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Hi Veronica! Assuming you booked your cruise before the policy change, I would contact your travel agent (if applicable) or call Royal. We too never got the e-mail last year, but the travel agency did and contacted Royal for us... we elected to keep the Central Park balcony perks for our cruise next year on Symphony. The letter did state that if you did not respond by the deadline that it would default to a $50 OBC.

Hi Jim! Try asking @CHRIS WONG... he is currently a crew member on Oasis and posts to this forum regularly... maybe he can help you figure that out!

We bought these too last year... did the job. To be honest, I did not use it too much, but our friends used them.

Hi Jim! Try asking @CHRIS WONG... he is currently a crew member on Oasis and posts to this forum regularly... maybe he can help you figure that out!

Absolutely agree! Best advice is to book early when possible! Best availability/choice of cabins at generally the lowest price. We have always been able to get the refundable deposit too which makes it an easier decision to book further out (we've had to cancel 2 cruises within the last few years ?). We have always tried to book at least one year in advance. The subsequent price adjustments we've made always seem to occur shortly after booking and outside the 1-year time frame. We have yet to see a lower price on any of our cruises within 10 months or so of sail date. Our last cruise on Allure actually doubled in price within 6-9 months of the sail date! I think we also sometimes get hung up on the current sale numbers (discount % off, etc.). What newer cruisers may not realize is that the underlying cabin rate is constantly changing, so 30% off, BOGO 50%, etc. is not the same savings today as it was likely 12 months ago. As Matt mentioned many times before, it's all about supply and demand... the closer you get to sail date, the fewer cabins are available in that category and the price generally rises.

Jealously following! ? Have an amazing time!

Have a great time! We've had the chance to experience smallest vs. largest, but not so close together. Our first cruise on Royal was Majesty (2010)... our last was Allure (2019). Needless to say, completely different experiences. For now, my wife and I are in the bigger, newer/amped, and more choices is better phase (as you can see from our upcoming cruises!). I do see the appeal of all of the ships and agree that they all have their place in the fleet. I know some itineraries cannot accommodate the larger ships and/or a smaller ship is more appropriate and more intimate. I found out recently that Majesty will be at Coco Cay when we're there on Oasis this June... will bring back memories!

Have a great time! Will be following!

Following... of course!

Congrats! Have a great time! Following for sure!

Following! One of my childhood friends also has almost exclusively done Disney (now over 20 times - actually was on Magic last week) with her family. She tried Allure last year after we cruised and had an amazing time! Can't wait to see what you thought of Oasis! 126 days until we board Oasis here at Cape Liberty!

Congrats! Have a great time!

Hi @Smurfy! Congrats, enjoy your birthday and have a great time! I'm sure you will! We're on the sailing right before you leaving May 31st... we'll take good care of her for you!

I agree with @SpeedNoodles... just look at the price per day. Also, remember that they add 18% gratuity when you check out. The best sales usually are the 30% off promos. BOGO 50% is effectively just 25% off. As an example, for our upcoming Oasis cruise in May... the onboard/underlying price is $73/day. These are the prices we've seen during the various sales since last year: Regular pre-cruise "20%" off price ($58-$59 - varies due to rounding)... BOGO 50%, eff. 25% off right now ($55)... 30% off which we grabbed last year ($51). We were spoiled last year and wound up paying $45/day for Allure. We missed out on the infamous DBP price glitch for this cruise since we booked it after they made the correction in the CP! ? Our price right now...

Yes, it should be available (generally the same across the fleet). We saw it on our May Allure cruise (2019). Check out this post by @twangster... it's listed on one of the drink menus under Liqueurs...

Yes, they are very persistent. I also did my best to avoid the market area. My friend warned me before we went last May. He told me he had to pretend he was deaf, avoided eye contact, and ignored them as he walked through the area. Overall, we all really liked Labadee, especially since we splurged and got a nice over the water cabana away from the actual beach (Nellie's Beach). Our attendant, Regis, was awesome! We're really looking forward to going back to Coco Cay (first time since 2010 and of course the reno), but we definitely want to go back to Labadee one day. It's just more naturally beautiful IMO since it's not effectively just a flat sandbar (like Castaway Cay and all of the other leased islands) in the middle of the ocean.

Welcome! Here is the schedule from the RC website: https://www.royalcaribbean.com/faq/questions/formal-dress-code-guideline

We're on the same sailing on Oasis... I hope they change one of the itineraries! Only crew-center.com shows just the 2 ships... I hope they are right!

I hope that site is correct for us on 6/3/20 as well! ? Indy is showing up on the other sites...

I could be wrong, but with one dock they can only dock 2 ships at one time. It's on Cruisemapper.com too... 4 ships on 6/30/20 and 3 on 7/7/20. They must be tendering... I bet they will revise some of the itineraries... Great! ? Now they apparently added Indy to 6/3/20 when we'll be there! Will be interesting if it holds!

Nice! Same thing happened to us! We booked Harmony for APR 2021 last year, then they moved up the 5-year maintenance dry dock and cancelled the APR 2021 Harmony sailings. RC did the same thing and froze the cruise fare and offered us any Oasis class ship sailing in APR 2021 plus $200 OBC (not a suite) as one of our options. We picked Symphony which was $700 more at that time for the identical cabin! $900 value due to the cancellation! ?

First time for us too! Very exciting! ?

Yes, I believe the changes will be very similar to Oasis... not sure if you saw Matt's overview video...

Totally agree! I keep telling my friends and coworkers that when they mention the NCL ads... nothing is free! It's worked into the pricing. In almost every case, when I priced a comparable cruise and made it apples to apples, it was the same price (or more) than Royal.

Not sure if this qualifies as it's not something you pack... As suggested frequently here on the blog... If you purchase the DBP, always ask for bottled water when you order drinks and keep them in your stateroom cooler so you always have cool, filtered water either for drinking or rinsing in your stateroom throughout the cruise.