FionaMG

Do you have a ballpark figure for the XL? We may have to do this and I was wondering how the price compares to a pre-booked car service.

I mean, it really could be nothing to worry about. It's entirely possible that the stateroom in question has recently been re-categorised and the deck plans simply haven't been update to reflect that. I don't know if you remember seeing a post not so long ago from someone who couldn't find their assigned room at all on the deck plan (Oasis, I think?) and that was exactly the issue. The room was clear to see on other Oasis class deck plans (Harmony) but had been added to Oasis during its dry dock and nobody updated the deck plans.

It doesn't have any of the symbols marked on it that would identify it as taking additional guests over the standard double occupancy. If you scroll down to the bottom of the deck plan page you can see them listed. For example, cabins with a little triangle marked on them can take 3 guests.

Glad it turned out to be just a minor change!

Room assignments are not "set in stone" until you can see the number in plain sight on your booking. They do not usually change but it's not unheard of. In your case, however, I share your concern. The deck plans do indeed suggest that this is a two-berth cabin, which means that the sofa cannot be used as a 3rd bed due to the safety rules regarding life boats/muster stations. Have all three of you checked your boarding passes to see if they all show the same number? If either of your friends is an Android user, a bar code reader app serves the same purpose as the Apple wallet. I wonder if you might somehow have been assigned both sides of that pair of connecting cabins. It's very unlikely but stranger things have happened. There's no point in calling until you get an official assignment but I would recommend keeping a close eye on this and calling immediately if it does turn out that the three of you have been assigned to this cabin. It could be nothing more than an outdated deck plan not properly reflecting a change in occupancy but definitely best to check.

I have been eyeing that one up. It's out of Miami. (the Ex one, is). It's a great itinerary.

Sorry that was a typo. It was supposed to be 2025. My bad.

If you filter the search by each of those ships individually and then by cruise date, you will see that both Serenade and Radiance have nothing showing beyond September 2026, when they finish their summer seasons in Alaska. I would expect at least one of them to do an eastbound Panama Canal sailing. Those tend to be unpredictable in terms of release dates and are sometimes simply put up for sale on random dates with no advance warning. What they would do after the Canal transit is anyone's guess. I would like to see one of them do the longer 10/11 night Caribbean sailings from Florida over the winter, as currently the longest is 8 nights. However, given Royal's recent focus on shorter cruises that may be wishful thinking on my part. As for Ovation, I would expect her to be doing the Singapore sailings. Those are due for release around the middle of next month.

If you go into the app and click on the tab that says "Welcome aboard" the information should be there.

Just resurrecting this old thread to say if anyone is interested in doing this activity check your cruise planner. With the current sale, I'm seeing it at $39.99, which was a big enough discount to make me pull the trigger for my upcoming Anthem cruise.

I remember back in the day seeing itineraries that took in the whole south or north of Australia but they seem not to be a thing any more, at least not with Royal. I would love to be able to do that as a retirement trip a few years from now.

Serenade is going to be doing Caribbean sailings out of Tampa between September 2024 and April 2025. Then she is going through the Panama Canal and up to Alaska for summer 2025. The big mystery is where she's going after that, as there's nothing showing beyond September 2025. Same for Radiance, nothing beyond September 2025.

Yes, imagine having to sort out all of this mess without a TA batting for you. How many hours would you have to waste getting the run-around from Royal?!

Yes, as long as you don't need to be right beside the pool you'll be fine.

You would be surprised. October in the Med is like the tropics to peeps from more northerly climes.

They're starting to load the Oz sailings now. There are two on Voyager and two on Anthem currently showing.

Happy birthday @AshleyDillo!

They haven't cancelled them yet but I would guess they are very much at risk of being cancelled due to the Suez Canal situation. Those sailings have been disappearing and reappearing for several weeks now. The only one that has remained consistently is the Dubai to Singapore leg. I am not booked on any of them but I had been considering the Southampton-Rome one which is why I had been keeping an eye on them. It is very frustrating for anyone who is booked, not knowing and not being able to make alternative arrangements until Royal finally makes a decision.

British porters don't expect to be tipped at all but if you are tipping them it's best to do so in pounds. Nowhere in the UK is going to happily accept USD the way they do in the Caribbean islands so in order to use the money the porters would have to take it to the bank to exchange it, which is a fair bit of hassle for not a lot of return, especially once the bank takes its cut.

Test loads are up ahead of next week's release.

Yes. And printers. But you do need to have purchased Internet access.

Safe travels home @jbrinkm. Thanks for the ride.

Strawberries are fruit.

Very cool. I have some that similarly show how fast they grow up. One day they're smaller than us and in the blink of an eye they're towering over us as we ask ourselves where the time went.

It's gone up to $659 now that the "Europe Sale" has ended...