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Congratulations ! Those sound like really good offers to me. I would be cautious about bidding on the 1 BR ATS b/c aside from the 1 on deck 11, the rest of them have REALLY small balconies. I don't think I would be happy with one on 12 or 14. ...and of course, you have no control over which one they upgrade you to. I don't think I'd take that chance. The 2 BR ones though...absolutely.

My only concern about NAV is, I have found the prices on NAV to be exceptionally high on a per person/per day basis (especially for suites) - particularly for the "add-ons" like the drinks packages and/or dining packages. Not knowing which port you are looking at, I would say look at Oasis, Allure (no water slides yet...but maybe by the summertime ?), Liberty, Anthem. Having done a B2B on NAV, I would probably not do it again b/c of the prices.

Neesa, I have never been on Mariner but I will guess that it is basically the same layout as the rest of the Voyager Class ships. From what I can tell, the OS on Mariner (e.g., 1320) does not have the pole in the entryway. No pole at all, from what I can see (video on cruisedeckplans.com). I don't know if there are any OS available on your sailing. While you will still be dealing with the pool deck above, the deck area above the OS "humop" are more transit areas vs lounging areas. Might be less noisy there. The biggest problem I see for 1252 is the fact that it is so far forward. I would hate being way up there. Frankly, I'm not sure I would spend the money for an OS on Mariner since those cruises are so short. If you're doing a B2B, that's a different story.

Which port would you prefer ?

I vote for playing with the pigs.

I will post and let everyone know !!!!

We have day passes to the beach club the first week of Feb. As far as I know, the beach club is not yet open. Hopefully later this month.

I think River Song was talking about a suite on Liberty.

11538 will have the bed by the closets, not by the balcony.

Have a GREAT cruise !!!

This makes for a beautiful Christmas display but I can see where it caused a problem. Mixed blessing ?

You are welcome !

Welcome to the Blog ! Glad to have you on board ! I cannot answer your Blue Lagoon question. I looked on my own Cruise Planner and, while there are multiple Blue Lagoon excursions, none of them mention transportation. Hmmm....sorry, no help there. As for your question regarding Coco Cay, I am continually perplexed why some schedules are showing more than 2 ships at CC on the same day. You are not the first to have this question or concern. To my knowledge, it is impossible for more than 2 ships to dock at Coco Cay at the same time. I suppose it is POSSIBLE to have 1 ship tendering and 2 ships docked but I would be very very surprised if this were to be the case. I suspect that there is a mistake in the schedule if it is showing 3 ships at Coco Cay at the same time. I just don't think it's possible or likely. 2 ? yes. 3 ? I don't think so.

Twangster, you bot-ness is beginning to emerge again. ?

My Time Dining and Traditional Dining (early/late seatings) are not held in the same spaces. They are on different floors of the Main Dining Room so you will not have traditional and MTD folks mingling. There really is no difference between reserved MTD and walk-up MTD except that with reservations you are generally seated more quickly. As someone mentioned in another thread, the Cruise Planner (and therefore, RoyalCaribbeanMarketing) is not smart enough to know that you have already made MTD reservations...or purchased the Deluxe Beverage Package, or purchased Voom or made any excursion plans....so you will continue to get emails begging you to reserve and purchase, even though you already have. It's most annoying, TBH. They keep sending me emails telling me that this is my LAST CHANCE to purchase whatever....when I purchased those items MONTHS ago. So yes...you are all set. You don't need to worry about your reservations if you have already made them. Enjoy !!

What a great blog and wonderful B2B cruises. You have really shed a lot of light into the Asian sailings. Thank you so much !

I can't say definitively about your specific situation, but for the cruises leaving out of San Juan (depart at 8PM) you can board at the "regular" time, which for us is around 10AM. I would expect that to be true in Honolulu as well but I really do not know for sure.

Welcome to the blog, Danny and congratulations on your upcoming wedding ! No, you cannot make your dining reservations prior to boarding UNLESS you are in a Grand Suite or higher, in which case a Suites Concierge will reach out to your prior (around 5 days beforehand) to the sail date....and they would help you make advanced reservations. But not to worry ! You will be able to make reservations as soon as you board the ship and will have no trouble getting the restaurants and times you prefer. Just make sure to take care of that as SOON as you board. When you purchased the UDP the “system” automatically makes a reservation for you, at the time that you chose. Once you get onboard you can change the time and/or location of that reservation if you so choose. We always get the a UDP and nearly always get the restaurants and times that we want. The system works very well.

This is precisely my attitude.

Welcome to the blog and congratulations on the awesome repricing !

If you have it on your app then you don't HAVE to have a paper copy but most of us prefer to have both. There is a "print" function on the website that allows you to print your SSP

Are you going to do a live blog ?? Please, please.

Happy New year, everyone !

They rarely reduce the prices on cruises that far in the future. I would wait and see if the prices are reduced closer to the sail date. Of course, there’s always the chance that prices will increase....so many will recommend that you buy now and cancel and rebook if the price comes down, later.

I don't think you will regret it. Anthem is an awesome ship and much more interesting than Liberty. As Sabrina mentioned, it will be coolish on the first few days out and the last two days back but the ship is designed for that. There is SO much to do.