as a cost center, a money pit that, like a boat, only costs you money with no increased returns. When ever I have interviewed for senior IT positions in my life I have asked questions to understand the nature of the IT-political structure to determine how the organization views IT. I make choices based on the assessment. I don't enjoy working at an organization where IT isn't valued or funded to excel. But I do understand the argument. With gobs of money coming in, will this multi-million dollar expense to improve IT generate gobs more millions? No? Then nope. Stay the course.

Reply to the concierge email and ask them.

Carnival bought the pier and port in Skagway and Royal bought Costa Maya. This seems to a trend in the industry.

Port Canaveral is easily accessible. She will be able to drive up to the terminal and pick you up.

River of pee likely... Mr. Schneider hinted at a cooler of beer idea they're working on, "We're kicking around this idea where maybe you take a cooler...because being in the longest lazy river in the world, you're in that body of water, if you choose for up to or more than an hour to get around it."

Doesn't the Royal branded credit card already provide cash back % for Royal purchases? When I see the phrase Future Cruise Credit I have a PTSD type response from the FCC chaos of the pandemic.

That would be awesome and with Voyager coming back into the Pacific later this year maybe the stars are aligning for a year round ship in Australia. Navigator has a dry dock and non-revenue repositioning sailing in March 2027. April 23 she pops up somewhere ready to be in service. Lelepa is said to begin service "early 2027". With no guests on board the repositioning voyage from the shipyard in Singapore can be direct with no stops on the way. Voyager had a dry dock Nov. 2024. Now that she is under the every 2.5 year requirement for shipyard visits due to her age, that puts the next Voyager dry dock in the May 2027 time frame. If Voyager was meant to be part of the Lelepa kick off it seems odd to open Lelepa "early 2027" then send Voyager to Singapore for a dry dock soon after. It's likely Voyager heads to Singapore after her LA/Mexico stint ending in April 2027 for the dry dock she will need. That just leaves the question what does she do when the dry dock is over mid to late May. Will they keep her in Singapore to take over from Navigator? They likely won't keep two ships year round in Australia, at least not at first, so a year round ship in the warmer Queensland climate doing runs that include Lelepa and the South Pacific regular ports of call visits makes a lot of sense. With the more chill nature of Lelepa and no pier in favor of tendering, it may not need as long of a construction cycle so the "early 2027" time frame should be realistic. Why open early in 2027 if they didn't mean to keep going there through the middle of 2027 when traditionally ships have finished their Australia season? We've seen references to Lelepa and year round service so maybe it's all coming together for Navigator from Brisbane year round with a Quantum class still operating from Sydney seasonally.

Something is up with her, that's a lot of cruises over a long period of time. Anything is possible.

Cabin decor remains the same as does the decor in areas like elevator lobbies. The amplification in 2019 was pretty amazing. It focused on guests venues as opposed inside guests cabins. Caribbean pool, slides, Playmakers, PortSide BBQ etc. If you don't mind the cabins being pretty much the same as they have always been, Oasis is in great shape with many modern or current venues. The new Aqua show is one of the best.

Kind of how I feel about the Bahamas and the Caribbean. Time to venture further away.