Ryansox

I enjoyed the videos, as I do with all of your vlogs.

First two times I've ever booked a GTY room and I got my room notification right away. Both sailings next year

I can only speak for the 3 cruises I've been on so far.

Independence, Ovation, and Oasis. With Utopia, Independence (again), and Brilliance coming up.

Freedom class ship was my first cruise and it was nice but lacked the wow factor for me.

Quantum class is MY favorite because the ships are newer (it really feels modern and luxurious), has more of the modern features and dining, without the crowds of the Oasis Class.

Oasis class is my least favorite because man there's A LOT of people. Maybe people isn't my thing. You could just feel all the thousands of people on both port and sea days. Don't get me wrong I love central park, the aqua theater, and all the other unique things with the class.

Makes no sense. My cruise on Independence in May 2026 shows nothing but my cruise on Brilliance in October 2026 has things up already.

On 3/16/2025 at 11:23 AM, dustfsu said:

Some people need to be better with the washy washy.

The number of men and women that come out of the public restrooms and don't do the washy washy is disturbing

23 hours ago, LandstromCruise said:

I didn't realize ovation did one ways.  is that new?  before i thought they were just round trip from seattle and radiance class did the one ways.  maybe this is new for 2026 season. 

It's new for the 2026 season. My wife and I did an Alaskan Cruise on Ovation last year. We are supper jealous of the awesome itinerary it has for next year

My wife and I are CRAZY about hygiene and diet. We take lots of vitamins and get lots of sleep before our cruises. We have yet to get sick, while everyone else around us couching and hacking. Lots of things always going around on cruise ships just like traveling anywhere except you are in tight quarters.....

My favorite thing is all the nasty people who go to the bathroom and don't wash their hands...it's not just the men but the woman too, ya"ll NASTY.

Have breakfast with my favorite fancy coffee and fresh juice delivered to my suite in the morning. Bring dinner and drinks into the room for family dining on the balcony

I'm curious to what it will be as well. Most of the standard European itineraries seem to be already up. My wife and I want to do an anniversary cruise in the greek isles. We're waiting to see what Europe 2.0 brings.

I cancelled 9 things on 11/8/24 and still waiting on refunds. It's never taken more than 2 business days for me before. This is crazy

While I completely understand your post. My wife and I spent about $9,000 on our May 9th Ovation Alaskan Cruise. We had A LOT of issues. Port cancelled about a month out and replaced with Victoria, BC (which isn't in Alaska and completely the reason why we booked our specific cruise), ship arrived in port late around 2pm which caused chaos at the port causing us to get onboard starting at 6pm, rooms weren't ready until 8pm, we didn't get our luggage until 1AM, we couldn't see the glacier, the list can go on and on.

What we decided to do was to make the most of it. We spent sooooo much money and time planing and anything can go wrong. Could of happened with any other cruise line. We still had a blast on our cruise and really looking forward to hopefully returning to Alaska one day.

I thought sometimes rooms are held back by contracts like Travel Agents sometimes. Those rooms get released at a certain time if the TA doesn't sell them.

Sadly home....hope everyone had a decent cruise despite everything that went wrong.

My wife and I are eagerly looking forward to a future Alaskan cruise.

Cya all on the cruise!!! Looks like there is a slight delay with boarding on Thursday, just a heads up

On 5/3/2024 at 4:52 PM, USCG Teacher said:

Do you happen to be staying in a suite?  If so, the concierge can almost certainly make it happen.  If not, I'd probably just book the specific nights to be sure, but I'm a fairly risk-adverse type person!

If you have the UDP, can you email your suite concierge and can they make the dining reservations for you?

We decided to bid for the first time on only our 2nd cruise. We went from an ocean view balcony to a grand suite on Ovation of the Seas. We bid $1,500pp which was slightly above the minimum. We actually bid $1,000 which was the max bid for the junior suite, which we were slightly expecting to get. To our surprise we won the grand suite.

When we booked our cruise grand suites were going for $11,000 and we got the room for just around $5,000 all in. We consider that a score because we get all the benefits minus the double points for over half the price!!!

5 hours ago, Andy & Sheryl Unwin said:

For what it's worth, I was in the exact same situation when Marriott bought out Sheraton and Starwood Brands some years ago. I had status with all three.

The points earned for each program simply merged into one, Marriott. Thereafter, based on total points, I was given a new Tier. Based on an accumulated 941 nights spent in those brands, I went from what was then mere platinum at Marriott, to a "Lifetime Titanium Status."

There is no telling if that's what will happen here, but it's fun to speculate. Sheryl and I have not yet cruised on Celebrity; we prefer to stick with one line and have cruised only on Royal Caribbean ships. Perhaps if things merge in a way we feel is beneficial to us, that may change, at least once.

 

 

True but that merge was kinda a disaster for a few years after as they messed up a lot of peoples stuff. Either way I'm looking forward to a combined loyalty program as I've never sailed with Celebrity, I've seen some awesome itineraries I'd love to try one day.

May 9th on Ovation!!!!

1 hour ago, miztp said:

Does anyone know the cost of the unlimited  Specialty Dining on Oasis of the Seas Transatlantic cruise to Spain ?

If you are talking about the 14 day transatlantic from Miami to Barcelona it looks like it is $824.99 per adult and $213.99 per child https://www.royalcaribbean.com/account/cruise-planner/category/pt_packages/product/Y7OE?bookingId=000000&shipCode=OA&sailDate=20240421

Is it crazy that I check the cruise planner daily?

Resolved

Anyone else have any issues with Shore excursions being cancelled or messed up?

Resolved.

On 4/13/2024 at 2:37 PM, VeronicaS1970 said:

So Royal finally updated ShoreEx, 4 whole options. We think we are just going to taxi to the Fairmont Empress and hit up the museum and Parliament. 

It looks like Royal just released a bunch of new excursions for Victoria.

4 hours ago, Joe CHECKLOW said:

I paid for an Alaska cruise not a British Columbia cruise!

Yea, honestly my wife and I would of even preferred a different Alaskan port/glacier or adding an overnight in one of the Alaskan ports we are already going to.