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Planning to book a 9-Day Best of Japan cruise on May 16, 2018 and would very much appreciate any comments on the itinerary:
Fukuoka, Japan, Nagasaki, Japan, Yatsushiro, Japan & Shimonoseki, Japan
This will be my first cruise destination to Asia and would like to get as much information on what to expect. 
Thanks in advance. :-)
 

Planning to book a 9-Day Best of Japan cruise on May 16, 2018 and would very much appreciate any comments on the itinerary:
Fukuoka, Japan, Nagasaki, Japan, Yatsushiro, Japan & Shimonoseki, Japan
This will be my first cruise destination to Asia and would like to get as much information on what to expect. 
Thanks in advance. :-)
 

Now, I am really looking forward to my 9-day Best of Japan cruise out of HK on May 16.  I got quite worried when I first started reading this thread.   :-)

I've heard they form very orderly queues at the Windjammer on the cruises out of HK too ?? ??

I think that is because there are a lot more Australian's cruising from Singapore and Hong Kong. I think Tijian would almost exclusively be Chinese as the crew members I spoke to said to avoid it.
Enjoy your cruise on Ovation.
 

Glad to know that sailings from Hong Kong are excluded from the spitting practice...   I will be sailing on the Ovation from Hong Kong in 12 days. :-)

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I believe that the formal nights coincide during sea days on most occasions but that was solely based on my observation and not necessarily accurate. ;-)

Updated. Hopefully Joseph, the Executive Sous Chef who oversees the Windjammer will be onboard. If so, you're in for a treat and should consider trying dinner there one night.
Enjoy!
Happy anniversary! I hope you enjoy your cruise.
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Enjoy. I'd love to do a transatlantic. My wife, however, isn't found of the idea.
Enjoy your Oasis class sailings.
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Great itinerary! Enjoy. I'm contemplating a Japan cruise this summer, but on a different line, since Royal isn't offering any during the time that I can sail.

Planning to book a 9-Day Best of Japan cruise on May 16, 2018 and would very much appreciate any comments on the itinerary:
Fukuoka, Japan, Nagasaki, Japan, Yatsushiro, Japan & Shimonoseki, Japan
This will be my first cruise destination to Asia and would like to get as much information on what to expect. 
Thanks in advance. :-)
 

I heard that the stateroom mini bar service will no longer be available and I for one am glad to see this go.  It has been more of an inconvenience for me to get the charges reversed for something that I did not consume in my 2 previous cruises.    I believe the confusion was the Evian bottled water that I brought to the room from the casino were mistaken for mini bar consumption.  So if you happen to see this in your stateroom and do not plan to use it, you can request them to be removed from the mini fridge/room.