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Sadly (kind of), we are almost always seated at the dinner table in the MDR durine saIL away. We always enjoy meeting our table mates and wait staff on the first night. Some day we will break with tradition?? Maybe?

I've read in other threads that the inputs on the tv are disconnected. So I would bet not.

I wonder whether they are disconnect or inaccessible from the remote. If they are inaccessible from the remote, a universal remote or the peel app on samsung may be a work around. Also I know suites have a play station or some other game console, in which case at least one other input is enabled. I will be interested to hear if anyone e is successful.

Adventure southern Caribbean! Not even close.

In my experience, they tend to knock off $25 for every $200 or so of price reduction, which is fine by me.

Exactly my experience. We generally book a JS and I don't see a price drops very often.

I'd for sure call if the drop was $50 or more. Less than that, it depends how much I've bothered the TA lately. However, if I was calling Royal direct, I'd call if the drop was $1.

Agreed. Our TA usually gives us a substantial OBC when we do initial booking, however he sometimes knocks $25 off of his offer when we get a price drop. So I weigh his effort in my decision.

We are not rich people and have to budget our vacation dollars wisely and Oceanview Balcony is worth every penny and hour of overtime at work.

UGH. That is what I thought. Thank you so much.

Not a coincidence that the price "dropped" the exact amount t as free gratuities.

Hi I have a question or two...

 

Sailing on Liberty of the Seas in November and are given a choice of two dining times, 530 AND 800PM OR My Time dining. Was a hard decision deciding which dining option to pick. 530 too soon, especially after a day in port. 800 is really too late. I picked the My Time dining. So my question.....

 

Is 530 and 800 the only dining times fleet wide? Why no typical 600 dining time?

 

With "My Time" dining.... Say you like your table and servers you get your first evening in the MDR. Are you able to ask for the same group of servers on subsequent evenings?

 

THANKS!

I feel the same way. A big part of our cruise experience is traditional Dining in the MDR at a big table full of strangers that we get to know over the course of a week. Our Freedom sailing next April also has the earlier seatings. However unhappy I am about it we still chose traditional MdR

okay, took everone's advice and changed to cabin 8640. Thanks!

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The 80 Kbs might enough for an iffy voice call, but doubt it would work for a usable video connection. Until we get more reporting we don't know the limitations on SURF - it might not be bandwidth but only specific video (and BW) intensive sites/apps.

yes, I was considering voice only

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I booked the exact cabin I wanted on the April 13 sailing... But still waiting to see if the April 27 sailing shows back up.. A little worried about hitting a late spring break crowd on the sailing on the 13th...

Cost for suites are really reasonable. We always book a Junior Suite but we booked an Owner's Suite for the very first time on the April 13, 2018 9 night. Couldn't resist the price.

I like deck 8 because of it's proximity to Central Park.

 

I agree, it looks like there are no lifeboats under the aft half of the hump. Also, the hump extends the balcony out anyhow, so less chance for obstruction.

Thanks again! We currently have 10236, but 8240 and 6240 are available. All on the port side aft hump. All would be fine, if I would only stop thinking.[emoji2]

The lifeboats are pretty well tucked under deck 6. There might be a bit of downward view obscured, but not much. I prefer deck 8 if that's possible.

Thanks Bob, I was hoping you would chime in. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it looks like the JS on the rear hump don't have life boats under them at all? Why do you prefer deck 8?

So my dilemma is getting a JR suite on a higher deck or a lower deck on Oasis? Every RC ship we have been in in the past, the JS was on a higher deck and we have always enjoyed the bird's view and having a true appreciation of the size and scale of the ship. We have also been in a mini suite on a princess ship which was on closest cabin deck to the water. We really enjoyed being that close to the water. We have never been on an O-class ship, but appears that the JS on deck 6 have an unobstructed (no life boat below) View of the water?

So the question is which do you prefer and why?

Point of note, motion sickness is not an issue.

Thanks

Have used Skype on old system just fine.

did a tiny bit of research and it appears 1mbps I'd optimal but functional at 80kbpd. Hence the surf package should do fine.

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Fortuitous that I had already followed this thread. I am wondering if wifi calling will work on both tiers of voom internet? I have no idea how much bandwidth is required for voice over Internet. Would we need voom surf and stream? Or just the surf package?

What new suite benefits? I'm getting my hopes up.

here is the pdf on new suite program

539da6c907187076c2f849153cf7a735.pdf

What new suite benefits? I'm getting my hopes up.

theyear launch a new suite (tiered) program on quantum and Oasis class ships May 1st I think. details are on the Web site.

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See you onboard!! Careful. We booked our first suite 15 years ago. Never went back to anything else!! Lol. Hopefully the new suite benefits will be on Navigator by then.

okay, I just got struck by stupid and upgraded to an owners suite. just couldn't resist the price. am I missing something, seems cheap to me?

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I am a little slow with all this tech talk. I have a Verizon Turbo Maxx. I see how to activate the wifi calling,but do all the phone numbers (cellular and land line) have to be wifi calling enabled? I know land lines are different,but me home number us on a Verizon network. Thanks

if your phone is wifi enabled you can make and receive calls from any number on any network

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See you onboard!! Careful. We booked our first suite 15 years ago. Never went back to anything else!! Lol. Hopefully the new suite benefits will be on Navigator by then.

we almost always do juniors. we did a Grand for our wedding cruise last April but that was a gift to us. I understand the benefits and loved the extra space but the extra cost is usually equal to a single berth in a Junior.....which equals more cruises[emoji2]

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Actually it is back online!! Just called RCL and it is loaded on their system to book. So not cancelled after all. She said should be back on the my cruises account shortly once it gets loaded into the RCCL website!

Finally, deposit and confirmation for April 13, 2018 sailing. The pricing for this cruise is still REALLY good. First time we've ever booked a GS.

If you have an iPhone 5C or later with iOS 9 or later, you already have WiFi calling (if your carrier allows it). AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, and Sprint have all enabled WiFi calling.

 

Basic information is here: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203032

 

Turn off cellular, turn on WiFi, and enable WiFi calling. The phone will behave just as though it's on a cellular network at home.

 

Android may have something similar, but this was a pretty big change for iPhone.

Samsung Galaxy s6 and s7 also have wifi calling capabilities without 3rd party apps

Actually it is back online!! Just called RCL and it is loaded on their system to book. So not cancelled after all. She said should be back on the my cruises account shortly once it gets loaded into the RCCL website!

thanks, called c&a to confirm and then emailed my TA. Prices seem to have gone up 200 or so but we should get the old price.

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Worth a shot again. Anyone heard anymore on Navigator April 2018? At this point I would like my Next Cruise Certificate back so I can make an alternative booking.

I'm still waiting too. hope my TA knows what he's talking about. price and cabin are locked (so he says).

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