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Photo tour of Category 6B Spacious Ocean View Stateroom with Balcony on Independence of the Seas | Royal Caribbean Blog See if this will help you. This is exactly what my spacious oceanview balcony on Oasis looked like except the bed and couch were reversed.

Well this bites... I can't stand Nassau and we just booked a Feb trip on Allure that has DR and Labadee listed.

One other thing to take into consideration is the proof of the alcohol. Since you are flying you can't have anything over 140 proof or 70% alcohol. I found this out when we went to Bermuda and bought 150 proof dark rum. We weren't flying but the store made sure we knew.

When we were there at the end of Sept a local told us that masks are required everywhere except the beach and when eating. She also stressed there were steep fines and a curfew I believe of midnight.

Mine was pending until three hours AFTER we sailed. LOL

I too noticed it on Oasis last month. I ordered an amaretto sour that was so off tasting that I mixed it with lemonade to make it taste right. Then I ordered a bloody mary, granted I asked for a bit spicy but all I could taste was the spice. One was ordered in MDR the other in Solarium pool area.

My husband and I are taking my 78/79 year old aunt on her first ever cruise and her first ever anything in Feb on Allure. I pushed up the cruise because she has vascular dementia and I'm noticing it getting worse. I want to give her something she might remember (vascular dementia is different). We have the scooter ordered, I have sent in the special needs form but I would like to know about excursions etc. I looked at every excursion available for the Eastern Caribbean cruise and there were only two and the same port that show wheelchair accessible. Others that look like they should be fairly easy all say not mobility accessible. I mean really its a driving tour?? While she is not in a wheelchair she will be using a scooter because she cannot do stairs, she shuffles, and can barely handle curbs/thresholds. She is 4'11 and a fall risk. I booked this myself because I have not had good luck lately with TA's. Can anyone speak from experience on the ports and excursions? Thank you.

Ooh.. didn't think about that. Im an independent contractor and do work virtually, wonder what my tax preparer would say...

Yep, I'm getting that as well.

They cancelled that tour the week of 9/26 as well, my mother was suppose to go on it. We were on Oasis. The first reason given was because were were coming into port later and it would not allow for much time at Kennedy. Then one of the crew said that Kennedy would stay open for the cruise ships at times but there was just not enough guests to merit keeping it open so it was cancelled. They offered 20% off any other tour, which there were only two left.

Indian/Thai/Morroccan.. anything along those lines. They have such a large contingent of Indian crew I think it would only be fitting.

I gave our stateroom attendant $50 on our first full day. She brought us ice twice a day and saw too it that a pool lounger was brought to our balcony for my mother and I to use. I tipped the head waiter $40 midway through because for three nights he had the chefs make different types of Indian food for us to try, one night was a full meal. The two servers each received about $20 each when it was divided out. Maybe it was too much but we had a ball.

Wow, on Oasis the CL upgrades were in the 1000's per person.

I don't understand the social distancing in cabins. On our sailing ending on the 3rd the cabins on both sides of us were booked as well as the next one over.

Very true, but considering it was a mini fridge size bottle I'm guessing that is why they did not care when we went through security.

The TA actually emailed me back and said our original price is still less. Thank you for checking for me.

I purchased two drinks on board the Oasis an amaretto sour that the taste was off, when I mixed it with lemonade it was much better. Price 12.95. Then I ordered a slightly spicy bloody mary at the Solarium pool, price $12.95. Tips not included in that price, add 18%. Bring your own two bottles of wine or in my case one bottle of wine and one coconut rum. Brought three cans of pepsi on board and made six drinks with the cans of pepsi and a bit of the coconut rum.

There are four of us in the room. So it divided out as passenger 1/2 $5341, passenger 3/4 $1141. IF we take out the discounts it is passenger 1-$5241, passenger 2- $2096, passenger 3/4 - $798 each. Then the taxes, tips, and insurance. Total price for the four of us $11089.82.

Thank you. January 14-26 2023.

So, how would you reprice a cruise when the stateroom you have booked is no longer available to compare to? We have the two bedroom grand suite booked on Enchantment in Jan 23 and there are no others available to create a mock booking. This is the only cruise that I booked with a TA, unfortunately I am going to have to stay on top of things by checking pricing. Even thought his woman has 32years in the business her follow through is atrocious.

Must be your sailing mine is $37.99 per day not $17.99 per day.

Looking at the cruise planner for our Allure sailing on April 30th and the Key still says Chops Lunch and nothing about room service. Price $37.99 per day. Summary of your benefits:• Priority check-in and boarding on Day 1. Upon arrival at the terminal, follow The Key check-in signage to your designated check-in area.• Carry-on bag drop off and delivery to stateroom. Drop-off your carry-on bags in the Main Dining Room until 1:30pm.• Exclusive welcome lunch in the Main Dining Room featuring the Chops Grille Lunch menu. Seating is from 11:30am – 1:30pm.• Private hours at onboard activities including Rock Climbing, FlowRider and more. The private hours schedule will be provided on the welcome letter you will receive onboard on Day 1.• Priority departure at ports of call from ship-to-shore.• Seats in the exclusive VIP seating section at shows in the Main Theater, AquaTheater, Studio B and Two70. You must reserve your show tickets in advance in the Entertainment section of Cruise Planner (up to 72 hours before your sailing) or onboard the ship.• VOOM ® Surf & Stream 1 Device high speed internet.• On debarkation day, enjoy an exclusive à la carte breakfast and choice departure.

Not to be a killjoy but I was invited to eat at Izumi on Oasis with another cruiser who had the unlimited dining, I did not. We were the ONLY guests in the restaurant beside the sushi making class. Service was atrocious. My friend ordered the prefixe menu, and I ordered one item everything took forever to come. The server brought all of her items then I sat and waited until he brought mine separately. I love sashimi but eight tiny pieces is not worth 21.00 plus the seaweed salad which I normally love was awful. It had absolutely no seasoning whatsoever. It was like eating seaweed had I sucked it in my mouth straight from the ocean. Again we were the only ones in the restaurant and we waited and waited and waited to be checked on, then I had to ask for my bill. On the plus side the Mio Sake was wonderful.

I can not speak for cruising solo personally but I met two ladies on our cruise last week that were traveling solo. One ate at chefs table with us and the other I met in the Solarium pool. Linda, whom I met in the pool was cruising solo because her sister was unable to travel. She said she was loving it, she could come and go when she wanted and not have to worry about her sister who preferred her quiet time. She had the unlimited dining and beverage package and said she would probably not get it again because it was just too much for her. We actually had lunch at Izumi one afternoon and she gave me one of her entree items because it was too much for her. So we hung out in the pool, then had lunch at the taco place(yuck), then later in the week ate at Izumi then just sat around and chatted. One was in her early twenties, Linda 62. Then I met another woman at Coco Cay, she was widowed and decided to keep going with her life and was finding that she loved cruising so she was booking cruises around her work. Her motto was you never know when it will all end, enjoy it while you can. Then I made all of their trips better by telling them they were getting four points per room by traveling solo during the promo!