ChrisK2793

On Oasis now and we've only had breakfasts and 1 lunch in Coastal Kitchen because we have the UDP ........ The service and food quality in CK is also much better on Symphony ........ our first cruise on Harmony will be in January and we’ve heard their CK is just as good as it was on Symphony. We didn’t get the UDP for Harmony in January because of that, but we’re definitely going to get it again for when we’re on Oasis again in February. We don’t want to eat dinner in the Oasis’ CK. Maybe it’s because the servers in CK are new to a CK, but they aren’t personable at all like they were on Symphony. At our first lunch they day we boarded Symphony a few of the servers came over and talked to us and our son and we had 2 favorites that we’d always ask for the rest of the week and they were like family. Always the one at breakfast and the other at dinner. The servers in CK on Oasis seem overwhelmed and don’t really try to get to know you at all. The breakfast food also hasn’t been very good. Not at all like it was on Symphony. Everything at every meal in CK was delicious on Symphony. Now the Oasis specialty restaurants all have AMAZING servers. We’ve loved them all....... Especially Ahmed from Tunisia in Giovanni’s . We’ve had him for lunch on day 1, last night for dinner ..... and requested him again for tomorrow night. If you’re going to eat at Giovanni’s, I highly recommend that you ask for Ahmed.

We’d never wear the pins either and I’m sure they’ll just end up in a drawer ....... I’m mainly just aggravated that it’s this on top of how rude she was to us in Labadee yesterday and how she never would confirm that we actually had the dinner reservations we asked her for before the cruise. I couldn’t find out for sure until I got on board and checked at one of the specialty restaurants myself to confirm all our reservations were made for the week. Every other suite concierge we’ve had wrote back with a confirmation of our reservations without us even asking for it. I hate that she will be our suite concierge again in February, which will be our first sailing as Diamond level.

I had a feeling Lyli was lying. I don’t like her at all, she is the WORST suite concierge we’ve ever had. From never sending a confirmation of the dinner reservations we asked her to make before the cruise .... to ....... Yesteday she was beyond RUDE to me in Labadee. When we got off the ship, she was standing right next to the lady at the info desk on Labadee when I asked where you got the ride to the Suite beach. They lady told us, “It picks you up right here, you can sit in the roped off seats here until it comes.” Lyli didn’t acknowledge us the entire time. When the suite guest golf cart came about 10 min later we got on it and Lyli VERY RUDELY said “where are you going?” I nicely told her we were going to the suite beach and her rude response was, “let me see your sea passes!” After I showed them to her, the only response I got was, “Ok, get a wrist band when you get there” and she walked away. This was my first time meeting her in person. Terrible first impression and now today she flat out lied to me about the emerald pins.

So we are definitely supposed to get them for Emerald?

Yes, the pools will be open. Bring your bathing suit in a your carryon because you may not get your luggage until late afternoon. Also, you cannot get into your room until about 1pm and will have to keep your carryon with your until then.

Are you supposed to get a recognition pin for reaching the Emerald level or no? The Crown and Anchor chart I’m linking below says that you do ...... however, Lyli De Leon, the suite concierge on Oasis just now told me that you do not. She said you only get a pin for platinum. Which is correct? https://www.royalcaribbean.com/content/dam/royal/countries/crown-and-anchor/pdf/CAS-member-grid.pdf

Royal Caribbean published the following note concerning travel documents for Martinique: “As of January 1st, 2020, all guests on sailings visiting Martinique will need a passport book (not a passport card) for boarding. The passport book must be valid for at least 6 months after the sailing ends. Passport cards and birth certificates will not be accepted and may result in a denial of boarding for both adults and minors. This policy change impacts sailings beginning from and returning to the U.S. including San Juan, Puerto Rico. Guest should be sure to keep your travel documents and SetSail Pass handy. They’ll need them from the moment they arrive to the port, all the way to boarding the ship, so they won’t want to pack them in their luggage.” SEE LINK BELOW: https://cruisefever.net/royal-caribbean-issues-policy-change-regarding-passport-requirement-for-caribbean-port/

