putinbay Posted October 30, 2022 Report Posted October 30, 2022 Only 496 days to go! SpeedNoodles 1 Quote
KevinJ Posted November 22, 2022 Report Posted November 22, 2022 We're on this cruise also. I get to celebrate my 70th birthday on board. putinbay, tingtang and WAAAYTOOO 3 Quote
putinbay Posted December 17, 2022 Author Report Posted December 17, 2022 Sure glad we booked when we did... Cost has gone up by $1,000 total for the two cabins we booked. We booked one aft balcony cabin on deck 14 for my wife and me, and one inside cabin on deck 14 for our two boys. Looking forward to an aft cabin! Never had one before... Only 448 days to go! WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote
putinbay Posted January 12, 2023 Author Report Posted January 12, 2023 The cost my original booking has gone up by $2,400. Yikes! Specialty dining venues are now showing up on my cruise planner. Expesive! I did not pull the trigger. Please see screen shot. UDP and the 3 day Specialty Dining package are not available yet. Looking to save some money via the 3 day Specialty Dining package, once it’s available. Only 422 days to go! tingtang 1 Quote
KevinJ Posted February 3, 2023 Report Posted February 3, 2023 Worked out that I would have 198 C&A points at the start of this cruise. So obviously I needed a few more points so I could get an Icon ship block. Booked Allure in Jan for 7 nights so will now cross 210 on Icon. Xaa 1 Quote
putinbay Posted February 17, 2023 Author Report Posted February 17, 2023 Unlimited Dining options are now available. Seems expensive. $290 per person. WAAAYTOOO, AlmondFarmer and tingtang 1 2 Quote
AlmondFarmer Posted February 17, 2023 Report Posted February 17, 2023 3 hours ago, putinbay said: Unlimited Dining options are now available. Seems expensive Thanks for sharing this. Dining packages also showed up for my November Icon sailing. Priced $60 more than typical unlimited package. I purchased and will hope for price drop. putinbay 1 Quote
putinbay Posted February 18, 2023 Author Report Posted February 18, 2023 I priced out the 3 Night Dining Package versus directly buying 3 specialty dining reservations. The 3 Night Dining Package was roughly $100 less. So basically, for an additional $100, you get the privilege of locking in your reservations now, as opposed to the mad dash when getting on the ship. Also, for the Unlimited Drink Package, I noticed they lowered the discount from 20% off to 15% off, which increased the price from $587 to $623. I would not be surprised if the Unlimited Drink Package is close to $800 by this time next year. Quote
putinbay Posted March 3, 2023 Author Report Posted March 3, 2023 Unlimited Drink Package just jumped from $735 to $770. And this discount went back to 20% off. LOL. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote
putinbay Posted March 10, 2023 Author Report Posted March 10, 2023 On 2/17/2023 at 10:36 AM, AlmondFarmer said: Thanks for sharing this. Dining packages also showed up for my November Icon sailing. Priced $60 more than typical unlimited package. I purchased and will hope for price drop. Ask and you shall receive! UDP is 50% off right now. I'm on the fence still... Can't tell if this really is a good deal or not... Quote
JohnK6404 Posted March 10, 2023 Report Posted March 10, 2023 23 minutes ago, putinbay said: Ask and you shall receive! UDP is 50% off right now. I'm on the fence still... Can't tell if this really is a good deal or not... To help provide some sort of perspective... this is the current price for the UDP on Wonder (10/29/23 sailing). The lowest I've seen it to date (it's always this price when there is a sale)... this will be our first time with the UDP! ... and we're seeing the same pricing for our Icon sailing (5/11/24) as for your sailing... will have to monitor along with you! Quote
AlmondFarmer Posted March 10, 2023 Report Posted March 10, 2023 Careful. I made a mistake by cancelling for lower posted price. Ended up with higher total because new price has 18% added after placed in cart. Couldn’t place in cart without first cancelling. Bummer. tingtang 1 Quote
KevinJ Posted March 28, 2023 Report Posted March 28, 2023 @AlmondFarmer I did the same thing, it's really annoying. I now keep track of the price I purchased items at both before and after they apply the 18% as the % off they show is almost meaning less. Quote
putinbay Posted May 14, 2023 Author Report Posted May 14, 2023 300 days to go! We pulled the trigger on the Unlimited Dining Package several weeks ago when it was 50% off. Not entirely sure if we'll keep it. Going to wait to hear about the MDR and specialty dining reviews for the first 5 voyages before we make a final decision. Looks like the fares are absolutely through the roof! Same cabin categories are now double what we paid! Holy moly! If I could "sell" our reservations for double my money, I'd do that in a heartbeat! LOL! 100% return on investment! Well, maybe not, actually! Quote
