ScottD

As expected...called back today and the person that answered was able to help much more. Gave me a list of available categories, we went through a few and I upgraded. I wanted to get an ocean view balcony room but all they had available were the spacious balcony and it ended up being about 200 more than I wanted to spend. In the end we went from CP view room (no balcony) to Boardwalk balcony room. At least got our balcony and we might be able to see a little ocean off the back of the ship!

Yeah it was just weird...she typed away for 10 minutes and came up with nothing for me. I'm going to try again this week

It's hard to determine because the prices have changed a little and we had discounts/ kids sail free so not sure if it would come out exactly the same

That's what I said...how is my window looking inside the ship a better room than a balcony looking at the ocean? I'm going to try again this week. She swore she could only get me in two room categories and they were both sold out.

well even though the site shows a TON of rooms available, I just got off the Phone and they told me I couldn't move from my CP VIEW (not balcony) room to an Ocean view balcony because that is considered a downgrade in the system, and when she tried to find me any other upgrade, it said none of them were available. SO... either something goofy going on with the system or I guess I'll just give Royal Up a chance!

yep- Sushi class available on my upcoming January Oasis sailing.

I'm surprised it took 4 responses for this to get mentioned

I love it- and the sparkling ones they have are great too- the lime and the berry ones especially.

I only buy liquid death water which is canned spring water..I love it!

yeah, thats what Im looking at- my wife isnt the best walker, so we may be better for the other ones..a few are very close to the forward elevators

Oasis

One last question...looks like it might only be a small amount more to do the Large balcony- on the "hump" in the middle of the ship. Are these much bigger, is it worth the extra few bucks or just stick with the regular balcony (it's 3 of us total if that means anything)

Ahh...good call. I'll look for 8 most likely!

I was wondering why the one disappeared from the shop...I wanted to get it for my kid but not sure I want all 3 of them,lol

Thanks..think I'll look on the site and get a few room numbers and price them with the reps to see if it's something I want to do. Looking at deck 8 to be near central park..14 to be near adventure ocean or maybe 6 for easy boardwalk access.

Yeah that's one of the two decks we were thinking...that or 14 so our kid has easy access to the room if he does AO.

We have a central park view room for our upcoming cruise in late January. Our only other cruise almost 15 years ago was a promenade view. We've suddenly decided that we really want a balcony,preferably ocean view. There are quite a few available as of now, but we definitely want one. Should we just call and ask about upgrading or wait and do royal up. Any idea how it's priced, do they go off the current rate or some kind of set upgrade price?

Here ya go....

I think the earliest MTD in general is 715-730 on most cruises. That was the earliest I was able to reserve a few months ago for a February trip. I actually just called and got it changed to the early traditional dining at 530 so I didn't have to worry about doing shows and activities later

It's starting to look like it may just be the holiday cruises in Dec\early January as of now.

Sorry-noticed after I posted that this topic is mentioned in the "news and rumors" category already!

Someone on a Christmas cruise aboard Wonder said they did it, they are actually the first ones I saw to post it on the FB boards.

So according to quite a few FB posts, people are suddenly able to book shows in advance of their cruise on the website planner. Seems to be only the Oasis class ships, but people cruising as far out as late December have been able to book shows. Make sure you start checking the planner- my cruise in late January on Oasis still just says they are working on it, but does have a note mentioning all of the Oasis class ships being able to do this. (Wonder isn't mentioned, but people have reported booking shows for that ship, also)

Tell her to bring a re-usable water bottle on board and have it filled at the bar or soda machines before leaving the ship for a port. That way she still gets cold, filtered water, not directly from the tap (although the tap water on the ship is filtered and cleaner than just about any water you can get) and you don't have to worry about carrying all those bottles or paying for a package.

I was looking into grabbing this, too, but it disappeared from my cruise planned last week!