I’ve eaten in 4 different Chops now ....... August on Mariner, September on Symphony, October on Navigator, and last night on Oasis. All 4 times my steaks have tasted like they didn’t put any kind of seasoning on them, like they took a steak out of the fridge and threw it on the stove and nothing else...... not even salt and/or pepper. Is this their normal way of cooking steaks at Chops? To me a steak that was cooked totally unseasoned is horrible. Yes, they offer you steak sauces when they bring the steak, but a properly seasoned steak shouldn’t need to be drowned in steak sauce to eat it. I haven’t complained and lied and said the steaks were delicious, but I don’t think I ever want to eat in Chops again at this point. I’ve had delicious well seasoned steaks in both the MDR and the Coastal Kitchen. I don’t understand why they aren’t seasoned before cooking in Chops. i don’t get it, does everyone who loves Chops Grille like their steaks cooked unseasoned and then covered in steak sauce to make them taste palatable? (I didn’t try the filet any of the 4 times ..... it was the other steaks)

here’s the story on cruise fever ....... we’re on Oasis right now and supposed to go to San Juan tomorrow ....... as of now they haven’t told us otherwise ..... https://cruisefever.net/cruise-ships-canceling-port-stops-in-san-juan-puerto-rico/

‘There is NO pool in the Solarium on Harmony.

I think they meant $600 if they had booked more cruises thru Next Cruise on board

Having a great cruise ..... LOVE EVERYTHING about the new Oasis ...._ the only one caveat is that I’m glad we got the UDP ....... had breakfast at the Coastal Kitchen today and it doesn’t have the same ambiance we enjoyed on Symphony .......... CK on Oasis seems more like a cafeteria look and atmosphere. If we were having dinner at CK, I’d probably go to the MDR instead ... our assigned table for 2 in the MDR is in an area that looks much nicer than the CK .

Everything in the room looks brand new to me ..... but then I was just on Navigator a month ago and had a nasty GS ....... so that could be just making me think it’s brand new ........ but this GS is in perfect condition and looks all new to me

Mario ..... the Pinnacle guy is on the cruise ..... he boarded right behind us ........ the rooms are already accessible...... they’ve been totally redone ....... the carpet drapes and furniture look brand new in our GS

Parking lot was already so full at 10am, we ended up having to park on the top deck lol ......... can’t wait to board!!!!!

I wonder if we’ll have access to our rooms as soon as boarding starts since the people on the preview cruise left the ship yesterday?

It’s FINALLY the day!!!!!

We just drove to Miami today ???

So I asked again on Twitter just to be sure, since the suite concierge again told me Izumi Hibachi is NOT included in the UDP. I got a totally different answer this time .....

No, don’t buy them an a package. Even when they’re 6 to 11, you’ll just get charged $10 each night for that age range and don’t need to buy them a package . Just make sure that when you get on board and make your reservations that you tell them it’s for 4 people and not 2. Or if you’re staying in a suite, let the concierge know you want reservations for 4 when they email you the week before your cruise and you tell there when and where you’d like reservations.

Maybe a dumb question, but who’s Hochberg? Is that another suite concierge on Oasis? The one that’s been emailing me is Lyli.

Thanks everybody. They wrote back and said that their computer systems are down and that the reservations are booked. They did mention again that I’d have to pay extra for the night at Izumi Hibachi because “it’s not included in any dining plans”. I haven’t told them yet that I’ve been told otherwise by Royal via private message on Twitter or that it says otherwise on Royals webpage. I figure I’ll show the in person. I have a feeling I should also on Twitter if the Portside BBQ and Playmakers food is included in the UDP just in case. For anybody who didn’t see my thread about Izumi Hibachi ,..... here’s what I’m a talking about.

We leave on Oasis in 2 days on Sunday .... this past Sunday the suite concierge wrote to us. I wrote back, gave them the days and times we’d like to eat at the specialty restaurants with our UDP and asked them to make all our reservations for us. They wrote back and said they’d get it taken care of. Usually the concierge just writes back with a confirmation of the reservations. I wrote back and asked them if I’d get an email confirming the reservations. They wrote back and said, no the reservations will just be there for you. As of this morning, the Royal Caribbean App still says that we have NO dinner reservations at all. I just sent them an email letting them know the app says I have no reservations and asking if I could get an update on the status of the requested reservations.

See this thread for the answer I got from Royal on their twitter account: