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1 hour ago, twangster said:

One thing is for sure, any changes to the inaugural date means more refunds and cancellations to process. 

 

Some delay is inevitable but once announced they've got more money to give back so I suspect they won't be in a hurry to announce a revised date.  

I just hope they announce the delay prior to our final payment date.  Yesterday I booked Oasis for November 4th....sadly I needed to go for my plan B 😞

Although I agree this almost definitely means Odyssey will be delayed....RCCL owns 4 cruise lines. Does one of the other 3 have a ship scheduled for delivery in 2020?  Probably not but trying to maintain hope. 

1 hour ago, Seville2Cabo said:

We are on her in Sept 2021 and Wonderland is listed as an option.  I was surprised that there is no Italian restaurant on the ship.  We usually buy the UDP, but our first time on a larger ship (Liberty was the largest so far) and being in a JR Suite, I guess we can try Costal Kitchen, so we will probably only buy 5 nights specialty.  

She will have Giovanni’s Table, I have reservations there for the November 5th sailing. 

7 minutes ago, dalee21860 said:

If anyone is interested i was just on Royal Caribbean's web site they were offering there deluxe drink package for 42.00 us dollars cheapest i have seen it in a long long time

Wow, that’s really good!!  It’s currently $49 for the inaugural sailing so I jumped on that!  I had paid $57 but repriced with this sale!  

2 hours ago, Biker19 said:

Webcam 6/23

 

This is the AIDA Cosma, not Odyssey.  This is the latest Odyssey pic from the webcam...

Mine finally showed up last week.  I’m 183 from sailing as of today. 

Mine showed up now as well. 

Thank you for the info, I wasn’t sure the date they said you’d get the credit by and I can’t find the email.  Guess we’re all in the same boat on this.

On 9/23/2019 at 3:41 PM, nelblu said:

Here's a reply from my e-mail to Bayley:

 

Harmony Of The Seas / 12-Apr-2020 / 5922843,5916137,5913318, 5909685 / 1-39809742678 

Sep 23 at 1:38 PM

PrintRaw message

Javier Perdomo <ex-co@rccl.com>

To: Me

Hello Me,

 

Thank you for contacting the Executive Office of Royal Caribbean International. On behalf of Mr. Bayley, President & CEO, I am pleased to respond to your email.

 

It is disheartening to know that we’ve disappointed you in regards to our DINE • DRINK • DISCOVER program. I can assure you that this was never our intention. After careful review, we have decided to allow our guests to decide if they would like to keep their dining program for their boardwalk stateroom, or if they would rather keep the Onboard Credit offer that can be used for any onboard purchase. Unfortunately, moving forward, this program will be cancelled for future sailings.

 

Please visit the following link to let us know your preference by October 4th, 2019.

 

https://dinedrinkdiscoverguestsurvey.questionpro.com/

 

Me, thank you for taking the time to contact us with your feedback. We look forward to seeing you onboard Harmony of the Seas in April of 2020!

 

Sincerely,

 

 

 

 

Javier Perdomo

Royal Guest Experience Management

Executive Team

 

 

Funny, it mentions the Boardwalk cabins, but not my CP booked cabins.

Has anyone that selected the $50 OBC seen it on their Cruise Planner?  I responded to the email and selected the OBC over 3 weeks ago and figured after the deadline to choose the OBC would show up.

I had 1864 on Mariner this past May.  It was absolutely awesome!  That particular cabin is about 50% larger then the other Panoramic cabins and it was the same price.  We didn’t miss our usual balcony at all!

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Just booked!  Never been on a Quantum class ship, figured the inaugural would be a good way to try one!

4 minutes ago, Kingofcool1947 said:

 

Bring your own.

Thats what I do.

That's what we ended up doing.  A big bottle of Silk Almond Milk Creamer on our carry on bag, no problem.

2 hours ago, Judyrem said:

I did not know lunch was included in the three night?

Simply put, it the restaurant is open...you can dine there.  Makes it a great value I think!

I got it for $52 per person for a 3 night on Navigator.  Well worth it, we enjoyed 2 lunches and 3 dinners.

Sat in The Bamboo Room with Ron Ness every evening on Mariner in May.  Super nice guy and had great conversation.

Between the pool and waterpark, the beaches don't seem crowded at all anymore.  People are so spread out now vs when there was nothing but the beach.

Just now, Host Clarea said:

 

I don't know, but it would be nice to know. 

 

Unfortunately, the cruise line reads CC, so if this technique is shown to work, they will likely program around it.

We generally book 2 cabins and on paper have one child in each of our rooms since in the past I've been the only one to buy the package.  My little one is 17, so I only have a few years left to do that AND since my wife got the package on our last short sailing I think she will want it moving forward anyway, lol.  We also got in on the $18 for next years sailings so I think she'll now be hooked on the package anyway!  LOL

The above info got me thinking....if you did your initial booking with someone under 21, bought the drink package for yourself then swapped the under 21 with an adult would they catch it??  Not that I would do that, but it's an interesting thought.

Yes, we ate at Jamie's on embarkation day as well as on a port day (Nassau) on Navigator.  If the restaurant is open you can eat there.

We spent a lot of time in The Bamboo Room last month on Mariner & Navigator.  By far my favorite bar now!  On The Run is my go-to drink there!  Anyone on Navigator soon, go see Eka, she's wonderful!

3 hours ago, bowler15547 said:

 

Actually he just hit 8,000 last month. 

I was on the sailing that he celebrated his 8,000th cruise point last month.  Saw him in Chops every morning eating breakfast with some of his friends.  I've chatted with him on 2 sailing now, he's always super nice!

I was there the 2nd weekend Perfect Day officially opened.  We were on Navigator and the only ship there that day.  There wasn't very many people at the pool until noon or so.  Once the DJ set up and started playing music it got busier (and louder).  There were TONS of available chairs on all the beaches, seemed weird to see the beaches not crowded at all.  We had a Beach Bed and that part of the beach was a ghost town.  Although I assumed the beds/bungalows were sold out since they disappeared off the Cruise Planner months before my sailing, there were only a handful of people occupying them.  

25 minutes ago, Familygoboston said:

We ate at Skippers Grill because they have tacos as well as hamburgers fries and hot dogs and ice cream and some very aggressive seagulls! 

(Sorry about the quote- there a big if I quote you it shows up again and I can’t type. So I won’t be quoting any of you anymore!  

I watched a seagull land on a table to take some food as soon as someone got up for a second!