CrimsonCruiser

I'm one of them and when I realized the change I couldn't stop joyously screaming for the whole day! Talk about an upgrade!!!!

in 2019 we did "Salsa, Salsa and Margaritas". Learned how to make (and eat) two types of salsa and margaritas. Danced the salsa. And I guess there was an unwritten option to stay after and enjoy the beach that the property sits on. (we didn't know about this so we didn't do it) It was in an nice indoor, air conditioned building and the people were really fun. I ended up buying the book and tools to make the salsa at home and now every time I see them or use them, I am reminded of the good fun. We paid 99 per person on our 7-night on Liberty. (given your ship, if this one is still offered, I imagine it will be more)

Yup yup! It usually has the name of the Suite Concierge and their hours in the lounge, lists all the things you get with being in a suite (location of and hours of food and drink in the lounge, where you can eat for free in specialty restaurants, how to get priority stuff etc etc.) There's so much good info in there I usually print it out for notes onboard (though I believe the same information is in the suite binder in room).

My favorite part of booking with Next Cruise is getting to talk to the knowledgeable staff, compare deck plans with my own eyes, and of course, the OBC. I almost always see up to $500 OBC (which we get since we get suites) and that is really helpful so we can enjoy more pricey excursions or dining/drinking that we wouldn't normally do because of cost. But savings? Ehh..the couple times we've looked and/or booked the price has been the same as the current promo online just without the OBC.

I'm team lanyard with a plastic sleeve. I use this wonder woman one because easy to find in the room or in my bag when I'm coming back from excursions. Plus the little paper card in the sleeve makes it easier to take my sea pass out when the crew need to swipe it for photos or something

?? dude that's AWESOME! I usually scramble on land pre-cruise to find one I will want to book on board to take advantage of the booking perks! Getting a few months after to really research would be AMAZING!

Oh that's great to hear guys! Worries quickly alleviated. Thanks as always!

So...what's book later and how does it work and why should I use it (or not use it)?

So far, I can't figure out what night on my upcoming cruise will be lobster night via the app (any day after day 2 shows all the dining rooms closed). Would the MDR tell me on boarding day? Since my mom and I don't partake (allergic and just don't like shellfish) I want to make a reservation for specialty dining that day instead and rumor has it doing that early is best.

Hi cruisers! I'm not really taken by any of the RC offered excursions so I'm looking for suggestions on by-foot accessible places to visit (shops, restaurants etc.) around the port. I know with the current situation, getting off without an excursion may not be possible (and of course there's the chance that places may have closed for good), but I'm hoping to compile a list just in case. Thanks in advance!

I wish I could see the funnels retract and go back up. That, to me, is one of the coolest designs on the larger ships!

I like to put OBC toward a port-day Spa splurge and those shop sales in the promenade. Specialty dining can be good too

But..all email sites are free? Didn't pay a cent to use Gmail either... Same (almost). I've had AOL and Yahoo since around the same time. Dropped AOL a while back but yahoo is still where I do 99% of my everything! and never had any issues. well this is a bit of a concern because I also use a yahoo email for all my cruise documents....

Err...whaaa? Since when is yahoo not a real domain?

I'm always in it for shore excursions (since the soda drink packages never changes and we don't really do specialty dining) and I got lucky and saved just about $40 on the all-inclusive beach aqua park day in Aruba. ^_^ Very pleased!

Sweet! I hope my refund for the my port changes has processed by then so I can partake!

Are any items in the shops on Odyssey super discounted (like stuff on Adventure was)? What's the best part on being crew on a new ship? Did you find any cool hidden areas/gems on the ship? Follow up - how did I get to the cat? Lol

7/30 Update: Nassau was shifted to day 3 (which is preferred). Got the confirmation yesterday - Sept 11 Odyssey dropped Labadee on day 3 and replaced it with Nassau on day 2. All other ports and cruising remain the same. Was really hoping we'd get Coco Cay since we had planned for a cabana beach day in labadee and didn't really like Nassau all that much when we went before. But I'm happy to be going at all and we have time to plan to make it better. (*suggestions on RCI Nassau all-inclusive beach day excursions welcomed!)

I want one! Lol

I'm also going to echo Inside cabin. While I've never done it, I saw into one on disembarkation day on our first cruise and I couldn't imagine trying to move around with even one other person. Let alone being in there with only the awful aritificial yellow light as your only source of light. Of course maybe I had such a a ? reaction because I was coming from our Grand Suite ?

He's the boss for a reason! Lol But those sound DELICIOUS! definitely going to make a note to ask for them in 50 days!

those diamond perks man...*so close* just 2 more cruises

Just parroting what's above - the current extension has the booking deadline set for Sept 30, 2021. (which I'm so psyched about!!!)

I may give that a try! I'm always down for extra points!

Lol. I did - just for funsies...it's $3,000+ more per person than what we initially paid? #DatSuiteLife