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On Oasis in January they had a family friendly one on the promenade one evening

Every time I have seen the individual day prices it has be either 24.99 or 28.99 per day. Always cheaper per day to get the package for the duration pre cruise. Current price for my Dec cruise on Harmony is 18.99 per day if I were to book it now for the duration.

Late Like I really do not get the issue people have with this. If you are that messy you need the cabin cleaned twice a day maybe you need to do some self reflection. You also likely do not get turn down service at home why expect it on the ship. We do not even need once a day service. We catch the steward out in the hall and swap towels on most days.

The percent off on these offers rarely mean anything. Look at the price per person instead. Royal plays with the price to make that percent off deal look good when it usually with a dollar or two of the price.

We were on Oasis Jan 5th -15th it was at or very near capacity. This was our first time on an Oasis class and I was concerned about crowding. The windjammer was the only place where I think it got overly crowded.

He was on Oasis on our sailing jan 5 - 15. We only saw him once in the smoking area on the pool deck at his roped off desk. We were amused but left him alone. We were also amused at the woman running around asking every crew member she saw if they knew who Super Mario was and that he was on board.

We have done the Courtyard Downtown Brickell twice and it was decent. They have a shuttle to the port for $10 each leaving the hotel hourly but you need to book it at check in. Walking distance to Bayfront park if you are into that. The ferris-wheel overlooking the bay was fun. We used my Marriott points to book both times so was great value for us.

We used wifi calling and text on Oasis we were jus ton her Jan 5- 15th and no issues. We do not use i-phone or anything Samsung though; too many prior issues even outside of cruising.

It is always advisable to fly into your departure port at least a day early. In your case I would want to try to be in at least two days before departure. With the way flights have been for the last year or so you never know what will happen.

just to be clear I am talking about the port of Galveston parking run by the port. There are many other parking facilities there but I have never used any but the port of Galveston. They are more convenient and have more shuttles. Just doesn't make sense to me to inconvenience ourselves to save $5-10 over a week of parking. It does seem that rates have almost doubled with the new terminal though. I think we paid $85 for the last 7 day we took out of terminal B. https://www.portofgalveston.com/9/Cruise

We've cruised out of Galveston 8 times the last was last December so before the new terminal. Reservations make it faster to get parked and on your way because it is pre-paid and you just show your receipt get your hang tag and follow the directions as to where to park. You also used to get a small discount for booking ahead. There has been a separate line to pay once you are there and it just slows you down.

The vacs and test are not necessary anymore but we still had our vax cards in our passport booklet anyway. We were asked to see them since the agent at check in saw them in our passport book.

Terminal G is also first come first serve. We sailed on Grandeur in November and Terminal A was full according to signage and they were directing folks to Terminal G to park. I believe there are shuttles between the two terminals.

We almost always book ourselves and transfer to Beth at MEI. We know what we want and we are 50/50 booking at the NextCruise desk anyway. As stated it must be within 30 days of the booking to transfer.

We use travelinsured but have never had to file a claim. It seem like a bunch of folks use Alianz and if we ever have an issue with travelinsured we would give them a try.