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^^^This is exactly what we go by. Sometimes, too much time is spent analyzing and nit picking over instant savings, OBCs, the lack of OBCs, etc. and RC gives and takes them away so often, who can keep track? My thinking has always been, are we good with the price? If so, book it, then monitor it for price drops. This has always worked in our favour since we book way before 90 days. If/when RC changes that, I will re-evaluate then. But until then, I agree completely with the above line.

@josepena12...the simple solution is just to bring @twangster along ? He has a long dry dock between now and Radiance at the end of August.

You will, but there's no CK ?

Fantastic live blog again @twangster! Loved seeing Cuba through your pics and scopes! Thank you for taking the time to share.

You could join Periscope too and watch others scope from their cruises. It's nice to see scopes from your ship too ahead of time. @CruisingKat(Kathy) runs the RCperiscopers group, you can find out who is scoping during what month/weeks and follow them to catch their scopes. There is a list here on the message boards under the Periscope Peeps forum. There is also a FB group run by Kat as well. Also, if you follow @Matt on Periscope @theRCBlog, he does scopes 3 times a week and he just talks cruising. The scopes get funny sometimes.

Loved following along @bellemiche, even though I was super jealous all week of your dinners!

I have no idea how accessible Maya Chan is but to check what other ships are in port with you on any given day, I like this site: https://www.cruisetimetables.com/#destports

I love all OA class. But for me, the slight preference for HM and SY is very superficial. I actually like the decor better on the two newer ships in the cabins and public areas. But I would sail any of them in a heartbeat.

My answer is obvious ?

That's cheap! DCL charges $8! lol

Braised Short Rib!!!! Another favourite! My dinners have seemed so unappetizing this week after following this blog!

@KathyC aka KathLuvsGH I watched those scenes 3 times and I still couldn't find you or Tony! lol It's like a game of "Where's Waldo?" ? I will try to find you again later today. I'm going to show my girls parts of it. The ship parts since they are cruising Harmony for the first time in March. All in all, I thought the movie dragged for the most part. But every time ship stuff came on, I had the biggest smile on my face. And one of favourite CK waiters got major screen time!!

I would have had all 3 (the first 3) of those desserts! Just sayin....?

I think the last KSF promo ended July 31 or at the end of june.

@2Beeze another thing I forgot to mention is that @Matt will always give notice of cruise planner sales and the duration on the main page here. Not this message boards section but the actual royalcaribbeanblog.com page. Also, if you are on FB, Matt will post on his FB page too (also called Royal Caribbean Blog on FB).

+1 ?

I think what many are saying is that Cruise planner prices fluctuate wildly. Unfortunately, there is no predicting when a sale will happen, and when it does happen, there is always a time limit on it. Usually, it's a weekend sale. On some browers, a banner up top is visible with a countdown clock. On other browsers, it doesn't come up. It is true that some RC agents are better than others on the phone. I can sympathize with you as I have had my share of annoying ones to deal with over the years. Although not much can probably be done at this point, a tip for the future that many of us do is to go ahead and purchase on the cruise planner (even if there's not a sale) and then watch it. Or in your specific case, you could have purchased your excursion, then discussed with family, and then cancelled if you decided against it. You are able to re-price or even cancel (without penalty) up to 3 days prior to sailing. When is your sail date? Cruise planner sales pop up every few weeks or so. Keep checking back. There will likely be one for Labour Day....Don't let this ruin your vacation...you're in an owner's suite...that alone is really exciting!

I have 2 sailings that are over 300 days out and it shows all the arrival and departure times. Have you tried viewing it on a different browser? I am able to see it while using Google Chrome and Safari....

Basically, just keep checking your cruise planner. There is no rhyme or reason to it. Every sailing differs.

That explains why it reminded me so much of San Juan when I watched your morning scope yesterday. Beautiful pics @twangster! I think you more than "did it justice".

Well if his replacement is Marc Walker then it's a win-win either way...but I doubt it since Marc Walker will like be on vacation at the beginning of January. Keep me posted on whatever you hear.

Fingers crossed...still doesn't guarantee that he will be back in time.

That's the beauty of AO! Don't miss the show yourself though. It was, IMO, the best show out of all of them (Cats, Mama Mia, Hairspray, Grease, We Will Rock You). They also usually do an afternoon showing at some point during the cruise.

I am so ready!! Just got the notification last week that it is coming to Netflix Canada too!!! Can't wait to find you @KathyC aka KathLuvsGH

It's an addiction....a very, very bad addiction. Welcome to Cruiseaholics anonymous ? And congrats on 30 years!