WAAAYTOOO

I think it was day 6 on our cruise, too....somewhere close to the end of the cruise, as I recall.

TL;DR - Effectors does not take reservations. First come, first served. We were on IC on March 21 and not only were there no reservations offered for Effectors, but there was exactly 1 show the entire 7 days....which they do NOT publicize well at ALL I actually enjoy the Effectors, Crash and Burn, but to be brutally honest, The Original Effectors on IC was a STINKER. To be fair, we never actually saw the end of the show (if it even actually ever finished....we don't know b/c we didn't bother staying around until the end) as there were at least 2 major technical interruptions during the performance. After #2, we got up and left as did most everyone else. It was just NOT a good show. The singers were terrible and the story was hard to follow (not a big surprise as most of the "homemade" shows that Royal does have no real plot) but this one was supposed to explain how the Effectors came to be. I still have no idea how they came to be. If you want to try and see the show, just be sure you check out the paper that they leave in your cabin that shows the dates and locations of all of the shows. If it hadn't been for that paper, we would not have even known there WAS an Effector show.

my biggest complaint about the storage situation in those rooms is the fact that the closet(s) is too shallow for my collapsible clothes hamper. I had to put the hamper outside of the closet but there was plenty of room for it. I just prefer for it to be hidden away inside the closet. Not in these rooms, though.

WAAAY down in the details, I found this: It doesn't say anything about purchases via a slot machine, but apparently it's going to consider the purchase of casino chips as a "cash advance"....for which they charge a 5% transaction fee....not to mention that they begin charging interest immediately on cash advances. So I think our "loophole" for getting cash at the tables is being closed. Royal has always reported casino spending as a regular "sale" but maybe they are going to categorize casino spending (at least, for "purchase of casino chips") differently. I guess we'll have to see.

Yep, if they did, the card would be useless to us !

I'm not sure how they could prevent you from paying your gratuities with the redemption OBC since it just goes into your account to be used on whatever you want it to be used for. Obviously, if you prepay your gratuities, that's a different story, but if you pay your gratuities onboard, you will be able to use your redemption OBC for grats if you want.

Yes. This is unclear as of yet

We had the MOST fun at Ocean World when we were there a while back. I think they have an amazing facility for what it is. I didn't know about the Capys though.....may have to go back for them. It's a lot of walking (for me) but I totally recommend it.

@disneycjd, you do realize that 8736 is a connecting room ? Of course, with the new design for connecting rooms they aren’t nearly the concern that they used to be. We recently cruised on Icon for the first time in an infinite balcony room and really enjoyed it very much. I actually think we prefer the IB to the OV balcony as the infinite balcony adds much-needed interior space and provides (in my opinion) a much better actual ocean view than does the traditional balcony. If you are someone who utilizes your balcony a great deal, then you might miss the outside seating. We did not.

I certainly have no idea what the new card will do, but for the existing Royal Caribbean visa card, ANYTHING that is charged through Royal Caribbean garnered 2X points. I sure hope that doesn't change with the new card. 4X on all RCI charges sounds awesome !

We got our letters today from BoA. I guess you will have to call them to upgrade to the higher level tier ($99/year) as that isn't even discussed in the form letter we got.

^^This^^

My only experience in Vancouver was with the Pan Pacific but it is not particularly reasonably priced...but it does make boarding your ship very VERY easy since the hotel takes your luggage down to the pier for you and you just have to go downstairs to the terminal. You don't even go outside. $$ though

So much for suites luggage priority !

Alas, I doubt very seriously that Star will be eligible for our [Prime] annuals this year. Icon ? Probably. Star ? Doubtful.