AshleyDillo

I will report back from Oasis what their policy of the sailing is..I do have one in my party who will fight it if it isn't allowed, so that should be entertaining.

I wonder if anyone is able to see into the windows of those panoramic suites...asking for a friend.

Only thing I can think of is they don't want a room too far from that deck so they don't have issues debarking due to stairs/elevators and perhaps needing to escape the ship early to catch a flight.  I've seen the debarkation lines wrap around the ship and on ships that use cabin decks for debarkation, the lines would sometimes creep down the cabin hallways.

Usually they use deck 5, the promenade deck at Port Canaveral.

30% off the onboard price.  It's usually still cheaper to go through the Cruise Planner.  You can't use the D+ discount until you are onboard the ship.

30% off the onboard price.  It's usually still cheaper to go through the Cruise Planner.  You can't use the D+ discount until you are onboard the ship.

If you want any compensation you have to keep on them at Guest Services.  Tell your room steward and keep escalating.  Once you leave the ship they really can't do anything for you.

It is my understanding that with the package you can dine at multiple restaurants each night. However they won't allow you to make more than one reservation in an evening, so if you wanted to stop and get sushi they would have to do it based on space available. Also they have clarified that it's still one entree per visit and they try to say that the reference to multiple entrees in the package description means that you're doing multiple restaurant visits. I've read accounts where the package was honored for everything, and also accounts where the package wasn't even honored the way it was written. It appears to be up to the discretion of the current hotel director on board.

Go big or go home!  Totally get it!

Go big or go home!  Totally get it!

My flight options were Heathrow or Gatwick for the trip I just booked.  Flight times and pricing were all dumb so I gave in and booked from my local airport using miles.
To fly out of Orlando it routed me through Atlanta.  The same flight direct from Atlanta was 2.5x the price of the Orlando trip with the layover.
You will drive yourself crazy over the next year watching the flights, I promise! 

My flight options were Heathrow or Gatwick for the trip I just booked.  Flight times and pricing were all dumb so I gave in and booked from my local airport using miles.
To fly out of Orlando it routed me through Atlanta.  The same flight direct from Atlanta was 2.5x the price of the Orlando trip with the layover.
You will drive yourself crazy over the next year watching the flights, I promise! 

They check for the pass at a main entrance, so you won't be able to access the slides and pools to check on the kids without purchasing waterpark access.

I will share anything that I learn (from a US traveler perspective).  It's going to be a little bit of a difference as I'm planning to pack for this week in just a backpack ?  Should be quite the challenge as we're talking February in the UK..but I don't want to be dragging a suitcase around as I hop trains, planes, and buses to get around.  I feel like the Fjords cruise travel will be much more relaxing and less logistical coordinating.
FYI for air travel, I just booked my flight to London.  The prices dipped to their lowest point about 45 days ago..so that makes it at about around 120 days out that I saw the lowest prices.  I didn't jump on it then and regret that, but fortunately the prices haven't gone up too much.

I will share anything that I learn (from a US traveler perspective).  It's going to be a little bit of a difference as I'm planning to pack for this week in just a backpack ?  Should be quite the challenge as we're talking February in the UK..but I don't want to be dragging a suitcase around as I hop trains, planes, and buses to get around.  I feel like the Fjords cruise travel will be much more relaxing and less logistical coordinating.
FYI for air travel, I just booked my flight to London.  The prices dipped to their lowest point about 45 days ago..so that makes it at about around 120 days out that I saw the lowest prices.  I didn't jump on it then and regret that, but fortunately the prices haven't gone up too much.

I've done them for the RCLBlog group cruises!  @Matt makes them available in the blog merchandise store.  https://shop.spreadshirt.com/royalcaribbeanblog/
I see them all of the time on my sailings, though.  Don't be embarrassed ?

Most of the Black Friday sales pertain to Cruise Planner purchases and not the actual cruises themselves.
I'm sure they will use their typical tactics and call it a Black Friday sale on cruises, but the sales won't be much different than usual.
I would pay more attention to figuring out what you might be looking for as far as the new itinerary releases that will be happening in the next few weeks.  Jump on that early (refundable) and you will have years of repricing..or you may luck into a really popular itinerary that never has any price breaks.  But at least you'll get first pick of cabin availability this way!

I figured it would be either Allure or Oasis since they added the BBQ on those ships.  Not sure if that's the best move in the world since TX BBQ is phenomenal, though!

Leave everyone in the car and park in the garage.  They have porters by the elevators when you drive into and you stop and unload your luggage in the parking garage before parking.  Really easy.  
On return day however it is a mess.  Line for the elevator to the garage with everyone and their luggage.  It's almost easier for one to run and retrieve the car and return to do the pickup of luggage and passengers, but the people directing traffic in there try to push you towards the end of the pickup area where it's very congested with all of the other pickups, taxis, rideshares, etc.  If you can get away with leaving the ship as late as possible and taking your sweet time exiting the crowds may have dissipated a bit.

I didn't even look at the itinerary other than it was Eastern when I put a hold on my booking last night ?.  Was pleasantly surprised when I looked this morning and saw Antigua.  I'm more about the ship as the destination, but it's still excited to get a new port squeezed in too.

Not paying customers.  They will invite Royal shoreside employees and media most likely.  They aren't allowed to have a revenue cruise to nowhere.

More sea days with this itinerary, which you need to fully explore an Oasis-class ship!  Plus Antigua is a new port for Oasis-class ships..they're expanding their port to accommodate the big ships!

Coast Guard inspection and the employee shakedown/dry run cruise is leaving from there on Thursday.
Plus Terminal A in Miami is being used on Friday (Navigator) and Saturday (Symphony) so Oasis can't just sit there until then.

@AshleyDillo You are correct. I took advantage of this when I booked a Carnival cruise several years ago and booked with this offer, then applied it to another Amex card, making another payment of $500 getting double offers on one sailing. ?

These places don't have set menus.  They're like the Windjammer buffet where items rotate.