Mike6453

wonder is doing short crusies in its next deployment.

Odyssey 10/27

for sure, we left the wednesday before the cruise. We also used google flights, atlhtough sometimes those added fees and taxes are not clearly shown and class of tickets can differ (like delta basic to delta main)

we just took odyssey for greek isles out of rome, we flew to rome from NY family of six (all economy) on delta came out to 9500. i was shocked when i booked, i even watched the prices for six months (the prices never dropped below 8500 and went as high as 15,000). were on the TA just my wife and I and this time decided to fly into Milan instead and will train to Civitavechia, its a bit of a train ride but well spend a few days in Milan, point is we got a much better deal into milan. it might be more affordable and a bonus stop to not fly to the city of the port and travel to port city on your own.

dont forget that there will now always be two ships with celebrit ships now joining the party

if you have the deluxe drink package i would not worry about it. The only time i have paid above was for glasses of wine. Anthem is also homeporting in the UK which could have different rules. I do feel they raise per drink allowance recently as well.

i have five cruises booked of the four i can check (odyssey, wonder, liberty, anthem) only liberty showed chops +1 for $99, this is a five night cruise to bermuda out of cape liberty.

to add, Anthem while a nice ship is not known for their specialty dinning options. if you are not going to go places more than once this may affect your decision in purchasing a package or just trying the D+ BOGO. The ship has Chops, wonderland, izumi and jamies italian.

while they have not dropped crusies for fall 2025, Odyssey of the seas is replacing Anthem of the seas in 2024/2025 in NY which summers in the UK. Its been this way for quite some time.

every time i cruise i pack less and less.....on our recent cruise as a family of 6 we took four bags that were 50lb each (had to fly).... (electornics were in a different bag lol)

we did just discover on odyssey that you can use a drink voucher and automatically get 20% off bottles when combined with diamond benefits same....a drink voucher and $4 gets a pitcher of beer which is 5 beers...

we live in NYC, we did the SB to vancouver last summer and got a pretty good deal flying Jet blue direct from vancuver. We stayed the weekend in vancouver after the cruise and took a red eye home sat night. i do recommend vancouver its a beautiful city. you can drive to seattle but depending on where you are going it may or may not be cheaper. also just a recommendation, flying to anchorage is not cheap do not wait to book.

ive been to coco cay a few times now, and every time ive been there, there have been two ships, typically ive been on anthem and usually freedom was there as well. granted not two oasis class ships but still 7000-8000. i dont have icon booked, but if i did why would i get off after having spent a small fortune for the on ship water park to then go pay for another water park or pay for an adults only section...seems silly to me, but then again i didnt book icon....

August 6th Odyssey

No, were on Greek isles out of Rome this Sunday and the the transatlantic back to ft Lauderdale in October.