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Here’s a good one. I’m on a cruise picking deadline. Booked some great flights on Expedia, but I can only cancel up to midnight so this is a little bit ? trying to decide between 4 cruises for end of June 2019: 7 night Oasis of the seas western Mediterranean (did it on Harmony) 7 night Freedom southern Caribbean (concerns about how truly hot it will be at that time) 7 night Caribbean on Symphony 7 night Mediterranean on Celebrity Edge what would you choose??

thanks for the ideas, @JLMoran! and I didn't even think about that, @jurrjurr... thanks!!!

I'm back for another, "please help me pick a cruise!" We're looking at June/July 2019 Choice: *12 night Baltic from Amsterdam on Brilliance or *Southern Caribbean cruise on Freedom You always have great feedback and looking forward to it again today! Thank you!

Thank you both!! I probably only put in a dollar 8 cruises ago— so this makes sense!

My husband and I just got onboard Allure and noticed a difference on our cards. We are new to Diamond status. My card says, Diamond - Choice whereas his just says diamond. Does anyone know what the choice means?

My husband and I just reached Diamond status and will be cruising on Allure this month. We know that we are entitled to 3 free drinks at night, but does how does this work? Also, what do you find in the diamond lounge? I usually get a soda package, but I am wondering if I can live without it now that we have this status and maybe I could use a free drink for soda. Thank you in advance!

Definitely Johnny and Gus! Gus was my first and Johnny is just hilarious!

When I go on vacation, I am DEFINITELY in vacation mode. But as I was browsing offerings on Anthem, I saw the fitness class pass. Have you gone to any of them before? Thoughts?

It's a good point. We actually went to Disney/Universal this past February for 8 days so I'm sure we could just pick a couple of attractions to see, but again, still not sure the cost is worth the reward (except for the free tickets)

Hi everyone! My husband and I are getting on Anthem in 10 days! We like Anthem and so we usually go the Bahama's route that we have done a few times and stay onboard while everyone leaves. This year, our anniversary falls on the Orlando day and I am kind of tempted to get off the ship. We do have free passes to Disney and I would pay for a day at Universal, but my question is, is it worth it? I know some of the excursions are 8/10 hours but that includes like 2 hours of travel time. We are not really interested in the NASA/Coco beach things as we have done them before too. Has anyone done these excursions? Thanks!!!

Things get really confusing for me in the middle, but I would definitely say: 1) Anthem 2) Allure ..... Somewhere lower is Harmony- can't get over not having a pool in the solarium.... ------- By far the last was Rhapsody- all it did was creak!!

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Thanks everyone! You probably wouldn't believe that I am still stirring about this.... On tiring days, I go with Anthem/Grandeur and on days that I am excited to adventure, it's obviously Freedom. Thinking that maybe I'll wait and see what I feel onboard Anthem in 2 weeks.... Looks like the fares are only headed up though. Hey, @Matt - what would you do?!

I think my personal favorite cruise director was Luke Arrowsmith! Missing him on RC ships!

Everyone was so helpful with my questions about Bermuda/Southern Caribbean that I thought that I would try again. :) My husband is dying to go do the 7/8 night Norway.... personally, I would love to do the 12 night Italy cruise from Barcelona. Last summer we did Greece and two summers ago we were the 6th sailing on Harmony doing Western Mediterranean. Anybody have any thoughts on Europe cruises?

They don’t even answer the email that they set up for C&A help! Or maybe everyone is just emailing them that much that they haven’t gotten back to me since Bayley responded!

I wish I could help. This has been so frustrating.... we’re cruising on 4/14 and thankfully I did my SSP before the website change. Good luck!

Beautiful pictures! I’m starting to think that even 2 days is way too little! ;)

@tiny260 @KLAconQueso @JLMoran@twangster thank you! I don't hear too many people talking about Bermuda (I could be looking in the wrong places....)

This is awesome! Thanks for sharing!

I think Anthem has the suite deck too so that is great when you want to sit out at the pool!

One day I hope to get this!! :)

I've been on a few Christmas/New Years cruises! It's not going to be the same as being home for Christmas, but they do really go all out. I am speaking more from an adult perspective, so there was definitely big trees on every ship, but I think different ships do different things. I have seen cookie decorating, getting presents from Santa, plenty of activities. However, we are mostly taking in the sun and the nice weather being from New England :)

My first cruise was on Enchantment and at the time it was so disorientating just for the fact that it was our first cruise. But then we started to go bigger and bigger and bigger. We had recently went on a Jewel and Rhapsody and realized how being on a smaller ship was actually so nice too. With that being said, I still love all the ships (Anthem is probably my favorite), mostly because we tend to stay on board a lot, so its quiet when everyone leaves, but its always nice to have the small ship feel too. I think there are perks to both and you should definitely try it out too :)

Hi everyone! My husband and I are trying to decide which cruise to take this summer (July) and would love any help in the decision. The three choices: 1) Anthem OTS- 9 night Bermuda- only 1 day in Bermuda, then off to San Juan, St. Marteen, and Labadee. 2) Grandeur OTS- 9 night Bermuda- overnight in Bermuda, then off to Nassau and Cococay 3) Freedom OTS- 7 night Southern Caribbean- St. Marteen, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Johns, and Barbados. Other information: * We love Anthem, but will be doing the Bahamas itinerary in just a few weeks in April. *We haven't been to Bermuda or St. Lucia and both are appealing to us to visit. *I am not sure if we would regret not having more time in Bermuda on Grandeur if we went on Anthem. *I'm not sure if the Southern Caribbean itinerary will be unbearable weatherwise. We did Greece last year and Italy the year before and survived :) The Freedom itinerary has the most adventure of them all. *We are diamond members, but would likely be staying in a balcony for anthem and possible grandeur and a suite for Freedom. As you can see, I am quite conflicted! Any recommendations or feedback would be great. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE! :)