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Good news, we are all one week closer to our next Royal Caribbean cruise! In case you missed any of the Royal Caribbean fun from this week, here is our weekly round up!
The Royal Caribbean news everyone was talking about was the rise in price of the unlimited alcohol packages.
Royal Caribbean rose the prices of its unlimited alcohol and non-alcoholic drink packages a bit this week. The increases ranged from less than a dollar to a few dollars per day.
This was the first change in the base price of the drink packages since Royal Caribbean introduced the drink packages in late 2012.
There was plenty more Royal Caribbean news, so dig into this week's batch!
The 127th episode of the Royal Caribbean Blog Podcast is now available and this week, we are discussing what shore excursions to do in Nassau, Bahamas.
In this episode, Matt and Erin discuss why a lot of guests struggle with what to do in Nassau and share some of their picks for what to do (and not to do) in Nassau.
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So many of our readers have reached out to us to ask how they can help the blog and we are introducing the Royal Caribbean Blog Insiders for just that reason.
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Collier Swecker took this photo of Adventure of the Seas docked in San Juan.
Andrew McConnell took a panoramic photo from Oasis of the Seas.
Royal Caribbean shared six unique adventures on Anthem of the Seas.
Fortune Magazine looked at how cruise lines are targeting gamers.
Cruise Critic answered the top frequently asked questions about Oasis of the Seas.
Shermans Cruise has a 90 second tour of Anthem of the Seas.
Thanks to Christie McLarty for providing this Cruise Compass.
Royal Caribbean kicked off a 72-hour weekend cybersale today that offers up to $50 onboard credit that is combinable with the existing BOGO Further promotion.
Beginning on January 8, 2016, guests can take advantage of the 72-hour sale on all sailings departing on or after February 8, 2016. Offer excludes China departures.
Guests will receive up to $50 onboard credit per stateroom
Anyone that has a current booking should see if this promotion can be combined with their existing rate to save them a little more.
Offer applies to new bookings made January 8-10, 2016.
Offer is combinable with current standard/full fare rates, restricted rates (for example, Seniors, Residents, Military,) BOGO Further offer, and Next Cruise offers. Offer is not combinable with any other offer or promotion, including, but not limited to, Standard Group, Interline, Travel Agent, Travel Agent Friends and Family, weekly Sales Events, Net Rates, Crown & Anchor Discounts, and Shareholder benefits.
Offer available in the United States and Canada.
When the calendar says it is Friday, that means it is the perfect time to share some Royal Caribbean cruise photos that our readers have sent to us. Each week, we invite all of our readers to send us their best Royal Caribbean photos so we can show them off on the blog!
First up this week, is this photo of Legend of the Seas in Bali by Ross and Pam. I love the contrast between the various boats in the foreground and Legend looming large in the background.
Here is a fun photo by Frederic of Santa and his elves arriving to Anthem of the Seas, via the North Star. Santa knows how to arrive in style!
Kalya submitted this shot of Enchantment of the Seas as seen from Coco Cay on a beautiful and cloudless day. Sign me up for this kind of weather!
Heath sent us this photo as they were leaving Labadee while walking on deck 11 towards the front of the ship. Amazing colors!
John had some Halloween fun on Serenade of the Seas with these costumes!
Thank you to everyone that sent in their photos this week and if you have Royal Caribbean photos, well, we want to see them! You can use this form to send us your photos and we will feature them on an upcoming Friday Photos blog post!
Thanks to Chuck Rist for providing this Cruise Compass.
Royal Caribbean came away a big winner at the 2016 Travvy Awards, which were held at Gotham Hall on January 6th, 2016 in New York City.
Photo by Vicki Freed
Royal Caribbean won a total of six awards in these categories
Royal Caribbean Senior Vice President of Sales, Trade Support and Service, Vicki Freed, posted on Facebook how proud she was of the wins, "I am so proud and humbled to announce the awards Royal Caribbean was honored with at last night's Travvy Awards Event! We can not thank you enough for your continued support and love. Thank you Travel Partners."
The Travvy Awards recognize the highest standards of excellence in the industry today and honor travel companies, travel products, travel agencies, travel executives, travel agents and destinations for their outstanding achievement.
Thanks to Marc Chang for providing this Cruise Compass.
In a Twitter post earlier today, Royal Caribbean UK confirmed it has no current plans to charge guests for WOWbands on the soon to be launched Ovation of the Seas.
@markfazzy Hi Mark, the new pricing only applies to #AnthemoftheSeas at the moment.
— Royal Caribbean UK (@MyRoyalUK) January 4, 2016Royal Caribbean has been testing charging for the RFID bracelets, known as WOWbands, on Anthem of the Seas since November 2015, by charging guests $4.99 for each band.
WOWbands are RFID enabled bracelets that that allows passengers to connect with a number of Royal Caribbean experiences, such as purchase goods and services, access stateroom doors and check-in for activities or entertainment. They are essentially a replacement for the traditional SeaPass card.
According to a Royal Caribbean spokesperson, WOWBands do not have an additional cost on Quantum of the Seas either.
Ovation of the Seas launches in April 2016 and will be the third Quantum class ship in Royal Caribbean's fleet.