Lovetocruise2002

The right kind of tequila is the best straight! That's my favourite way to drink tequila

Well I love tequila!

I hear you big time! But any cruise is better than no cruise! Practice makes perfect! You will definitely get better. I think of Hubby a year ago, and he has improved so much already. Looking forward to following along

Odyssey is a great ship and that grand loft is one of my favourite rooms! Feel free to ask if you have any other questions.

How did you know?

That's the plan if Royal will just hurry up and release the new deployments lol

Might I suggest booking 3/10/2025 sailing or getting NC certificate and booking for December 2025 NYE? lol

Totally agree. We have not gone to the Quest on our last few sailings either because it has also lost a bit of appeal to us. Maybe we are joining the pre-vintage crowd, tired, going to bed early lol I think it also depends on who the CD is. They can make, or break the Quest.

I personally would suggest a car service that will meet you at an agreed upon time. That cuts out waiting. We have used Blackberry Cars from Southampton-Heathrow before. They are not the cheapest but their customer service is excellent and they were very easy to communicate with. We would not hesitate to use them again. I would also get off the ship asap and self-disembark with your luggage in tow. That also saves you time.

Without seeing the actual reservation, it is hard to tell you if your son was actually booked in the room alone. However, it is possible to book a minor in a room alone without an adult if the rooms are connecting. In fact, the rooms don't even have to be connecting. You can even book a minor in a room across the hall from you. We have done this before with our own family. So your scenario that you are describing definitely can happen.

It’s definitely not per person. It’s similar to renting a cabana. One person books it, you can invite others to join if you wish. That price of $500+ includes the lesson. If you are willing to forgo the lesson and can ride independently, it is slightly cheaper. It’s in the $350ish range for the hour. At least that is the cost for our Oasis sailing in two weeks.

A few crew members were telling me on the inaugural that this was in the works, just not ready yet. On the inaugural, they kept referring to it as "Effectors 3" and they had no timeline when it would be ready by. That's why I didn't even bother mentioning it in the live blog we did. Glad to see it happening. Hubby and I really like the MCU and we were saying after seeing the first two Effectors how much it reminds us of a cheesy version of the Avengers. Another reason why we will have to sail Icon again lol

@WAAAYTOOO are you ever living on land these days? I want to be you when I grow up!

I get that 100%!

Jealous!!!!

Not everyone is eligible for Royal Up. First, you have to be signed up to receive marketing emails from Royal. Second, if you have 4+ plus on the reservation (in a single cabin), that can take you out of the running as well. Also, depending on who you booked through, it is well known that big box agency bookings also do not participate in the RU program. There's probably other conditions too, but those are the ones I know of.

^This^ No one really knows what algorithm Royal uses to determine who gets awarded the Royal Up. I have put down max bids and lost and minimum bids and won. There are many stories like this. So exactly what @OCSC Mike said, bud what you are comfortable with.

I know that part. We've watched that show so many times. That show is not one of favourites (compared to some of the others), but the spinning guy is my favourite part of that show lol

We love the spinning guy! I have no clue how he goes for so long. Most impressive.

Those are my kind of snacks! Especially that first pic!

My master plan is the same as yours. However, the problem that I have, which I am assuming you don't, is that I have 3 next cruise certificates that I need to apply before March 2nd. So they better not push it back any further.

I am just going to say again, I hate staggered deployments! lol

Ok this mod is just confused and did not read properly, so they updated again and moved LA deployments to next week as well? So nothing is coming out this week. Not that I am looking at LA deployments anyway...

Wait a sec...now I am confused. Did it get updated again since last Friday night? Or is that the old one?

Yeah, I posted an updated deployment schedule earlier. It was updated on Friday night. Scroll back to page 3.