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What have people's experiences been on Oasis class in chilly weather (thinking spring/fall in Europe, weather generally in the 60's)? I haven't nearly finished planning my cruise that starts in 17 days (!) and already this board has me excited to try an Oasis class ship next year. For various reasons, the only itinerary that works out is the 7 night Western Mediterranean from Barcelona on Allure (going to Marseilles, Rome, Naples etc) in mid October 2020. Google tells me mid-October along the Med we'd be looking at an average high temp in the high 60's or low 70's. Factor that in with shorter days, ocean breeze, and the chance of getting weather on the lower side of the average, and I think it could make for quite a chilly cruise. It would probably be nice weather while touring the ports, but I'm worried it would take away from enjoying all of the amenities of the ship itself and thus the whole point of me making an Oasis class booking. The Oasis class ships (as opposed to Quantum in particular) seem to really be geared toward open air and the outdoors. If it were low or mid 60's, do they still do shows in the Aqua Theater? Do people still use the pools (are they heated) and Flow Rider etc?

Loved your Dubrovnik photos...that is the one stop missing from my Greek Isles itinerary that I really wanted to go to.

Per stateroom, not per person, no?

My sailing on Rhapsody out of Venice next month has this option for $42 a person. There's also something in the fine print about a charge of 5 euro per bag. @ANGELA ROMAN , you didn't find it depressing to see all the happy newcomers on board who were just beginning their cruise while yours had already ended? That's whatt I'm most concerned about. On a port intensive itinerary some extra time to relax by the pool doesn't sound too bad, but I'm worried I'll just end up sad!

Thanks everyone! I've been mulling over dining decisions some more, may post a separate thread about that in the Dining forum as my questions aren't really 3 year old related at all! @Traveler, enjoy your upcoming cruise, I will be following your blog! Would love to hear your thoughts on any of the evening entertainment that you go to, as presumably it will be pretty similar for my cruise as well. Grateful for your blog for your last Greek Isles cruise! It reminded me that I have been completely ignoring the fact that I need to plan things to do in Venice for our two days there before the cruise starts, arggh ?

Ahh this has just made my day. I can drink my weight in Bellinis.

Hi all! I’m new to this board and wanted to introduce myself. My husband and I are Americans living in London with a 3.5 year old. We’ve been on a couple of Carnival cruises, mostly recent one was 4 years ago, so none since our son was born. We have our first Royal Caribbean cruise coming up in September, 7 night Greek Isles from Venice on the Rhapsody. I've been lurking here for a few weeks and have searched past posts, but I haven't seen too much specific to cruising with toddlers/pre-schoolers, so that's what most of my questions relate to. 1. Adventure Ocean -- I think you guys more than most would understand our complete joy and relief that in the last couple of weeks my son has finally turned a corner on potty training! Of course when I booked this cruise ages ago, I purposely chose a date after my son would have turned 3 so he could make full use of the pool and Adventure Ocean, naively thinking that he would of course be potty trained by 3. But after wrecking our nerves and making us consider cancelling altogether, I think he will go into the cruise about as potty trained as you could hope for a 3 year old to be (poop smears notwithstanding)! So, my question is...the past posts I’ve seen about 3 year olds in Adventure Ocean all indicated that people only left their kids for a limited time, checking in on them regularly and/or picking them up after 2/2.5 hours. Our son does full days in nursery 3x a week, and he’s pretty sociable and adventurous, and loves to stay up late and party, so I think he’d be fine staying longer/later. But I’m also worried he’ll be the only young’un left hanging past 10 pm and might get lonely/we might look like crazy parents. Anyone here drop their 3 year old off at Adventure Ocean for longer periods? How’d they do? 2. Dinner -- I had intended to eat in the main dining room for most of our evening meals with My Time Dining. Is this typical or do people with young kids often just go with Windjammer? (I don't think we'd get much from the speciality dining so haven't planned for that). 3. Excursions with young kids -- We picked this itinerary for the ports and want to make the most out of them with excursions. I don't feel I get much out of just walking around ports aimlessly. Is it fairly common for young kids to join their families on excursions, or is that considered poor form? We will try to keep him quiet/behaving, but with toddlers you just never know. 4. Excursions generally (finally not kid-specific!) -- there isn't a wealth of information and reviews out there about Royal Caribbean’s excursions on this itinerary (ports: Kotor, Corfu, Piraeus/Athens, Mykonos, Argostoli). If you have done any of the official excursions at any of these ports I’d love your thoughts on dos and don'ts. Thanks!