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It may not be opened until closer to the end of the month, if on schedule...
i’m also waiting to see opinions and reviews about people’s experiences there posted as well.

Thanks for the reply!  Our youngest son goes to Worcester State ?

We live in Worcester, MA and we drive down the day before for the same reason we fly down to Florida the day before - to avoid the stress of something coming up that is completely out of our control - traffic, weather, construction, etc etc etc.   We also like to get on the ship right at 10:30 am, which would mean waking everyone up by 4:00 am for the drive (again to factor in several additional hours just to be safe).  Yes, it's an added cost, but one that helps me feel a whole lot more relaxed at the start of my vacation. 

We live in Worcester, MA and we drive down the day before for the same reason we fly down to Florida the day before - to avoid the stress of something coming up that is completely out of our control - traffic, weather, construction, etc etc etc.   We also like to get on the ship right at 10:30 am, which would mean waking everyone up by 4:00 am for the drive (again to factor in several additional hours just to be safe).  Yes, it's an added cost, but one that helps me feel a whole lot more relaxed at the start of my vacation. 

Following. We are booked on Mariner in April - looking forward to your pics and posts 

We live in Worcester, MA and we drive down the day before for the same reason we fly down to Florida the day before - to avoid the stress of something coming up that is completely out of our control - traffic, weather, construction, etc etc etc.   We also like to get on the ship right at 10:30 am, which would mean waking everyone up by 4:00 am for the drive (again to factor in several additional hours just to be safe).  Yes, it's an added cost, but one that helps me feel a whole lot more relaxed at the start of my vacation. 

Yes, we saw designated smoking areas while we were there.

Hello 2020, the countdown is on for:
Mariner April 20-24
Oasis August 16-13

Hello 2020, the countdown is on for:
Mariner April 20-24
Oasis August 16-13

some day I'll have to cruise on a big ship!

We usually do pretty well in not overindulging, but on our last B2B cruise, we raved about the warm chocolate cookie for dessert on our second night and our waiter made sure we had it every night the rest of our cruise.  And by making sure we had it, I mean he brought out 2 of them per person every night....I didn't want to seem unappreciative, so i made sure all cookies were eaten each night.....completely derailed my health initiative....  :-)
 

Is it me or has the prices gone up a lot?

We were sitting around and my son just said he found a video of the oasis that he wanted to show us, and it was yours!! Great job! The family loved the tour. Your reaction to the promenade reminded us of our first time on Harmony. Thank you. 

We were sitting around and my son just said he found a video of the oasis that he wanted to show us, and it was yours!! Great job! The family loved the tour. Your reaction to the promenade reminded us of our first time on Harmony. Thank you. 

Unfortunately for us, someone kept writing lewd comments on our white board.  It was disappointing and we finally had to just take the white board down. 

Unfortunately for us, someone kept writing lewd comments on our white board.  It was disappointing and we finally had to just take the white board down. 

Unfortunately for us, someone kept writing lewd comments on our white board.  It was disappointing and we finally had to just take the white board down. 

We had a JS on deck 10 on Navigator in August. We loved the view. I will say that when we were at our railing, we could see all the balconies below us, so if that is something you wouldn’t like, I would recommend getting a cabin on the highest deck. We didn’t notice any of the noise issues that were mentioned by others  

We had a JS on deck 10 on Navigator in August. We loved the view. I will say that when we were at our railing, we could see all the balconies below us, so if that is something you wouldn’t like, I would recommend getting a cabin on the highest deck. We didn’t notice any of the noise issues that were mentioned by others  

We had a JS on deck 10 on Navigator in August. We loved the view. I will say that when we were at our railing, we could see all the balconies below us, so if that is something you wouldn’t like, I would recommend getting a cabin on the highest deck. We didn’t notice any of the noise issues that were mentioned by others  

We had a JS on deck 10 on Navigator in August. We loved the view. I will say that when we were at our railing, we could see all the balconies below us, so if that is something you wouldn’t like, I would recommend getting a cabin on the highest deck. We didn’t notice any of the noise issues that were mentioned by others  

Welcome to the boards. No question is stupid here. You get what’s called a sea pass card that is your room key and also acts as your personal credit card. You use it to charge everything to your room. It’s about the size of a credit card and it’s plastic. No worries getting it wet. I know some ships also have a bracelet type device called a WOW Band that serves the same function as the sea pass card. It’s supposed to be easier than carrying around your sea pass card. My 20 yo son swears by it as opposed to a sea pass card. 

Nothing compares to Oasis class!  Aqua Theater, Central Park, Broadway shows, enough said.

Agreed...

We've only been on four ships so far - Freedom in 2007, Anthem in 2016, Harmony in 2018 and Navigator in 2019.  Because she was our first, Freedom will always hold a special place in our hearts. We loved the cantilevered hot tubs over the sides of the ship. As much as we loved Freedom, Harmony was truly amazing! There was so much to do and see and we never felt overly crowded for a ship with so many people on it!  We enjoyed the newly amplified Navigator, but, we didn't think it compared to the Freedom or Harmony.  Anthem has been our least favorite ship so far. The promenade area seemed narrow compared to the other ships. Whenever we walked through it, we always felt crowded. The one thing we did enjoy on Anthem was the Solarium - we felt that it was the best of all the ships so far. Looking forward to Mariner and Oasis next year.  Would love to go back on Freedom soon as well.