AnnetteJackson

Freedom of the Seas in 2010. It was my hubby and my honeymoon. We loved it so much but did not have an opportunity to go on another cruise until what was to be this October 2020. Due to obvious circumstances we will be going next year October. Cant wait! 

Can't say I remember that...but I doubt many. The weather got bad overnight and was projected to remain bad, so I think most people assumed the pool deck was a wash for most of the day. 

What percentage of the chairs had been grabbed by the chair hogs who never used them?

I have only been on two cruises, last one was mid-2018 and was a repositioning Port Everglades to San Juan with stops in Nassau, St. Maarten, and St. Thomas. Ship was (if I remember) Freedom. 
This one is easy. Second full day, the first of two sea days between Nassau and St. Maarten, was rainy and very choppy. I'm not one to get motion sick, so I ended up having the pool to myself as, it seemed, all 4,000ish other passengers (including my wife) were staying in their rooms. Literally, I had the entire pool complex to myself, and I sat in the pool, sloshing back and forth with the waves, rain coming down, with a few drinks (hand over the top between sips to keep the rain from watering them down) and watching ChiveTV fail videos on the big screen for about two hours and laughing my ass off. 
Next day the pool deck was packed in the sun, but I will never forget those hours I had the entire pool to myself on a 4,000 passenger ship.  

There are so many memories from our honeymoon this past January on Mariner! This was both our second cruise (he was 13 when his family did a Carnival cruise and I was a senior in college on Majesty)! We loved watching a movie on the pool deck while enjoying some drinks, we loved our jet ski excursion at Coca Cay and our sunset cruise at Nassau! We loved hanging out at the English Pub with our favorite bartender, Anthony as well as Schooners with Charlene! The best part (as cliché as it sounds) loved being together and being cut off from the real world! We were supposed to be making more memories in 3 days on Oasis and celebrating our 1st wedding anniversary but #rona had other plans ??! We are hoping to do the same cruise on Oasis next fall!

There are so many memories , if i have to pick one it would be going on our first RCL cruise on Oasis this past january .  We drove from Ontario Canada . We left snow to go on this cruise , it was for my 60th birthday . My wife said pick your vacation .. I heard great things about Oasis prior to being amped ,  but wow what a ship  .   We did as much as we could on sail days and enjoyed the ports when we stopped . I enjoyed the the Escape room , the rock climbing wall  , zip lining ,  wave rider , water slides , my wife did some of this as well but sometimes watched the crazy guy lol.  I still rave about the food , and the shows especially the  Aqua 80s show and the ice show .. they were all good but these stand out .. I will give my wife credit she did the zip line on the island laying down , she thought she was doing the one sitting  down .. i believe that she will try it again ..  The people you meet and  the crew working  here were all great .. one thought that i had going was how long of a wait in line to do the activities and i was amazed how quick it was to do anything ...
We did not want to leave , we are hooked cannot wait to go again

We loved everything about our sailing on Symphony last Sep 2019 from the time we embarked all the way through the disembarkation. As we walked off the ship our only regret was not booking a B2B. Luckily, we now have a B2B planned for Sep 21...we'll probably wish we booked a B2B2B when that trip ends, too. 

Sail away on Symphony of the Seas from Miami, just realizing that I won't have contact with work for 7 wonderful nights and nothing to worry about, since I can't do anything about it. I refuse to access / pay for the internet service, just to decompress for a few days.

I barely recall :(  I guess I would say snorkeling and walking around all of Coco Cay back in....le sigh...last November.  And side sad note and word of caution, don't click on past cruises - your cancelled ones show up and make you weepy!  My two are there for this year, hoping the third doesn't end up there as no points awarded ?

Favorite memory of the last cruise, the entire cruise! From Port Liberty to Canaveral to Nassau to CoCo Cay and back. And Can´t wait to go back! But especially our perfect day at CoCo Cay. My wife and I just chilled all day. Perfect

It was a family cruise (Liberty of the Seas) with my grandson (4).  He loved escargot - had it every night.  He also loved waving the napkins at the final dinner in the MDR when all the staff starts their parade.

