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Last year we got the internet for $13.99 on the Black Friday Sale (21 Nov 22) and it was the same price for two of our booked cruises.

It's offered on two of our cruises. 

I’ve got Chops+1 for an october 4 night allure. Not available for Icon and Utopia hasn’t loaded any dining yet 

to add, Anthem while a nice ship is not known for their specialty dinning options. if you are not going to go places more than once this may affect your decision in purchasing a package or just trying the D+ BOGO. The ship has Chops, wonderland, izumi and jamies italian.

Math is a little off. The onboard price of internet is $29.99. So, you would get the 4 days and pay 7*29.99 for $209.93. Making it a $31 savings. 
I have not seen Chop+1 since earlier this year, it is not offered on any of my sailings from Oct-Feb 2024. The 3N package would be great and you could potentially also take advantage of the D+ BOGO, giving you 5N of specialty dining for the cost of less than 3 if you had purchased a la carte. 

Ummm... let's say her cabin wasn't fully cleaned prior to arrival yesterday.
You can read about it in her live blog...
 

What happened on Liberty?  

Odyssey is a great ship.  Not an Oasis class ship but modern with the best SeaPlex/Playmakers combo in the fleet.
Anthem, Mariner, Navigator, Freedom would be solid choices.
 

Odyssey is a great ship.  Not an Oasis class ship but modern with the best SeaPlex/Playmakers combo in the fleet.
Anthem, Mariner, Navigator, Freedom would be solid choices.
 

Agree that Aqua 80’s (Oasis) is the best Aqua Theater show in the fleet.  Hiro is as good as any of the other ships but not as good as Aqua 80’s.  Hiro is worth the effort to go and see.

Hiro was good.   We give Aqua 80's our highest rating (music we grew up with) but HIro is worth seeing.  

Pretty confident we can look back at this thread in a few years and see some of these ideas became reality.
Maybe we should delete before it's too late 🙄

Take the Jazz on 4/casino space and charge for entry based on if you want it to be smoking or nonsmoking
50/50 raffle every day for cash prize
$5 per day for the cooler/mini fridge in the room
Charge for a sea pass card/but app is free
$ 5 each waterslide
$ 1 each minute you speak with Guest Services
$10 per day to reserve chairs at pool/solarium
 
I hesitated suggesting these.........Royal is listening
 
 

Pretty confident we can look back at this thread in a few years and see some of these ideas became reality.
Maybe we should delete before it's too late 🙄

In Mazatlan, try the Plumeria golf carts for a tour.   We hire a driver right outside the port.  He took us to the lighthouse (we climbed to the top) and to downtown and boardwalk, and go to a quiet (non-touristy) Mexican place that our driver knew well.   The captain of Navigator used the same driver/golf cart taxi that we did that day.....the driver basically shuttled between us that afternoon. 
We also did the kayak tour in the morning.........it was.........okay.
 
For Cabo and PV, we did beach days on our own.  Los Muertos Beach is fantastic in PV.   Check the water taxi times in Cabo, they all went home before dark and we had to walk back to the port.

For dining reservations.....don't do what we did.   We went to Izumi thinking we were booking hibachi.   Nope, we had a reservation for sushi.   Luckily we caught it and changed in time.   Teppenyaki is the name of the hibachi on Odyssey (maybe some or all ships).
As @BrianB posted above, make sure to specify when you use a Diamond voucher.  
Congrats on becoming Diamond and enjoy Symphony, she's a great ship.

Speculation but it might take a few days for Costco to let Royal know about the reservation?   Contact Costco to clarify.
We have booked with Costco multiple times and had no issues.

Several years ago, we booked a virtual balcony for the kids.  Higher priced than interior room, lower than actual balcony.  

Pretty confident we can look back at this thread in a few years and see some of these ideas became reality.
Maybe we should delete before it's too late 🙄

Pretty confident we can look back at this thread in a few years and see some of these ideas became reality.
Maybe we should delete before it's too late 🙄

Keep watching and reading about the ship and the ports.   Depending on your level of planning, you can prebook dining, activities, excursions. 
My favorite precruise activity is to go online and look at future cruises and go to NEXTcruise and book the next trip.   Being on a cruise ship is the best feeling, but having future cruises booked to plan and anticipate in the future is great too.
Enjoy your first cruise!

We were on Odyssey in April.   The bungee/VR was gone.   They had cornhole and ladderball instead.
The exterior "dome" of the skypad was still there and looks nice lit up at night.

We were on Odyssey in April.   The bungee/VR was gone.   They had cornhole and ladderball instead.
The exterior "dome" of the skypad was still there and looks nice lit up at night.

I also don't want to beat up Sorrento's, we like it. It's a good, quick bite to eat. The kids love it, it's a treat. The unfortunate talk of charging it has brought out the negativity. 

Pretty confident we can look back at this thread in a few years and see some of these ideas became reality.
Maybe we should delete before it's too late 🙄