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@Vwjo When I called about two week ago to ask this same question, they informed me that there is a limited number and that she was surprised that my December sailing still had any available. Sold, I bought it. Two weeks later, it's still available so now I'm wondering the same thing. 

Yes, who can send a request for a table for 2 and a specific location approx three weeks out. Both are subject to availability of course. You should receive the same dining staff each night as long as your table stays the same. After the first night, if you don't like your table you can always just ask for a different one the next. Being that you have MTD, you can be seated anywhere each night if you want, like a land based restaurant. You might just have to wait for a table that you want,  if one is not available at your dining time.

We purchased the Photo Package during our June 2019 adventure on Mariner of the Seas.  We came home with 115 digital photos - superior quality too.  Photographers are typically in position at the dining rooms each evening and at various locations throughout the ship.  And of course, they are there to snap you on embarkation and on the pier at Nassau & Coco Cay.
As for the pics being exclusively digital.  We simply downloaded the ones we liked best and had them printed at Walmart for less than 25 cents each.

For those interested, here is my YouTube video of our food photos in the Main Dining Room during our recent 9-night cruise.
 

Whoa!  So this thread talked me into purchasing the photo package for my wife and I (both staying in the same stateroom).  When I went to purchase it on the Royal Caribbean website I added it to the cart, selected my wife and I and it is charging us twice.  I thought the package was per stateroom, not per guest...am I missing something here?

Do not be discouraged if there is a long line at some of the photo stations. If it is a backdrop that appeals to you get in line. They move fast. Take lots of pictures.  We have gotten some great casual pictures over the years as well as formal,etc.  The photos at the dinner table we wave them off a lot.  Yes the package costs a little bit BUT just 1 photo can be PRICELESS. Watch for the photo package to go on sale.  Welcome to the board. Enjoy the cruise.  And congratulations.  

There is another option.....we just schedule a true professional photo shoot while we were on board....not one of the walk up and take 4-5 posses in front of a screen..we went to his 'studio' he specialized in B@W candid style shots.  It certainly wasn't a $249 package....it was like $500 for all copies of photos digitally (70-80 shots...all of them run through retouch filter and also manually tweaked the ones we selected as needed....for example one of them we had mirrored so it could balance our layout) and then if you wanted prints and stuff there is a price....we got these out of it (large on canvas photo prints):

 
Conversely on our previous cruises we went with a walk up and take a photo that we then bought the print from the ship for like $20 that we also have framed and liked

 

 

I haven't been on a Royal Caribbean Cruise yet but in January when we cruised with Carnival it was actually pretty slick.  Every night they have different backdrops stationed all over the ship and whenever you passed one that you liked you could just jump in and get your pictures taken.  The photographers were really good and gave you 3-4 different poses for each backdrop.  There were never any lines and at most only 1 person in front of you so it was always very quick.  
I'm usually allergic to cameras so wife is always on me about taking pictures with her and this was the perfect opportunity to have some made.  They turned out well and it was well worth the money.  I keep going back and forth on the Royal Caribbean photo package for our cruise next week.....It's about $100 more expensive than Carnival's was and while I'd like to have a bunch of pictures taken on this cruise I'm not sure the price is worth it.  (At least on Carnival their digital photo package also included 3 extra large canvas prints that are now hanging on our wall, which I don't think is included in the RC photo package).
p.s.  I'd say every night there were at least 10+ different photo ops throughout the ship, and it also included "natural" photos of us doing our daily stuff an things on the ship, like disembarking at a port, sitting on the lido deck, playing trivia, etc.  There were a lot of cool photos in the package.

On Oasis there will be lots of photo ops on the ship especially during formal nights. There will be different options of backdrops at the Royal Promenade area, as well as a spot on the grand stairs. There is also a photo op at the classic car in the Royal Promenade. There are photographers who go around dinner time and take photos of your tables. There is also a couple of photo ops in Central Park, however, I do not remember if there is any photo ops at the Boardwalk. At embarkation/checkin, there are a couple of photo ops before entering the ship. Photographers will be around during some of the other activities on the ship as well. Back when there were Dreamworks Characters on board there were also photo ops with the characters such as Po and Tigress from Kungfu Panda, Trolls, Madagascar and Penguins, etc. There are also photo ops at all the ports by the gangways during arrival and sail away. We are planning to get the digital photo package for our cruise in November. One of the tips given was to take a few minutes every night to check the photos that were taken either that day or the day before - since sometimes what you may remember that a photo was taken, it may not show up or someone else's photo shows up in your gallery. One of the technologies they use is face recognition which is not always reliable-hence the missing and additional photos. Let the crew at the photo center know right away that there is a photo of people not in your party or if there was a photo you expected to see but its not there. If you are super intentional, you should be able to get at least 150 digital photos for the week as a couple which is worth it vs paying the prices for prints on board.