My last Bermuda sailing on Anthem, I got to see Joyce Kuo (lead guitarist for We Will Rock You) perform acoustic guitar in the Schooner Bar on our first night out. But the really memorable part was that I got to spend about 10 or 15 minutes after her set just chatting with her about her background in music, the experience of auditioning for WWRY and learning the music, and what it was like to be a performer on board. All from the context of my daughter being a musician (singer) and looking to find a career performing.
She was so down to earth and friendly, and more than happy to talk about her career and offer tips to relay to my daughter. I felt bad when I realized how long I'd been talking with her when she needed to get to another performance that night.

Historically this would appear for me for Allure cruises before boarding but not other ships.  Now virtually all ships show this icon, even Empress.
They could be testing it fleet wide using the crew that are on board to validate functionality.  
While I'm hopeful this will mean it's soon to be available fleet wide we won't know until cruises restart.

Someone else emailed me with a similar photo for their Adventure of the Seas cruise.
I want this to be true, but I have seen instances of the chat icon popping up before a cruise only to be gone once onboard.  
Let's hope they rolled out chat!

Seeing so many memory posts from many groups that cruised in September over the past years and thinking back to my last cruise.....
My favorite memory from my last cruise was spending New Years Eve with the Royal Caribbean blog group- who knew 2020 would be like this!
What do you think back on to that last cruise you were on?

No way! That is one of my favourite parts of every cruise on Oasis class. 

This will probably sound pedestrian compared to the cool adventures already posted, but the first thing that popped into my head was, on our last cruise on Lady O in 11/18, after dinner my wife and I would just go straight into Central Park, enjoy a beverage, and listen to the fantastic piano/violin duo play classical music.  Now, I like classical, but am nowhere near an aficionado, but it was so serene and relaxing with the warm breeze blowing and very few people walking around.
 
Hoping to have repeat performances when we sail on Harmony in Nov.

Seeing so many memory posts from many groups that cruised in September over the past years and thinking back to my last cruise.....
My favorite memory from my last cruise was spending New Years Eve with the Royal Caribbean blog group- who knew 2020 would be like this!
What do you think back on to that last cruise you were on?

I don't know how long this will last, but here are the prices I saw on Cruise Planner today (9/21/2020) at 1:20 pm PST for Anthem OTS Norwegian Fjords 16-24 July 2021:
 
DBP (it says including gratuity!): $46/day; total for each DBP was $368, so it looks like gratuity was included in the price.
DBP + 1 Device VOOM: $54/day ("Each adult of legal drinking age assigned to the same stateroom must purchase this package. Price shown is per person, per day.).  I couldn't tell if this meant that both had to buy DBP + Voom 1 Device)
VOOM 1 Device: $11.49/day
VOOM 2 Device: $17.99/day

Just FYI, while cruise planner sales are usually region and sail date specific... just wanted to let people know who are booked for Alaska in 2021, you should check your cruise planner for discounts. Just looked myself... and the DBP went from 57 down to $43, Voom for 2 devices went from $27 ( I think) down to  $18. 
So these are real discounts on the prices and not that fake banner sale price with funny %off math they show all the time. 
Went ahead and scooped up some items with the Bonus OBC we had from our cancelled cruises earlier this year. 
 

We cruised the Freedom to the ABC islands last October.  My favorite memory was the day we spent at the Renaissance Aruba on their private island!  I hand fed flamingos and when we were at lunch, we were entertained by the tiny birds helping themselves to the fruit garnishes left on drink glasses after guests left nearby tables.

My best memory is taking my sister on her first Caribbean cruise. Now she is completely addicted - we've been on several together. and can't wait for our next!!

Feb 2020, Allure of the Seas, just love hanging out on the balcony listening to waves.. enjoying the fresh air. miss it.. 

Seeing so many memory posts from many groups that cruised in September over the past years and thinking back to my last cruise.....
My favorite memory from my last cruise was spending New Years Eve with the Royal Caribbean blog group- who knew 2020 would be like this!
What do you think back on to that last cruise you were on?

My thoughts:

When you finish the first cruise of a b2b, you will be in the bubble.  All Royal Caribbean has to do is maintain that bubble during the between cruise period.  I'm guessing you won't be able to disembark and reboard, and clearing immigration will be tightly controlled.