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Thanks! Yes, I believe that is an option, as well as smoothies in the spa. Hard to break him from the Freestyle machine though!

First cruise as Diamond coming up. My 12 year old tells me he’s going to use his 4 vouchers on Sprite. Despite me not seeing the value, I certainly get it, but here’s my thought. What if I buy him the soda package so he gets as much Sprite as he wants without having to order it, can I then use his Diamond vouchers to get specialty coffees for my wife and I? Will he need to be with me and can I order two at a time? Thanks in advance, just want to make sure I’m doing this right!

Anyone experience unlimited dining yet on Oasis during this Mediterranean season? Still on the fence as we're fearful on what will be available when we board in Rome next week.

We have it booked. I thought about also booking unlimited dining and trying what you said. Think it might work? If it doesn’t it would cost us over $250 on top of the $1,000 package.

Thanks, this is our typical experience as well, just concerned with the multiple embarkation ports. Our daughter would like hibachi on the first night for her birthday and I fear that might be a long shot waiting until we board, just based on limited capacity alone.

Nope, unfortunately not in a suite, two balconies were expensive enough! Might have to go with booking each separately since these are special occasions. Just really stinks to pay more for two nights than we would for three!

Thanks for the reply. Thats our concern. The first night is our daughter’s 16th birthday and the last night is our 20th anniversary. I might need to just book them individually at the higher cost, it’s just a shame to lose out on the third night that would pay for itself in the package. Tough call!

Looking at the dining packages for our Mediterranean cruise on Oasis. Concerned about getting reservations once onboard due to the double boarding days (Barcelona and Rome). Anyone have experience with this? Should we expect to have difficulties getting reservations for the first few days? We already stress this on a sailing with one home port!

Any thoughts on Baha Bay in January? Just like Thrill Waterpark, I'm concerned about the temperature in the winter and whether it's still worth the money. Any insight would be appreciated!

Thanks for the update, Matt. Now it will be interesting to see if Royal reinstates their excursions.

Thanks for that info. Looks like 4 ships in port that day. We're staying in Disney on DVC points so no need for a hotel either night.

I check Costco daily and it compares Alamo, Avis, Budget, and Enterprise. It hasn't dropped below $300 for the two days, compared to $125 if I pick up and return at MCO.

Thanks. If you mean renting at MCO and dropping off at the port, I did mention that but it’s almost $100 more total that way. They’re really upcharging the dropping off at a different location from where you pick up, it’s almost $200 more.

Thanks. We got 10:30 and plan to be there nice and early. I’m just hearing about long waits for parking with a huge ship like Allure doing a short cruise, plus Wonder going out of there too adding even more cars. Since both cost about the same, I’m just looking for convenience getting to and from the ship.

Hi everyone, debating on what to do here. We’re flying into Orlando two days before a weekend cruise on Allure. Here are our options for transportation that would cost about the same for a family of four. 1. Rent a car from MCO ($125) and return it there before taking Go Port shuttle roundtrip ($240). 2. Rent a car for the entire trip ($300) and park it at Port Canaveral ($68). The only other option is renting a car at MCO and returning it near the port, but that ends up costing well over $400. I thought I was settled on option 2 since we would have the most control (no shuttles) but now I’m hearing nightmare stories about the parking situation at Terminal 1, particularly for Allure since it’s attracting more locals. What would you do? Thanks in advance!