Stijn

At 9:30 our number was called, so a little delay. There was a huge line from Silk till the middle of the Promenade. Badly organized. The numbers were called too fast at a certain time. But all in all we debarked, took our luggage en true customs in about 30-40min. Our transfer took off at 10:30, and been checked in at the airport at 11:30...

So had time enough...

Hello,

At this time I'm on the harmony. 

I just received my tags for disembark for sunday.

I got a flight Sunday in Miami at 1:56 pm. I prepaid transfers with Royal. 

I'm received tags 62 (that's the late departure airport transfer between 9:15 and 9:20)

On the document I received with the section RC Transfer Times, there is the next writen: (see document) 

- Late airport transfers: Fort Lauderdale Airport between 1:01pm and 11:59pm, Miami flights between 2:01pm and 11:59pm)

Does this mean that's I recommended to take the late departure time if you flight starts after 2pm? When will the bus bring you back after going off the ship? 

Will I make my flight? 

Thank you in advance 

Hello,

At this time I'm on the harmony. 

I just received my tags for disembark for sunday.

I got a flight Sunday in Miami at 1:56 pm. I prepaid transfers with Royal. 

I'm received tags 62 (that's the late departure airport transfer between 9:15 and 9:20)

On the document I received with the section RC Transfer Times, there is the next writen: (see document) 

- Late airport transfers: Fort Lauderdale Airport between 1:01pm and 11:59pm, Miami flights between 2:01pm and 11:59pm)

Does this mean that's I recommended to take the late departure time if you flight starts after 2pm? When will the bus bring you back after debarking? 

Will I make my flight? 

Thank you in advance 

Just one more week to go

21 hours ago, Lovetocruise2002 said:

Hey! I'm on that cruise!!! 

HOTS for March 10, 2019?

I have/had an option on the 26/01 cruise. There was a promotion, because if I asked my tour operator for new price for in March, it was 600 euro more expensive! Even if I rebooked in January it was also much more. 

So we booked the option for in January at the promo price

Booked the cruise!!  

Hello

We are planning to go on a Cruise next year. Probably Harmony OTS out of FLD. We were thinking to take the 10 - 17 march trip. Would it be very busy on the ship because of Spring Break? 

We did the Symphony last week and we loved it, but i'm a little but nervous about that time in year....

Thank you 

Stijn

Oh boy... My girlfriend wants to book the Allure because she likes the Solarium more... She doesn't care about the slides ... 

Is there a big difference between these two? I mean does the Allure '' feels'' older than Harmony? 

So probably the shows, the slides, pool in the Solarium are the most big differences? 

Gonna book tomorrow, than I dont have to think about it anymore lol. 

The problem is to organize it for work + don't want to break my savings

Will do the Harmony from Fort Lauderdale (for 99,99% sure)

Will take a balcony room deck 11 probably room 554. Think it's a good price, about 2630 euro for 2.

Really can't wait, but okay times goes fast... 

Thank y'all for the comments, nice community. 

Just now, mworkman said:

Well since your traveling quite the distance... I would recommend doing a b2b cruise. I'm sure that airfare isn't cheap, might as well spend two week vs one week.  Pick an east/west itinerary and go for it.

Got to sell that to my girlfriend

I think it's gonna be the Harmony next year out of Fort Lauderdale. The price is so much better than SOTS. 

At this time we prefer more the ship itself than the itinarery. Last week we only get off the ship in Rome .. We liked it so much.... 

All you people gave me so much tips, it really helps to make a discission. Ty! 

Edit: The room really doesn't matter for us, we had the 4U room deck 11 (virtual balcony). We really loved it, but for our next cruise this is really not necessary. Is there a difference between 4v or 2v rooms? Because I don't see it

24 minutes ago, JLMoran said:

I would advise against Anthem if you don't want to sail longer than 9 days and also want to see the Caribbean rather than the Bahamas. In January and February, the only offering Anthem has is an 11-night cruise to the Eastern / Southeastern Caribbean. Plus, the seas out of NJ at this time of year can be rough the first day or two going in and the last day or two coming back.

I just sailed on Freedom last April and loved her. Didn't feel like she was an old ship at all, and she was our very first cruise. She does have a Studio B with the Ice Rink, so you won't lose that. But if you really like the features and amenities of the Oasis class and don't want to lose out on them, then I'd say stick with Oasis / Harmony / Allure and do one of their 7-night Eastern or Western Caribbean sailings.

Harmony is the newest of the three and will be closest to Symphony in the set of amenities, but all have Central Park, the Boardwalk, and Aqua Theater; plus a bunch more that I'm forgetting since I'm the Oasis Class Denier.  And all of the existing Oasis class ships are getting refurbished over the next two years to bring them much more in line with Symphony's full offerings.

Thank you for the information!! All of you... Very helpful! 

6 minutes ago, arebee said:

Freedom is older, Anthem is fairly new.  I've never been on Anthem but have done a few on Freedom.  I've also done the Oasis class, my favorite is Freedom.  Its smaller but it doesn't feel like it, less people.  I think Harmony is coming to Port Canaveral so there is another choice.  Some of those things you mention, I haven't missed on any ship that doesn't have them.  You find other things to do.  Something else Freedom doesn't have, Boardwalk.  But if you only take one a year, might as well pick the ship you really want to sail.  No sense settling.  I always start by looking at the deck plans for the ship I want to sail.  Then I read as many reviews I can (some people you can't make happy and some you can't disappoint) and filter what I want on the cruise.  There is a lot of experience here and I'm sure you will get all kinds of answers.  Good luck with your choice. 

Thank you for the information. You're very helpful. It's really a difficult discission. You're maybe right, we normally just gonna take one cruise a year.. But we also like to compare... So...  

Hello, 

Back since sunday from our cruise at the Mediterranean with Symphony of the seas. It was our first cruise (with my girlfriend, both 26 from Belgium). We L O V E D it!!! 

We wanna do a cruise again next year, we're thinking about the Carribean in January or February for no longer than 9 days. 

But we really don't know which ship. We really liked the Solarium, the Promenade and Central Park!!! I really think we're gonna miss it if we chose another ship.

I was looking for Freedom or Anthem. Because I think all the Oasis Class ships are the same, we really loved it but at the other side we want to do something else... It's very hard to make a discission.... 

But if I look at YouTube Movies from those ships I really don't like it. The pools are so different, not so nice like SOTS Also the Promenade look so small.... No Aqua theater or no Studio B/ice (not sure about this one)... It looks older.. 

Any thoughts about this? 

Thank you people