putinbay Posted May 27, 2023 Author Report Posted May 27, 2023 The base price of the Unlimited Drink Package continues to increase... In January of 2023, it was $735. In March of 2023, it jumped to $770. It just jumped to $805. Yikes! Back in February of 2023 (above), I predicted $800 by March 2024. Now I'm thinking $900 or $1000 by March of 2024. I'll continue to keep everyone posted! Thanks! WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote
putinbay Posted July 3, 2023 Author Report Posted July 3, 2023 Only 250 days to go! Halfway there! I cannot believe how quickly the first 250 days flew by since we booked our cruise in October of last year! Crazy! The prices continue to absolutely skyrocket! I priced out the exact same cruise we booked back in October (1 balcony room and 1 interior room) for 4 passengers total. Grand total: An eye watering, baffling, whopping $19,216.88. I mean, come on man! Who in their right mind would pay that!? We paid ~$7,000 total. Nearly 3 times less! That is insane! Anyone want to buy my reservation for $15,000? If so, it's yours! LOL! You'd get a $4,000 discount! Now that's a deal! LOL! WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote
Jims5marys Posted July 6, 2023 Report Posted July 6, 2023 My beautiful wife celebrates her 61st birthday and we receive our first crystal block on this sailing... emmef and WAAAYTOOO 2 Quote
putinbay Posted August 22, 2023 Author Report Posted August 22, 2023 200 days to go! Unlimited Dining Package has jumped quite a bit... Went from $244 per person to $357 per person. $244 is the lowest it's ever been for our sailing date. See you at the 100 day mark! WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote
cruisellama Posted August 22, 2023 Report Posted August 22, 2023 Is ICON stopping at Perfect Day redundant? Quote
putinbay Posted November 1, 2023 Author Report Posted November 1, 2023 The Deluxe Beverage Package base cost jumped again. Base price is now $840, which is up from $805. Here's the history of base price increases: January of 2023, base price was $735. March of 2023, base price jumped to $770. May of 2023, base price jumped to $805. November of 2023, base priced jumped to $840. We should be near $900 by March of 2024. Good times! WAAAYTOOO and Morris Family 1 1 Quote
putinbay Posted November 30, 2023 Author Report Posted November 30, 2023 100 days to go! WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote
putinbay Posted January 8, 2024 Author Report Posted January 8, 2024 Unlimited Dining Package cost increased for this cruise... The cost has nearly doubled since it first became available for purchase. Yikes! WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote
putinbay Posted January 9, 2024 Author Report Posted January 9, 2024 We received the official Royal Up email today... Looks like we need to bid $11,450 total to have a "strong" shot at Sky Junior Suite. LOL. I think we'll pass! We already have an ocean view balcony on the stern (14th deck), which I'm looking forward to! WAAAYTOOO and Morris Family 1 1 Quote
putinbay Posted January 19, 2024 Author Report Posted January 19, 2024 Only 50 more days to go! I cannot believe how quickly time has flown by! Won't be long now! 7 weeks from tomorrow! Also, looks like they lowered the price of Crown's Edge from $89 to $49. Still won't do it at $49. I'm thinking $10 is reasonable for a 90 second attraction, but that's just me! WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote
putinbay Posted January 24, 2024 Author Report Posted January 24, 2024 Completed check-in. Earliest time slot we could get was 11:30 AM. As far as I know, that is the earliest we could get. Quote
BallFour4 Posted January 24, 2024 Report Posted January 24, 2024 1 hour ago, putinbay said: Completed check-in. Earliest time slot we could get was 11:30 AM. As far as I know, that is the earliest we could get. I slept past 11 PM Central, we are 12:30. We have the Key also. Quote
BallFour4 Posted January 24, 2024 Report Posted January 24, 2024 I've been on Cruise Critic for over twenty years and my wife and I went to one Meet and Mingle on Day one. For this forum do any of you have experiences doing this? It seems for a ship of this size it might be a challenge. What I will do is par down and edit the 2000 or so images I bring home from every cruise and post them here if there is a desire. Here are some from this summer. Quantum of the Seas. Ketchikan. Victoria BC. Seattle. Sitka. Juneau. I stopped writing reviews long ago, so I hope you enjoy these and ones to come. I would love to see your photo memories as well. I used a Nikon 7500 and Sony 6400 for this trip. For the Icon the shiny new Canon R6 Mark II. It was a treat to myself for finishing the ten month cancer journey and hearing the word "remission" yesterday at Baylor-St Lukes in Houston. Bring on the Icon! . WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote
