Mr. K

I'm currently on the Oasis of the Seas and when we went to purchase our WOW Bands we were told they have been discontinued. Is this fleet wide or just limited to the Oasis? Was looking forward to this feature & was surprised by what we were told.

Thanks everyone for your responses. I'll try to reach out to RCCL and see what I can do, but I'm not willing to risk losing out. This is only 1 of 2 excursions that we've booked & I have FOMO. I mean, after waiting so many years to start cruising again and many months to set sail & visit PDCC for the 1st time, I'd rather control what I can control. My version of Risk Management if you will.

In the event an excursion has a lower cost pp at the time of sailing, are you allowed to get the difference back if you pre-paid? We've booked the Jet Ski at PDCC and are now seeing the price is lower. I am afraid I'll lose out if I try the old cancel and rebook trick because it is a sold out event.

DO NOT wish that upon us. There isn't much beneath the asphalt, so we'd all fall into the ocean brother!

I love living in Florida, but the insurance prices are a bit much, so that is something to strongly consider. As for where to live, that depends on your tolerance level. I've lived in the Fort Lauderdale/Miami area most of my life and it is unique. For a retiring person, I'd say southwest (Sarasota) to west (Tampa/St. Pete/Clearwater) Florida may be worth taking a look at. As for Hurricanes, yes, the media blows it out of proportion (pun intended). You have at least a week to prepare and if it is too scary for you, it is easy to jump on a plane a fly somewhere else for a few days. Finally, if you are an avid cruiser, this is the spot. No flight delays or cancellations or lost baggage to deal with, just hop over or down to your port and be on your way. Do your due diligence but it really is a cool place to live once you figure it out.

I'm booked on Oasis for November and purchased the Soda Package already. Hearing that it is on sale now, I quickly did the math to see how much of a savings a change would get me. It was only $11.52, hardly even worth the effort to cancel and repurchase. I set a minimum $20 price point to be worth considering. Oh well.

We Ain't Carnival of the Seas

Thanks for the idea Steverk. We are doing Utopia in Sep 2025 and then Icon in November 2025 and it makes sense to get one policy for both trips instead of 2 separate since the sailings are so close.

Thanks for the response Diesel. I'll be on the Oasis and I believe there is 1, maybe 2 in Playmakers, but also the music place where they do Karaoke that has the upstairs lounge and bar is supposed to have a few that I've seen on some review videos.

Is there a charge for the pool tables at Playmakers? Are there more than 1 pool tables there as well?

Is the check-in process via the app to select embarkation time the same thing as registering and uploading your passport? We are about 107 days out from our sailing on OOTS (I know, I know, plenty of time...just anxious) and wanted to ensure we didn't miss a step. I check daily on the RCCL website but this is all I see.

We were waiting with great anticipation for the schedule release and was shocked when they rolled out the 3 & 4 day cruises! We're booked in September of 2024 and are excited to see her. We will have our 1st Oasis experience in November 2023 on OOTS so it'll be super cool to go from the 1st to the newest.

Question for the panel. What is the latest you can purchase travel insurance? Unique situation here where we live in South Florida, so no flying to a city. However, we do want to ensure we have coverage for any type of emergency that would cause us to cancel and we'd want some sort of medical coverage as well. We are about 110 days out from our sailing.

Oh my Patty, sounds like you guys made an adventure out of it, LOL! I understand and thank you for the illustration. This will work perfectly for our plans. We will only use it in order to "check-in" back home once or twice per day. Our plan is to enjoy our time on OOTS taking in all of the activities and truly making it a vacation. Thanks again.

What happens if I do 1 person and 1 device and the wife and I take turns with our individual devices, will that work? We agreed to only have WIFI in the event of an emergency back home so we can be reached (Internet, WhatsApp, etc.).