Mike n Ky

Heading out today working our way to the cruise port...see ya soon!

Like Wayno, I enjoyed the different views of the ship from above and the side.

Do you really believe your mother would allow you to even attempt that? LOL

added our sailing above for the 7/14 Utopia

Well, it appears that it's just short of 15 days and 20 hours from sail time when they assign the cabin...we got ours and while we would have selected deck 11 or 12 and closer to midship we did get deck 11 but more aft than usual. Not a big deal and it was a savings of $700 plus over an assigned cabin when we booked.

Just checked as it's 16 days...no cabin assignment

No helmet required?

As much as I love your parents, I don't think that's a solution. Oh, and what couch does my wife sleep on?

Doing a silent countdown and still awaiting my cabin assignment.

25 days to boarding and no assigned cabin. Looking at the site there are still around 60 OVBs available and this came up when I clicked on the link 155k people started booking this itinerary in the past 30 days I found it odd that was there as well as 155k people having looked at the cruise in that period of time.

From Orlando airport we used Uber to get to our boarding so we could control the time. Shuttle buses can have a variety of pickup locations in and around the airport. We booked a shuttle from the port back as we had a later flight, there wasn't the issue of stops and we had a later midafternoon flight.

Here's a helpful hint on the bumper cars, don't line up early as the lines are much shorter closer to the end of the session.

Since you mentioned the tub...and that is something my wife really likes...when you walk in there is a half bath to the left and a full bath to the right and the full bath has both a shower and a tub. Do a search for a video to see it all.

The JS on Odyssey is by far our favorite. That said, unless it's changed, bidding through Royalup does not give you double points. Are they offering a Suite GTY at this time?

Not sure that holding cabins from those with a GTY for RUs makes any difference. Generally Royalups are moving you to unsold and/or cancelled cabins on an upgrade. I would think that holding cabins open are more for those who are willing to pay more and select a cabin at booking. As I mentioned before, our first GTY was known as soon as we signed in 45 days before the cruise and as of today still not showing.