Figuring It Out Posted January 25, 2024 Report Posted January 25, 2024 On 1/19/2024 at 6:29 AM, putinbay said: Only 50 more days to go! I cannot believe how quickly time has flown by! Won't be long now! 7 weeks from tomorrow! Also, looks like they lowered the price of Crown's Edge from $89 to $49. Still won't do it at $49. I'm thinking $10 is reasonable for a 90 second attraction, but that's just me! Where did you see Crown's Edge? I don't see it in onboard activities and was wondering if it was listed somewhere else. TY Quote
putinbay Posted January 26, 2024 Author Report Posted January 26, 2024 It's under Cruise Planner / Onboard Activities at the bottom. Here's a pic: Quote
putinbay Posted February 13, 2024 Author Report Posted February 13, 2024 Only 25 more days to go! Interestingly enough, entertainment is still not available for booking... I'm guessing it'll show up any day now... Quote
Mike Stevenson Posted February 23, 2024 Report Posted February 23, 2024 Show reservations just opened up!!! WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote
KevinJ Posted February 23, 2024 Report Posted February 23, 2024 Yes, just booked all our shows. Was really starting to wonder. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote
putinbay Posted February 23, 2024 Author Report Posted February 23, 2024 We booked ours earlier this morning Quote
putinbay Posted March 2, 2024 Author Report Posted March 2, 2024 One week from today! WAAAYTOOO and tingtang 2 Quote
putinbay Posted March 7, 2024 Author Report Posted March 7, 2024 Got this email today... Sounds pretty cool! Dear Guest, For the first time ever, we’ll have Royal Caribbean Group’s three newest ships, Silver Nova, Celebrity Ascent, and Icon of the Seas together in one place! To commemorate this special nautical occasion, we’ll now arrive in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas at 9:00 AM and depart at 4:00 PM. While we’ll lose a little time on the front end, we’ve also shifted the time we’re set to depart. We hope you’ll be part of this momentous celebration and you’ll still be able to explore everything this incredible destination has to offer! We’re sorry for any inconvenience caused by these changes and hope you’re excited to see this once-in-a-lifetime family reunion. Join us on Decks 15 & 16 at 6:00 AM on Wednesday morning to be part of this event and be able to say, “I was there”! Kindly note, professional filming will take place between 6:00 AM and 7:00 AM for this event. Below, please find our revised Icon of the Seas March 9th, 2024, itinerary. Day Port of Call Arrive Depart Sat Miami, Florida 5:00 PM Sun Cruising Mon Cruising Tue Philipsburg, St. Maarten 8:00 AM 6:00 PM Wed Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas 9:00 AM 4:00 PM Thu Cruising Fri Perfect Day at CocoCay 8:30 AM 5:00 PM Sat Miami, Florida 6:00 AM Shore Excursions Our Shore Excursions team will automatically reschedule any pre-paid Royal Caribbean International shore excursions affected by this change. In the meantime, feel free to browse all the exciting options for your sailing in My Royal Cruise or once onboard to level up your vacation. Thank you for your understanding. We can’t wait to welcome you onboard Icon of the Seas as we celebrate this historic event! Sincerely, Aurora Yera-RodriguezAVP | Guest ExperienceRoyal Caribbean International WAAAYTOOO and tingtang 1 1 Quote
putinbay Posted March 9, 2024 Author Report Posted March 9, 2024 Finally here! Seems a bit surreal! We arrived in Miami yesterday afternoon, staying at the InterContinental. Nice place! Here's my view right now! WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote
VillainsGin Posted March 11, 2024 Report Posted March 11, 2024 i was on the sailing right before yours, maybe we crossed paths as we were debarking since we stayed as long as we could on the ship until the kicked us out lol. i always envied the fresh batch of cruising embarking as i debarked this ship bittersweet but you'll love the ship! I also hide about 20 ducks around the ship if you can find them. i got them in the arcade at surfside. i'll be back on this ship later this year! Quote
usmcddv Posted March 20, 2024 Report Posted March 20, 2024 how was the occupancy? Lots of kids? Spring Break effect? Quote
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