J L Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 Hi, Does anyone know why the reservations for shows isn't available yet online for the March 2 sailing? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 Show reservations don't have a set opening time for any ship that offers them. It's usually early in the month prior to your cruise month so it should be any day now for March cruises but it can vary. I'm waiting for them to open for my March 17th Wonder cruise myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbrinkm Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 I'm waiting for March 23 myself... any day... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanHardlyWait Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 I'd be checking on an hourly basis for March. OCSC Mike 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbrinkm Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 I have been! OCSC Mike and CanHardlyWait 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbrinkm Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 But, I will say that the pattern I've had the last two times is that you'll see something funky in the morning, like a blank page, or some error, and then later, the reservation page actually appears. plethera1 and CanHardlyWait 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMaxRebo Posted February 3 Report Share Posted February 3 Icon has been much less notice than other ships It just opened two days ago for the Feb 10th sailing and I am still waiting for it to open for my Feb 17th sailing OCSC Mike 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill Posted February 3 Report Share Posted February 3 Yep. What @TheMaxRebo said. Hopefully by April it’ll be the normal-ish 30 days out. CanHardlyWait 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbrinkm Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 Mine opened today @OCSC Mike I thought it might because the app entertainment page started showing the "snag" message yesterday and the planner on the website was slow and blinking. OCSC Mike 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 3 minutes ago, jbrinkm said: Mine opened today @OCSC Mike I thought it might because the app entertainment page started showing the "snag" message yesterday and the planner on the website was slow and blinking. Thanks for the info. Still waiting on mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR_Soccer Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 Reservations didn't open until 1/10 for the 1/27 cruise and that was just for wizard, aqua, starburst and the comedy show. Other headliner shows not until a week before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 What ship? Not all ship classes have online show reservations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR_Soccer Posted February 5 Report Share Posted February 5 6 minutes ago, smokeybandit said: What ship? Not all ship classes have online show reservations. Icon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usmcddv Posted February 6 Report Share Posted February 6 all these soccer yahoos on here and all supporting the wrong teams... OCSC Mike, WAAAYTOOO and MR_Soccer 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted February 6 Report Share Posted February 6 2 hours ago, usmcddv said: all these soccer yahoos on here and all supporting the wrong teams... Vamos Orlando! (I don't really have an EPL team). usmcddv 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR_Soccer Posted February 6 Report Share Posted February 6 2 hours ago, usmcddv said: all these soccer yahoos on here and all supporting the wrong teams... COYS! usmcddv 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MR_Soccer Posted February 6 Report Share Posted February 6 33 minutes ago, OCSC Mike said: Vamos Orlando! (I don't really have an EPL team). You'll like watching Lodeiro, he never stops running. OCSC Mike 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted February 6 Report Share Posted February 6 2 minutes ago, MR_Soccer said: You'll like watching Lodeiro, he never stops running. It's early but certainly seems like he has some gas left in the tank and he should fit in well here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted February 7 Report Share Posted February 7 @jbrinkm Mine opened this morning. I figured it would be this week, especially after you posted so thanks again. I'm way too OCD about booking shows, especially since we've seen them all on Wonder already. Also, Wonder dropped a stage show (that we didn't like anyway) and now has a headliner but you can't reserve that in advance. So I had to play detective and logic out which nights the main theater was empty and conclude those are the headliner nights. Knowing my luck, it will a type of show we have no interest in but that's OK. Back to focusing on the real reason I cruise... food. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbrinkm Posted February 7 Report Share Posted February 7 Great @OCSC Mike!! I was doing the same thing - I tried to figure it out ahead of time but the actual show times were nothing like what I anticipated. I'm on Symphony for an 8 night. Symphony right now is alternating the 6 night and the 8 night. All of the other 8 nights recently have Aruba first and Labadee last, but mine has Labadee first and Curacao last. However, it seems that they left the show schedule the same as the reverse order itinerary, not the show schedule from the last time they did my itinerary order. So I had picked out my show times by looking at older compasses but they just went with the same order they had been using and I was scrambling to figure it out. It seems like they do most of those random headliners towards the end of the sailing so I tried to frontload my shows during the first few days. OCSC Mike 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCSC