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It kinda depends on your usage pattern. Some can get by using internet sparingly so that they can use the discount later in the sailing to buy the remaining days on board package. Especially if there are two of you with the benefit, the break even point depends on the discount in the planner but typically you can be ahead on a 7 day sailing buying on board.

You can add stairs to the mix by walking around outside decks 5 and 6 - rarely any crowds on non-port days/times.

On ships with a Promenade, they some have a parade (without the Dreamworks characters).

Look at the current sailing, not yours.

This should work.

Cruisedeckplans shows them.

There aren't many, but they are there.

Cruisedeckplans would be a good source to answer this - look at the other O class ships as well.

Yes, though do that as soon as you board.

It's not in the app - in a browser.

Check for docs in your cruise planner. Sometimes, there are delays which would make availability less than 30 days out.

Very unlikely cabin will change after assignment.

The app should show that - set it to that sailing.

Any post here will be a total guess - way too many variable conditions which determine pricing.

RCCL posted this with the SEC on Friday: On December 22, 2023, we entered into a credit agreement for the financing of Celebrity Xcel, the fifth Edge-class ship for Celebrity Cruises which is scheduled for delivery in the fourth quarter of 2025. The credit agreement makes available to Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., upon acceptance and delivery of the ship, an US dollar-denominated term loan guaranteed 100% by BpiFrance Assurance Export, the official export credit agency of France. The loan, once assigned to us upon delivery of the ship, will amortize semi-annually and will mature twelve years thereafter. Interest on the loan is expected to accrue at a floating rate of Term SOFR plus 1.45%. Inline XBRL Viewer (sec.gov)

Availability of planner items vary - keep looking.

While that may happen with other/smaller ships, that is not going to happen with O class.

Pro tip - come here first to ask questions - you'll likely get a more understandable curated answer.

No, and don’t assume the “sale” price you are seeing is much below what anyone else has available.

The better question is, financially, will you drink at least 5 alcoholic drinks/day? Then, the price doesn't matter much. On a Med sailing with a lot of time in ports, that may not work. Buy a la carte on board.

In full suite (GS and up) on Ovation, you should get a Voom package included in the price of the cruise.

She might, but not because she can't get to Asia via Suez.

Welcome to CC. If you are going to get a remote, get a universal one. You can discuss with your cabin attendant about changing in the input to HDMI. Yes, you should have physical access to the HDMI port though some OS cabin TVs may be a bit more difficult. On some ships that input is just another channel on the TV, so no change to the input required.

Repos in general are very low revenue/profit. Many times, recently, including Icon, have non-revenue repos.