MaddyandMax

We were on the Oasis in October.  My husband had the package and I didn't (we were in two different rooms because of kid logistics).  Every time he went to the bar to order himself a drink and myself he was given a hard time.  He always told them to charge for the second drink.  Most of the time they told him they couldn't do that (no idea why) and they'd end up not charging for both.  After that happened a few times he would go to the bar with my card and that fixed the problem.

We were on the Oasis this past October and only paid $56 a person.  Regular price was $80.  I don't understand how it has more than doubled.  We thought the waterpark was great but I wouldn't spend more than $80 to go.  We are on oasis again June 30 and its $170 on sale...

Off topic but parking related.

Anyone know of any other parking at Bayonne?  $30 a day plus the Canadian exchange rate makes me cringe.  Before covid there was another cheaper option that would shuttle you and they were great. They closed during covid and we heard they never reopened.

Is this the Ron Jon shuttle?  If so there is a return bus every 30 min.  They will tell you multiple times on the bus when the last return shuttle is.  I don't remember when the last one is because we usually go back to the ship for early dinner.

$22 in November on Oasis this July.  Cheapest I've seen it since is $28.

1 hour ago, Ferry_Watcher said:

 

Closed Loop Cruise - US passport

Oh people, I do check-in for both Royal and Celebrity.  If any of you came to me with a valid US passport that was still valid by the end of your closed loop cruise I would embark you.  

 

I would politely let you know that your passport was about to expire, but for the purposes of your closed loop cruise, it still works.

 

Corporate legalese v boots on the ground, real life, local best practices

 

mic drop

Thank you for your response!

What about an Canadian?  My son's passport will expire 5 months after our cruise booked later in the year.  But children passports are only good for 5 years so I want to wait as long as possible to renew.

8 hours ago, gluecksbaer said:

Anyone know how many people you can get in a photo before they consider it a "group"?  I'm going with a group of 12 family members and hoping to get some photos of all of us together but I'm worried they will say it isn't included because the package doesn't include groups.

We were a group of 14 and took a ton of group pictures.  They were all included in the package.  Make sure you give the photographer the room number of the person who has the photo package.

17 hours ago, topnole said:

If you weren’t booked in the same room with him then you weren’t on the package.  Maybe the reason why?   We were all the same room so that might be the difference.  

Sorry I didn't explain well enough.  My mother-in-law was in a room with my husband.  The photo package was in his name.  She wanted pictures just of herself and they would not include them, even though they were in the same room.  I wonder when all this changed.  This was October 9, 2022 on the Oasis.

I correct myself.   Apparently the photo package has changed since October which is interesting.  Now it is per stateroom.  They were very adamant in October about my husband or children needing to be in the photo.  They must have had enough complaints to change the rules.

22 minutes ago, topnole said:

Not completely accurate.  It included anyone in the cabin for us.  Not just minors.  So if anyone in the cabin a I. The picture, it was included for us.  

You may have just been lucky. We were on the Oasis in October and they would not let us a print a picture of someone else in the room with my husband because he (or my minor children) were not in it.  When you look at the photo package it in in the fine print.

The package only includes the pictures the person who bought the package is in and any minor children.  So we had two rooms and bought the package under my husbands name.  The package covered every single picture he was in and any that both my minor children were in.  Including the one child that was not in the room.  So you just need to be "strategic" when taking pictures.  You also allowed double, triples, etc. of any picture so take lots of group pics!

As a side though a 100 pictures is a LOT and they make you pick 100 a pictures, even if you only want 60, 70, etc. So 99% of the pictures sit in a photo album never looked at.  Even though we got it super cheap I would never purchase it again for the waste factor alone.

I found in October on Oasis the key to getting notifications was locking my phone while keeping the Royal app open.  In October it wasn't free.  I've also heard reports that it is still not free so I don't know if this is fleet wide yet.

We went on October and paid $56 during a crazy sale.  It was worth it for that price. But all 3 of our next cruises we have booked it almost $180.  We are Canadian so add another 37% to that.  It's not worth going for that.  Especially for a family of 4.  Royal is out to lunch on their Coco Kay pricing.

41 minutes ago, Toddcan said:

Any word from your parents on the arrival time on Bayonne. CruiseMapper shows 18 knots, with a 2 hour delay - not sure how accurate CruiseMapper is on the ETAs

They touched base with me this morning but didn't say anything about a delay.  So either they don't know about a delay or they don't want me to know because I'm watching their dog 🤣

My parents are on the ship right now.  Port Canaveral is being skipped.  They haven't heard anything about the other ports.

We had 4 cabins in a row on Oasis in October.  We were able to open them all up.  They were interior but I'm assuming you can do the same on the outside as long as one isn't a firewall.

So after this "glitche" the drink package on my Oasis June 30 cruise went from $62.99 on sale to $72.99 on sale.  I had it in my cart and even there the price changed.  I am so annoyed.  It's annoying that they play these games.  This happened to me on our last cruise when I tried to purchase on a big deal and the first day of the sale there was "problems". I come back and and the price changed.

7 minutes ago, pamkev said:

I can't even order it after multiple try's with different cards I am just going to call them. I know my cards are okay frustrating to say the least  

Something is happening with the site.  We couldn't book anything too.  Kept saying to check my card info.

4 minutes ago, barbeyg said:

I got the CocoCay Beach Club for 50% off this morning (wouldn't pay over $90 for that, and it was selling for $161 (that was supposedly 10% off).   Yesterday, two cruises I booked the day before went down $274 each for the 'unadvertised' pre-sale.  

 

YMMV with this sale.  I also got the surf/stream package, but had to get us each one device (instead of two devices in one person's name) to get the lowest price on that.  Two surf/stream devices less than $200 was a deal for our cruise on Harmony.

My cruise the beach club was regular price $299 and now on sale for $150.  Still too expensive!

45 minutes ago, YankeesFan4Life said:

Sailing Oasis in Aug 23, drink package was $74.99, now it shows $72.99, but every once in a while when I look it shows $62.99!  When I click on the $62.99, it automatically changes to the higher price to $1205 for the cruise.  Nothing is changing.  The UDP is the same price.  Looking to book another room on my sailing for my daughter, less than a hundred off.  A Central Park Balcony is now $100 less than what I paid for an Oceanview!!!

 

Do better RCL!

I'm sailing on Oasis on June 30.  Drink package was $98.99 and now it's $62.99.  The cheapest it has even been since I booked the cruise almost a year ago.  Crazy how we are only sailing 3 weeks apart but the drink package for my cruise is a LOT more than yours...

Yes.  We got off the Oasis 3 weeks ago.  4 of us had rooms all in a row overlooking Central Park.  They opened the balcony doors for us.  It was great!

Just got off Oasis on Sunday.  Room keys are in the room/door.  When we ordered drinks before rooms were ready we just gave our names and room number to the bartender.

On 10/10/2022 at 1:57 PM, BennyBrun said:

That line at guest services!  WOW

Was on the boat with you the week of October 9.  Found myself in this picture! LOL

Just got off the Oasis on Sunday.   My entire family is mixed vaccinated.  There was no problem.  This is my second cruise since covid.  A lot of countries (Canada for example) have mixed vaccines.

17 hours ago, Jerseygirl1416 said:

They had Laser tag but not sure about Quest. You need reservations for Laser tag.

Thank you!