WAAAYTOOO

No, not really. I believe everything except cabanas and drinks are included but I really don’t know for sure. If you have the UBP then drinks ARE included. I know food is included. The pool and loungers are included as far as I know. I will have to ask the Suites Concierge about towels. Not sure if we have to bring towels from the ship or not.

Very interesting. Thanks for sharing that information.

What IS the problem ?

Are you referring to the Platinum Crown & Anchor tier level ? If so, there will not be any discounts for specialty dining, nut there are some others benefits. Hopefully someone with a recent Platinum benefits sheet will share.

We will be there next week. There are still both beach and OTW cabanas available and the price has remained very steady (no big jumps or slumps) since they became available for booking. That makes me think that they are not in particularly high demand for our sailing. The day pass to the Club, however, must be selling pretty well. The prices on that have been all over the place with $50.99 PP the lowest (this is the price we paid) and today’s price, $93.99 PP. As far as I know, Anthem will be the only ship there that day.

Good luck. ?

Thanks for the maps. That's very helpful. I guess I didn't realize that there were going to be 2 sections of the over the water cabanas. I wonder if all 20 of them are done.

So you were FC but now you're not ? What happened ? Did they have a change of equipment that eliminated your seats or FC altogether ? This happened to us once (we were in Row 2 and on the new plane there was no longer a Row 2 !!). I understand that it's a first world problem but it's still a disappointment and a complete PITA if you have a physical reason (6'6" of them) to be in FC and now you have to deal with the consequences. Is the change for the entire itinerary or only one leg ?

Thank you both ! It's a tough job and I have so much respect for those who choose this career and especially those that stick with it !

I think the OP is asking about going down from a JS to an inside....but the rationale is the same...

Wow, looks like a big score for Izumi (except for your son...??). The food all looks awesome....except for those hairy balls in the first picture (bottom, right). Those are a bit troubling. ???

Welcome to the blog, groovybee (love your screen name !). I am excited too ! 1 week ! No, we will not bring masks.

If I am reading the post correctly, you are asking about downgrading your JS to a lower category cabin. Since a JS is not really treated the same way as a full suite, you should be able to downgrade it without penalty. So long as you change neither the ship nor the sail date, you are not subject to the non-refundable penalty. Whether or not it is a good decision to downgrade your cabin and use that savings to book an additional cruise or not is really a personal choice. I would do a very careful calculation to determine if the savings from the downgrade of a 4 night Enchantment cruise would really be enough to finance another complete cruise. Without knowing the details, I would be skeptical. By the time you pay another complete cruise fare, add another round of taxes, port fees and gratuities, I wonder of the savings you would realize on the downgrade would cover it. Then again, for probably a small amount of additional $$, you might get a whole ‘nother cruise....so...

KristiZ ?

You’re welcome. Have a great cruise !

Hey, Ally - I will always choose Oasis but that’s just me. 1 port of call and 3 sea days (counting day 1 as a sea day) sounds like heaven to me but some people prefer more ports. I think you would find that the extra sea days give you more opportunity to explore the ship, which is really the best part of cruising on a Oasis. Nothing wrong with NAV ! I just prefer the big ships.

I will sometimes do the same thing, for the same reasons when I am flying in the same day. There is nothing wrong with using the Royal shuttle service and I have done it too, for the same reason that you gave for using A2S. To be honest, up until very recently, the ride share services on PR were banned at the airport and very unreliable elsewhere. I think they have recently been permitted to service the airport and port but frankly, I would choose either the Royal shuttle or a taxi. Once you are on the island, you’re golden and the ship has a very late departure so there’s no hurry to get on board except just to get on board ! I recommend you do whatever makes it easiest for you. You would probably get to the ship a bit quicker using a taxi b/c you wouldn’t have to wait for other passengers to board the shuttle....but there’s nothing wrong with using the shuttle.

Only Oasis class offers the 11-11 schedule. Other ships’ Suites Lounges offer access all day/night but they are not staffed but a few hours each day and do not have beverage service except during happy hours. All of the ships offer access to the coffee machine all day/night.

Thanks. I just meant that they are right there, together, geographically speaking.

...especially when you see people already hanging out at the concierge desk. It should be obvious...but some people are just obtuse.

Thanks ! That's where I would have started looking, anyway. I believe there is an upper level to 270 although we never went up there. It will be an interesting perspective from the upper level at 270. We had always been down on the front lines before. I like being in different locations to see the shows for the second (or sometimes third !!) time.

Basically, that's Hong Kong, right ?

Thank you, Oglilthorpe. I learn something new every day on this site. I will get the Concierge to help me with the show reservations. So...since you brought it up... (LOL) where are the suite reserved areas in 270 and the main theater on Anthem ?

Actually, that's exactly what happens. Each ship is a separate profit/cost center and has ultimate control of how they implement and price their onboard revenue generation. That's why so many of the programs are so inconsistently implemented throughout the fleet. It seems completely counter intuitive that Corporate would create and deploy a new "program" and then let the ships decide how to run them, but that's exactly what happens.

Yeah. It sounds to me like those lounger area that dodgestang shows in the picture above must have been converted to some kind of cabanas. Doesn't look like room for more than a couple. If that is the case, the bar is no more than a couple of steps away. My guess is that their idea of a cabana and mine are very different. They probably threw up a couple of those open-sided tents and are calling them cabanas ! I wonder if they included that area behind the railing, where the tables and chairs are, now. If they did not include that area, those tables and chairs are going to be completely blocked from a view of the pool area. Looks like you might not be able to see the pool area from the bar, either. Whatever. Not interested anyway.