Mike Posted February 7 Report Share Posted February 7 21 minutes ago, jbrinkm said: I tried to figure it out ahead of time Sounds like you had extra variables and did the scramble I was doing for our 1st Wonder cruise last June when I was booking everything for our extended family of 8 but trying not to book anything super late b/c my young nieces were with us. Now that we've seen the shows already and only really feel the need to see one again (though I booked others b/c why not), it's just me and my wife, and we keep doing 2 nearly identical itineraries over and over b/c it's convenient and we're boring, I wasn't actually too concerned, I just can't help but puzzle things together. Wonder never had a headliner until last month when the one stage show ended so that was the only wrinkle. I just looked at this week's sailing in the app (our exact itinerary) and the headliner only performed one night so I may have freed up a night for no reason but it really doesn't matter. I'm looking forward to not trying to see 6 shows in 7 nights plus do the escape room... I don't mind being on a schedule but it will be nice to just find something random to do 3-4 of the nights and be a lot more flexible in general. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
druppert Posted February 14 Report Share Posted February 14 I just noticed today that entertainment was available to book for our 2/24 sailing on Icon. Since we started sailing with Royal (Feb 22) this hasn’t been a pre-boarding day thing & even then reservations didn’t really mean anything since nobody ever checked. This may be important because every time I try to book something it says “Not enough room for your party”. Is every show on Icon really expected to be fully reserved pre-cruise? Seems wild that the Wizard of Oz would be fully booked for nearly every showing. Isn’t the main theater 2,000+ capacity?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ampurp85 Posted February 14 Report Share Posted February 14 11 hours ago, druppert said: I just noticed today that entertainment was available to book for our 2/24 sailing on Icon. Since we started sailing with Royal (Feb 22) this hasn’t been a pre-boarding day thing & even then reservations didn’t really mean anything since nobody ever checked. This may be important because every time I try to book something it says “Not enough room for your party”. Is every show on Icon really expected to be fully reserved pre-cruise? Seems wild that the Wizard of Oz would be fully booked for nearly every showing. Isn’t the main theater 2,000+ capacity?! I don't understand what you mean. On Oasis, Quantum and now Icon class ships they require reservations for shows and they always check by scanning your seapass until open seating starts around 15min before the doors open. Since your sailing is in less than 2wks I imagine all of the available reservations are taken and you will have to reserve when you get on board or stand in the standby line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbrinkm Posted February 14 Report Share Posted February 14 @druppert How many are in your party? I wonder if there is a cap on how many seats 1 person can book at a time? If you have a large group, could you try splitting into two groups, with you booking for some and another member of your party booking some? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
druppert Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 @Ampurp85 interesting. When we were on Harmony in Feb ‘22 we only ever scanned our cards in Windjammer. Maybe it was because they were on reduced capacity during the covid restart? Good to know about the standby/open seating process. I was able to get reservations to MOST of the shows but the times are not ideal for our family since we’re traveling with 2 under 3. Oh well lessons learned. @jbrinkm 4, 2 children. That’s what I thought but I was unable to reserve many of the shows with even 1 person. It’s unfortunate that they don’t make reservation release dates more widely available. The only thing my 2 year old specifically asked for on this cruise was to see the ice skating show but at 9PM I don’t think he will be able to stay up for it. We will see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ampurp85 Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 7 hours ago, druppert said: @Ampurp85 interesting. When we were on Harmony in Feb ‘22 we only ever scanned our cards in Windjammer. Maybe it was because they were on reduced capacity during the covid restart? Good to know about the standby/open seating process. I was able to get reservations to MOST of the shows but the times are not ideal for our family since we’re traveling with 2 under 3. Oh well lessons learned. @jbrinkm 4, 2 children. That’s what I thought but I was unable to reserve many of the shows with even 1 person. It’s unfortunate that they don’t make reservation release dates more widely available. The only thing my 2 year old specifically asked for on this cruise was to see the ice skating show but at 9PM I don’t think he will be able to stay up for it. We will see. Yes after I believe March/April of 22 they started doing things the original/new way. So, they scan your seapass for shows but not the WJ. They release so many seats online and then hold back reservations for boarding day. You can always go to the box office on boarding day and hope for better times. I say go to the box office because if you release your current reservations and try to do it yourself, you risk losing them altogether. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbrinkm Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 @druppert Have you tried both website and app? There is someone on your roll call that said they could only do it on the website: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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