Vancity Cruiser

I am doing the 8 night itinerary on Jan. 13th.

This has to do with the tides for the larger ships to fit under the Lions Gate bridge, I don't believe you can check in and leave on embarkation day.

Man the first time we went to Portside I had no idea how big the portion sizes were! I did manage to eat the whole meal but had to save desert for later lol

I have not eaten at Mason Jar but have many times at Playmakers and Portside. Still good value for the money, especially Portside.

Well we could realize that while we were all distracted by potentially having to pay for pizza Royal raised prices for Portside BBQ, Mason Jar, and Playmakers.

All the aqua shows are worth watching because of this. Its like when the Olympics are on you end up watching sports you would never otherwise watch. I enjoy the aqua show for the impressive feats of athleticism.

Hi there. I have a step son around the same age in the same situation. You can have charging the seapass card turned off but then then he wouldn't be able to get drinks or anything. However, if you get him the refreshment package it will show that on the card and he will still be able to get any drinks covered by that package (staff do not run the card through when they see the package on the card).

There is no difference between a Royal Caribbean Certified Vacation Planner and a travel agent. Either way there is no cost to you as both are paid by the cruise line, not you.

I know this is a Royal forum but FYI Princess does this itinerary once a year in the fall. 10 night roundtrip from Vancouver with 4 stops in California.

This is the latest cost cutting measure by Royal. They will no longer be having someone change the elevator plaques.

Kind of like Norwegian getting rid of all their big shows months ago to make room for exciting new opportunities, only to have radio silence on entertainment ever since?

I had this experience as well. Unfortunately this resulted in a LOT of children shouting and running around through the solarium around meal times.

Consumerism at its finest lol. We know about 1 more Oasis class and 3 Icon class ships (the first of which hasn't even gone into service) to the tune of more than $5B. But you know.....what about after that? Reminds me of vacations when my kids were little. I know we already went mini golfing, swimming, water skiing, to the amusement park, and had pizza and Ice cream but now I'm booooooored.

Its interesting. I truly believe that Icon's targeted consumer is the non-cruiser, not the experienced cruiser.

On Oasis in January, the CD actually stopped the show to wait for children to leave after several announcements. Like others have said, it is subjective. Personally I love it, extremely entertaining.

Of all the cruise lines, Royals shore side customer service (including for TA's) is the absolute worst. And apparently the IT as well. What a pain, especially since you know the cruise could be cancelled over a stupid error like this

I remember that. There was talk of 5 different Perfect Day locations. There were also sightings of surveyors and engineers at Labadee just prior to the shutdown as well that may thought meant added amenities planned for there as well.

I suspect it won't even come up, however, the advice to have everything ready to go is prudent. If you have filled it all out, and the offence was 33 years ago, I'm sure that you won't be denied entry. You will also have documents to prove you are leaving by a certain date as well. They get more squirrely if you are coming for an indefinite stay.

This has been a surprise to me as well (especially 2 Oasis class ships) although if I lived within driving range I'd be all over it as well.

I'm seeing an interesting trend in that the cruise lines rush to the bottom (how much can we cut and still have people sail?) has produced a large crack in customer loyalty. Cruisers are more willing to try other lines as their favorite things are cut by their preferred line (even though all other lines are doing the same cost cutting). All ships seem full across all lines so they are not feeling any pain of losing loyal customers but it will be interesting to see where it goes in the future. And does MSC finally become more appealing to more cruisers as they get priced out of their preferred brands?

I would be quite excited for this switch. I would say you got a significant upgrade unless Reflection held a specific meaning to you

I've sailed Oasis both pre and post amplification and she is my favorite ship by far (except for that dang cats show). I agree with you about Quantum class for warm weather but they are great for Alaska. Loved the temp controlled Solariums that allowed swimming while the weather was inclement outside. I sailed another line to Alaska a couple weeks ago and just assumed the solarium would be temp controlled but it was not

Interesting take in the article that Norwegian is getting rid of all these production shows to "make way for new exciting shows". Seems more like a money saving move to me.

I grew up in a 'hyper-calvinistic' Christian home (extra credit if you know what this means) that was super heavy on legalistic rules. To this day, like many of the posters on this thread, my parents will avoid any vacation or activity that will not allow them to attend a church service from their specific denomination.