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on the Oasis last week they had the self serve "spigot" in the Cafe promenade. Would I use it? Not on your life, since i witnessed someone refilling thier "nestle" water bottle with thier bottle firmly touching the spigot. I would just ask for a glass of water from one of the bars or restaurants. It's a shame that people cannot follow the rules. At some point Royal will probably remove the self serve stations for many things if people can't act appropriately.

I think in this case you will need to reach our to Royal or your travel agent. They will best be able to get you the correct information and ensure you have any documentation that may be needed to facilitate things. Good Luck!

The wife and i were just talking about this. We just got off Oasis 2 days ago and have our next one in about 9 months and we feel that we're just "hanging out" waiting for our next cruise. We do have a couple of non-cruise trips along the way for business and leisure, but we really just want to be back at sea. We've done 3 cruises since August and it has been amazing.

Personally, I would not take anything other than bottled water or "powerade" off the ship. Rules constantly change it's not worth the risk that suddenly bananas are a prohibited item. Even a "full day" is not more than about 8 hours, so i'd think if you eat a good breakfast on the ship you'd be able to make it

I’m not sure why you would stay on the ship. We’ve been to the same ports many times and always find something neat to check out. We don’t typically do excursions so we just wander on our own and have never been disappointed.

If you look in the Royal App, it tells you when your check in will be available. 1. Open App 2. Select Cruise (if you have multiples) 3. Tap on the "person" icon at the top 4. There will be a Check in box with the date in it. I did this on the latest version of the iPhone App, so your experience could vary

I'm team documents as well. I make each cabin a "packet" that includes the travel documents, receipts for cruise planner purchases, set sail pass, laminated luggage tags, printed images of passports, drivers licenses, vax records, tests, etc.... I also put them in order in the packet so that we have them in the order we need them. We generally breeze right through the building and into the MDR for lunch!

Totally! To be fair, they had stopped all "mail off the island" and were really only doing inter-island mail. Same thing happened in Nassau, back in August. We didn't get that post card until right before Christmas. With COVID restrictions, many classes of mail were stopped or slowed down drastically and post cards are very low on the list. I'm often surprised when we actually get the post card even within the US

This is an issue I bet non had ever considered. https://www.local10.com/news/local/2022/01/23/cruise-diverted-to-bahamas-after-arrest-warrant-issued-for-crystal-symphony/?outputType=amp

The article linked below states they confirmed a death onboard the Oasis with Atlantis Events. Atlantis then referred them to Royal for the cause of death. https://www.advocate.com/news/2022/1/21/death-reported-onboard-atlantis-events-oasis-seas-cruise “A death has been confirmed aboard Atlantis Events' 30th Anniversary Cruise on Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the Seas. The Advocate has confirmed the death with Atlantis Events. While a representative said the death was "nothing out of the ordinary," they referred The Advocate to Royal Caribbean for comment on cause of death.”

I’d suspect that people with the earlier times also received the emails. Sure you could still pick an earlier time, but you want to arrive an hour later like the email says. they don’t give the times, since they’d have to customize the email based on windows and as you noted, you could still pick an earlier window. By them telling everyone to come an hour later than scheduled they can use the same email.

It probably depends on the type of room. You probably don't have any worries with a balcony or above category. We have done a lot of Interior GTY rooms and the basic rule of thumb is that if you have any reservations about where you may be put, then just book the room where you want. So far, we've been lucky!

Maybe it's Schrödinger's Cruise !

This is probably the only "fear" i've even had about cruising, and even then I haven't spent much time on it. Over the course of a week, we certainly don't spend a ton of time with the servers or the cabin attendants and most of that time, both us and the crew member are fully masked, so that gives me some amount of comfort in the situation.

Thanks! I just checked my order email timestamp and it was late on the 10th, so we'll call it the 11th. I'll give it until Monday to see if it gets updated and then I will start calling / emailing them for updates.

I agree, i really think the concern on the board is largely for the crew and thier safety, closely followed by how it could affect peoples cruises on the Oasis in the next few weeks. Overall, it's really a bad look for the Royal. You'd think they would have limited capacity more, dropped the price for the 3rd party, or some combination of both. Time will tell if it comes back to haunt us all.

@Matt Thanks for the suggestion, we made an order about 10 days ago and are waiting for them to ship. I'm sure experiences are different, but about how long has it taken for yours to ship in the past? When i ordered, it said they try to ship within 3 days, but it could be delayed up to a week. I'm not at the "panic point" yet, but will need these masks at some point in the "nearish" future. Thanks!

That's exactly what we did when we first started cruising and getting the refreshment package. Say, the Refreshment package is $25, the soda is $10, so that's really only $15 more which works out to about 4 "fancy coffees", but then you get all the other benefits of the refreshment package, which we enjoy as well.

I had always wondered how that worked when we buy a package. Now that I know this, I will make a better effort to visit my favorite bartenders more frequently. It's mostly café promenade for my coffees, but with the new drink menus with more "mocktails" I've been in more of the bars, than usual.

I agree with @twangster on this. The price is set by what people will pay. I also think there are ways to bring down the "total cost" of the trip to help offset the pricing of individual items. I think many times, people look at the price of individual components in a vacuum and lose sight of the total cost. We once had some family that freaked out about the cost of the cruise in Florida and we compromised on a cruise from New Jersey, but then the flights to New York were at least double what we would pay to Florida, losing the savings on the cruise and getting worse port stops. For us, we "require" the Refreshment package. We have a price point that we "like to get" at $23 per day, and anything less is amazing (we recently got it for $17!) To ensure we can get the package, we always book the cheapest room we can, regardless of category (generally it's Inside GTY). We also typically don't do excursions and explore on our own (harder during these times). At the end of the day it's all about choice and what you can live without on the cruise. I also think that too many people want to "break even" on each thing. We both get the Refreshment package and I certainly break even (i drink a ton of coffee ), but maybe not her since she could probably do with just the soda package and then pay for bottled water, but we like the convenience of prepaying for it and then not having a bill at the end. Happy cruising!

Then you may be (unfortunately) at the mercy of Delta Cruises policies This is a "fan site" and while we all try to be helpful, you will need to work with Delta Cruise on this particular issue to ensure that you have the best and correct information. Please stick around in the forums! We tend to have a lot of fun and you never know what you will learn from the people here.

There are actually quite a few cruise conferences that occur on ships across many lines. I've also heard of "team retreats" that occur. I suspect they get used enough to make them justified and in most cases there is so much other stuff to do, that changing the space may not make sense. They also tend to be in low traffic areas of the ship, so maybe that's it as well.

If you are able to visit St. Kitts, please take a moment to visit Captain Jack's Treasure Chest in the port area. It's your typical souvenir shop, but the owner of the store has excellent customer service. When we were there back in December, we were not able to roam town freely after our excursion, so we were unable to visit the post office and mail our postcard to our selves home. We decided to buy the post card at Captain Jack's, but he had no stamps available to get it to the US. He then offered to let us pay him for the stamp and he would get the stamp and mail it for us! This was back on November 13, 2021. That postcard arrived in the mail yesterday, January 19, 2022. Not sure when he actually mailed it, but the postmark is from January 2022. It's now my personal mission to get the word out about this shop.

I still want to believe that it is a "stock photo" from an old event. Maybe @Matthas a resource that he can reach out to for comment or information.

What is the source for this image? Accoring to the Atlantis Events site, there is talk of COVID19 capacity restrictions, so it's be interesting to know if this is a current photo or if someone is trying to put cruising into a bad light by providing false information. Here's the link to the site -- https://atlantisevents.com/Oasis-Caribbean-Cruise on the pricing page, there is is this as well.