Vera/Lee

10 hours ago, Ourusualbeach said:

Royal has recently made some changes to their inventory system.  They are now holding back lots of cabins for later release. 

That's interesting! Why are they doing that? 2 or 3 weeks ago I looked at pricing for our Explorer sailing in December. I saw an affordable full suite price and offered to book it for our sons' family. By the time they got back to me on it, the suites show mostly booked and prices have shot up out of my range. I'm watching the prices now, but for that price I would rather them sail on Oasis or maybe take them to Disney World.

23 minutes ago, ONECRUISER said:

Going there on 3 different upcoming Cruises, traveling SOLO, so I'll get off walk around and take pictures one of the Days. Other Days I'll enjoy an Empty Ship...

I always tell my husband “Please don’t make me leave the ship!”.

The sale price I see for my sailings later this year range from $142.99, $160.99, $196.99 to $223.99.The price varies from ship to sail dates.

59 minutes ago, Tree_skier said:

Beach beds are more than adequate and at that price I'm pretty happy.

That is a good price;) Enjoy!

12 hours ago, OCSC Mike said:

It varies by ship(s) and dates but the prices are nuts now.

We're booked to go to CocoCay 6 times this year. I was surprised to see 4 different prices for the CocoBeach Club Day Pass. The lowest sale price is $142.99, several at $160.99, $196.99 and $223.99. All more than I want to pay! We always have a Perfect Day there, even without spending a dime. 

I booked a Chill Island Cabana once for a great sale price of around $500, I believe. It was nice to have with family there, but they enjoyed exploring the Island more.

1 hour ago, sandebeach said:

Someone posted on one of the FB casino groups that Celerity Blue Chip will be merging with Club Royale. Anyone else heard that rumor? l 

Interesting, please keep us posted. I had not heard this. I'm trying to find information about "One Star Rewards". Has anyone heard of this. We recently drove cross country to our sons house. On the way home we stayed at Gold Strike in Tunica, MS. The cards they gave us to play on are "One Star Rewards". It looks like they're new to this program and it includes Hard Rock, Tulsa and Cherokee Casino, NC. It looks like they offer free cruises with Royal Caribbean at a certain level. 

4 minutes ago, bigmoose7563 said:

is not a valid comparison at all

No, it's a decision about how you want to spend your money and what's important to you. We were happy on Oasis of the Seas' second sailing. That's what we could afford back then. Now in retirement, I would rather sail more. As they say, different strokes for different folks;)

12 hours ago, notmyrealnameoremail said:

I'm convinced we may be doing more of these almost S2S

My favorites are B2B in the same cabin. For us it's stressful getting on/off the ship, packing and unpacking. It's not worth it for just 3 or 4 days to the same Ports. If we were younger, it may be worth it once or twice. I love Florida;) There's so much to do there and so many options. Have fun!

2 hours ago, twangster said:

RCG must see tremendous upside to short Florida market since Celebrity is re-deploying Reflection to the 3 & 4 short Florida market.  

That’s interesting!

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13 minutes ago, OCSC Mike said:

 

There are an infinite number of ways to enjoy cruising. That's a huge reason it's such a great form of vacation. Everyone has different preferences but there is never a right or wrong way.

I agree!

14 minutes ago, Oceansaway17 said:

It will be interesting to see how many B2B with DCL Wish. That ship is in town same days Mon and Fri.

Interesting in whether the port will now have shuttles.

I’m curious about something. How does Disney Wish stay full during the week when kids are in school? We’ve cruised a lot during the week (b2b) for a good price! The weekdays had older passengers that had retired.  

5 hours ago, orville99 said:

Did a mock booking for a B2B on Utopia, and the cost for a basic balcony cabin was higher than the cost of a 7-night cruise on her sister ship Wonder in the same cabin leaving the previous day.

I love Wonder! It is my new favorite ship. 

I asked a similar question a few days ago and got a great answer from a regular cruiser. I didn't realize that this has been discussed at length in the thread titled "Utopia of the Seas Blocks Are In The House!". You might enjoy reading it. It seems like a lot of people are booking b2b sailings. That sounds like a good option to see the ship.

Go to royalcaribbean.com and at the top you will see several options. Click on "manage my cruise". Toward the bottom of that page you should see "Royal Up". Click on it and put your name and reservation number in. It may tell you to make sure you are 30 days out OR you may be able to bid. My next three cruises are in 77, 84 and 91 days. I've already received the email from royal up to bid on the second and third one, but not the first. 

On 6/19/2023 at 4:16 PM, Vera/Lee said:

Mine just disappeared too. Now, hoping for one I can book;)

Still waiting…..

1 hour ago, crewsweeper said:

Plus, retirement next week limits our cruising to once a year, unless the lottery comes through.🤩

Congratulations on your retirement;) We did that last year and we're learning that interior cabins still get us on the ship. 

55 minutes ago, mattR said:

They are 25 and 20 now but we cruised with them on RCCL when they were under 18 and they have cruised with us each time since.  To late to get them linked? 

Same here, except our sons are a little older and only cruise with us occasionally. Two more family cruises and they both will be diamond. The exciting part is that my two year old grandson will get his Dad's status;)

"Royal Caribbean International has revealed the ultimate 3-night weekend and 4-night weekday getaway, Utopia of the Seas."

This is a great promotion, but can they keep it full? 

6 minutes ago, RFerrington said:

The bogus offer is now gone from mine and my husbands casino accounts 

Mine just disappeared too. Now, hoping for one I can book;)

43 minutes ago, RFerrington said:

It must have been added in the afternoon yesterday (Sunday) b/c I had checked earlier in the day and we didn't have anything.  No idea what this is about....

Yes, mine was added yesterday afternoon also. My guess, is it was added to my account by mistake because the pdf offer listed with that code that maketime4cruisin posted was for a JS or Balcony. My offers are normally for bal, ov or interior. I'm watching to see if it will be replaced with a lower offer.

9 hours ago, texasreb said:

First week of May on Allure I had 2000+ plus cert "Free Inside cabin" . I could not book a 7 day on the Allure using that near worthless cert.

Is that because Allure's moving to a 3 and 4 night cruise? As I said, sometimes I will book a short cruise and search my new offers coming in until I find one to go with it. I check daily on clubroyaleoffers.com and on royalcaribbean.com offers. The later (royalcaribbean.com) has recently added a place to check offers. Just click on find cruises and they have added "offers". There is an online code that you click on (make sure it stays highlighted) and search. I hope this helps! Put two near worthless cert. together and make them count.

1 minute ago, texasreb said:

I got a "Wildcard" 23VAR5.  Just inside cabin on 3-4 day sailings out of Florida. All the offers for us have been stinko since March.

Thanks! I've been able to put two or three short cruises together to make it worth driving to the Port. I have a b2b on Allure in October and would love to add one more. 

Did anyone get offer code 23VAR5FB today? It says "not available". I wonder what it was for. 

4 hours ago, JessyCruises said:

All tongs are now on the inside and everything is being served by employees including food and freestyle machines.

I wish they would make this permanent in the Windjammer.